


Enjoy! How many of these have you or your children read? Other posts about Great Historical Fiction: There’s nothing like a good book list to inspire your children to a new time period or discovering an author not yet read. Link them here if you have a blog post as well. I do hope you enjoy trying some new historical fiction from our list and please share your favorites too. Of course they are a bit “girl” weighted, but not all of them. We are still reading many of these again and again with her brothers. It brings back great memories to list these all here for you. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne.Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher-Stowe.Castle on the Border by Margot Benary-Isbert.I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth de Borton-Trevino.The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene.Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George.God King: A Story in the Days of Hezekiah by Joanne Williamson.The Reb and the Redcoats by Constance Savery.Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather.All Things Wise and Wonderful by James Herriot.When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr.Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller by Sarah Miller.Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene (YA).The Hidden Treasure of Glaston by Eleanor Jewitt.Eva Under Ground by Dandi Daley MacKall (YA).Down to the Bonny Glen by Melissa Wiley.The Borrowed House by Hilda Von Stockum.Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw.The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Spear.A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich.These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder.The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare.Not in any particular order, all of her choices received at minimum 3 stars, but most were 4 or 5 star books Longer than mine, that is sure 😉 Emma’s Top 50 Historical Fiction Picks Also, if you’ve followed us since we began our homeschooling journey, you know that she has an extensive reading list. Our college girl, Emma has read many, many historical fiction books over the years and we thought it would be fun to share her Top 50 Picks here on the blog to save you from digging through the archives in search of that one particular book you remembered on the site. We do here! Today’s post is a lovely list for you!
