Daniel S. Burt's Recommended Historical Novels
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What Historical Novel Do I Read Next? by Daniel S. Burt (1997), 353 Books
A list of recommended historical novels from Daniel S. Burt's book "What Historical Novel Do I Read Next?"
Daniel S. Burt is an American author and literary critic.
This list was originally published in 2003 and was added to this site about 1 year ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15787 | Tree Of Liberty | Elizabeth Page | 1939 | Unknown | English | |
| 15787 | Arundel | Kenneth Roberts | 1930 | American | English | |
| 15787 | Rabble In Arms | Kenneth Roberts | 1933 | American | English | |
| 14697 | Oliver Wiswell | Kenneth Roberts | 1940 | American | English | |
| 17010 | Beulah Land | Harold Davis | 1973 | American | English | |
| 15787 | God's Angry Man | Leonard Ehrlich | 1932 | American | English | |
| 17010 | Surveyor | Turman Nelson | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 15787 | Lively Lady | Kenneth Roberts | 1931 | American | English | |
| 15787 | Captain Caution | Kenneth Roberts | 1934 | American | English | |
| 15787 | Lydia Bailey | Kenneth Roberts | 1940 | American | English | |
| 17010 | Know Nothing | Mary Lee Settle | 1960 | American | English | |
| 1539 | The Confessions of Nat Turner | William Styron | 1967 | American | English | |
| 6720 | Jubilee | Margaret Walker | 1966 | American | English | |
| 17010 | Jonathan Dearborn | Willard M. Wallace | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 15787 | The Unconquered | Ben Ames Williams | 1953 | American | English | |
| 17010 | When The War Is Over | Stephen Becker | 1968 | Unknown | English | |
| 15787 | Marching On | James Boyd | 1927 | American | English | |
| 13184 | The Crisis | Winston Churchill | 1901 | British | English | |
| 560 | The Red Badge of Courage | Stephen Crane | 1895 | American | English | |
| 15787 | The Bugles Blow No More | Clifford Dowdey | 1942 | American | English | |
| 15787 | Shiloh | Shelby Foote | 1952 | American | English | |
| 17010 | Elkhorn Tavern | Douglas C. Jones | 1980 | American | English | |
| 17010 | The Barefoot Brigade By Douglas C. Jones | Douglas C. Jones | 1979 | American | English | |
| 15787 | Long Remember | MacKinlay Kantor | 1934 | American | English | |
| 1113 | Andersonville | MacKinlay Kantor | 1955 | American | English | |
| 4160 | Confederates | Thomas Keneally | 1979 | Australian | English | |
| 15787 | Roll, Shenandoah | Bruce Lancaster | 1949 | American | English | |
| 17010 | The Falling Hills | Perry Lentz | 1994 | American | English | |
| 58 | Gone With the Wind | Margaret Mitchell | 1936 | American | English | |
| 17010 | The Three Days | Don Robertson | 1959 | American | English | |
| 17010 | By Antietam Creek | Don Robertson | 1960 | American | English | |
| 713 | The Killer Angels | Michael Shaara | 1974 | American | English | |
| 17010 | The Crater | Richard Slotkin | 1980 | Unknown | English | |
| 17010 | Wilderness | Robert Penn Warren | 1961 | American | English | |
| 17010 | Unto This Hour | Tom Wicker | 1984 | American | English | |
| 15787 | House Divided | Ben Ames Williams | 1947 | American | English | |
| 15787 | So Red The Rose | Stark Young | 1934 | American | English | |
| 17010 | Time Of The Gringo | Elliott Arnold | 1970 | Unknown | English | |
| 17010 | A Good Way To Die | Del Barton | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 17010 | Fancher Train | Amelia Bean | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 15787 | The Feud | Amelia Bean | 1952 | Unknown | English | |
| 17010 | Time For Outrage | Amelia Bean | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 2358 | Little Big Man | Thomas Berger | 1964 | American | English | |
| 17010 | Taos | Irwin Blacker | 1959 | Unknown | English | |
| 391 | Death Comes for the Archbishop | Willa Cather | 1927 | American | English | |
| 17010 | A Road We Do Not Know | Frederick J. Chiaventone | 1996 | Unknown | English | |
| 13744 | The Ox Bow Incident | Walter Van Tilburg Clark | 1940 | American | English | |
| 10137 | Honey in the Horn | Harold L. Davis | 1935 | American | English | |
| 17010 | Deadwood | Pete Dexter | 1997 | American | English | |
| 15787 | Cimarron | Edna Ferber | 1929 | American | English | |
| 15787 | Children Of God | Vardis Fisher | 1939 | American | English | |
| 17010 | Tale Of Valor | Vardis Fisher | 1958 | American | English | |
| 14729 | The Big Sky | A. B. Guthrie | 1947 | American | English | |
