The BEST HISTORICAL FICTION OF ALL TIME (according to YOU)

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Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Chronicles of the Kings," by Lynn Austin
Be Like the Fox by Erica Benner
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
March by Geraldine Brooks
Possession by AS Byatt - Annelies
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Suzanna Clarke
Tai-Pan by James Clavell
Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
Prayers for the Stolen by Jennifer Clement
The Last Kingdom series by Bernard Cornwell
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr -
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
The Iron King by Maurice Druon
The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett
King Hereafter by Dorothy Dunnett
Romola by George Elliot
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng
Neopalitan series by Elena Ferrante
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazer
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy
The Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
Philippa Gregory
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
The Foundling by Stacey Halls
Manga Kingdom by Yasuhisa Hara
The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
The Founding by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles (35 book series)
Wolf Den Trilogy by Elodie Harper
Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris
In a dark wood wandering by Hella Haasse
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
Cathedral by Ben Hopkins
Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson
The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
Once upon a Time There Was a Man by Mac Hammond
Byzantium by Stephen R. Lawhead
Girl in Disguise by Greer Macallister
For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On by Victoria Mackenzie
"Company of Liars" by Karen Maitland
Fludd by Hilary Mantel
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran
Cuddy by Benjamin Myers
Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brien
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk
A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians by H. G. Parry
Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel
Jean Plaidy
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
True Grit by Charles Portis
A Shadow In Moscow by Katherine Raey
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Godiva: The Viking Sagas by David Rose
The Forest by Edward Rutherford
Painter to the King by Amy Sackville
Back When You Called Us Devils. By Takashi Sano
Boudica Dreaming the Eagle by Manda Scott
M: Son of the Century by Antonio Scurati
Salt to the Sea by Ruth Sepetys
Désirée by Annemarie Selinko
Katherine by Anya Seton
“The Terror “ by Dan Simmons
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
My Name is Resolute " by Nancy Turner
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
Mila 18 by Leon Uris
A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttle
“The Egyptian” by Mika Waltari
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth E. Wein -
Still Life by Sarah Winman
Forever Amber, by Kathleen Winsor
The Legend of Condor Heroes by Jin Yong
Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan by Eiji Yoshikawa (Author), William Scott Wilson (Translator)
Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
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@robin-tainebrownell1491 6 дней назад

Wow! What an epic list. My nominee was mentioned Yay! Many books and authors I'm familiar with, but so many more I'm not. I will be saving this video to come back to when i need a little inspiration for my next historical read.

@Shellyish 4 дня назад

How exciting!

@kfp10596 5 дней назад

I would recommend Kristin Hannah. She has numerous historical fiction books. Her latest is The Women about nurses in the Vietnam. I gave it 5 ⭐️! But my absolute favorite of hers is The Nightingale. It is a story of 2 sisters during WWII.

@Shellyish 5 дней назад

Thanks for the recommendation!

@AlmasBookJourney 6 дней назад

Love the list!! I'm going to copy and keep in my purse whenever I go book shopping or library!!

@Shellyish 4 дня назад

Love that!

@laredo2393 4 дня назад

All the light we cannot see - must read!!!

@kevinrussell-jp6om 3 дня назад

My son gave me this book a few years ago. He read reviews, and you are correct, many people strongly recommend it. I lasted about 20 minutes with it. There is NO accounting for taste. My response no doubt says much more about what kind of person I am than any accurate or fair review. I did not see Whatever Light There Was.

@debbierussell2830 5 дней назад

What a great video! Thanks so much for putting this together!

@Shellyish 5 дней назад

My pleasure!!!

@DebMcDonald 5 дней назад

I nominated For All Thy Little Pain… and wanted to add that the two women in the book were real and they both wrote books of their own. Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe.

@Shellyish 4 дня назад

Thank you!

@CRohrscheib 13 часов назад

Fantastic video. I don't know a single person who hasn't loved Pillars of the Earth and most historical fiction readers rate it in their favorites.

@phague85 5 дней назад

Thank you for putting this list together. I added many to my TBR.

@Shellyish 5 дней назад

You're so welcome!

@Wiredbishop 6 дней назад

Love the vlog esque style of video for a list this big

@Shellyish 4 дня назад

Yay! Thank you!

@sc8717 5 дней назад

This is so amazing Shelly! I'm going to be using this as a resource for a long time to come. There are so many books on this list that I now want to read- a lot of which I've never heard of before!

@Shellyish 4 дня назад

Wonderful!

