Genre

Historical Fiction books

Stories set in the past.

98 books

Strong violence

Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Ages 12–16

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Isabel Wilkerson

Ages 16–18

Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Ages 10–14

The Red Scarf Girl

The Red Scarf Girl

Ages 10–14

An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793

Ages 10–14

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott

Ages 10–14

Strong violence

D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy, 1944

Ages 12–18

The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles

Paul B. Janeczko

Ages 12–18

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Ages 16–18

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Ages 14–18

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Mildred D. Taylor

Ages 10–14

Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War

Ages 12–18

Hamilton: The Revolution

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter

Ages 14–18

The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963

The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963

Christopher Paul Curtis

Ages 9–12

Between Shades of Gray

Strong violence

Between Shades of Gray

Ages 12–17

The Fountain of St. James Court; or, Portrait of the Artist as an Old Woman

The Fountain of St. James Court; or, Portrait of the Artist as an Old Woman

Sena Jeter Naslund

Ages 16–18

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village

Laura Amy Schlitz

Ages 9–12

Esperanza Rising

Esperanza Rising

Pam Muñoz Ryan

Ages 9–12

A Little Princess

A Little Princess

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Ages 8–12

The Eagle of the Ninth

The Eagle of the Ninth

Rosemary Sutcliff

Ages 12–16

The Race to Save the Lord God Bird

The Race to Save the Lord God Bird

Ages 11–15

Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

Ages 10–14

Strong violence

My Brother Sam Is Dead

James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

Ages 12–16

The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler

Strong violence

The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler

James Cross Giblin

Ages 12–16

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