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Recommended Reading: Historical Fiction

 

 

 

            • General Authors   

• Alternative

• American Revolution

• U.S. Civil War

• World War I

• World War II
            • Ancient America   
            • Ancient Egypt   
            • Ancient Greece   
            • Medieval   

 

 

 

Ancient America
Alaska  James Michener
The Aztec series by Gary Jennings
     Aztec
     Aztec Autumn
     Aztec Blood 
The Conquest  Yxta Maya Murray
Feathered Serpent: A Novel of the Mexican Conquest  Colin Falconer
 
Ancient Egypt
Akhenaten, Dweller in Truth  Naguib Mahfouz
Ancient Evenings  Norman Mailer
Cleopatra's Heir  Gillian Bradshaw
The Egyptian  Mika Waltari
The Egyptian Novels by Wilbur Smith
     River God
     The Seventh Scroll
     Warlock
The Memoirs of Cleopatra  Margaret George
Sphinx  Robin Cook 
When We Were Gods: A Novel of Cleopatra  Colin Falconer

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Ancient Greece
Achilles  Elizabeth Cook
Alexander the Great series by Mary Renault
     Fire From Heaven
     Funeral Games
     Persian Boy
The Bull From the Sea  Mary Renault
Creation: A Novel  Gore Vidal
The Firebrand  Marion Zimmer Bradley
Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae  Steven Pressfield
Homer's Daughter  Robert Graves
Last of the Amazons  Steven Pressfield
Last of the Wine  Mary Renault
The Ten Thousand: A Novel of Ancient Greece  Michael Curtis Ford
Tides of War  Steven Pressfield
The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great  Steven Pressfield
The Sand Reckoner  Gillian Bradshaw
 

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Medieval
The Archer's Tale  Bernard Cornwell
An Army of Angels  Pamela Mercantel
The Arthur Books by Bernard Cornwell
     The Winter King
     Enemy of God
     Excalibur
The Arthurian Saga by Mary Stewart
     The Crystal Cave
     The Hollow Hills
     The Last Enchantment
     The Wicked Day
Avalon series by Marion Zimmer Bradley
     The Mists of Avalon
     Priestess of Avalon
Baudolino  Umberto Eco
The Black Rose  T.B. Costain
The Camulod Chronicles by Jack Whyte
     The Skystone
     The Singing Sword
     The Eagles' Brood
     The Saxon Shore
     The Sorcerer  
      Uther
The Canterbury Papers  Judith Healey
Confessions of a Pagan Nun  Kate Horsley
The Dream of Scipio  Iain Pears
Gertrude and Claudius  John Updike
The Guenevere Novels by Rosalind Miles
     Guenevere: Queen of the Summer Country
     The Knight of the Sacred Lake
     Child of the Holy Grail
The Grail Quest series by Bernard Cornwell
     Vagabond 
     Heretic
The Good Men: A Novel of Heresy  Charmaine Craig
Here Be Dragons Sharon Kay Penman
The Illuminator  Brenda Rickman Vantrease
In a Dark Wood Wandering  Hella S. Haasse
The Jester  James Patterson
Lion of Ireland: The Legend of Brian Boru  Morgan Llywelyn
The Name of the Rose  Umberto Eco
Pillars of the Earth  Ken Follett
The Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell
     The Last Kingdom 
     The Pale Horseman 
     Lords of the North
The Scourge of God  William Dietrich
The Thrall's Tale  Judith Lindbergh
Timeline  Michael Crichton
Isolde, Queen of the Western Isle by Rosalind Miles
The Tudor Series by Philippa Gregory
     The Constant Princess
     The Other Boleyn Girl
     The Queen's Fool
     The Virgin's Lover
     The Other Queen
War of the Gods  Poul Anderson
When Christ and His Saints Slept   Sharon Kay Penman
 

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Alternative
1633  David Weber & Eric Flint
The Children's War  J.N. Stoyar
The Eyre Affair  Jasper Fforde
Civil War series by Newt Gingrich
     Gettysburg
     Grant Comes East 
     Never Call Retreat: Lee and Grant, the Final Victory
Guns of the South Harry Turtledove
The Great War I series by Harry Turtledove
     Walk in Hell
     Breakthroughs
Hitler's Peace  Phillip Kerr
The Plot Against America  Phillip Roth
Setting Accounts series by Harry Turtledove
     Return Engagement
     Drive to the East
A Song for Nero  Thomas Holt
Stars and Stripes Triumphant  Harry Harrison
Terrible Angel: A Novel of Michael Collins in New York  Dermot McEvoy
The Years of Rice and Salt  Kim Stanley Robinson
 

