As the title says, please hit me with the best historical fiction reads that aren’t set during WWII by Neon_Aurora451 Related: Literaturre from Ireland/U.K. Non-fantasy/scifi fiction novel with a main character who is crafting, building, tinkering a lot e.g. a kid during summer vacation building treehouses, gadgets in his freetime. I’m looking for something that a teenage boy who is into videogames would love to read. Recommendation needed – something like The Ploughmen Suggest me a book which entirely changed your perspective on life Books where unsettling/new/unexpected customs and tribal groups emerge
yourlittlebirdie on September 30, 2025 11:30 am Burial Rites by Hannah Kent set in 1830 Iceland. Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz, takes place between 1917-1919 in Egypt (won the Nobel Prize for literature too).
Heavy_Direction1547 on September 30, 2025 11:31 am Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin series (starts with Master and Commander), unfortunately only 20 books.
ScarletSpire on September 30, 2025 11:32 am The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet is set in 12th-Century England Shogun is set in Japan in the 1600s Right now I’m reading Lonesome Dove which is a Western set in the 1890s.
Only-Independent6538 on September 30, 2025 11:32 am The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh, about the Vietnam War. This mostly deals with psychological and emotional devastation
ThrillRam on September 30, 2025 11:34 am Last kingdom series by Bernard Cornwell. He also has other medieval books out there.
buginarugsnug on September 30, 2025 11:35 am Saltblood by Francesca De Tores (1700s) The Phoenix of Florence by Philip Kazan (1500s) Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See (1400s) The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave (1518) The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell (1561) The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea (1686) The Wolf Den Trilogy by Elodie Harper (76-79AD) Blood and Sugar by Laura Shepherd Robinson (1781)
Fakesnakes11 on September 30, 2025 11:36 am The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell. I do have my nitpicks for the series but I still enjoyed it nonetheless.
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Burial Rites by Hannah Kent set in 1830 Iceland.
Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz, takes place between 1917-1919 in Egypt (won the Nobel Prize for literature too).
Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin series (starts with Master and Commander), unfortunately only 20 books.
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet is set in 12th-Century England
Shogun is set in Japan in the 1600s
Right now I’m reading Lonesome Dove which is a Western set in the 1890s.
The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh, about the Vietnam War. This mostly deals with psychological and emotional devastation
Last kingdom series by Bernard Cornwell. He also has other medieval books out there.
Saltblood by Francesca De Tores (1700s)
The Phoenix of Florence by Philip Kazan (1500s)
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See (1400s)
The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave (1518)
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell (1561)
The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea (1686)
The Wolf Den Trilogy by Elodie Harper (76-79AD)
Blood and Sugar by Laura Shepherd Robinson (1781)
The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell. I do have my nitpicks for the series but I still enjoyed it nonetheless.
The accursed kings by Druon.
Can’t go wrong with Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel