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2 October 2015

Better Reading Top 100: The Top 17 Historical Fiction

Better Reading Top 100: The Top 17 Historical Fiction

Our Top 100 list of books (a poll of 5000 readers voted for their favourite books) reveals that we in Australia love a historical novel. Here are 17 of the Top 100 novels that are set in the near – or distant – past. Which historical novels do you love?

The Tournament
Matthew Reilly

The Tournament

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The Daughters of Mars
Thomas Keneally

The Daughters of Mars

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The Secret River
Kate Grenville

The Secret River

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Outlander
Diana Gabaldon

Outlander

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Desert God (Ancient Egypt #5)
Wilbur Smith

Desert God (Ancient Egypt #5)

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The Help
Kathryn Stockett

The Help

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Nightingale
Fiona McIntosh

Nightingale

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Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall

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Year of Wonders
Geraldine Brooks

Year of Wonders

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The Book Thief
Markus Zusak

The Book Thief

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Birdsong
Sebastian Faulks

Birdsong

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The Shifting Fog
Kate Morton

The Shifting Fog

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The Great Plains
Nicole Alexander

The Great Plains

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All That I Am
Anna Funder

All That I Am

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The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Richard Flanagan

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

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  1. Helen Jessup says:
    4 October 2015 at 8:07 pm

    The book thief, amazing book. And an amazing movie. The Hel follows a close second. Not so much as a movie

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  2. msmisrule says:
    19 October 2015 at 10:15 pm

    The Soldier’s Wife by Pamela Hart.

    https://www.hachette.com.au/authors/detail.page?id=ok1Dj0A-/QX6pXr2b0v8-HDSJqN9muXQPi9oCIqxrRtTptMyRdFTPmhe

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  3. Tracey (Carpe Librum blog) says:
    20 October 2015 at 11:13 pm

    Some great books there, I love historical fiction.

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  4. Jel Cel says:
    26 October 2015 at 7:30 am

    Here Be Dragons. By Sharon Kay Penman.

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