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100 MUST-READ MEDIEVAL HISTORICAL FICTION NOVELS

When you think about the Middle Ages, what do you picture? Knights in shining armor? Castles and kings and queens and serfs? I'd be lying if I said that isn't the very first thing I think of, myself. And to an extent, that is part of it. But the Middle Ages are so much richer and more complex than that. It is also mainly Western ethnocentrism that makes us automatically assume the knights and castles in the first place. There was a whole globe that existed at the same time, experiencing its own stories and pain and joy, not all of which had a thing to do with knights and damsels and the rest. Also, there are a shit ton of authors of medieval fiction who aren't, like, Bernard Cornwell. I fucking love his books, y'all, but you won't find him listed here because I want to give other, less well known authors a chance to play in the sandbox.
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When Christ and His Saints Slept
When Christ and His Saints Slept
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Veil of Lies (Jeri Westerson)
Veil of Lies (Jeri Westerson)
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The Forever Queen (The Saxon Series, #1) (Helen Hollick)
The Forever Queen (The Saxon Series, #1) (Helen Hollick)
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The Wake (Paul Kingsnorth)
The Wake (Paul Kingsnorth)
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The Greatest Knight
The Greatest Knight
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Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard Von Bingen (Mary Sharratt)
Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard Von Bingen (Mary Sharratt)
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Queen Defiant (Anne O'Brien)
Queen Defiant (Anne O'Brien)
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A Burnable Book (Bruce Holsinger)
A Burnable Book (Bruce Holsinger)
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A Vision of Light (Judith Merkle Riley)
A Vision of Light (Judith Merkle Riley)
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The Good Knight (Sarah Woodbury)
The Good Knight (Sarah Woodbury)
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The Sharp Hook of Love (Sherry Jones)
The Sharp Hook of Love (Sherry Jones)
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Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree (Tariq Ali)
Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree (Tariq Ali)
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Outremer (Nabil Saleh)
Outremer (Nabil Saleh)
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The Lady and the Unicorn (Tracy Chevalier)
The Lady and the Unicorn (Tracy Chevalier)
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Shadow on the Crown (Patricia Bracewell)
Shadow on the Crown (Patricia Bracewell)
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The Forty Rules of Love (Elif Shafak)
The Forty Rules of Love (Elif Shafak)
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The Sparrow and the Hall (Donald Mace Williams)
The Sparrow and the Hall (Donald Mace Williams)
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The Plague (Joanne Dahme)
The Plague (Joanne Dahme)
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The Rock: A Tale of Seventh-Century Jerusalem (Kanan Makiya)
The Rock: A Tale of Seventh-Century Jerusalem (Kanan Makiya)
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The Needle in the Blood (Sarah Bower)
The Needle in the Blood (Sarah Bower)
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Sand Daughter (Sarah Bryant)
Sand Daughter (Sarah Bryant)
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Pilgrimage (Lucy Pick)
Pilgrimage (Lucy Pick)
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House of Kanze (Nobuko Albery)
House of Kanze (Nobuko Albery)
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Death Comes as Epiphany (Sharan Newman)
Death Comes as Epiphany (Sharan Newman)
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Queen by Right (Anne Easter Smith)
Queen by Right (Anne Easter Smith)
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Pale Rose of England (Sandra Worth)
Pale Rose of England (Sandra Worth)
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Empress
Empress
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Regicide: Peter Abelard and the Great Jewel (David Boyle)
Regicide: Peter Abelard and the Great Jewel (David Boyle)
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The Changeling (Kate Horsley)
The Changeling (Kate Horsley)
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Now Is the Time (Melvyn Bragg)
Now Is the Time (Melvyn Bragg)
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And Tomorrow Is a Hawk (Kathryne Finn)
And Tomorrow Is a Hawk (Kathryne Finn)
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Leo Africanus (Amin Maalouf)
Leo Africanus (Amin Maalouf)
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The Holy Sail (Abdulaziz Al Mahmoud)
The Holy Sail (Abdulaziz Al Mahmoud)
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Sinful Folk (Ned Hayes)
Sinful Folk (Ned Hayes)
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A Morbid Taste for Bones (Ellis Peters)
A Morbid Taste for Bones (Ellis Peters)
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A Tale of False Fortunes (Fumiko Enchi)
A Tale of False Fortunes (Fumiko Enchi)
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Pillars of Light (Jane Johnson)
Pillars of Light (Jane Johnson)
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Oswald (Edoardo Albert)
Oswald (Edoardo Albert)
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The Errant Hours (Kate Innes)
The Errant Hours (Kate Innes)
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Blood and Beauty (Sarah Dunant)
Blood and Beauty (Sarah Dunant)
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