Historical Fiction: • Bruce Alexander --1760s England, mystery, series, Blind Justice • Jean Auel -- Prehistoric Europe, series, The Clan of the Cave Bear • Howard Bahr --U.S. Civil War, The Black Flower • Kevin Baker -- 1860s-1900s New York City, Dreamland • David Ball -- 1870s North Africa, 1565 Malta, Empires of Sand • Pat Barker -- WWI, psychology, Regeneration • Andrea Barrett -- 1800s, Arctic exploration, naturalists & scientists, Voyage of the Narwhal • Gillian Bradshaw -- Byzantine & Roman empires, Ancient Greece, The Bearkeeper’s Daughter • Bartle Bull -- Post-WWI Kenya, WWII- era North Africa, Café on the Nile • Max Byrd -- 1840s U.S. Southwest, also biographical novels, Shooting the Sun • Taylor Caldwell -- Biographical novels, 1800s-1900s family saga, Dear and Glorious Physician • Caleb Carr -- 1890s New York City, mystery, The Alienist • Jack Cavanaugh -- Colonial U.S.-1960s family saga, series, Christian, The Puritans • Elizabeth Chadwick -- Medieval England and Wales, Crusades, romance, The Conquest • Barbara Chase- Riboud -- Colonial and 1800s U.S., slavery, Sally Hemings • Tracy Chevalier -- Medieval France, 1600s Netherlands, Girl with a Pearl Earring • James Clavell -- 1600s Japan, also 1800s China & Hong Kong, Shogun • Don Coldsmith -- 1500s-1700s Western U.S., Native Americans, series, Trail of the Spanish Bit • Catherine Cookson -- Victorian to WWI-era family saga, romance, The Wingless Bird • Bernard Cornwell -- Napoleonic wars, also U.S. Civil War, Arthurian England, Sharpe’s Tiger • E. L. Doctorow -- Early 1900s New York, Ragtime • Sara Donati -- 1790s New York frontier, romance, series, Into the Wilderness • Dorothy Dunnett -- Renaissance Europe, 1550s England & Scotland, series, Niccolo Rising • Umberto Eco -- 1300s Italy, Crusades, transl.,The Name of the Rose • Howard Fast -- American Revolution, 19th-20th c. U.S., family saga, April Morning • Patricia Finney -- Elizabethan England, espionage, Unicorn’s Blood • Ken Follett -- Medieval England, also colonial U.S., Pillars of the Earth • C. S. Forester -- Napoleonic wars, British Navy, series, Mr. Midshipman Hornblower • George MacDonald Fraser -- Victorian Europe, India, and U.S., series, Flashman • Alan Furst -- WWII Europe, espionage, Dark Star • Diana Gabaldon -- 1700s Scotland & Colonial U.S., romance, time travel, Outlander • Kathleen O'Neal Gear & W. Michael Gear -- Prehistoric North America, Native American, People of the Wolf series • Pauline Gedge -- Ancient Egypt, Lady of the Reeds • Margaret George -- Tudor England & Scotland, Ancient Egypt, biographical, Autobiography of Henry VIII • Denise Giardina -- 1890s-1920s Appalachia, labor movement, Storming Heaven • Parke Godwin -- Medieval England, also Dark Ages, Robin Hood legend, Sherwood • Winston Graham -- Regency & Georgian England, family saga, series, Ross Poldark • Robert Graves -- Ancient Rome, I, Claudius • Philippa Gregory -- Tudor England, English Civil War and Restoration, The Other Boleyn Girl • Sandra Gulland -- Napoleonic France, Josephine Bonaparte, The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B • A. B. Guthrie -- 1800s American West, frontier, series, The Big Sky • Hella Haasse -- Medieval France & England, also 1500s Italy, transl., In a Dark Wood Wandering • Karen Harper -- Elizabethan England, mystery, series, The Poyson Garden • Sue Harrison -- Prehistoric North America, Mother Earth, Father Sky • Georgette Heyer -- Regency England, romance, The Grand Sophy • Cecelia Holland -- Medieval & Renaissance Europe, also Celtic Ireland, Great Maria • Christian Jacq -- Ancient Egypt, transl., The Son of Light • John Jakes -- U.S. family saga, Civil War, series, North and South • Gary Jennings -- 1500s Mexico, Aztec Empire, adventure, Aztec • Terry Johnston -- 1800s American West, frontier, Indian campaigns, Carry the Wind • Wayne Johnston -- 1900s Newfoundland, polar exploration, Colony of Unrequited Dreams • MacKinlay Kantor -- U.S. Civil War, also American Revolution, Andersonville • Pamela Kaufman -- Medieval Europe, Crusades, royalty, The Book of Eleanor • M. M. Kaye -- British Raj, India, romance, The Far Pavilions • Thomas Keneally -- WWII, Holocaust, also 1700s Australia, Schindler’s List • Alexander Kent -- 1770s-1800s British Navy, series, Richard Bolitho, Midshipman • Dewey Lambdin -- 1780s-1790s British Navy, American Revolution, series, The King’s Coat • Louis L’Amour -- American West, family saga, series, Jubal Sackett • David Liss -- 1600s Amsterdam, also 1700s London, The Coffee Trader • Morgan Llywelyn -- Celtic Ireland, WWI Ireland, medieval Wales, Lion of Ireland • William Martin -- Family saga, Annapolis, Boston, Cape Cod, Annapolis • Colleen McCullough -- Ancient Rome, series, also 1910s Australia, The First Man in Rome • Larry McMurtry -- 1800s American West, Lonesome Dove • James Michener -- Multiple places and time periods, Centennial • Robert Morgan -- 1900s Appalachia, also American Revolution, Gap Creek • Gilbert Morris -- U.S. family sagas, also Tudor England, Christian, series, The Sword of Truth • James L. Nelson -- American Revolution, American Navy, military, series, By Force of Arms • Patrick O’Brian -- Napoleonic wars, British Navy, series, Master and Commander • Janette Oke -- 1800s Canadian frontier, Christian, romance, Love Comes Softly • Zoe Oldenbourg -- Medieval France, Palestine, Crusades, The Cornerstone • Baroness Orczy -- French Revolution, The Scarlet Pimpernel • Edith Pargeter -- Medieval Wales, England, The Heaven Tree Trilogy • Sharon Kay Penman -- Medieval England, Wales, France, The Sunne in Splendour • Jean Plaidy -- Medieval and Tudor England, royalty, Royal Road to Fotheringay • Steven Pressfield -- Ancient Greece, Alexander the Great, military, Gates of Fire • James Reasoner -- U.S. Civil War, military, series, Savannah • Mary Renault -- Ancient Greece, Alexander the Great, Fire From Heaven • Alexandra Ripley -- Antebellum and Reconstruction South, romance, Charleston • Kenneth Roberts -- Colonial U.S., American Revolution, Northwest Passage • Edward Rutherfurd -- Epic family sagas, England, Russia, Sarum • Rafael Sabatini -- French Revolution, Renaissance Italy, adventure, Scaramouche • Paul Scott -- British Raj, WWII-era India, The Jewel in the Crown • Anya Seton -- Medieval and Tudor England, Colonial U.S., Devil Water • Mary Lee Settle -- English Civil War, Colonial U.S., U.S. Civil War, O Beulah Land • Jeff Shaara -- American Revolution, U.S. Civil War, Rise to Rebellion • Michael Shaara -- U.S. Civil War, The Killer Angels • Neal Stephenson -- 1600s Europe, Age of Enlightenment, series, Quicksilver • Irving Stone -- Biographical novels: Michelangelo, Van Gogh, Darwin, The Agony and the Ecstasy • Elswyth Thane -- Colonial U.S.-WWII, family saga, series, Dawn’s Early Light • Bodie & Brock Thoene -- Holocaust, also post-WWII Palestine, Christian, series, Vienna Prelude • James Alexander Thom -- Colonial U.S., 1700s-1800s frontier, Lewis & Clark, Follow the River • Rose Tremain -- 1660s England, royalty, also 1600s Denmark, Restoration • Sigrid Undset -- Medieval Norway, transl., Kristin Lavransdatter • Leon Uris -- 1840s-1916 Ireland, WWII & post-WWII Europe & Israel, Trinity • Gore Vidal -- Biographical novels, American Revolution, U.S. Civil War, Burr • Susan Vreeland -- 1600s Amsterdam, Italy, Girl in Hyacinth Blue • Mika Waltari transl. -- Ancient Egypt, also Ancient Rome,, The Egyptian • Jessamyn West -- U.S. Civil War, Quakers, frontier, The Friendly Persuasion • Janice Woods Windle -- 1830s-1940s Texas, family saga, True Women • Barbara Wood -- 1800s Australia, also 1800s New York, The Dreaming • Richard Woodman -- Napoleonic wars, British Navy, series, An Eye of the Fleet • Herman Wouk -- WWII Europe & U.S., post-WWII Israel, family saga, The Winds of War • Frank Yerby -- American Revolution, U.S. Civil War, 1800s Africa, The Foxes of Harrow .