Books on Historical Fiction

Posted by marysue on 09 December 2014

Historical fiction is a favorite genre for many readers, as the authors of these books delve into different time periods of history and imagine people, conversations, and events within that context. The following titles are recommended by library staff and are available at your local Fauquier County Public Library location.

American

• Burning Sky by Lori Benton
• The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
• Hush Now, Don’t You Cry by Rhys Bowen
• Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker: A Novel by Jennifer Chiaverini
• The Fort: A Novel of the Revolutionary War by Bernard Cornwell
• No Greater Courage by Richard Croker
• Escape from Andersonville by Gene Hackman
• Deep Creek by Dana Hand
• A Separate Country by Robert Hicks
• One Glorious Ambition by Jane Kirkpatrick
• Watergate: A Novel by Thomas Mallon
• My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira
• Far Bright Star by Robert Olmstead
• Eye of the Raven by Eliot Pattison
• The Southern Seahawk by Randall Peffer
• New York: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd
• A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shiloh by Jeff Shaara
• The Help by Kathryn Stockett
• The Shoemaker’s Wife by Adriana Trigiani
• May the Road Rise Up To Meet You by Peter Troy

European

• The Black Tower by Louis Bayard
• Mozart’s Sister: A Novel by Rita Charbonnier
• Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
• The Burning Land by Bernard Cornwell
• The Maid: A Novel of Joan of Arc by Kimberly Cutter
• Spies of the Balkans by Alan Furst
• The Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon
• The Queen’s Governess by Karen Harper
• The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James
• Touchstone by Laurie King
• Mr. Churchill’s Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
• The Rose of Sebastopol by Katharine McMahon
• Stealing Mona Lisa by Carson Morton
• Abdication: A Novel by Juliet Nicolson
• The Book of Madness and Cures by Regina O’Melveny
• Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman
• The Detour by Andromeda Romano-Lax
• The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay
• Chambers of Death by Priscilla Royal
• The Rising Tide: A Novel of World War II by Jeff Shaara
• The Midwife’s Tale by Sam Thomas

World

• The Alexander Cipher by Will Adams
• Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead by Nick Drake
• The Dovekeepers, by Alice Hoffman
• Genghis: Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden
• Child of Vengeance by David Kirk
• The Typist by Michael Knight
• Pearl of China by Anchee Min
• The Sheen on the Silk by Anne Perry
• An Atlas of Impossible Longing by Anuradha Roy
• The Seven Wonders: A Novel of the Ancient World by Steven Saylor
• Fire in the East by Harry Sidebottom
• The Winter Palace by Eva Stachniak
• Land of Marvels by Barry Unsworth
  

Looking for more book lists and staff suggestions? Stop by the reference desk at your local library. Online best seller lists published prior to January 2015 are available here.