Best Historical Fiction

1

De naam van de roos

door Umberto Eco

19,512 leden

310 besprekingen

4.2

Algemene Rangorde 2

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2

Pilaren van de Aarde

door Ken Follett

27,248 leden

753 besprekingen

4.2

Algemene Rangorde 1

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Verklaringen: lamotamant: This book made historical fiction multi-POVs a complete addiction for me.

3

De drie musketiers

door Alexandre Dumas

21,307 leden

249 besprekingen

4.1

Algemene Rangorde 8

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4

A Tale of Two Cities

door Charles Dickens

36,629 leden

456 besprekingen

3.9

Algemene Rangorde 4

5

Year of Wonders

door Geraldine Brooks

8,716 leden

414 besprekingen

4

Algemene Rangorde 5

6

De rode letter

door Nathaniel Hawthorne

36,541 leden

373 besprekingen

½ 3.4

Algemene Rangorde 7

7

My Ántonia

door Willa Cather

13,604 leden

286 besprekingen

3.9

Algemene Rangorde 20

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8

Boetekleed

door Ian McEwan

26,481 leden

627 besprekingen

3.9

Algemene Rangorde 13

9

Meisje met de parel

door Tracy Chevalier

17,257 leden

319 besprekingen

3.8

Algemene Rangorde 14

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10

Een koninkrĳk voor een moord

door Josephine Tey

5,895 leden

226 besprekingen

3.9

Algemene Rangorde 24

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Verklaringen: elkiedee : I love this novel - but it's not historical fiction - it's a mostly contemporary novel with historical appeal. The main character is a 20th century police detective convalescing in bed and "investigating" the case of Richard III and the Princes in the Tower, but it's set in the author's present day.

11

Shogun

door James Clavell

7,991 leden

133 besprekingen

½ 4.3

Algemene Rangorde 12

12

Les misérables

door Victor Hugo

26,259 leden

338 besprekingen

½ 4.3

Algemene Rangorde 22

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13

De boekendief

door Markus Zusak

44,816 leden

2,125 besprekingen

½ 4.4

Algemene Rangorde 10

14

Catch-22

door Joseph Heller

39,991 leden

525 besprekingen

4.1

Algemene Rangorde 36

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Verklaringen: aulsmith : Doesn't meet my definition of historical fiction.
sturlington : Took place during the author's lifetime and based partly on his experiences.
elkiedee: Historical fiction is set in the past but it can be a period within the author's lifetime - the past can look very different from 25 or 40 years later. I hope no one who argues this isn't a historical novel believes that either Possession or The Daughter of Time, both above this in the list, are historical fiction. They are brilliant novels which I would recommend to fans of historical fiction but they are both contemporary novels with significant interest for historical fiction readers.
leslie.98 : Not historical fiction