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Historical Fiction
137 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
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Authors Like Ken Follett: 6 Sweeping Historical Sagas
If Ken Follett's vast historical sagas, rich period detail, and unputdownable plotting are your idea of a great read, these six writers deliver — each with a book to start.
Authors Like Khaled Hosseini: 6 Sweeping Literary Reads
If Khaled Hosseini's emotional, sweeping stories of family, homeland, and loss move you deeply, these six writers deliver the same heartbreak and beauty — each with a book to start.
Authors Like Dan Brown: 7 Thriller Writers to Read Next
Authors like Dan Brown for fans of puzzle-driven conspiracy thrillers — Robert Harris, Umberto Eco, Michael Crichton, Ken Follett, and more, with where to start for each.
Authors Like Kristin Hannah: 6 Writers to Read Next
Authors like Kristin Hannah for fans of The Nightingale and The Women — Kate Quinn, Anthony Doerr, Heather Morris, Delia Owens, and more, with where to start for each.
Authors Like Madeline Miller: 6 Mythology Retellings
Authors like Madeline Miller for fans of Circe and The Song of Achilles — Pat Barker, Natalie Haynes, Jennifer Saint, Claire North, and more, with where to start.
Authors Like Taylor Jenkins Reid: 6 Writers to Read Next
Authors like Taylor Jenkins Reid for fans of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones — Colleen Hoover, Kristin Hannah, Delia Owens, Bonnie Garmus, and more, with where to start.
Books Like 11/22/63: 10 Time Travel Novels to Read Next
Books like 11/22/63 by Stephen King — 10 time travel and altered-history novels from The Time Traveler's Wife to Dark Matter and Kindred, with where to start for each.
Evelyn Hugo vs Daisy Jones: Which TJR to Read First?
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones and the Six are Taylor Jenkins Reid's two most popular novels. Here's how they differ and which to read first.
Books Like Atonement: 9 Novels of Memory & Guilt
If McEwan's heartbreaking story of a childhood lie and a lifetime of regret stayed with you, these literary novels of memory, guilt, and war hit the same nerve.
Where to Start with Abdulrazak Gurnah: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Abdulrazak Gurnah — whether to begin with Paradise, By the Sea, or Afterlives. A complete reading guide to the Nobel Prize-winning Zanzibari novelist.
Where to Start with Abraham Verghese: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Abraham Verghese — whether to begin with Cutting for Stone or The Covenant of Water. A complete reading guide to the physician-novelist.
Where to Start with Alexandre Dumas: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Alexandre Dumas — whether to begin with The Count of Monte Cristo or The Three Musketeers. A complete reading guide to the French adventure novelist.
Where to Start with Arthur Golden: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Arthur Golden — how to approach Memoirs of a Geisha, his essential novel about Japanese geisha culture. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Baroness Orczy: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Baroness Orczy — how to approach The Scarlet Pimpernel, her essential adventure novel that invented the secret-identity hero. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Benjamín Labatut: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Benjamín Labatut — whether to begin with When We Cease to Understand the World or MANIAC. A complete reading guide to the Chilean author.
Where to Start with Bonnie Garmus: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Bonnie Garmus — how to approach Lessons in Chemistry, her debut novel about a chemist who becomes a cooking show host. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Boris Pasternak: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Boris Pasternak — whether to begin with Doctor Zhivago, My Sister Life, or Safe Conduct. A complete reading guide to the Nobel Prize-winning Russian writer.
Where to Start with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie — how to approach Half of a Yellow Sun, her Booker Prize-winning novel of the Nigerian-Biafran War and its essential companions. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Eleanor Catton: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Eleanor Catton — whether to begin with The Luminaries or Birnam Wood. A complete reading guide to the Booker Prize-winning New Zealand novelist.
Where to Start with Georgia Hunter: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Georgia Hunter — how to approach We Were the Lucky Ones, her true-story novel about a Polish Jewish family scattered across four continents during the Second World War. A complete reading guide.
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