Best Historical Fiction

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tekijä: Hilary Mantel
13,413 jäsentä
645 arvostelua
4
18
tekijä: A.S. Byatt
12,903 jäsentä
289 arvostelua
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
Selitykset
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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tekijä: Josephine Tey
5,889 jäsentä
226 arvostelua
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
Selitykset
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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12,883 jäsentä
122 arvostelua
½ 3.7
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5,429 jäsentä
126 arvostelua
4.2
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tekijä: Joseph Heller
39,816 jäsentä
523 arvostelua
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
Selitykset
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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27,178 jäsentä
629 arvostelua
4.1
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2,566 jäsentä
60 arvostelua
½ 4.3
42
tekijä: Caleb Carr
9,433 jäsentä
250 arvostelua
4
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3,160 jäsentä
62 arvostelua
4
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10,528 jäsentä
175 arvostelua
3.9
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11,143 jäsentä
653 arvostelua
4
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tekijä: Leo Tolstoy
28,598 jäsentä
451 arvostelua
½ 4.3
53
tekijä: Mary Renault
2,320 jäsentä
40 arvostelua
4.1
54
tekijä: John Fowles
6,516 jäsentä
108 arvostelua
3.8
55
tekijä: Ellis Peters
3,919 jäsentä
102 arvostelua
3.8
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18,949 jäsentä
402 arvostelua
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
Selitykset
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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tekijä: C. J. Sansom
4,138 jäsentä
194 arvostelua
3.9
61
tekijä: M. M. Kaye
2,383 jäsentä
67 arvostelua
4.1
64
tekijä: Chinua Achebe
20,532 jäsentä
431 arvostelua
3.8
67
tekijä: Hermann Hesse
27,684 jäsentä
378 arvostelua
4
68
tekijä: John Boyne
14,862 jäsentä
849 arvostelua
4
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6,526 jäsentä
147 arvostelua
4.1
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1,963 jäsentä
73 arvostelua
4.2
72
tekijä: Mary Renault
1,688 jäsentä
28 arvostelua
3.9
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5,434 jäsentä
182 arvostelua
½ 4.3
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tekijä: Sarah Waters
4,379 jäsentä
153 arvostelua
½ 3.7
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3,080 jäsentä
33 arvostelua
4
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13,565 jäsentä
201 arvostelua
3.8
77
tekijä: Pat Barker
4,486 jäsentä
112 arvostelua
4
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8,711 jäsentä
189 arvostelua
4
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8,735 jäsentä
189 arvostelua
½ 4.3
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16,406 jäsentä
384 arvostelua
3.9
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6,900 jäsentä
293 arvostelua
4.2
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34,100 jäsentä
470 arvostelua
4.1
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17,588 jäsentä
681 arvostelua
4.1
84
16,057 jäsentä
285 arvostelua
4.1
20 Members
eshaw27, rainpebble, Cecrow, Christy.Riege, merrystar, deldevries, elkiedee, ValLloyd, Doey, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, NinieB, Alice-W-Greene, DDreawriter, Laura1124, This-n-That, Daviette, fredasteele, KarlaC,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Selitykset
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.
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tekijä: Anya Seton
2,945 jäsentä
89 arvostelua
4.2
86
tekijä: Colm Tóibín
5,201 jäsentä
292 arvostelua
½ 3.7
87
5,914 jäsentä
312 arvostelua
4.1
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2,648 jäsentä
66 arvostelua
4
89
18,743 jäsentä
412 arvostelua
4.2
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tekijä: Mary Renault
2,666 jäsentä
55 arvostelua
3.9
91
2,686 jäsentä
87 arvostelua
½ 4.3
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11,520 jäsentä
173 arvostelua
3.9
93
tekijä: Pearl S. Buck
13,780 jäsentä
265 arvostelua
4
17 Members
rainpebble, Cecrow, roby72, thecoroner, cfk, Doey, gypsysmom, al.vick, ahef1963, leslie.98, NinieB, jaromdl, Laura1124, fredasteele, CharleneLB, KarlaC, Kathyk22,aulsmith
Selitykset
aulsmith : Not historical fiction by my definition.
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tekijä: Hilary Mantel
6,887 jäsentä
343 arvostelua
½ 4.3
95
tekijä: Wu Ming
1,764 jäsentä
39 arvostelua
4
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5,266 jäsentä
90 arvostelua
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
Selitykset
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
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tekijä: Edith Wharton
9,658 jäsentä
200 arvostelua
4
98
tekijä: Mary Renault
1,371 jäsentä
22 arvostelua
4
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16,293 jäsentä
298 arvostelua
4.1
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12,632 jäsentä
232 arvostelua
3.9
14 Members
Nickelini, charl08, Cariola, rainpebble, sturlington, Twixi, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, jaromdl, madhatter73, mspixieears, ShawIslandLibrary, fredasteele,aulsmith ,oakdale
Selitykset
aulsmith : This is a mix of historical and contemporary fiction. I would have preferred it to be one or the other.