Books Set in the Civil War, 1861–1865
Fiction set in the Civil War, 1861–1865, mostly historical fiction, historical romance and alternate history. The most-read are Little Women (1848), Beautiful Creatures (Beautiful Creatures Series, Book 1) (2009) and Ashes in the Wind (1979).
This list collects 35 books in this collection by 32 authors, published between 1848 and 2018. 1 is free to read and 2 have a free audiobook. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
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Little Women
Louisa May Alcott

Beautiful Creatures (Beautiful Creatures Series, Book 1)
Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl

Ashes in the Wind
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

The Guns of the South
Harry Turtledove
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Bring the Jubilee
Ward Moore

Civil War on Sunday
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca

Settling Accounts
Harry Turtledove

Surrender to the Fury
Connie Mason

Picture the Dead
Adele Griffin

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
Kate Kinsella, Abigail Adams Smith

Surrender in Moonlight
Jennifer Blake

Flame of the South
Constance Gluyas

Tomorrow The Glory
Heather Graham

An Honorable Man:(Logan-Campbell Duology #1)
Rosemary Rogers

The Last Cavalier
Heather Graham

Prentice Hall Literature--The American Experience
Nance Davidson, Edward Abbey

Lorena
Frank G. Slaughter

Grant Comes East
Newt Gingrich

Neverhome
Laird Hunt

Bride of the Night
Heather Graham

Dactyl Hill Squad
Daniel José Older

Forever in His Arms
Penelope Neri

Passion's Child
Fiona Harrowe

Stars and Stripes in Peril
Harry Harrison

Letters From an Age of Reason
Nora Hague

A New Beginning
Denise Lewis Patrick

The Ghost Cadet
Elaine Marie Alphin

If the South had won the Civil War
MacKinlay Kantor

The remarkable courtship of General Tom Thumb
Nicholas Rinaldi

Ghosts of Time
Steve White

A Sound Among the Trees
Susan Meissner

Spirit of the Pacific
Walter L. Williams

The queen of Washington
Hamit, Francis (Intelligence officer)

Atlanta Is Ours
Richard Sams

A New Birth of Freedom
Robert G. Pielke