33 Must-Read Historical Fiction Novels

A good historical fiction will suck you in and transport you to another time. Here are 33 novels that'll do just that.

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Lilac Girls
Daisy Jones & the Six
The Giver of Stars
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Lilac Girls
4.1
Daisy Jones & the Six
4.1
The Giver of Stars
4.2
The Murmur of Bees
4.1
A Gentleman in Moscow
4.4
Alias Grace
4.2
Beloved
4
A Book of Night Women
4.6
China Dolls
3.8
The Nickel Boys
4.1
Fruit of the Drunken Tree
4
The Alice Network
4.1
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
4.4
Once Upon a River
4.2
The Dutch House
4.3
Summer of '69
3.9
Mrs. Everything
4
The Underground Railroad
4
Half of a Yellow Sun
4.5
Lincoln in the Bardo
3.9
The Seamstress
4.2
All the Ways We Said Goodbye
3.8
Memoirs of a Geisha
4.4
The Color Purple
4.4
The Nightingale
4.8
The Great Alone
4.5
All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel
5
Girl with a Pearl Earring
4
A Tale of Two Cities
4
The House of the Spirits
4.1
The Secret Life of Bees
4.2
Euphoria
4
The Stationery Shop
4.3

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