2017 Mar 28
An Historical fiction is a widely perused and popular form of literature, which never fails to excite and enthrall. As such, we have listed out the most popular historical fiction books for you to glance through!
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The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
A true masterpiece of fiction, The Book Thief is a spellbinding novel about a little girl with a love books, the power of words, an accordionist, a Jewish man in hiding, and the backdrop of a Nazi Germany in 1939. Zusak’s novel is a New York Times Bestseller and was even adapted into a popular movie. This is an incredible, intense, and heartwarming story which no reader would be able to resist.
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A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
An undeniable classic, most readers have perused a copy of Dickens’ novel, be it for pleasure or a literature class in high school! With Dickens’ talented way with words, A Tale of Two Cities is a global bestseller, which portrays a world on fire, split between Paris and London during the brutal and bloody events of the French Revolution.
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The Storyteller – Jodi Picoult
Undeniably one of Picoult’s best novels, The Storyteller gives us a fresh insight into the terrible reign of Hitler in Germany, as it portrays the events through a capturing narrative. Picoult examines the life of a Nazi soldier and a young Jewish girl, set in Nazi Germany and illustrates how there is more to people than meets the eye. With her trademark twist at the end, The Storyteller is a riveting read.
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Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden
An incredibly honest, real, and authentic story, Arthur Golden’s novel was an immediate bestseller across the globe. ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’ allows us to explore the traditions, customs, and rituals of Japan’s history and the intricate role of geishas in this complex web. While Golden’s book is heartbreaking and shocking, it is also fascinating and quite a page-turner.
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All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr
The award-winning New York Times Bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award finalist, All the Light We Cannot See is a spellbinding and deeply moving novel.
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Outlander – Diana Gabaldon
An instant New York Times Bestseller, Outlander is now also a Starz Original Series – British-American television drama series. Claire Randall, a former British combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an “outlander”—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding clans in the year of Our Lord . . . 1743. Outlander has received much acclaimed praise and is a remarkable novel about passion, history, and adventure.
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The Help – Kathryn Stockett
The year is 1962, and the novel centers on three extraordinary women who seem startlingly different but nevertheless come together to start a movement of their own to forever change a town, and the way women–mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends–view one another. Stockett’s series of novels has further been adapted into an American period drama film.
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The Other Boleyn Girl – Philippa Gregory
A historical novel written by the British author, Philippa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl is a novel about two sisters competing for the love and affection of Henry VIII. A rich and compelling novel of love, sex, ambition, and intrigue, The Other Boleyn Girl introduces a woman of extraordinary determination and desire who lived at the heart of the most exciting and glamourous court in Europe and survived by following her heart. It has further been adapted into a film.
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The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
One of Hosseini’s most popular and bestselling novels, The Kite Runner is set against the backdrop of Kabul, Afghanistan and beautifully crafts the tragic history faced by its inhabitants. The Kite Runner is a heartbreaking tale of two boys, their unlikely friendship, and an immense betrayal which changed their lives forever.
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Wolf Hall – Hilary Mantel
Winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, and a popular New York Times Bestseller, Wolf Hall is a story about England in the 1520’s. The novel revolves around the story of how Henry VIII wants to end his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn, how the pope and Europe oppose him, and how Thomas Cromwell attempts to help him break the opposition.
