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While time travel will (probably) never happen, we’ll always have the next best thing: historical fiction novels. Through the magic of fiction (and authors’ dedication to researching endless incredible details), readers can feel as though they’ve been everywhere and every time, from Ancient Greece to colonial Asia to the American Revolution to the Holocaust. If you’re a fiction lover who wants to learn more about the past but isn’t sure about diving into the world of history books, it’s the best of both worlds.
Another reason to love historical fiction is that it can be crossed with any other genre. From historical mysteries to steamy historical romance to hilarious historical fiction, whatever genre you enjoy can be placed in another period.
Clearly, this is a genre that truly has something for everyone. Whether you prefer novels that bring you to times of war and terror or more whimsical stories set in the past; historical fiction that is surprisingly accurate or tales that take creative license with their settings, you'll find endless books to add to your TBR pile in the lists below.
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From the medieval Ottoman Empire to contemporary Istanbul.
Allow the magic of reading to let you step back in time.
“Oh I know the whole world prefers a woman who doesn't know her power, but I'm sick of all that.” ―Taylor Jenkins Reid
Grab your sword and armor, and prepare to be transported.
Her depictions of race, religion, and history are uniquely poignant and informative.
She's keeping it real…fantastically real.
“This life is slow suicide, unless you read.” ―Herman Wouk, The Caine Mutiny
By Orrin Grey
Levy examined the complex reality of being a Black woman in a primarily White London.
There's more than James Joyce and Oscar Wilde.
This list has something for every fiction and non-fiction history lover.
There’s no better gift than an escape to bygone worlds.
The author of Woman on the Edge of Time was way ahead of her own.
These books will bring you right back to the quad.
Flip through faith-based reads.
By Nicole Klett & Orrin Grey
Discover more compelling war dramas.
By Orrin Grey
“The woods are full of regional writers, and it is the great horror of every serious Southern writer that he will become one of them.” ―Flannery O'Connor
By Orrin Grey