Historical Fiction

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Snapshot taken from Amazon's Top 100 Best Sellers in Historical Fiction

  • Under a Gilded Moon: A Novel book cover
  • When We Believed in Mermaids: A Novel book cover
  • The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge Book 4) book cover
  • The Orphan House: Absolutely gripping and heartbreaking historical fiction book cover
  • The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot series Book 4) book cover
  • The Empress: A Novel book cover
  • The Chef's Secret: A Novel book cover
  • I Always Loved You: A Novel book cover
  • The Beekeeper's Promise book cover
  • This Magnificent Dappled Sea: A Novel book cover
  • The Last Correspondent book cover
  • Where the Crawdads Sing book cover
  • The English Wife: The international best selling, sweeping and emotional historical romance novel book cover
  • Winter Cottage book cover
  • The Power and the Glory book cover
  • City of Secrets (A Counterfeit Lady Novel Book 2) book cover
  • The Great Alone: A Novel book cover
  • The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop: A Novel book cover
  • Stay with Me: A novel book cover
  • The Last Lieutenant (The Todd Ingram Series Book 1) book cover
  • The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure book cover
  • The Seven Sisters: Book One book cover
  • The Giver of Stars: A Novel book cover
  • The Spies of Shilling Lane: A Novel book cover
  • The Forgiven Scoundrel (Tricking the Scoundrels Series Book 5) book cover
  • Dovetail: A Novel book cover
  • The Berlin Girl: The new title from the internationally bestselling author of WW2 historical fiction and the book you… book cover
  • One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow: A Novel book cover
  • The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August book cover
  • What Once Was True: An Irish WW2 Story (The Robinswood Story Book 1) book cover
  • The Star and the Shamrock book cover
  • The Smuggler’s Daughter: Heartwrenching and gripping historical fiction full of mystery and romance from the author of… book cover
  • Beneath a Scarlet Sky: A Novel book cover
  • A Bend in the Stars book cover
  • The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek: A Novel book cover
  • Where the Lost Wander: A Novel book cover
  • Girls on the Line: A Novel book cover
  • The Book of Lost Friends: A Novel book cover
  • The Whispers of War book cover
  • Mercy Road book cover
  • The Cold Millions: A Novel book cover
  • The Policewomen's Bureau: A Novel book cover
  • The Ragged Edge of Night book cover
  • The Girl Without a Name: Beautiful and heartbreaking World War 2 historical fiction book cover
  • This Tender Land: A Novel book cover
  • The Girl Behind the Gates: A raw, heart-breaking historical novel based on a true story that will stay with you for ever book cover
  • It All Comes Back to You: A Book Club Recommendation! book cover
  • The Winter Sea book cover
  • Love is Blind book cover
  • The Pillars of the Earth: A Novel (Kingsbridge Book 1) book cover
  • Christmastide With His Countess book cover
  • The Paper Bracelet: A gripping novel of heartbreaking secrets in a home for unwed mothers book cover
  • The Murmur of Bees book cover
  • The Truth in Our Lies book cover
  • Send Judah First: The Erased Life of an Enslaved Soul book cover
  • The Ventriloquists: A Novel book cover
  • Charlotte book cover
  • The Nightingale: A Novel book cover
  • The Tuscan Child book cover
  • In Farleigh Field: A Novel of World War II book cover
  • Everything My Mother Taught Me (Inheritance collection) book cover
  • Paiute Passage (Stonecroft Saga Book 11) book cover
  • The Jane Austen Society: A Novel book cover
  • The Dressmaker's Gift book cover
  • The Victory Garden: A Novel book cover
  • Honeysuckle Season book cover
  • Millicent Glenn's Last Wish: A Novel book cover
  • Stay book cover
  • A Column of Fire: A Novel (Kingsbridge Book 3) book cover
  • Gentleman Jim: A Tale of Romance and Revenge book cover
  • Thawing the Viscount's Heart: A Christmas Regency Romance (Belles of Christmas: Frost Fair Book 3) book cover
  • His Disinclined Bride (Seasons of Change Book 7) book cover
  • Lou Prophet: The Complete Series, Volume 1 book cover
  • Appointment With Death: Hercule Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot series Book 19) book cover
  • The House at the End of the Moor book cover
  • What the Wind Knows book cover
  • The Exiles: A Novel book cover
  • World Without End: A Novel (Kingsbridge Book 2) book cover
  • Hidden Places: A Novel book cover
  • Sea of Memories book cover
  • Miss Benson's Beetle: A Novel book cover
  • My Last Duchess book cover
  • The Book of Longings: A Novel book cover
  • A Home for Unloved Orphans: A completely heartbreaking and gripping historical fiction page-turner (The Orphans of Hope… book cover
  • 28 Summers book cover
  • News of the World: A Novel book cover
  • Sold on a Monday: A Novel book cover
  • The Waratah Inn book cover
  • Of Windmills and War (The War Trilogy - Book 1) book cover
  • The Tattooist of Auschwitz: A Novel book cover
  • The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction): A Novel book cover
  • Magic Lessons: The Prequel to Practical Magic book cover
  • The Lions of Fifth Avenue: A Novel book cover
  • The Iron Earl: A Valor of Vinehill Novel book cover
  • Outlander: A Novel (Outlander, Book 1) book cover
  • Golden Poppies: A Novel book cover
  • Say Goodbye for Now book cover
  • The Couple Next Door: A Novel book cover
  • The Flight Girls: A Novel book cover
  • Tidelands: A Novel (The Fairmile Series Book 1) book cover
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Authors

Authors with:

11 authors with more than one book:

  • 4 - Ken Follett
  • 3 - Fiona Valpy
  • 3 - Rhys Bowen
  • 2 - Agatha Christie
  • 2 - Mary Ellen Taylor
  • 2 - Kristin Hannah
  • 2 - Olivia Hawker
  • 2 - Jean Grainger
  • 2 - Amy Harmon
  • 2 - Alice Hoffman
  • 2 - Catherine Ryan Hyde

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Series & Titles

Standalone vs Series

Popular Words

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Series in the chart

  • Kingsbridge (Book 4, Book 1, Book 3, Book 2)
  • Hercule Poirot series (Book 4, Book 19)
  • A Counterfeit Lady Novel (Book 2)
  • The Todd Ingram Series (Book 1)
  • Tricking the Scoundrels Series (Book 5)
  • The Robinswood Story (Book 1)
  • Stonecroft Saga (Book 11)
  • Seasons of Change (Book 7)
  • The Fairmile Series (Book 1)

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