@sherrystacks4815 6 дней назад

Hi I also live in South Carolina and I have just discovered you. Please read Invention of Wings. Love love love this book especially based in South Carolina story based on Grimke sister we all need to learn more about

@Shellyish 4 дня назад

I'm added Invention of Wings to my list! :)

@marciajohansson769 2 дня назад

Just happened upon your channel today. My favorite historical novel is The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish. And... I loved Geraldine Brooks book Horse. I can't wait to read more. It was quite the undertaking to put together this list! Many I have not heard about. I do enjoy a good historical fiction book. Loved The Book Thief. One of my all time favorites.

@Shellyish 2 дня назад

Welcome! I nearly bought The Weight of Ink on my last book buying trip. I think it’ll be in my library soon rather than later.

@stephenn3727 5 дней назад

Thank you Shelley!

@Shellyish 5 дней назад

Thank you!!

@dqan7372 6 дней назад

Edgar Lawrence Doctorow. (Had to look up the name myself.) Enjoying the list!

@Shellyish 5 дней назад

Thank you!

@Alina-dg3od 3 дня назад

Love the list! I am excited to read as many books as possible from it. And I am also currently reading Kristin Lavransdatter which is amazing!

@Shellyish 3 дня назад

Wonderful!!

@sassycatz4470 2 дня назад

I'm sorry I missed your original video asking for recommendations. I second your mention of Selinko's Desiree, Seton's Katherine, Cleeton's Next Year in Havana, McMurtry's Lonesome Dove, and Towles' A Gentleman in Moscow. By the way, in the last book, the main character ends up under house arrest at the Metropole Hotel in Moscow after the Russian Revolution. As for books not mentioned, I would suggest: Winston Graham's Poldark book series (which was also produced twice as a TV miniseries). It's set in Cornwall, England after the American Revolution, following a former officer in the British Army. Amy Harmon's What the Wind Knows. This is a bit of fantasy and fact. The main character goes back in time to Ireland of the early 20th Century as it was trying to gain independence from English rule. Also, of course, Alcott's Little Women and Gaskell's North and South. Finally, Susanna Kearsley's books play with time and feature subplots in past settings.

@Shellyish День назад

I've been wanting to read Polark for SO LONG! It's hard to stumble upon the first book! Thanks for the recommendations!

@bobkeane7966 7 часов назад

I would add Sarum I read it maybe 35 years ago follows a prehistoric family through to more modern times in England.

@debbiemurphy4971 4 дня назад

Great video, Shelly! Historical fiction is my absolute favorite genre and there’s some wonderful books listed here (including my nominee, Act of Oblivion 🎉). Adding to my TBR for sure!

@Shellyish 4 дня назад

Thank you for adding to the list.

@DebMcDonald 6 дней назад

Thank you so much for compiling this list. It must have been a labour of love. I’ll definitely be keeping it for reference. I do have a Women’s Prize winner to add. Property by Valerie Martin.

@tarquinmidwinter2056 4 дня назад

Nice video, and such a refreshing change from all the culture wars/political stuff that RU-vid usually throws my way. Agree with you about all of the books you mentioned that I have read, and grateful for the suggestions of books new to me. Also nice that you mentioned my recommendation (Kristin Lavransdatter). Hope you get to read and enjoy it one of these days.

@Shellyish 4 дня назад

I really do hope to get my hands on a copy of Kristin Lavransdatter when I see it out in the wild. :) Thank you for submitting it.

@linaadams138 3 часа назад

Thank you so much for this. I added some to my list. "My Name is Resolute," is the best book i have ever read. I hated "Gentleman in Moscow." I couldn't finish it. I just wanted him to shut up.

@darcyashley3889 2 дня назад

Enjoying historical fiction giving voice to women who have been overlooked in history- Any book by Stephanie Dray- especially her recent release "Becoming Madame Secretary" or "Women of the Chateau Lafayette. Any book by Allison Pataki- especially her recent release "Finding Margaret Fuller". Both are phenomenal writers. Also "The Personal Librarian" by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray.

@kimswhims8435 17 часов назад

That is one cute kid! Great list, thanks Shelly

@kimswhims8435 17 часов назад

Oh there's two! Both cute kids 😄

@bjminton2698 5 дней назад

Wow! What a long list! Thank you for all the work involved in compiling it!! Oh no! Hamnet - on my TBR thanks to Alice... now I'm crying again 😢.

@Shellyish 5 дней назад

So many books and moments reminding me of Alice. You are not alone.

@joceanna3461 2 дня назад

Just bought the Iron King books 1-3 because of you lol. Also my fav is The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah. I also loved Pillars of the Earth.

@Shellyish День назад

Hope you enjoy it!

@TerryJ950 День назад

A Gentleman in Moscow is that good, one of my favorite books of all time. I’m doing a reread of East of Eden right now. Great video!

