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Historical Fantasy

Description: Fantasy, horror, gothic horror, magical realism, and the like set in a historical period.

Rank Title Author Added

1

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

27,077 members

779 reviews

3.9

6 Members: jain, souloftherose, spiphany, Her_Royal_Orangeness, cej1027, jenniferw88

2

The Perilous Gard

by Elizabeth Marie Pope

1,599 members

42 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: jain, inge87, merrystar, cej1027, spacehedgy

3

The Night Circus

by Erin Morgenstern

18,653 members

1,269 reviews

4.1

4 Members: jain, souloftherose, Her_Royal_Orangeness, jenniferw88

4

The Song of Achilles

by Madeline Miller

13,301 members

515 reviews

4.2

4 Members: souloftherose, Her_Royal_Orangeness, KanadrAllegria, jenniferw88

5

His Majesty's Dragon

8,102 members

372 reviews

4.1

4 Members: jain, souloftherose, jenniferw88, spacehedgy

6

4,587 members

339 reviews

4

4 Members: Kristelh, Her_Royal_Orangeness, jenniferw88, spacehedgy

7

Sorcery and Cecelia, or, The Enchanted Chocolate Pot

by Patricia C. Wrede

3,260 members

135 reviews

4.1

4 Members: jain, merrystar, souloftherose, jenniferw88

8

The Bear and the Nightingale

by Katherine Arden

4,956 members

293 reviews

4

3 Members: jain, souloftherose, seussically

9

Bridge of Birds

by Barry Hughart

2,521 members

96 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, spiphany

10

by Guy Gavriel Kay

1,900 members

118 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, spacehedgy

11

Shades of Milk and Honey

by Mary Robinette Kowal

1,645 members

139 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: inge87, jenniferw88, spacehedgy

12

The Rose Garden

by Susanna Kearsley

1,214 members

75 reviews

3.8

3 Members: inge87, seussically, spacehedgy

13

by Julia L. Sauer

790 members

11 reviews

4.1

3 Members: mkbird, merrystar, spacehedgy

14

A Traveller in Time

by Alison Uttley

627 members

22 reviews

4.1

3 Members: inge87, merrystar, spacehedgy

15

The Crystal Cave

by Mary Stewart

5,879 members

111 reviews

4.1

2 Members: souloftherose, spacehedgy

16

The Golem and the Jinni

by Helene Wecker

5,469 members

366 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Her_Royal_Orangeness, jenniferw88

17

by Mark Helprin

4,725 members

142 reviews

4

2 Members: Her_Royal_Orangeness, spacehedgy

18

The Hollow Hills

by Mary Stewart

4,169 members

54 reviews

4.1

2 Members: souloftherose, spacehedgy

19

The Last Enchantment

by Mary Stewart

3,807 members

36 reviews

4

2 Members: souloftherose, spacehedgy

20

The Anubis Gates

3,802 members

115 reviews

3.9

2 Members: souloftherose, spacehedgy

21

by Jeanette Winterson

3,643 members

57 reviews

4

2 Members: Kristelh, Her_Royal_Orangeness

22

The Lions of al-Rassan

by Guy Gavriel Kay

3,198 members

103 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: merrystar, souloftherose

23

by Robert Holdstock

2,285 members

60 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Her_Royal_Orangeness, spacehedgy

24

On Stranger Tides

1,724 members

45 reviews

3.9

2 Members: souloftherose, spacehedgy

25

A Marvellous Light

by Freya Marske

1,300 members

45 reviews

4

2 Members: jain, souloftherose

26

Charlotte Sometimes

by Penelope Farmer

873 members

23 reviews

4

2 Members: inge87, merrystar

27

Glamour in Glass

by Mary Robinette Kowal

658 members

47 reviews

3.8

2 Members: mkbird, jenniferw88

28

An Earthly Knight

by Janet McNaughton

366 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: mkbird, KanadrAllegria

