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left-of-center2012

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Thu May 14, 2020, 01:42 AM May 2020

17 Historical Fiction Books That Will Immerse You In A Different Era

BuzzFeed Books recently asked Goodreads about the historical fiction books that its users have been loving lately.

Below are 17 titles that have been getting high ratings and ample attention from the site's many lovers of history.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ariannarebolini/historical-fiction-books-goodreads-quarantine-reading
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17 Historical Fiction Books That Will Immerse You In A Different Era (Original Post) left-of-center2012 May 2020 OP
Thank you! Silver Gaia May 2020 #1
K&R livetohike May 2020 #2
Thanks, will take a look at some of these. gladium et scutum May 2020 #3
Thanks. murielm99 May 2020 #4
K&R, nt. druidity33 May 2020 #5
Thank you. Bookmarking! Tanuki May 2020 #6
Thanks kelly97 May 2020 #7
So glad you posted this! hermetic May 2020 #8
Question? Amy-Strange May 2020 #9
Do you have any more good lists like this one? murielm99 Jul 2021 #10

gladium et scutum

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3. Thanks, will take a look at some of these.
Thu May 14, 2020, 05:04 AM
May 2020

currently wading through the ninth book in Forester's Horatio Hornblower series. Read them all 50 years ago. No much for deep or meaningful thinking, but good reads anyway.

hermetic

(8,663 posts)
8. So glad you posted this!
Sun May 17, 2020, 11:21 AM
May 2020

There are wonderful books on that list plus I've now added more to my must-read list. So, .

Amy-Strange

(854 posts)
9. Question?
Tue May 26, 2020, 09:22 PM
May 2020

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Thanks for the list, but does today's fiction become historical fiction after a certain amount of years?

For example, is War and Peace considered historical fiction, even though it was written around the time all that stuff was really happening in Russia?
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