Historical Fiction Lovers

Description
This is a list consisting of historical fiction books. My explanations include the setting (time period and location) of the book. Please do not add books written in the author's own lifetime as HF. For example, "Pride & Prejudice" is not historical fiction. Happy reading!
1
La voleuse de livres
de Markus Zusak
44,812 membres
2,125 critiques
½ 4.4
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: WWII Germany.
2
Dissolution
de C. J. Sansom
4,170 membres
196 critiques
3.9
2 Members
jordantaylor, gypsysmom
Explications
jordantaylor: 1537 England
3
Le chardon et le tartan
de Diana Gabaldon
23,759 membres
985 critiques
4.2
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: 1743 Scotland.
4
Les brumes de Riverton
de Kate Morton
5,429 membres
249 critiques
3.8
3 Members
jordantaylor, gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explications
jordantaylor: 1900's England and World War I
5
Le garçon en pyjama rayé
de John Boyne
14,971 membres
851 critiques
4
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: WWII, probably Auschwitz although the camp is never specifically identified in the book.
6
Madame Tussaud
de Michelle Moran
1,042 membres
96 critiques
4
2 Members
jordantaylor, bookmary2
Explications
jordantaylor: 1700's France and the French Revolution
7
Captive
de Margaret Atwood
11,845 membres
259 critiques
3.9
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: 1843 Upper Canada (present day Ontario).
8
The Sunne in Splendour
de Sharon Kay Penman
2,379 membres
76 critiques
½ 4.4
2 Members
jordantaylor, bookmary2
Explications
jordantaylor: 1400's England during the reign of Edward IV
9
Le grand livre
de Connie Willis
7,963 membres
374 critiques
4.1
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: Time-travel book, much of the plot set in 1320 in the Oxford area of England.
10
The Midwife's Revolt
de Jodi Daynard
240 membres
22 critiques
3.8
2 Members
jordantaylor, bookmary2
Explications
jordantaylor: 1770's Massachusetts, USA, Revolutionary War
11
Régénération
de Pat Barker
4,501 membres
113 critiques
4
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: Edinburgh WWI military hospital for soldiers suffering from shell shock.
12
Véritable histoire du gang Kelly
de Peter Carey
4,235 membres
79 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: Mid-19th century Australia.
13
Hortense et Queenie
de Andrea Levy
3,998 membres
140 critiques
3.9
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: 1948 Jamaican diaspora to Britain.
14
Trafic de reliques
de Ellis Peters
3,936 membres
103 critiques
3.8
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: Series takes place in Western England in the period 1135-1145.
15
Le testament
de Nevil Shute
3,743 membres
139 critiques
4.1
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: WWII Malaya (present day Malaysia) and post-WWII Northern Territory of Australia.
16
Pavillons lointains
de M. M. Kaye
2,389 membres
68 critiques
4.1
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: 19th century India under the British Raj.
17
A Brief History of Seven Killings
de Marlon James
2,860 membres
108 critiques
3.9
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: Explores the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in 1976 Jamaica.
18
Inés de mon âme
de Isabel Allende
2,620 membres
90 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: 16th century Chile and Peru.
19
Les yeux dans les arbres
de Barbara Kingsolver
26,265 membres
501 critiques
4.2
2 Members
jordantaylor, gypsysmom
Explications
jordantaylor: 1960's Congo
20
The Midwife of Venice
de Roberta Rich
630 membres
47 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
jordantaylor, gypsysmom
Explications
jordantaylor: 1575 Venice, Italy
21
The Praise Singer
de Mary Renault
860 membres
17 critiques
3.8
2 Members
jordantaylor, gypsysmom
Explications
jordantaylor: Ancient Greece
22
Les princes vagabonds
de Michael Chabon
2,913 membres
141 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
jordantaylor, gypsysmom
Explications
jordantaylor: 10th Century Middle East
23
Cold Sassy Tree
de Olive Ann Burns
4,148 membres
86 critiques
3.9
2 Members
jordantaylor, gypsysmom
Explications
jordantaylor: a small town in 1906 Georgia, USA
24
Affinités
de Sarah Waters
3,341 membres
129 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1874 London, England
25
L'odyssée de Pénélope
de Margaret Atwood
5,872 membres
257 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
jordantaylor, gypsysmom
Explications
jordantaylor: Ancient Greece
26
The Ninth Daughter
de Barbara Hamilton
272 membres
19 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1773 Boston, Massachusetts, USA - Revolutionary War
27
The Queen of the Night
de Alexander Chee
989 membres
47 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1800's Paris, France
28
Fille du destin
de Isabel Allende
8,728 membres
192 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: 1840s, set in both Chile and in California during the Gold Rush.