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American Revolution
April Morning  Howard Fast
Burr: A Novel  Gore Vidal
Citizen Tom Paine  Howard Fast
Citizen Washington  William Martin
Dawn on a Distant Shore  Sara Donati
Dawn's Early Light  Elswyth Thane
Dreams of Glory  Thomas Fleming
Drums Along the Mohawk  Walter D. Edmonds
The Glorious Cause  Jeff Shaara
Hornet's Nest  Jimmy Carter
Into the Wilderness  Sara Donati
Rabble in Arms  Esta Cosgrave
Rise to Rebellion  Jeff Shaara
Saratoga  David Garland
Seven Days in June  Howard Fast
 

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U.S. Civil War
Alice's Tulips  Sandra Dallas
The Black Flower  Howard Bahr
Chickamauga and Other Civil War Stories  Shelby Foote
Civil War series by Jeff & Michael Shaara
     Gods and Generals
     Killer Angels
     The Last Full Measure
Cold Mountain  Charles Frazier
Cry of the Hawk  T.C. Johnston 
The Emancipator's Wife: A Novel of Mary Todd Lincoln Barbara Hambly
Enemy Women  Paulette Jiles
Ghost Riders  Sharyn McCrumb
Gone With the Wind  Margaret Mitchell
High Hearts  Rita Mae Brown
Jacob's Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the War  Donald McCaig
A Light to My Path  Lynn Austin
Lincoln  Gore Vidal
Look Away  Harold Coyle
Look Away, Beulah Land  Lonnie Coleman
The March  E.L. Doctorow
North and South  John Jakes
The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All  Allan Gurganus 
On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon  Kaye Gibbons
The Red Badge of Courage  Stephen Crane
The Starbuck Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell
     Rebel
     Copperhead 
     The Bloody Ground
Savannah, or, a Gift For Mr. Lincoln  John Jakes
White Doves at Morning  James Lee Burke
Until the End  Harold Coyle
The Unvanquished  William Faulkner
The Widow of the South  Robert Hicks
The Wind Done Gone  Alice Randall
The Year of Jubilo  Howard Bahr
 

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World War I
All Quiet on the Western Front  Erich Remarque
Birds Without Wings  Louis de Bernieres
Burnden of Desire  Robert MacNeil
Conspirators  Michael Andre Bernstein
A Cup of Tea: A Novel of 1917  Amy Ephron
A Farewell to Arms  Ernest Hemingway
The Last Day of the War  Judith Claire Mitchell
Lusitania  David Butler
The Man From St. Petersburg  Ken Follett
Regeneration  Pat Barker
A Soldier of the Great War  Mark Helprin
Three Day Road  Joseph Boyden
Three Soldiers  John dos Passos
To the Last Man  Jeff Shaara
 

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World War II
Black Cross  Greg Iles
The Bridge Over the River Kwai  Pierre Boulle
Corelli's Mandolin  Louis De Bernieres
December 6  Martin Cruz Smith
Eva's Cousin  Sibylle Knauss  
A Gesture Life  Chang-Rae Lee
Gone to Soldiers  Margie Piercy
A Kiss From Maddalena  Christopher Castellani
Memoirs of a Geisha  Arthur Golden
Night Over Water  Ken Follett
Night Sky  Clare Francis
Ordinary Heroes  Scott Turow
The Polish Officer  Allan Furst
Schindler's List  Thomas Keneally
Second Generation  Howard Fast
To Serve Them All My Days  R.F. Delderfield
A Ship Must Die  Douglas Reeman
The Thin Red Line  James Jones
A Thread of Grace  Mary Doria Russell
Time and Tide  Thomas Fleming
War and Remembrance  Herman Wouk
Where Eagles Dare  Alistair MacLean
The Winds of War  Herman Wouk
World War II trilogy by Evelyn Waugh
     Men at Arms
     Offers and Gentlemen
     The End of the Battle
 

