14 Historical Fiction Books to Read ⚔️

Hello and welcome today as we chat about 14 historical fiction books on our TBR, from 20th century history fiction all the way back to ancient history as well! Truth & Courage ☕️.

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[lindafletcher]

The Lymond chronicles are 6 books that tell of the life of one of the best anti heros and takes place in the 16th century in UK, Europe North Africa and Russia. A great tale. Alexander Kent's Bolitho novels are a great read about a man who starts as a midshipman and ends up an admiral around the time of Napoleon

[tyrson]

You need to read The Accursed Kings by Maurice Druon

[esmayrosalyne]

I love how you guys are now also adding to my TBR with a video about books you haven't even read yet, lol. Hope these all live up to your expectations, they sound very intriguing! Lonesome Dove and Boudica are still highest up on my list!

[bstephens]

Thank you so much - many excellent suggestions. I recently read Vollmann’s Europe Central and it was stunning.

[martins]

I have The Dying Grass on my shelf, i think i'll read it next!

[jonathanc]

You guys really need to read Gemmell’s Trojan series. It’s fantastic.

[Knighthawk]

Fun video to watch with your banter and Ed forgetting the 7th book. Gave me a nice laugh which I needed today. Thanks.

I have not read any of these but they have caught my attention. Will see if I can (or get inspired) to move them into my TBR.
Cheers, Happy Reading, and Enjoy Living Life. :)

[alexbento]

Great list! I love how much diverse stuff you guys talk about, even within one genre. Ed, if you like Matterhorn, you might also like The Black Company, a fantasy series heavily inspired by the author's time in the military and Vietnam War fiction.

[donnadeck]

Matterhorn is a gripping, hard hitting book. I read it a few years ago and plan on rereading it later this year.

[PHart]

Have you guys read any Ken Follett? I think you would enjoy his work. Pillars of the Earth is probably the best one. It's the closest book I've seen to A Game of Thrones just without the fantasy elements.

[Jonathan-B_]

The video I have been waiting for! Y'all have been really stoking a fire within me to check out some historical fiction and so this is just going to be a molotov cocktail to my TBR. Can't wait!

[MacScarfield]

I am mostly gonna read Fantasy and SciFi this Summer, but Robert Harris’ “Imperium” (Cicero Trilogy #1) is my nr. 1 read so far this year, and I plan to read
"Lustrum" & "Dictator" by Robert Harris (Book #2 & #3) later this Fall, followed by “After Rome" by Morgan Llywelyn (Historical Fiction set in Post-Roman Britain), “Hengist” by Sean Poage, “Dreaming the Eagle" by Manda Scott (Book #1 in the "Boudica" series, Historical Fiction about the Celtic Queen), “Alamut" by Vladimir Bartol (Historical Fiction set during the Crusades about the Hashshashin) and “Augustus" by John Williams (Historical Fiction about the eponymous Roman Emperor). Have also bought the “Three Kingdoms” novels on kindle. Cheers lads!

[jaimichelle]

Great video as always! Have you heard of Hild and Menewood by Nicola Griffith. If you love the Boudicca you will love these too

[blacknwhitecookie]

I'd recommend Christian Jacq for some great Egyptian historical fiction: The Stone of Light quartet & the Ramses II quintet were both really fun.
Under the Black Flag (straight history) by David Cordingly, is a great telling of history's most prominent pirates.

[senzubean]

Lion of Macedon <3

I will always say Bernard Cornwell's Warlord Chronicles is unmatched.

[hollyc]

I have a bind-up of The Cicero Trilogy and still haven’t gotten to it but it sounds great.
Matterhorn is intriguing as well. Nam by Mark Baker is another book about the Vietnam War that I read in high school and wow. It was amazing and horrifying.
Now I have added The Dying Grass and others in that series to my growing TBR.
In the meantime, I’m on month 6/10 of Lonesome Dove. It’s been hard to stretch it out over the year but I don’t want to read ahead of the group. Love it!

[nikk]

Read Lion of Macedon and Dark Prince a long time ago. Loved them both. It don't remember that it stuck as closely to the actual historical events as books from authors that primarily write historical fiction; more sort of uses the history as a loose framework to write a great story. If you're a Gemmell fan they won't disappoint.

[EcHoReflexx]

Matterhorn is incredible. I hope you enjoy!

[ThomasPalm-wy]

If you are looking for a traditional historical adventure story "Prince of Foxes" by Samuel Shellabarger is fun. A peasant pretending to be a nobleman in Italy at the time of Cesare Borgia and other colorful figures.

[mudgetheexpendable]

Loved MATTERHORN! Hope you will too. Recommend BLOOD KIN, independent Texas in the 1830s before US annexation, and THE CALLINGS, Southern Plains Native American tale both by Henry Chappell.