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Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierI, Claudius by Robert GravesThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryWolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
Biographic Fiction
732 books — 302 voters
Waterfall by Lisa Tawn BergrenTorrent by Lisa Tawn BergrenCascade by Lisa Tawn BergrenBeautiful Days by Anna GodbersenWrapped by Jennifer Bradbury
New YA historical fiction in 2011
63 books — 274 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Complete Works by William ShakespeareTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Starship Book List
2,763 books — 167 voters
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen CushmanSong of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann SandellThe Midwife's Apprentice by Karen CushmanDaughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierHush by Donna Jo Napoli
YA Medieval historical fiction
271 books — 163 voters

The Hat Trick Murders by John A. MacEachernMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieEye of the Needle by Ken FollettThe Moonstone by Wilkie CollinsTreasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Historical Thrillers
204 books — 124 voters
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryJohnny Tremain by Esther ForbesCaddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie BrinkOn the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Best Historical Fiction for Children
410 books — 97 voters

EL TERCER TESTIGO by Juan José Soriano LluchFever 1793 by Laurie Halse AndersonCode Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinThe Bone Feud by Wynne McLaughlinWitch Child by Celia Rees
Best YA Historical Fiction
126 books — 77 voters
When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay PenmanTime and Chance by Sharon Kay PenmanDevil's Brood by Sharon Kay PenmanCaptive Queen by Alison WeirThe Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick
Best historical-fiction about Eleanor of Aquitaine
26 books — 58 voters

Beware, Princess Elizabeth by Carolyn MeyerMary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn MeyerDoomed Queen Anne by Carolyn MeyerThe Other Countess by Eve EdwardsElizabeth I by Kathryn Lasky
YA Elizabeth I Historical Fiction
48 books — 55 voters
EL TERCER TESTIGO by Juan José Soriano LluchRipple in the Sea by Charley PearsonEmpire of the Sun by J.G. BallardWe Wove a Web in Childhood by Ruth ThomasFever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
YA Historical Fiction
103 books — 51 voters

The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary SutcliffThe Silver Branch by Rosemary SutcliffThe Mark of the Horse Lord by Rosemary SutcliffThe Shield Ring by Rosemary SutcliffThe Lantern Bearers by Rosemary Sutcliff
Best Loved Rosemary Sutcliff Books
27 books — 38 voters
Fateful by Claudia GrayVoyage on the Great Titanic by Ellen Emerson WhiteRipple in the Sea by Charley PearsonGhosts I Have Been by Richard PeckTitanic by Diane Hoh
Middle grade and young adult Titanic novels
33 books — 33 voters

Ripple in the Sea by Charley PearsonBreastfeeding in Combat Boots by Robyn Roche-PaullIn Their Honor by Linda D. SwinkLost Eagles by Blaine Lee PardoeEating Smoke by Chris Thrall
Military Writers Society of America 2011 Winter Reading List
23 books — 27 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferRipple in the Sea by Charley PearsonThe Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David WroblewskiWhen Will There Be Good News? by Kate AtkinsonSaint Peter Killed God by K.J. Kron
Christian Science Monitor's Best Novels of 2008
26 books — 25 voters

Ripple in the Sea by Charley PearsonIndian Captive by Lois LenskiStanding in the Light by Mary Pope OsborneA Journey To The New World by Kathryn LaskyWinter of Peril by Jan Andrews
Middle grade historical fiction set in Colonial North America
50 books — 24 voters
Ripple in the Sea by Charley PearsonJamestown by Joyce CrawfordMorrigan's Brood by Heather Poinsett DunbarCrone of War by Heather Poinsett DunbarDark Alliance by Heather Poinsett Dunbar
The Morrigan's Brood Series
8 books — 13 voters

Ripple in the Sea by Charley PearsonThe Quill Pen by Michelle IsenhoffShot at Dawn by John WilsonThe Trouble with May Amelia by Jennifer L. HolmBird in a Box by Andrea Davis Pinkney
New middle grade historical fiction in 2011
19 books — 11 voters

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