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Time Travel With These Recent Historical Fiction Hits From Goodreads

Hey, historical fiction fans! Are you in the market for new time and place?

We've gathered here 48 of the most popular historical fiction novels on Goodreads in the last year-and-a-half or so–from June 2023 back to the beginning of 2022. As always, the selections are based on overall star ratings, reader reviews, and which books are landing on Goodreads members' Read and Want to Read shelves.

The collection below starts with the newest books first, but otherwise cuts across all manner of historical fiction, featuring stories with a wide range of time and place. You'll find plenty of genre blurring and crossover expeditions, too.
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Lady Tan's Circle of Women (Lisa See)
Lady Tan's Circle of Women (Lisa See)
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The Wind Knows My Name (Isabel Allende)
The Wind Knows My Name (Isabel Allende)
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The Paris Daughter (Kristin Harmel)
The Paris Daughter (Kristin Harmel)
4
Banyan Moon (Thao Thai)
Banyan Moon (Thao Thai)
5
The Beach at Summerly (Beatriz Williams)
The Beach at Summerly (Beatriz Williams)
6
Maddalena and the Dark (Julia Fine)
Maddalena and the Dark (Julia Fine)
7
The Covenant of Water (Abraham Verghese)
The Covenant of Water (Abraham Verghese)
8
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? (Crystal Smith Paul)
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? (Crystal Smith Paul)
9
A History of Burning (Janika Oza)
A History of Burning (Janika Oza)
10
Good Night, Irene (Luis Alberto Urrea)
Good Night, Irene (Luis Alberto Urrea)
11
Homecoming (Kate Morton)
Homecoming (Kate Morton)
12
The House Is on Fire (Rachel Beanland)
The House Is on Fire (Rachel Beanland)
13
The Trackers (Charles Frazier)
The Trackers (Charles Frazier)
14
Only the Beautiful (Susan Meissner)
Only the Beautiful (Susan Meissner)
15
Weyward (Emilia Hart)
Weyward (Emilia Hart)
16
Hang the Moon (Jeanette Walls)
Hang the Moon (Jeanette Walls)
17
Beyond That, the Sea (Laura Spence-Ash)
Beyond That, the Sea (Laura Spence-Ash)
18
Wandering Souls (Cecile Pin)
Wandering Souls (Cecile Pin)
19
The House of Eve (Sadeqa Johnson)
The House of Eve (Sadeqa Johnson)
20
Looking for Jane (Heather Marshall)
Looking for Jane (Heather Marshall)
21
The Librarian of Burned Books (Brianna Labuskes)
The Librarian of Burned Books (Brianna Labuskes)
22
River Sing Me Home (Eleanor Shearer)
River Sing Me Home (Eleanor Shearer)
23
The Mitford Affair (Marie Benedict)
The Mitford Affair (Marie Benedict)
24
Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion (Bushra Rehman)
Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion (Bushra Rehman)
25
Hester (Laurie Lico Albanese)
Hester (Laurie Lico Albanese)
26
Signal Fires (Dani Shapiro)
Signal Fires (Dani Shapiro)
27
The Whalebone Theatre (Joanna Quinn)
The Whalebone Theatre (Joanna Quinn)
28
The Marriage Portrait (Maggie O'farrell)
The Marriage Portrait (Maggie O'farrell)
29
The Librarian Spy: A Novel of World War II (Madeline Martin)
The Librarian Spy: A Novel of World War II (Madeline Martin)
30
Horse (Geraldine Brooks)
Horse (Geraldine Brooks)
31
Trust (Herman Diaz)
Trust (Herman Diaz)
32
The Book Woman's Daughter (Kim Michele Richardson)
The Book Woman's Daughter (Kim Michele Richardson)
33
Lessons in Chemistry (Bonnie Garmus)
Lessons in Chemistry (Bonnie Garmus)
34
Take My Hand (Dolen Perkins-Valdez)
Take My Hand (Dolen Perkins-Valdez)
35
Young Mungo (Douglas Stuart)
Young Mungo (Douglas Stuart)
36
Memphis (Tara M. Stringfellow)
Memphis (Tara M. Stringfellow)
37
The Diamond Eye (Kate Quinn)
The Diamond Eye (Kate Quinn)
38
Woman on Fire (Lisa Barr)
Woman on Fire (Lisa Barr)
39
A Train to Moscow (Elena Gorokhova)
A Train to Moscow (Elena Gorokhova)
40
The Tobacco Wives (Adele Myers)
The Tobacco Wives (Adele Myers)
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