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Literary Historical Fiction

Y'know, it's like historical fiction, but literary. Woo.
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Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
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Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel
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The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities
Robert Musil
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
Ian McEwan
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Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
Virginia Woolf
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The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
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The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
Umberto Eco
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A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
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The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas
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War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
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The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
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The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro
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Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
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The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
The English Patient
Michael Ondaatje
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Possession (Byatt)
Possession
Byatt
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Quo Vadis (Henryk Sienkiewicz)
Quo Vadis
Henryk Sienkiewicz
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Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
Charles Frazier
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Fingersmith (Sarah Waters)
Fingersmith
Sarah Waters
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
Toni Morrison
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The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels
Michael Shaara
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The Red Tent, By Anita Diamant
The Red Tent, By Anita Diamant
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Memoirs of Hadrian (Margarite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian
Margarite Yourcenar
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Dissolution (C.J. Sansom)
Dissolution
C.J. Sansom
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Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet (David Mitchell)
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet
David Mitchell
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Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel García Márquez
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The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova
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Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)
Alias Grace
Margaret Atwood
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Place of Greater Safety
Place of Greater Safety
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All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr
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The Crimson Petal and the White (Michael Faber)
The Crimson Petal and the White
Michael Faber
33
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
Sebastian Faulks
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Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
William Styron
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Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life
Kate Atkinson
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The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller)
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
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Cyrano De Bergerac (Edmond Rostand)
Cyrano De Bergerac
Edmond Rostand
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Foucault's Pendulum
Foucault's Pendulum
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Lavinia (Ursula K. Le Guin)
Lavinia
Ursula K. Le Guin
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I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius
Robert Graves
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