Best Historical Fiction

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Wolf Hall
de Hilary Mantel
13,466 membros
650 resenhas
4
44 Members
sbnicar, hipdeep, rarm, cusegirl44, zabs, varielle, thorold, VisibleGhost, feeling.is.first, Cariola, RuMuse, bjappleg8, rainpebble, penguin7316, DeltaQueen50, skyrad43, Matke, brenzi, calm, hoddybook, souloftherose, elkiedee, 47degreesnorth, Doey, Twixi, peterveen, RobPoulton, AmourFou, GerrysBookshelf, kara.shamy, NinieB, jaromdl, cvogt, mspixieears, ryaSilvia, WimDeWurm, Lynn-in-London, ShawIslandLibrary, Katie1949, fredasteele, Robert-1857, Travelgem, TashMason, brian.oshea, ,oakdale ,gypsysmom
Explicações
RuMuse: England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but lacks an heir, which creates ongoing crises. Told from POV of Thomas Cromwell.
18
Possession
de A.S. Byatt
12,951 membros
288 resenhas
4
34 Members
Ravic, starfishian, Nickelini, charl08, varielle, thorold, kiwiflowa, Cariola, rainpebble, olgakm, roby72, merrystar, deldevries, calm, thecoroner, LisaMaria_C, Doey, alex68, Twixi, peterveen, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98, kara.shamy, jaromdl, madhatter73, Laura1124, nerdytreefairy, ShawIslandLibrary, Katie1949, fredasteele, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,elkiedee
Explicações
elkiedee : I absolutely loved this when I read it but it was over 30 years ago now. I should reread, and would recommend to people who love historical fiction. I am thumbing it down because it's not a historical novel, it is a dual narrative story with a large part set in the past, but also a novel largely set in the author's present at the time of writing (late 1980s, published 1990).
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The Daughter of Time
de Josephine Tey
5,885 membros
226 resenhas
3.9
28 Members
karen_o, Ravic, Fourpawz2, kiwiflowa, melonbrawl, rainpebble, merrystar, skyrad43, LisaMaria_C, ValLloyd, Doey, bfkendrick, peterveen, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98, GerrysBookshelf, Lyn5r, cvogt, ryaSilvia, DDreawriter, Laura1124, Maybelline, Asimina.Palaiou, MarleneMacke, fredasteele, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,elkiedee
Explicações
elkiedee : I love this novel - but it's not historical fiction - it's a mostly contemporary novel with historical appeal. The main character is a 20th century police detective convalescing in bed and "investigating" the case of Richard III and the Princes in the Tower, but it's set in the author's present day.
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Ivanhoe
de Sir Walter Scott
12,985 membros
122 resenhas
½ 3.7
27 Members
devenish, longway, trandism, varielle, thorold, countrylife, rainpebble, roby72, andejons, thecoroner, marcoarr, LisaMaria_C, Doey, alex68, Jarandel, peterveen, acceptance, al.vick, leslie.98, JoeKingman, GerrysBookshelf, jaromdl, mspixieears, Laura1124, fredasteele, FranzK72, steller0707,kageeh ,aulsmith
Explicações
aulsmith : More legendary than historical
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Catch-22
de Joseph Heller
39,982 membros
524 resenhas
4.1
25 Members
Edward, hipdeep, .Monkey., chgstrom, sjmccreary, richgatlin, skyrad43, freetrader, brenzi, elkiedee, Doey, Twixi, peterveen, Himalmitra, gypsysmom, RobPoulton, nagasravika.bodapati, bcrowl399, Lyn5r, sugandh, ryaSilvia, Laura1124, Asimina.Palaiou, ShawIslandLibrary, KarlaC,kiwiflowa ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,leslie.98
Explicações
aulsmith : Doesn't meet my definition of historical fiction.
sturlington : Took place during the author's lifetime and based partly on his experiences.
elkiedee: Historical fiction is set in the past but it can be a period within the author's lifetime - the past can look very different from 25 or 40 years later. I hope no one who argues this isn't a historical novel believes that either Possession or The Daughter of Time, both above this in the list, are historical fiction. They are brilliant novels which I would recommend to fans of historical fiction but they are both contemporary novels with significant interest for historical fiction readers.