| 10137 | The Way West | A. B. Guthrie | 1949 | American | English | |
| 14775 | Warlock | Oakley Hall | 1958 | American | English | |
| 17010 | Desperadoes | Ron Hansen | 1979 | American | English | |
| 17010 | A Distanr Trumpet | Paul Horgan | 1960 | American | English | |
| 15787 | The Searchers | Alan LeMay | 1953 | American | English | |
| 16417 | Lord Grizzly | Frederick Manfred | 1954 | American | English | |
| 631 | Lonesome Dove | Larry McMurtry | 1985 | American | English | |
| 2116 | True Grit | Charles Portis | 1968 | American | English | |
| 1611 | Giants in the Earth | Ole Edvart Rolvaag | 1927 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 17010 | Carrington | Michael Straight | 1960 | American | English | |
| 17010 | A Very Small Remnant | Michael Straight | 1976 | American | English | |
| 60 | Things Fall Apart | Chinua Achebe | 1958 | Nigerian | English | |
| 15787 | The Turning Wheel | Stuart Cloete | 1937 | South African | English | |
| 17010 | Lord Of The Kongo | Peter Forbath | 1988 | Unknown | English | |
| 17010 | The Whales Of Lake Tanganyika | Lennart Hagerfors | 1992 | Swedish | Swedish | |
| 17010 | Kenya | John Halkin | 1986 | Unknown | English | |
| 17010 | Burton And Speke | William Harrison | 1982 | Unknown | English | |
| 283 | The Good Earth | Pearl S. Buck | 1931 | American | English | |
| 16653 | Imperial Woman | Pearl S. Buck | 1956 | American | English | |
| 14791 | Tai Pan | James Clavell | 1966 | British | English | |
| 17010 | The Court Of The Lion | Eleanor Cooney, Daniel Altieri | 1988 | Unknown | English | |
| 17010 | Deception | Eleanor Cooney, Daniel Altieri | 1993 | Unknown | English | |
| 17010 | Dynasty | Robert S. Elegant | 1977 | American | English | |
| 17010 | Manchu | Robert S. Elegant | 1980 | American | English | |
| 17010 | Mandarin | Robert S. Elegant | 1983 | American | English | |
| 17010 | From A Far Land | Robert S. Elegant | 1986 | Unknown | English | |
| 17010 | Peking | Anthony Grey | 1988 | British | English | |
| 17010 | The Chinese Emperor | Jean Levi | 1985 | French | French | |
| 17010 | The Dream Of Confucius | Jean Levi | 1989 | French | French | |
| 9638 | Spring Moon | Betty Bao Lord | 1981 | Chinese | English | |
| 17010 | Ming | Robert B. Oxnam | 1995 | Unknown | English | |
| 17010 | Silk And Steel | Stephen Alter | 1980 | Unknown | English | |
| 17010 | Golden Fire | Jonathan Fast | 1986 | Unknown | English | |
| 17010 | The Moghul | Thomas Hoover | 1983 | American | English | |
| 16653 | Shadow Of The Moon | M.M. Kaye | 1956 | British | English | |
| 785 | The Far Pavilions | Mary Margaret Kaye | 1978 | British | English | |
| 15787 | Nightrunners Of Bengal | John Masters | 1951 | British | English | |
| 14804 | The Deceivers | John Masters | 1952 | British | English | |
| 17010 | Raj | Gita Mehta | 1989 | Indian | English | |
| 2259 | The Jewel In The Crown | Paul Scott | 1966 | British | English | |
| 1644 | Shogun | James Clavell | 1975 | British | English | |
| 14901 | Gai Jin | James Clavell | 1993 | American | English | |
| 17010 | Yedo | Lynn Guest | 1985 | Unknown | English | |
| 17010 | Tokaido Road | Lucia St. Clair Robson | 1991 | American | English | |
| 17010 | Segaki | David Stacton | 1958 | American | English | |
| 17010 | Sakuran | Edward Tolosko | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 17010 | The Signore | Kunio Tsuji | 1990 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 16653 | The Heike Story | Eiji Yoshikawa | 1956 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 14664 | Musashi | Eiji Yoshikawa | 1935 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 15787 | Taiko | Eiji Yoshikawa | 1941 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 17010 | Molokai | O.A. Bushnell | 1960 | Unknown | English | |
| 15787 | The Bounty Trilogy | Charles Nordhoff | 1936 | American | English | |
| 17010 | The Dreaming | Barbara Wood | 1991 | American | English | |
| 17010 | All Soul's Rising | Madison Smartt Bell | 1995 | American | English | |
| 17010 | The Sword And The Sun | Gerald Green | 1980 | Unknown | English | |
| 17010 | Drums Of Destiny | Bruce Jeffries | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 17010 | The Luck Of Huemac | Daniel Peters | 1981 | Unknown | English | |
| 17010 | Tikal | Daniel Peters | 1983 | Unknown | English | |
| 17010 | The Incas | Daniel Peters | 1991 | Unknown | English | |
| 17010 | A Signal Victory | David Stacton | 1960 | American | English |