Historical Fiction Books of the 1970s
The 69 most-read historical fiction books first published between 1970 and 1979, led by The Color Purple (1976), Maurice (1971) and Shōgun (1975).
This list collects 69 books from the 1970s by 33 authors, published between 1970 and 1979. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
Maurice
E. M. Forster
Shōgun
James Clavell
Eaters of the Dead
Michael Crichton
Lady of Quality
Georgette Heyer
The Flame and the Flower
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
The Crystal Cave
Mary Stewart, Mary Stwart
The Persian Boy
Mary Renault
The Hollow Hills
Mary Stewart
The Last Enchantment
Mary Stewart
The Feast of All Saints
Anne Rice
Time and Again
Jack Finney
The Immigrants
Howard Fast
Un Furieux Amour
Jennifer Wilde
The Perilous Gard
Elizabeth Marie Pope, Richard J Cuffari
The House of Kuragin
Constance Heaven
A Gamble with Hearts
Barbara Cartland
The Sign of Love
Barbara Cartland
The Witch's Brat
Rosemary Sutcliff
The Golden Illusion
Barbara Cartland
Fire on the Snow
Barbara Cartland
Passions in the Sand
Barbara Cartland
The Alteration
Kingsley Amis
Alone in Paris
Barbara Cartland
The Saint and the Sinner
Barbara Cartland
The Castle of Fear
Barbara Cartland
Masterpieces of Murder (And Then There Were None / Death on the Nile / The Murder of Roger Ackroyd / Witness for the Prosecution)
Agatha Christie
Savannah Purchase
Jane Aiken Hodge
The Blue-Eyed Witch
Barbara Cartland
A Case of Spirits
Peter Lovesey
This Loving Torment
Valerie Sherwood
The Dangerous Dandy
Barbara Cartland
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story
Michael Dibdin
Love Locked In
Barbara Cartland
Stranger by the Lake
Jennifer Wilde
The Savage Sands
Christina Nicholson
The Portable Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller
Isobel
Jane Parkhurst
Morlock Night
K. W. Jeter
Danger at Dahlkari
Jennifer Wilde
Flowers for the God of Love
Barbara Cartland
Betrayal at Blackcrest
Jennifer Wilde
Edward, Edward
Lolah Burford
The Heart Triumphant
Barbara Cartland
The Secret of the Glen
Barbara Cartland
An Angel in Hell
Barbara Cartland
A Very Naughty Angel
Barbara Cartland
When Emmalyn Remembers
Jennifer Wilde
The Catch Trap
Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Proud Princess
Barbara Cartland
Come to Castlemoor
Jennifer Wilde
The Lady of Lyon House
Jennifer Wilde
The Castle Made for Love
Barbara Cartland
The Taming of Lady Lorinda
Barbara Cartland
Jamintha
Jennifer Wilde
Room Beneath the Stairs
Jennifer Wilde
A Princess in Distress
Barbara Cartland
Love Has His Way
Barbara Cartland
Walk the Night Unseen
Lucinda Baker
Midnight At Mallyncourt
Jennifer Wilde
Lord Edgware Dies / The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie
Regency Royal
Michael Hardwick
Moon over Eden
Barbara Cartland
Meet a Dark Stranger = Whisper in the Darkness
Jennifer Wilde
Nine Buck's Row = Susannah, Beware
Jennifer Wilde
Wherever Lynn Goes
Jennifer Wilde
The Forty-seven Ronin Story
John Allyn
Delusional Madness
Kimberly K. Taylor
The tradition of Salem witchcraft in American literature: 1820-1870
James William Clark