@Shellyish День назад

Thank you so much!

@MsPixieD 5 дней назад

Girl, that jungle print! What's on there, jaguars? 🐆 💚 Also loved the house tour, and so cute you were "hiding out" from your kids in that room with the pretty flowered wallpaper. Pillars of Earth -- I read that trilogy, but now it's "three sequels and a prequel," so two more have been published since I read the first three. Whew, so many books, so little time! Yikes, I now have such a backlist of historical fiction that every month is probably going to include some going forward. As for "June on the range," I got to zero westerns, although I'm taking your Lonesome Dove recommendation under advisement for my tbr. (I really wanted to listen to the audiobook of Lucky Red for a western + pride month combo, but ended up listening to All You Need Is Love, interviews about the Beatles that couldn't even make it to the bingo card because although it was historical, it wasn't fiction!) ... The Marriage Portrait, already on my tbr because I thought Hamlet was excellent. Had to google the Browning poem you mentioned immediately. Omg, so chilling!! ... Whew, finally at the end, was that in alphabetical order? I noticed the last 2 authors started with Z! Gone With the Wind didn't make the list, no worries, it is still great historical fiction, great characters.

@Shellyish 4 дня назад

Yes, Jaguars! :) Pillars of the Earth is definitely on my mind to read soon!

@Shellyish 4 дня назад

I'm not sure if anyone submitted GWTW. I would've added it if I saw it. Some people also had multiple books in which I often just took the first and second submission, but no more (just for brevities sake!). :)

@StephanieJCohen 4 дня назад

Great list. I have read some but several more sound really interesting! I think you will really enjoy All the Light We Cannot See.

@Shellyish 4 дня назад

I'll check it out! I've been thinking about Doerr's book more since Alice really loved it.

@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366 4 дня назад

Shelly, I’ll bet you are an amazing teacher, based on your labor of love in assembling the many recommendations for this video! And I’m beyond grateful that you’re sharing The Book of Negroes. Your child, by the way, is incredibly adorable wanting to share a book, hee hee! 😊 I feel like I need to present more historical fiction on my channel. Thanks for so many brilliant recommendations!

@Shellyish 4 дня назад

Awe, thank you! I really want to read The Book of Negroes! :)

@MsReadsAlot 5 дней назад

The WWII aspect of life after life was a surprise. I want to read March. Horse was phenomenal. The name of the rose was a decent read. I feel like pillars of the earth would be a Shelly read. Massive list! Very cool that you had so many recs! ☺️

@Shellyish 4 дня назад

Wonderful! Thank you for letting me know about Horse! :)

@MyMessyBookshelf 5 дней назад

So many great books! I loved the Red Tent!

@Shellyish 5 дней назад

Me too!!

@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD 6 дней назад

Hahaha that opening😅😅

@Shellyish 4 дня назад

My boys are so silly sometimes.

@Read2live 5 дней назад

All Quiet on the Western Front is amazing! Very beautiful writing and poignant. It had broken my heart when I had read it and I'd love to read it again. East of Eden is also amazing! The Invention of the Wings is very good! Some voices stronger than others, which usually happens when there are multiple perspectives. My Name is Red, I liked it overall, but some parts got a little too bizarre for me. I did love the mystery of the crime and I really loved the history of the miniature artists that I didn't know before this book. I plan to read more by Orhan Pamuk. The Book Thief... So good! I cried! War and Peace is staring at me from my shelves asking me when I'm going to finally pick it... As always, you have a great list! Many books from your list, I want to read them.

@Shellyish 5 дней назад

Wonderful! Thank you for sharing!!!

@coffemuse 5 дней назад

This is an epic video! I you do a part 2, please add North Woods by Daniel Mason, my best book of this year! Also The Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart and the whole trilogy it's part of. It's a King Arthur retelling but a really effortless depiction of Dark Age Britain that feels so real you just slip into it. Oooh and the Doomsday Book by Connie Willis! It's such an incredible book! Am I allowed to make all these recommendations?

@Shellyish 5 дней назад

Yes! Of course! And thank you so much!!

@Shellyish 5 дней назад

I added the books to my TBR.

@onourpath 5 дней назад

I've read a lot of these -- and yes, they are fab -- but I didn't see my favorite one. The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman is amazing, and features characters and complications that don't usually appear in novels.

@Shellyish 5 дней назад

Thanks for the recommendation!

@isaacdiahamadi4611 5 дней назад

We Can also named Omniscient Reader

@Shellyish 5 дней назад

Thanks.

@MineShackle 4 дня назад

Have you read Of Human Bondage?

