Historical Fiction

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Author Title Time Period
Richard Adams Traveller United States Civil War
Livia Bitton-Jackson I Have Lived a Thousand Years WWII - Holocaust
Pierre Boulle The Bridge on the River Kwai WWII - Japan
James Clavell Shogun Medieval Japan
Richard Henry Dana, Jr. Two Years Before the Mast 19th Century America
Lloyd C. Douglas The Robe The Time of Christ
Alexander Dumas The Three Musketeers 18th Century France
  The Man in the Iron Mask 18th Century France
  The Count of Monte Cristo 18th Century France
Deborah Ellis The Breadwinner Afghanistan under Taliban rule
C.S. Forester Mr. Midshipman Hornblower Age of Sail (19th Century England)
  Lieutenant Hornblower Age of Sail (19th Century England)
Bette Greene Summer of My German SoldierGold Medal Student Pick WWII - Home Front
Alex Haley Roots African American Experience
  The Autobiography of Malcolm X African American Experience
John Hersey A Bell for Adano WWII - Italy
  Hiroshima WWII - Japan
Marjorie Holmes Two From Galilee The Time of Christ
  Three From Galilee The Time of Christ
Christopher Hudson The Killing Fields 1970s Cambodia
Irene Hunt Across Five Aprils United States Civil War
Kathryn Lasky Beyond the Burning Time Salem Witch Trials
Captain Frederick Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy Age of Sail (19th Century England)
Walter Dean Meyers Fallen Angels Vietnam War
James Michener The Source The Middle East
  The Covenant South Africa
  Chesapeake Chesapeake Bay
Margaret Mitchell Gone With the Wind United States Civil War
Patrick O'Brian Master and Commander Age of Sail (19th Century England)
  Post Captain Age of Sail (19th Century England)
  H.M.S. Surprise Age of Sail (19th Century England)
Baroness Orczy The Scarlet PimpernelGold Medal Student Pick French Revolution
Boris Pasternak Dr. Zhivago The Russian Revolution
Erich Remarque All Quiet on the Western FrontGold Medal Student Pick World War I
Ann Rinaldi The Fifth of March American Revolution
Kenneth Roberts Northwest Passage French and Indian War
Sir Walter Scott Ivanhoe Medieval England
Michael Shaara The Killer AngelsGold Medal Student Pick United States Civil War
Nevil Shute A Town Like Alice WWII
John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath The Great Depression
Harry Turtledove Guns of the South Alternate Universe Civil War
  World War: In the Balance Alternate Universe World War II
Jeanne Wakatsuki Farewell to Manzanar WWII - Japanese Internment
Elie Wiesel Night WWII - Holocaust
Herman Wouk The Winds of War WWII - Leading to Pearl Harbor
  War and Remembrance WWII - Pearl Harbor to the end

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