29
Dragon's Lair
de Sharon Kay Penman
837 membres
14 critiques
3.9
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 14th Century Wales
30
Les Seigneurs du Nord
de Bernard Cornwell
2,701 membres
51 critiques
4.1
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 878 A.D. Britain
31
The Thief-Taker
de T. F. Banks
196 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1815 London, England
32
The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963
de Christopher Paul Curtis
7,420 membres
397 critiques
4.1
Member
ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
33
The Marsh King's Daughter
de Elizabeth Chadwick
285 membres
9 critiques
3.8
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 13th Century England
34
L'ingénue effrontée
de Georgette Heyer
1,561 membres
48 critiques
4.1
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1800's England
35
Les braises
de Sándor Márai
3,962 membres
145 critiques
3.8
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1940's Hungary and Austria
36
The Typewriter Girl
de Alison Atlee
185 membres
7 critiques
3
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1800's England
37
Devil's Consort
de Anne O'Brien
109 membres
6 critiques
3.9
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: medieval France and England
38
Alice I Have Been: A Novel
de Melanie Benjamin
1,576 membres
150 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1800's and 1900's England, partially set in World War I
39
Le fleuve secret
de Kate Grenville
2,796 membres
130 critiques
3.8
Member
ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: 19th century Australia in a camp for transported prisoners.
40
Burr. L'irrésistible ascension d'Aaron Burr, vice-président des États-Unis
de Gore Vidal
2,366 membres
52 critiques
4
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1700's and 1800's America, Revolutionary War
41
Beautiful Lies
de Clare Clark
147 membres
12 critiques
½ 3.3
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1887 England
42
A la grâce des hommes
de Hannah Kent
3,605 membres
273 critiques
4
Member
ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: Rural Iceland, 1829.
43
L'Enfant de l'étranger
de Alan Hollinghurst
1,638 membres
77 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1900's England and World War I
44
Les enchaînés
de Philippa Gregory
917 membres
14 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1787 Bristol, England
45
Le Dieu manchot
de José Saramago
2,463 membres
49 critiques
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: 18th century Portugal during the construction of the Convent of Mafra.
46
Freud's Mistress
de Karen Mack
276 membres
35 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: late 1800's Austria and Germany
47
The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls
de Anton DiSclafani
903 membres
78 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1930 America during the Great Depression - mainly set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina
48
The Sandcastle Girls
de Chris Bohjalian
1,467 membres
149 critiques
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: 1915 Syria.
49
The Passions of Dr. Darcy
de Sharon Lathan
34 membres
3
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 18th Century England and British India
50
The Reckoning
de Sharon Kay Penman
1,354 membres
21 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: medieval Wales and England
51
Une si longue histoire
de Andrea Levy
1,315 membres
75 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: 19th century Jamaica on a sugarcane plantation.
52
No home
de Yaa Gyasi
5,580 membres
276 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: 19th century Ghana.
53
Caresser le velours
de Sarah Waters
5,094 membres
147 critiques
4
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 19th Century England
54
Justice dans un paysage de rêve : Une enquête de l'inspecteur Cooper
de Malla Nunn
555 membres
39 critiques
4
Member
ahef1963
Explications
ahef1963: 1950s South Africa.
