# The Best Historical Fiction Books

> Answers the query: “best historical fiction books”

_Last updated: 2026-07-25_

## The list

1. **Leaves No Longer Green**, Arup Kumar Dutta
   https://www.altbook.net/book/leaves-no-longer-green
2. **And The Mountain Echoed  [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2001] KHALED HOSSEINI**, Khaled Hosseini (ISBN 9789384898083)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/and-the-mountain-echoed-paperback-jan-01-2001-khaled-hosseini
3. **Pachinko**, Min Jin Lee (ISBN 9781838930509)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/pachinko
4. **A Darker Shade of Magic**, V. E. Schwab (ISBN 9781783295401)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/a-darker-shade-of-magic
5. **A Gathering of Shadows (A Darker Shade of Magic)**, V. E. Schwab (ISBN 9781783295425)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/a-gathering-of-shadows-a-darker-shade-of-magic
6. **The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue**, V. E. Schwab (ISBN 9781785652509)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/the-invisible-life-of-addie-larue
7. **The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue**, V. E. Schwab (ISBN 9781789098754)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/the-invisible-life-of-addie-larue-8754
8. **Queens and the Hive**, Edith Sitwell (ISBN 9781448200207)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/queens-and-the-hive
9. **The Queen of Whale Cay**, Kate Summerscale (ISBN 9781408830512)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/the-queen-of-whale-cay
10. **The map of love**, Ahdaf Soueif (ISBN 9780747545637)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/the-map-of-love
11. **The House on Half Moon Street [May 03, 2018] Reeve, Alex**, Alex Reeve (ISBN 9781408892701)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/the-house-on-half-moon-street-may-03-2018-reeve-alex
12. **Empress Orchid**, Anchee Min (ISBN 9780747568339)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/empress-orchid
13. **Pearl of China**, Anchee Min (ISBN 9781408809792)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/pearl-of-china
14. **The last empress**, Anchee Min (ISBN 9780747593164)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/the-last-empress
15. **Memory Stones**, Caroline Brothers (ISBN 9781408844519)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/memory-stones
16. **Lost Book of the Grail**, Charlie Lovett (ISBN 9781846884214)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/lost-book-of-the-grail
17. **This Side of Brightness**, Colum Mccann (ISBN 9781408805916)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/this-side-of-brightness
18. **Transatlantic Novel - Bloomsbury**, C. McCann (ISBN 9781408841280)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/transatlantic-novel-bloomsbury
19. **The crooked maid**, Dan Vyleta (ISBN 9781408854044)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/the-crooked-maid
20. **The two Hotel Francforts**, David Leavitt (ISBN 9781408843215)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/the-two-hotel-francforts
21. **Saint from Texas**, Edmund White (ISBN 9781526600431)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/saint-from-texas
22. **Signature of All Things**, Elizabeth Gilbert (ISBN 9781408841921)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/signature-of-all-things
23. **Royals EXPORT**, Emma Forrest (ISBN 9781408895412)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/royals-export
24. **Mr Mac and Me**, Esther Freud (ISBN 9781408857212)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/mr-mac-and-me
25. **The calligrapher's daughter**, Eugenia Kim (ISBN 9781526608666)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/the-calligraphers-daughter
26. **The harbour**, Francesca Brill (ISBN 9781408831519)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/the-harbour
27. **Painter of Silence**, Georgina Harding (ISBN 9781408830420)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/painter-of-silence
28. **My own dear brother**, Holly Müller (ISBN 9781408866795)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/my-own-dear-brother
29. **Orlando King**, Isabel Colegate (ISBN 9781526615589)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/orlando-king
30. **Cry to Dream Again**, Jane Hawking (ISBN 9781846884375)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/cry-to-dream-again

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Source: AltBook, https://www.altbook.net/collections/best-historical-fiction-books