29

The Golden City

by J. Kathleen Cheney

181 members

10 reviews

3.8

2 Members: inge87, mkbird

30

by Aster Glenn Gray

88 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: jain, souloftherose

31

The Sarantine Mosaic

by Guy Gavriel Kay

60 members

2 reviews

½ 4.5

2 Members: merrystar, spacehedgy

32

by Toni Morrison

23,006 members

409 reviews

3.9

Member: jain

33

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

by Mackenzi Lee

2,779 members

160 reviews

4

Member: jain

34

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street

by Natasha Pulley

1,930 members

91 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: jain

35

Sorcerer to the Crown

1,741 members

109 reviews

3.8

Member: souloftherose

36

Phoenix and Ashes

by Mercedes Lackey

1,740 members

20 reviews

3.9

Member: inge87

37

by Frances Hardinge

1,633 members

68 reviews

4

Member: jain

38

The Ballad of Black Tom

by Victor LaValle

1,585 members

86 reviews

3.9

Member: jain

39

Those Who Hunt the Night

by Barbara Hambly

1,498 members

35 reviews

3.9

Member: jain

40

The Stress of Her Regard

1,244 members

34 reviews

3.9

Member: souloftherose

41

by Monica Furlong

1,219 members

22 reviews

4.1

Member: mkbird

42

by Michelle Paver

1,035 members

62 reviews

3.8

Member: jain

43

Silver in the Wood

917 members

66 reviews

4.1

Member: jain

44

The Haunting of Tram Car 015

by P. Djèlí Clark

843 members

68 reviews

4

Member: jain

45

by Karen Joy Fowler

761 members

24 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

46

The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray

by Chris Wooding

751 members

18 reviews

3.9

Member: souloftherose

47

by Frances Hardinge

724 members

34 reviews

4

Member: jain

48

The Magpie Lord

721 members

59 reviews

4

Member: jain

49

The Oracle Glass

by Judith Merkle Riley

673 members

28 reviews

3.9

Member: jain

50

A Midsummer Tempest

by Poul Anderson

661 members

10 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: inge87

51

by Kate Forsyth

623 members

44 reviews

4

Member: inge87

52

A Skinful of Shadows

by Frances Hardinge

582 members

27 reviews

4.1

Member: jain

53

by Cherie Priest

577 members

45 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: jain

54

by Michelle Paver

524 members

23 reviews

3.9

Member: jain

55

Under the Pendulum Sun

by Jeannette Ng

514 members

24 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: jain

56

Quest for a Maid

by Frances Mary Hendry

488 members

9 reviews

4.2

Member: mkbird

57

by Naomi Mitchison

487 members

21 reviews

4

Member: inge87

58

A Study in Silks

by Emma Jane Holloway

462 members

32 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: mkbird

59

by Sarah Monette

446 members

28 reviews

4.1

Member: jain

60

The Light Bearer

by Donna Gillespie

436 members

7 reviews

4

Member: mkbird

61

Bewitching Season

by Marissa Doyle

431 members

28 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: mkbird

62

The Winter Prince

by Elizabeth E. Wein

425 members

22 reviews

4.1

Member: jain

63

Strands of Starlight

by Gael Baudino

417 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

64

The Queen's Bastard

by C. E. Murphy

392 members

16 reviews

3.1

Member: mkbird

65

384 members

20 reviews

3.8

Member: souloftherose

66

The Midnight Queen

by Sylvia Izzo Hunter

374 members

32 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: inge87

67

The Facts of Life

by Graham Joyce

359 members

14 reviews

4

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

68

The Wandering Unicorn

by Manuel Mujica Lainez

348 members

7 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: spiphany

69

The Alchemist of Souls

326 members

14 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: mkbird

70

by Laura Whitcomb

325 members

20 reviews

3

Member: mkbird

71

283 members

4 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: spiphany

72

The Gathering Storm

by Robin Bridges

282 members

36 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: mkbird

73

280 members

16 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: mkbird

74

by Alexi Zentner

279 members

35 reviews

3.9

Member: Her_Royal_Orangeness

75

by Peter Dickinson

264 members

3 reviews

4

Member: souloftherose

76

by Joan D. Vinge

252 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: mkbird

77

by Jaime Lee Moyer

229 members

27 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: inge87

78

220 members

20 reviews

4.1

Member: jain

79

Death by Silver

by Melissa Scott

192 members

17 reviews

3.9

Member: jain

80

The Spiral Dance

by R. Garcia y Robertson

114 members

½ 3.6

Member: mkbird

81

Looking for the King: An Inklings Novel

by David C. Downing

105 members

4 reviews

3

Member: inge87

82

The Seat of Magic

by J. Kathleen Cheney

81 members

5 reviews

3.8

Member: inge87

83

Still She Wished for Company

by Margaret Irwin

73 members

3 reviews

4.1

Member: inge87

84

A Barricade in Hell

by Jaime Lee Moyer

71 members

12 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: mkbird

85

The Shores of Spain: A Novel of the Golden City

by J. Kathleen Cheney

27 members

3 reviews

3.8

Member: inge87

86

by Kari Sperring

13 members

7 reviews

3.9

Member: jain

87

Under the Mound

by Cynthia Heinrichs

3 members

Member: inge87

88

741 members

42 reviews

3.8

89

700 members

88 reviews

3.9

90

Bride of the Rat God

by Barbara Hambly

532 members

20 reviews

3.9

91

Passing Strange {novella}

by Ellen Klages

397 members

34 reviews

3.8

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