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Historical fiction books

These books are the next best thing to a time travel machine. With believable characters, descriptive settings, and historical accuracy, these stories will transport you to another time and place.

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  • Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
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  • The Personal Librarian by M. Benedict and V. Christopher Murray
  • Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman
  • The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
  • Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese
  • The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton
  • The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
  • Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
  • Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu
  • Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
  • Sisters in Arms by Kaia Alderson
  • The Perishing by Natashia Deón
  • Portrait of a Scotsman by Evie Dunmore
  • The Family by Naomi Krupitsky
  • Things We Lost to the Water by Eric Nguyen
  • The Postmistress of Paris by Meg Waite Clayton
  • Still Life by Sarah Winman
  • Send for Me by Lauren Fox
  • The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis
  • China Room by Sunjeev Sahota
  • Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand
  • This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
  • All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
  • The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
  • Outlawed by Anna North
  • The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
  • The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
  • The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
  • The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
  • Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge
  • The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
  • The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams
  • A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
  • The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
  • The Age of Light by Whitney Scharer
  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • The Paris Hours by Alex George
  • The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
  • The Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
  • Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
  • The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami
  • The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer
  • Jacqueline in Paris by Ann Mah
  • Don't Cry for Me by Daniel Black
  • The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont
  • The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani
  • Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
  • Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner
  • The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan
  • Bronze Drum by Phong Nguyen
  • The Attic Child by Lola Jaye
  • The Circus Train by Amita Parikh