Historical Fiction Books of the 1950s
The 21 most-read historical fiction books first published between 1950 and 1959, led by Slaughterhouse-Five (1956), The Crucible (1953) and Mémoires d'Hadrien (1951).
This list collects 21 books from the 1950s by 17 authors, published between 1950 and 1959. 3 have a free audiobook. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
21 books
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
The Crucible
Arthur Miller
Mémoires d'Hadrien
Marguerite Yourcenar
The King Must Die
Mary Renault
Nine Coaches Waiting
Mary Stewart
Till We Have Faces
C. S. Lewis
April Lady
Georgette Heyer
Madam, Will You Talk?
Mary Stewart
The Charioteer
Mary Renault
Pompes funèbres
Jean Genet
The Love-Child
Eleanor Burford
Plays (All My Sons / Crucible / Death of a Salesman / Memory of Two Mondays / View from the Bridge)
Arthur Miller
Sweet Adventure
Barbara Cartland
Daughter of Satan
Eleanor Burford
Homer's Daughter
Robert Graves
The Robe
Lloyd C. Douglas
Beowulf
Ian Serraillier
More Stories to Remember -- Volume II
Thomas Bertram Costain, John Beecroft
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We Were There at the Normandy Invasion
Clayton Knight
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Primitive
Chester Himes
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I Worked for Lucky Luciano
Anonymous