Historical Fiction Favorites

I’ve always loved historical fiction, especially WWII-era fiction. I can’t get enough of it!

Below, in no particular order (because I love them all so dearly), is a list of some of my favorite historical fiction books.

WWII era Historical Fiction Favorites

• The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
• Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
• The Auschwitz Escape by Joel C. Rosenberg
• Letters to the Lost by Iona Gray
• Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
• The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
• The Orphan’s Tale by Pam Jenoff
• The Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse
• Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritsen
• The Cherry Harvest by Lucy Sanna
• Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
• Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
• The Bronze Horseman by Paulina Simons
• The Baker’s Secret by Stephen P. Kiernan
• Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave
• Mischling by Affinity Konar

Other Historical Fiction Favorites (not WWII era)

• The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
• The Help by Kathryn Stockett
• The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
• The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
• Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
• The Obituary Writer by Ann Hood
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Please let me know in the comments if you have any favorites that I have not mentioned.  I would love to add them to my TBR pile!