Recreational Reading: Historical Fiction

A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson

Transcription by Kate Atkinson

Longbourn by Jo Baker

What the Body Remembers by Shauna Singh Baldwin

Suzanne by Anais Barbeau-Lavalette; Translated by Rhonda Mullins

You will be Safe Here by Damian Barr

The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry

The King's Witch by Tracy Borman

Where the Sky Begins by Rhys Bowen

The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne

March by Geraldine Brooks

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

The Muse by Jessie Burton

The Chemistry of Tears by Peter Carey

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee

The Postmistress of Paris by Meg Waite Clayton

The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen

Sharpe's command : Richard Sharpe and the bridge at Almaraz, May 1812 by Bernard Cornwall

One Madder Woman by Dede Crane

Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel

Song of a Captive Bird by Jasmin Darznik

Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernières

Bride of New France by Suzanne Desrochers

The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls by Anton DiSclafani

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue

The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donaghue

The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff

Where My Heart Used to Beat by Sebastian Faulks

The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan

The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Three Sisters Bar & Motel by Katherine Govier

The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris

When the Moon Is Low by Nadia Hashimi

The Island by Victoria Hislop

Learning to See by Elise Hooper

The Evening Chorus by Helen Humphreys

A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff

The Black Crescent by Jane Johnson

In the Upper Country by Thomas Kai

The Berlin Exchange by Joseph Kanon

Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally

Euphoria by Lily King

Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver

The Librarian of Burned Books by Brianna Labuskes

Small Island by Andrea Levy

A Restless Truth by Freya Marske

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Sisters of Belfast by Melanie Maure

The Birth House by Ami McKay

Virgin Cure by Ami McKay

Circling the Sun by Paula McLain

The Ghost Keeper by Natalie Morrill

Home by Toni Morrison

Sepulchre by Kate Mosse

The Boat Runner by Devin Murphy

One Part Woman by Perumal Murugan; Translated by Aniruddhan Vasudevan

Master and commander by O'Brian, Patrick

The Welsh Fasting Girl by Varley O'Connor

Warlight by Michael Ondaatje

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

He who drowned the world by Shelley Parker-Chan

Vanessa and Her Sister by Priya Parmar

The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

At the Wolf's Table by Rosella Postorino

Lampedusa by Steven Price

The Revenant by Michael Punke

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

The Huntress by Kate Quinn

The Rose Code by Kate Quinn

In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner

The Young Messiah by Anne Rice

The Midwife of Venice by Roberta Rich

The Harem Midwife by Roberta Rich

A Trial in Venice by Roberta Rich

Westbound by Dusty Richards

The German Midwife by Mandy Robotham

Somewhere in France by Jennifer Robson

The Gown by Jennifer Robson

The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney

Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Rebellion by Simon Scarrow

Dreams of Joy by Lisa See

Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer; Annie Barrows

The Muralist by B.A. Shapiro

Ecstasy by Mary Sharratt

The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson

The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith

Girl Runner by Carrie Snyder

The Dictionary of Animal Languages by Heidi Sopinka

The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng

The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng

The Apothecary's Shop by Roberto Tiraboschi; Translated by Katherine Gregor

The Crooked Maid by Dan Vyleta

Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner

The Quintland Sisters by Shelley Wood

Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa

Far cry by Alissa York

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak