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Most Popular Historical Romance Books
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid
389 pageshistorical romance
(4.2M)Steamy
A reclusive Hollywood icon finally tells the truth — including the one great love she could never make public.
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
384 pageshistorical romance
(2.0M)Warm
Patroclus narrates his epic, doomed love for Achilles from boyhood to the walls of Troy.
Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid
422 pageshistorical romance
(1.9M)Steamy
Two magnetic rock stars. One legendary band. The explosive love story the world was never supposed to know.
The Notebook (The Notebook, #1)
Nicholas Sparks · The Notebook #1
240 pageshistorical romance
(1.9M)Warm
A decade apart couldn't kill their love — but her upcoming wedding just might.
Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen
350 pageshistorical romance
(1.7M)Warm
A Depression-era circus, a married equestrian star, and the young vet who falls for her against all odds.
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
Diana Gabaldon · Outlander #1
627 pageshistorical romance
(1.2M)Scorching
A 1940s nurse slips through a standing stone into 1743 Scotland — and into the arms of a Highland warrior.
The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern
516 pageshistorical romance
(1.1M)Mild
Two rival magicians are bound to compete in a deadly game — and fall in love inside a dreamlike night circus.
Atmosphere: A Love Story
Taylor Jenkins Reid
352 pageshistorical romance
(766k)Steamy
A reserved physicist joins NASA in 1980 and finds the stars — and an unexpected love — among the astronaut corps.
The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
Philippa Gregory · The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels #9
674 pageshistorical romance
(515k)Steamy
Mary Boleyn falls for Henry VIII — then watches her sister Anne steal him and the crown.
Redeeming Love
Francine Rivers
482 pageshistorical romance
(377k)Warm
A God-fearing man marries a broken prostitute and loves her unconditionally — even as she keeps running away.
Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel García Márquez
430 pageshistorical romance
(551k)Warm
After 51 years of waiting, a man finally tells the widow he never stopped loving her.
The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons, #2)
Julia Quinn · Bridgertons #2
469 pageshistorical romance
(498k)Steamy
A notorious rake sets his sights on marriage — but falls for the meddling sister trying to stop him.
Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2)
Diana Gabaldon · Outlander #2
929 pageshistorical romance
(388k)Steamy
Twenty years after escaping 18th-century Scotland, Claire returns to reveal the truth about the warrior she left behind.
Voyager (Outlander, #3)
Diana Gabaldon · Outlander #3
882 pageshistorical romance
(333k)Scorching
Twenty years after leaving him for dead at Culloden, Claire discovers Jamie survived — and crosses time to find him.
The Thorn Birds
Colleen McCullough
690 pageshistorical romance
(366k)Warm
A woman loves a priest across a lifetime — a bond as beautiful and doomed as a thorn bird's song.
Like Water for Chocolate
Laura Esquivel · Como agua para chocolate #1
265 pageshistorical romance
(398k)Warm
Forbidden from marrying, Tita pours her love — and heartbreak — into food that enchants everyone who eats it.
Drums of Autumn (Outlander, #4)
Diana Gabaldon · Outlander #4
928 pageshistorical romance
(271k)Scorching
Brianna leaps through time to save her parents — but the past may claim her forever.
The Fiery Cross (Outlander, #5)
Diana Gabaldon · Outlander #5
1428 pageshistorical romance
(228k)Steamy
Jamie and Claire navigate revolution-era North Carolina — where survival is the greatest test of their love.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander, #6)
Diana Gabaldon · Outlander #6
1426 pageshistorical romance
(193k)Scorching
A time-travelling couple faces revolution, fire, and a newspaper clipping foretelling their deaths in 1770s North Caroli
An Echo in the Bone (Outlander, #7)
Diana Gabaldon · Outlander #7
991 pageshistorical romance
(167k)Steamy
Highland warrior Jamie and time-travelling healer Claire fight for survival — and each other — in the American Revolutio
Written in My Own Heart's Blood
Diana Gabaldon · Outlander #8
825 pageshistorical romance
(142k)Steamy
Jamie Fraser returns from the dead into Revolutionary War chaos — and a marriage that moved on without him.
A Room with a View
E.M. Forster
185 pageshistorical romance
(203k)Mild
A proper Edwardian woman in Italy meets a passionate free spirit who threatens to upend her entire world.
The Stationery Shop
Marjan Kamali
320 pageshistorical romance
(129k)Mild
Sixty years after a coup tore them apart on the eve of their wedding, Roya finally gets to ask Bahman why.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Emmuska Orczy · The Scarlet Pimpernel (chronological order) #1
254 pageshistorical romance
(142k)Mild
A dashing English spy hides his heroic identity from his own wife — who is spying on him for France.