55
A White Room
de Stephanie Carroll
44 membres
9 critiques
4.2
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1901 St. Louis, Missouri, USA
56
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
de Therese Anne Fowler
1,836 membres
92 critiques
3.8
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1920's and 1930's America and France, from Alabama to Paris
57
Blood & Beauty: The Borgias
de Sarah Dunant
997 membres
99 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: Renaissance Italy and the Borgia family
58
1066: What Fates Impose
de G.K. Holloway
25 membres
7 critiques
4.1
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1066 England leading up to the Battle of Hastings
59
La triste histoire des frères Grossbart
de Jesse Bullington
525 membres
27 critiques
½ 3.3
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: medieval England and Germany
60
The Darling Strumpet
de Gillian Bagwell
187 membres
24 critiques
3.8
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 17th Century England in the court of Charles II
61
Medicus
de Ruth Downie
1,264 membres
70 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: Roman Empire and Roman Britain
62
Conquistadora
de Esmeralda Santiago
350 membres
20 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: a plantation in 19th Century Puerto Rico
63
Something Dangerous
de Penny Vincenzi
474 membres
7 critiques
4
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1930's and 1940's England, and World War II
64
L'anatomiste
de Federico Andahazi
617 membres
14 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: Renaissance Padua, Italy
65
Aux bons Soins du Docteur Kellogg
de T.C. Boyle
1,672 membres
35 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1907 Michigan, USA
66
Un coeur insoumis
de Sarah Dunant
1,606 membres
127 critiques
3.8
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1570 Ferrara, Italy
67
The Captive of Kensington Palace
de Jean Plaidy
171 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 19th Century England
68
Rivals in the Tudor Court
de D.L. Bogdan
98 membres
13 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: Tudor England
69
The Sweet Smell of Decay
de Paul Lawrence
108 membres
1 critique
3.1
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1664 London, England
70
The Nature of Monsters
de Clare Clark
686 membres
23 critiques
½ 3.3
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1718 London, England
71
The Solitary House
de Lynn Shepherd
416 membres
45 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1850 London, England
72
The Cloud Sketcher
de Richard Rayner
229 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1900's Finland and New York, USA
73
Scandalmonger
de William Safire
405 membres
6 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1790's USA - central cities in the book are Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Richmond, Virginia
74
No One Is Here Except All of Us
de Ramona Ausubel
402 membres
36 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1940's Russia and Romania, partially set during World War II
75
From the Mouth of the Whale
de Sjón
410 membres
30 critiques
3.2
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1635 Iceland
76
Le dernier frère
de Nathacha Appanah
349 membres
41 critiques
4
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: World War II Mauritania
77
Ali et Nino
de Kurban Said
955 membres
48 critiques
3.8
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: Russia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan during World War I
78
The Last Nude
de Ellis Avery
357 membres
39 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1920's Paris, France
79
The Burning Times
de Jeanne Kalogridis
435 membres
14 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1357 France during the Hundred Year's War
80
The White
de Deborah Larsen
450 membres
12 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 18th Century Pennsylvania, USA
81
James Michener. Sayonara : Roman, traduit de l'américain par André Cubzac
de James A. Michener
596 membres
11 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1950's Japan after World War II
82
Un hiver à Madrid
de C. J. Sansom
2,019 membres
75 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1940's Madrid, Spain during World War II
83
Le professeur de piano
de Janice Y. K. Lee
2,234 membres
115 critiques
½ 3.3
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1940's - 1950's China and Hong Kong, partially set during World War II
84
An Imperfect Lens: A Novel
de Anne Roiphe
86 membres
10 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1883 Alexandria, Egypt
85
Tides of War
de Steven Pressfield
935 membres
17 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: 1812 Spain and England during the Napoleonic Wars
86
Lionheart
de Sharon Kay Penman
900 membres
55 critiques
3.9
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: the Crusades - 1189 France, Italy, Israel, and Cyprus
87
The Book of Eleanor: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine
de Pamela Kaufman
455 membres
15 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
jordantaylor
Explications
jordantaylor: medieval England and France during the reign and lifetime of Eleanor of Aquitaine
88
Birdsong
de Sebastian Faulks
6,088 membres
156 critiques
4
Member
ahef1963,
Explications
ahef1963: Front line at Amiens during the First World War.