Genre

Historical Fiction books

Stories set in the past.

98 books

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The Inquisitor's Tale

Adam Gidwitz

Ages 10–14

Caution

Strong violence

Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Ages 12–16

Caution

Strong violence

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

John Boyne

Ages 13–17

Safe

Lincoln: A Photobiography

Russell Freedman

Ages 9–12

Caution

Strong violence

The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler

James Cross Giblin

Ages 12–16

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The War That Saved My Life

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Ages 9–12

Safe

The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963

Christopher Paul Curtis

Ages 9–12

Ages 15–18

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

Isabel Wilkerson

Ages 16–18

Safe

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

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Ages 10–14

Ages 10–14

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

Jim Murphy

Ages 10–14

Caution

Strong violence

D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy, 1944

Rick Atkinson

Ages 12–18

Safe

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

Paul B. Janeczko

Ages 12–18

Safe

Crispin: The Cross of Lead

Avi

Ages 11–15

Safe

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Ages 16–18

Caution

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

Avi

Ages 11–15

Safe

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

Steve Sheinkin

Ages 12–18

Caution

Sexual content

Hamilton: The Revolution

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter

Ages 14–18

Safe

Fever 1793

Laurie Halse Anderson

Ages 10–14

Ages 9–12

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

Ages 12–16

Safe

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village

Laura Amy Schlitz

Ages 9–12

Safe

The Little House on the Prairie

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Ages 8–12

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