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Medieval
The Archer's Tale  Bernard Cornwell
An Army of Angels  Pamela Mercantel
The Arthur Books by Bernard Cornwell
     The Winter King
     Enemy of God
     Excalibur
The Arthurian Saga by Mary Stewart
     The Crystal Cave
     The Hollow Hills
     The Last Enchantment
     The Wicked Day
Avalon series by Marion Zimmer Bradley
     The Mists of Avalon
     The Forest House
     The Lady of Avalon
     Priestess of Avalon
Baudolino  Umberto Eco
The Black Rose  T.B. Costain
The Camulod Chronicles by Jack Whyte
     The Skystone
     The Singing Sword
     The Eagles' Brood
     The Saxon Shore
     The Sorcerer  
      Uther
The Canterbury Papers  Judith Healey
Confessions of a Pagan Nun  Kate Horsley
The Dream of Scipio  Iain Pears
Gertrude and Claudius  John Updike
The Guenevere Novels by Rosalind Miles
     Guenevere: Queen of the Summer Country
     The Knight of the Sacred Lake
     Child of the Holy Grail
The Grail Quest series by Bernard Cornwell
     Harlequin
     Vagabond 
     Heretic
The Good Men: A Novel of Heresy  Charmaine Craig
Here Be Dragons Sharon Kay Penman
The Illuminator  Brenda Rickman Vantrease
In a Dark Wood Wandering  Hella S. Haasse
The Jester  James Patterson
Lion of Ireland: The Legend of Brian Boru  Morgan Llywelyn
The Name of the Rose  Umberto Eco
Pillars of the Earth  Ken Follett
The Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell
     The Last Kingdom  Bernard Cornwell
     The Pale Horseman  Bernard Cornwell
     Lords of the North (not yet published)
The Scourge of God  William Dietrich
The Thrall's Tale  Judith Lindbergh
Timeline  Michael Crichton
Tristan and Isolde trilogy by Rosalind Miles
     Isolde, Queen of the Western Isle
     The Maid of the White Hands
     The Lady of the Sea
The Tudor Series by Philippa Gregory
     The Constant Princess
     The Other Boleyn Girl
     The Queen's Fool
     The Virgin's Lover
     The Boleyn's Inheretance
     The Other Queen
War of the Gods  Poul Anderson
When Christ and His Saints Slept   Sharon Kay Penman
 

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Alternative
1633  David Weber & Eric Flint
The Children's War  J.N. Stoyar
The Eyre Affair  Jasper Fforde
Civil War series by Newt Gingrich
     Gettysburg
     Grant Comes East 
     Never Call Retreat: Lee and Grant, the Final Victory
Guns of the South Harry Turtledove
The Great War I series by Harry Turtledove
     American Front
     Walk in Hell
     Breakthroughs
Hitler's Peace  Phillip Kerr
Lion's Blood: A Novel of Slavery and Freedom in an Alternate America  Steven Barnes
The Plot Against America  Phillip Roth
Pride of Kings  Judith Tarr
Setting Accounts series by Harry Turtledove
     Return Engagement
     Drive to the East
     The Grapple
     In the Death
A Song for Nero  Thomas Holt
Stars and Stripes Triumphant  Harry Harrison
Terrible Angel: A Novel of Michael Collins in New York  Dermot McEvoy
The Years of Rice and Salt  Kim Stanley Robinson
 

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American Revolution
April Morning  Howard Fast
Burr: A Novel  Gore Vidal
Citizen Tom Pain  Howard Fast
Citizen Washington  William Martin
Dark Eagle: A Story of Benedict Arnold and the American Revolution  John Ensor Harr 
Dawn on a Distant Shore  Sara Donati
Dawn's Early Light  Elswyth Thane
Dreams of Glory  Thomas Fleming
Drums Along the Mohawk  Walter D. Edmonds
The Glorious Cause  Jeff Shaara
Hornet's Nest  Jimmy Carter
Into the Wilderness  Sara Donati
Rabble in Arms  Esta Cosgrave
Rise to Rebellion  Jeff Shaara
Saratoga  David Garland
Seven Days in June  Howard Fast
 

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U.S. Civil War
Alice's Tulips  Sandra Dallas