@Shellyish 4 дня назад

I have not.

@debbiemurphy4971 4 дня назад

Oops! P.S. Also, Any of Margaret George’s novels are wonderful. She’s written about Elizabeth I, Henry VIII, Mary, Queen of Scot’s, Cleopatra, Mary Magdalen, Helen of Troy, and Nero. Excellent historical fiction author!

@Shellyish 4 дня назад

Thank you!

@jacqulynhenry8071 5 дней назад

The way you said "......tickles my fancy.....," felt like a slur. 28:46

@Shellyish 5 дней назад

Hm. You're probably right.

@kevinrussell-jp6om 3 дня назад

E.L.=A member of the XY club, identified as Edgar Lawrence (possibly referred to as Ed or Eddie, or perhaps Larry). Don't believe he (I am assuming the pronoun) ever identified as female (died almost 10 years ago), but we should not assume. SAW the movie version of "Ragtime" but have never read anything by "Ed". Has nothing to do with the Red Tent but does reference a species of music composition. This IS a legitimate example of historical fiction.

@Shellyish 3 дня назад

Oh, thank you!

@kevinrussell-jp6om 3 дня назад

@@Shellyish I'm a westerner who lived in Lancaster SC for two years a decade ago. Nice to again hear that South Carolina way of talking. My paternal grandpa was born in Charleston. You're blessed with those two boys of yours. Thanks for the book posts. Cold Mountain is a GREAT book.

@michaelmasiello6752 5 дней назад

Such a great list-you gave me a ton of things I also want to read, and I will be returning to this list many times. I want to mention that the Mackenzie book’s Julian is the great Julian of Norwich, whose mystical work, the Shewings, is one of the masterpieces of medieval spirituality in English-totally worth reading for its own sake. As is The Book of Margery Kempe, written by the other woman you mention. We can read their works even now, and they are remarkable. Also, Blood Meridian is an extraordinary book. It is so, so bruising, but it is a towering, titanic, and polarizing work of art. I think I want to read everything on this list I haven’t already read (and that’s a lot of stuff I haven’t read!). Last, I wanted to add two more: anything by Antonio Lobo Antunes, the great Portuguese writer. He’s a medical doctor and spent time in Angola under Portuguese colonial rule. He bears witness to the horrors of this period across his whole career. But he is also one of the greatest stylists on earth, even in translation. Hard to pick one place to start. Three suggestions: The Land at the End of the World; Return of the Caravels; The Inquisitor’s Manual. Or Commission of Tears. God, he’s a master. The other is William T. Vollmann. He has a series called Seven Dreams. They can be read in any order. I recommend Fathers and Crows, about French Jesuits coming into contact with Native Americans (with unfortunate results) or The Dying Grass, a wild and heartbreaking doorstopper about the Nez Perce War. He is a genius!! Great video! P.S. other Viking masterpieces: Bengtsson’s The Long Ships, and Jane Smiley’s The Greenlanders. The former is thrilling, the latter a slow burn that will just break your heart (written like an Icelandic saga).

@Shellyish 4 дня назад

Thank you so much!! I added ALL your recommendations to my TBR!

@rustychapman7913 3 дня назад

Oblivion is about post English Civil War (17th century), not post WW2.

@Shellyish 3 дня назад

Oops! Thanks for the correction!

@brensgems7539 5 дней назад

Ragtime Edgar Laurence Doctorow. Male author from New York

@Shellyish 5 дней назад

Thank you!!!

@wandefter 5 дней назад

be like the fox is not fiction, it's a historical biography. Instead of that, I would recommend Machiavelli: His Life and Times by Alexander Lee. Much better.

@Shellyish 5 дней назад

Thank you!!

@michelleh7133 2 дня назад

I've been trying and trying to get through this video. I hate the makeup thing. Not sure what you are doing here, but I don't care to watch you be distracted with your makeup while you try to talk books. JMO.

@Shellyish 2 дня назад

There is a complete list in the description box. Also, haven’t you mentioned this before on my channel?

@michelleh7133 2 дня назад

@@Shellyish I have not mentioned this before. Have you done other makeup videos? I did enjoy the shenanigans of the boys, as my 3 very blond boys are now adults.

@Shellyish 2 дня назад

@@michelleh7133 I’ve done the makeup style of bookish video on and off on my channel for years. Did your boys retain their bright blond hair as adults? I’m sure it shined when they were kiddos.

@michelleh7133 2 дня назад

@Shellyish alas, no. None have the "white blond" of childhood. All are still handsome though. 😉

@Shellyish 2 дня назад

@@michelleh7133 I’m sure. ☺️