leslie.98 : Not historical fiction
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Middlesex
de Jeffrey Eugenides
27,122 membros
630 resenhas
4.1
27 Members
zabs, rainpebble, roby72, skyrad43, sturlington, brenzi, thecoroner, ValLloyd, alex68, oakdale, Twixi, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, leslie.98, cvogt, DDreawriter, Maybelline, ShawIslandLibrary, lamotamant, Katie1949, fredasteele, RachelDilley, FranzK72, Kathyk22, steller0707, MaryM3dogs,trandism ,aulsmith ,Doey ,Ari80
Explicações
aulsmith : A mix of historical and contemporary fiction. I didn't like the contemporary parts.
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All Quiet on the Western Front
de Erich Maria Remarque
19,047 membros
403 resenhas
4.1
30 Members
kageeh, Nickelini, kiwiflowa, rainpebble, Cecrow, roby72, sjmccreary, richgatlin, DeltaQueen50, deldevries, brenzi, michalsuz, thecoroner, elkiedee, kcorrea, Ameise1, Doey, Twixi, peterveen, John_Vaughan, Himalmitra, gypsysmom, jaysbooks, ahef1963, GerrysBookshelf, ryaSilvia, Laura1124, rplinke, fredasteele, KarlaC,longway ,smcwl ,aulsmith ,lewbs ,Matteocalosi ,leigonj ,Luisali ,leslie.98
Explicações
smcwl : Not written as historical fiction.
elkiedee: I think historical fiction can be set in the relatively recent past. 10 years after the war writers in countries on all sides might well have had a very different perspective on those events. I would have no problem regarding a novel written this year but about the Iraq war that started in 2003 and ending before this, as historical fiction. Or a book set in Britain under the last Labour government, or the US just after Obama was elected or reelected, as historical fiction. I think it might be a bit soon to consider a pandemic novel historical fiction, but maybe within 5 years it will be part of our history.
Matteocalosi : Partly autobiographical and written only 10 years after the end of the war, not historical fiction
leslie.98 : Not historical fiction
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Dissolução
de C. J. Sansom
4,159 membros
196 resenhas
3.9
18 Members
sbnicar, devenish, karen_o, Nickelini, awsexton, brenzi, calm, hoddybook, souloftherose, elkiedee, Ameise1, Doey, peterveen, gypsysmom, RobPoulton, kara.shamy, Katie1949, fredasteele,janerawoof
67
Siddhartha
de Hermann Hesse
27,782 membros
379 resenhas
4
21 Members
cusegirl44, Nickelini, .Monkey., roby72, Myyst, isabel23, janerawoof, cfk, Doey, JqnOC, leslie.98, jaromdl, dsp501, mspixieears, ryaSilvia, DDreawriter, This-n-That, ShawIslandLibrary, fredasteele, steller0707, MaryM3dogs,aulsmith ,alex68 ,Himalmitra ,Luisali ,FranzK72
Explicações
aulsmith : More legendary than historical
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
de John Boyne
14,951 membros
851 resenhas
4
17 Members
dara85, Nickelini, kiwiflowa, joanarleneross, CarolynSmith, JqnOC, oakdale, Twixi, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Alice-W-Greene, sugandh, Daviette, fredasteele, CharleneLB, cindyi1218, Robert-1857,aulsmith ,
Explicações
: Libro facilón y no es novela histórica
70
The Leopard
de Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
6,558 membros
147 resenhas
4.1
15 Members
longway, pitjrw, Cecrow, lewbs, alex68, Twixi, peterveen, ahef1963, leslie.98, Laura1124, ShawIslandLibrary, fredasteele, FranzK72, steller0707, Jakdec
71
The Long Ships
de Frans G. Bengtsson
1,982 membros
73 resenhas
4.2
14 Members
shieldsk1, pitjrw, VisibleGhost, Cecrow, andejons, brenzi, janerawoof, DidIReallyReadThat, Matteocalosi, RobPoulton, jaromdl, DDreawriter, Katie1949, fredasteele
72
The Bull from the Sea
de Mary Renault
