Top 10 NEW BEST Historical Fiction Books of ALL TIME (For Me … Do You Agree??)

[@mallarapubalakishanmallara9083]

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[@starlasell5698]

❤📚📚❤️ I loved Pillars of the Earth, Snow Falling on Cedars and Middlemarch. Lonesome Dove, The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Color Purple, and All The Light We Cannot See are all on my physical shelves and need to be read! I plan on a buddy read of Kinred this year with my sister and Birdsong is on my Goodreads as "want to read". Loved the video. Great recommendations!!

[@Livedream77]

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[@BookSquirrelUK]

I recently bought Les Mis, The Pillars of the Earth, All the Light We Cannot See, and Remains of the Day - looking forward to reading them. I just finished C.J. Sansom’s Dissolution, which was amazing, and I also loved his Winter in Madrid.

[@TheLibraryMouseGina]

I loved the Color Purple and All the Light We Can Not See was amazing. On the old list, I loved Where the Crawdad Sings too. You asked for fantasy recs... I"m a person who does not like fantasy and rarely read it. I didn't even like LOTR. But I recently read a MG fantasy called The Girl Who Drank the Moon and just loved it. It is a Newberry Award winner.. and a lovely book.

[@Sanatan_choice]

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[@seansterling9260]

Finally adding Middlemarch to my TBR. I don't know why I waited this long!

[@FortheLoveofStory]

It's so surprisingly good!

[@suzboeh633]

I have read only a Thousand Splendid Suns form this list, but two others are on my TBR horizon and a few others certainly will be. I want to recommend, The Secret Piano by Zhu Xioa-Mei. This is actually a memoir but my recollection it is very readable . It is a startling story of life in the 60s-70s Chinese cultural revolution and what it was like for the author to grow up, be sent to a music conservatory due her incredible talents and then to a labor work camp.

[@FortheLoveofStory]

Thanks for the recommendation! It looks very good but also so sad. It's definitely something I'd like to read, though.

[@barbarapaige4587]

I have read most of these, but thanks for reminding me to get to Middlemarch. I agree with you about Sebastion Faulks - I loved Birdsong and Charlotte Gray is on my TBR list.

[@FortheLoveofStory]

Middlemarch is so good! I was so surprised! Charlotte Gray is definitely a lot slower than Birdsong, but I'm still glad I read it.

[@MargaretPinard]

I've read 4 of the 9, all very good, but none in my all-time greats list--subjectivity at its best! :P

[@FortheLoveofStory]

Yes, it's so fun to talk about subjective favorites! What are some of your favorites of all time? Anything you'd recommend?

[@lindap6880]

I also loved Pillars of the Earth. I also really enjoyed the 2nd and 3rd of the series. I loved The Nightingale. I loved All the Light You Cannot See. I liked The Color Purple but it wouldn’t be in my top books. The Kite Runner and Where the Crawdads Sing were good. Almost all of the others are on my TBR already.

[@FortheLoveofStory]

I hope you have fun with whatever you choose to read next :)

[@jamesduggan7200]

Yes, Les Miserables is a wonderful novel despite the minutiae. It's worth the time necessary to read it so why not, unless you have something else to do? However, if multivolume tomes are banned in your country his, Victor Hugo, Hunchback of Notre Dame is only one volume and very, very good too.

[@FortheLoveofStory]

Does the Hunchback have lots of meandering diatribes like Les Mis? I've thought about reading it, but I might wait another year before I commit to it, lol.

[@jamesduggan7200]

@@FortheLoveofStory No, Hugo was much younger while writing Notre Dame and had fewer axes to grind. It is historical fiction at its best, bringing us into Medieval France in a way where we experience it believably, even in the 21st century.

[@FortheLoveofStory]

@ Good to know! That makes me a lot more excited to read it! I love French literature, so maybe I should pick it up sooner rather than later.

[@jamesduggan7200]

@@FortheLoveofStory Yeah, I'm a big fan too. Especially love Balzac.

[@theresas709]

I only counted 9 and can't figure out what i missed.

[@Bobbie-c4sure]

“The Pillars of the Earth” was not for me; I couldn’t get into the characters and it’s too contrived. “Middlemarch” is a book I thought I’d enjoy but too long and the language - too archaic. “Lonesome Dove”, “The Kite Runner”, “A Thousand Splendid Suns”, “Where the Crawdads Sing” - all top notch books.