1,691 membros
28 resenhas
3.9
15 Members
varielle, thorold, michalsuz, LisaMaria_C, cfk, Doey, bfkendrick, peterveen, Himalmitra, RobPoulton, leslie.98, jaromdl, dsp501, DDreawriter, fredasteele
73
Angle of Repose
de Wallace Stegner
5,454 membros
182 resenhas
½ 4.3
17 Members
zabs, countrylife, Cecrow, deldevries, brenzi, Doey, ahef1963, AmourFou, NinieB, jaromdl, Laura1124, ShawIslandLibrary, fredasteele, KarlaC, TashMason, steller0707, MaryM3dogs
75
Chesapeake
de James A. Michener
3,091 membros
33 resenhas
4
16 Members
zabs, countrylife, Cecrow, deldevries, redlory, gypsysmom, AmourFou, bcrowl399, GerrysBookshelf, NinieB, jaromdl, dsp501, Laura1124, MarleneMacke, fredasteele, KarlaC
76
Cold Mountain
de Charles Frazier
13,615 membros
201 resenhas
3.8
20 Members
charl08, varielle, Fourpawz2, Cariola, rainpebble, skyrad43, deldevries, qndeng, cfk, ValLloyd, Doey, Twixi, bcrowl399, DDreawriter, Laura1124, ShawIslandLibrary, fredasteele, cindyi1218, KarlaC, Kathyk22,Himalmitra ,
79
The Killer Angels
de Michael Shaara
8,759 membros
189 resenhas
½ 4.3
15 Members
rarm, zabs, VisibleGhost, richgatlin, brenzi, LisaMaria_C, Doey, John_Vaughan, Himalmitra, ElectricPhase, AmourFou, jaromdl, Maybelline, ShawIslandLibrary, fredasteele
81
Half of a Yellow Sun
de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
6,894 membros
296 resenhas
4.2
16 Members
rarm, rainpebble, sjmccreary, brenzi, elkiedee, oakdale, Twixi, peterveen, gypsysmom, ahef1963, leslie.98, jaromdl, DDreawriter, lamotamant, fredasteele, steller0707
82
The Grapes of Wrath
de John Steinbeck
34,248 membros
470 resenhas
4.1
24 Members
zabs, roby72, richgatlin, DeltaQueen50, geitebukkeskjegg, deldevries, michalsuz, thecoroner, Doey, John_Vaughan, cej1027, gypsysmom, jaysbooks, bcrowl399, GerrysBookshelf, Lyn5r, jaromdl, clairemath, Laura1124, Lynn-in-London, MarleneMacke, ShawIslandLibrary, Daviette, KarlaC,longway ,kiwiflowa ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,elkiedee ,Matteocalosi ,oakdale ,acceptance ,RobPoulton ,leslie.98 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicações
aulsmith : Does not meet my definition of historical fiction. Author lived during the time period written about.
leslie.98 : Not historical fiction
83
Cloud Atlas
de David Mitchell
17,663 membros
682 resenhas
4.1
18 Members
karen_o, trandism, VisibleGhost, chgstrom, skyrad43, deldevries, freetrader, brenzi, hoddybook, kcorrea, Doey, Twixi, peterveen, gypsysmom, madhatter73, DDreawriter, fredasteele, steller0707,sturlington ,RobPoulton
Explicações
sturlington : I wouldn't consider this historical fiction.
84
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
de David Mitchell
5,901 membros
312 resenhas
4.1
14 Members
karen_o, trandism, VisibleGhost, Cariola, aulsmith, mkbird, freetrader, brenzi, Twixi, peterveen, DDreawriter, Lynn-in-London, fredasteele, steller0707
85
Little House in the Big Woods
de Laura Ingalls Wilder
16,165 membros
287 resenhas
4.1
19 Members
eshaw27, rainpebble, Cecrow, merrystar, deldevries, elkiedee, ValLloyd, Doey, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, NinieB, Alice-W-Greene, DDreawriter, Laura1124, This-n-That, Daviette, fredasteele, KarlaC,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicações
aulsmith : Not historical fiction by my definition.
elkiedee: It was written several decades after it was set, perhaps more than 50 years later, and while it was somewhat autobiographical it was also fictionalised and presented as a novel. Although it's loosely based on the author's life and that of her family, lots of details have been changed, added, left out and this is historical fiction.
86
Flashman
de George MacDonald Fraser
2,657 membros
66 resenhas
4
16 Members
ehines, Ravic, Mirabai, zabs, varielle, feeling.is.first, DeltaQueen50, Matteocalosi, gypsysmom, RobPoulton, ahef1963, leslie.98, JoeKingman, jaromdl, DDreawriter, fredasteele
88
The King Must Die
de Mary Renault
2,670 membros
55 resenhas
3.9
12 Members
varielle, thorold, joanarleneross, michalsuz, LisaMaria_C, cfk, Doey, bfkendrick, peterveen, RobPoulton, leslie.98, fredasteele
89
The Game of Kings
de Dorothy Dunnett
2,698 membros
87 resenhas
½ 4.3
13 Members
feeling.is.first, Matteocalosi, LisaMaria_C, ValLloyd, Doey, Himalmitra, RobPoulton, leslie.98, GerrysBookshelf, ElspethP, DDreawriter, Katie1949, fredasteele
90
Katherine
de Anya Seton
2,953 membros
89 resenhas
4.2
13 Members
feeling.is.first, RuMuse, qndeng, calm, LisaMaria_C, Doey, ahef1963, Bduke, kara.shamy, madhatter73, Lynn-in-London, Katie1949, fredasteele
91
Brooklyn
de Colm Tóibín
5,229 membros
294 resenhas
½ 3.7
15 Members
charl08, kiwiflowa, aulsmith, awsexton, rainpebble, brenzi, elkiedee, Ameise1, Twixi, booksmurf, jaromdl, ShawIslandLibrary, fredasteele, KarlaC, steller0707,Himalmitra
93
The Good Earth
de Pearl S. Buck
13,807 membros
265 resenhas
4
17 Members
rainpebble, Cecrow, roby72, thecoroner, cfk, Doey, gypsysmom, al.vick, ahef1963, leslie.98, NinieB, jaromdl, Laura1124, fredasteele, CharleneLB, KarlaC, Kathyk22,aulsmith
Explicações
aulsmith : Not historical fiction by my definition.
94
Bring Up the Bodies
de Hilary Mantel
6,915 membros
345 resenhas
½ 4.3
14 Members
hipdeep, Cariola, bjappleg8, brenzi, elkiedee, Doey, Twixi, peterveen, GerrysBookshelf, kara.shamy, mspixieears, ShawIslandLibrary, fredasteele, TashMason
95
Q
de Wu Ming
1,768 membros
39 resenhas
4
12 Members
VisibleGhost, melonbrawl, roby72, mkbird, thecoroner, Matteocalosi, djriave, Luisali, RobPoulton, jaromdl, DDreawriter, fredasteele,janerawoof
96
The Day of the Jackal
de Frederick Forsyth
5,296 membros
90 resenhas
4
16 Members
karen_o, Ravic, varielle, rainpebble, DeltaQueen50, deldevries, Doey, Bluewolf0411, Twixi, John_Vaughan, ElectricPhase, bcrowl399, jaromdl, ShawIslandLibrary, fredasteele, cindyi1218,longway ,aulsmith ,Matteocalosi ,RobPoulton
Explicações
longway: It is a thriller novel about an attempt to kill French President De Gaulle, written aroud ten years later the real attempt which inspire the novel
Matteocalosi : Not historical fiction
RobPoulton : contemporary adventure fiction
98
The Mask of Apollo
de Mary Renault
1,370 membros
22 resenhas
4
12 Members
shieldsk1, varielle, thorold, calm, jenniebooks, LisaMaria_C, peterveen, John_Vaughan, RobPoulton, leslie.98, DDreawriter, fredasteele
100
The Hours
de Michael Cunningham
12,695 membros
232 resenhas
3.9
14 Members
Nickelini, charl08, Cariola, rainpebble, sturlington, Twixi, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, jaromdl, madhatter73, mspixieears, ShawIslandLibrary, fredasteele,aulsmith ,oakdale
Explicações
aulsmith : This is a mix of historical and contemporary fiction. I would have preferred it to be one or the other.