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Historical Fiction Books of the 2000s

The 403 most-read historical fiction books first published between 2000 and 2009, led by The Lost Symbol (2009), Atonement (2001) and Cloud Atlas (2004).

This list collects 403 books from the 2000s by 320 authors, published between 2000 and 2009. 1 has a free audiobook. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.

403 books

The Lost Symbol
Dan Brown
2009★ 3.6
Atonement
Ian McEwan
2001★ 3.7
Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell
2004★ 4.0
The Plot Against America
Philip Roth
2004★ 4.0
Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, David LeDoux
2006★ 3.5
Fingersmith
Sarah Waters
2002★ 4.1
The Terror
Dan Simmons
2007★ 4.3
The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova
2005★ 3.7
The Eyre Affair
Jasper Fforde, Roxane Azimi
2001★ 3.7
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
Susanna Clarke
2001★ 3.8
The Confusion. Volume II of the Baroque Cycle
Neal Stephenson, Simon Prebble
2003★ 4.0
El amante japonés
Isabel Allende
2000★ 4.1
El Zorro
Isabel Allende
2005★ 3.7
An Echo in the Bone
Diana Gabaldon
2009★ 4.5
Brooklyn
Colm Tóibín
2009★ 3.6
Soulless
Gail Carriger
2009★ 3.5
Hex
Thomas Olde Heuvelt
2001★ 3.9
Second Sight
Jayne Ann Krentz
2006★ 4.3
Pirate Latitudes
Michael Crichton, John Bedford Lloyd
2009★ 2.8
Wolf Brother
Michelle Paver, Patricia Anton De Vez Ayala-Duarte
2004★ 4.2
Suddenly You
Lisa Kleypas
2001★ 4.4
Soldados de Salamina
Javier Cercas, Elisabeth Beyer
2001★ 3.9
The Pursuit
Johanna Lindsey
2002★ 4.3
The madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie
Jennifer Ashley
2009★ 4.3
Lavinia
Ursula K. Le Guin
2008★ 3.4
The Heir
Johanna Lindsey
2000★ 4.7
The Further Observations of Lady Whistledown
Julia Quinn, Suzanne Enoch
2003★ 4.2
Dragon of the Red Dawn
Mary Pope Osborne
2007★ 4.0
The River Knows
Jayne Ann Krentz
2007★ 4.3
A Kiss to Remember
Teresa Medeiros
2001★ 4.2
Devil of the Highlands
Lynsay Sands
2009★ 4.4
Wicked Widow
Jayne Ann Krentz
2000★ 4.2
The Third Circle:(Arcane Society, #4)
Jayne Ann Krentz
2008
Night Watch
Sarah Waters
2006
Shanghai Girls
Lisa See
2009★ 3.8
Birds Without Wings
Louis de Bernières
2004★ 4.3
The Immortal Highlander
Karen Marie Moning
2004★ 3.8
Mirror Mirror
Gregory Maguire
2003★ 3.3
Seeking Persephone
Sarah M. Eden
2008★ 4.0
The Tea Rose
Jennifer Donnelly
2002★ 3.3
Unhallowed Ground
Heather Graham, Emily Durante
2009★ 3.0
Flowers from the Storm
Laura Kinsale
2003★ 4.1
Malinche
Laura Esquivel
2006
The Kite Rider
Geraldine McCaughrean
2001
Tell It to the Bees
Fiona Shaw
2009
The Lost Duke of Wyndham
Julia Quinn
2008★ 3.8
Claiming the Courtesan (Avon Romantic Treasures)
Anna Campbell
2007★ 3.8
By Possession
Madeline Hunter
2000★ 3.4
The Reluctant Suitor
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
2003★ 4.3
Peony in Love
Lisa See
2007★ 4.2
Highlander Ever After
Jennifer Ashley
2008★ 3.8
One-Way Ticket - Short Stories
Rowena Akinyemi
2000★ 4.5
The Story of a Marriage
Andrew Sean Greer
2008
Master of Pleasure
Jessica Trapp
2005★ 4.1
For the First Time
Kathryn Smith
2003★ 3.5
Kiss Me, Annabel
Eloisa James
2005★ 2.5
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
Susanna Clarke
2006★ 3.8
The Monstrumologist
Richard Yancey
2009★ 3.5
To Catch An Heiress
Julia Quinn
2002
Dark Day in the Deep Sea
Mary Pope Osborne
2008★ 4.2
Season of the Sandstorms
Mary Pope Osborne, BEN SHE.YI MING
2005
Carnival at Candlelight
Mary Pope Osborne
2005★ 4.0
A Dangerous Love
Bertrice Small
2006★ 3.2
Settling Accounts
Harry Turtledove
2004★ 4.3
The Willing Wife
Claudia Dain
2002★ 4.7
Highland Knight
Hannah Howell
2001★ 3.7
Lady Whistledown Strikes Back
Julia Quinn, Suzanne Enoch
2004
At the Bride Hunt Ball
Olivia Parker
2008★ 3.8
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
Katherine Howe
2009★ 3.3
El Oro Del Rey
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
2000★ 4.2
Young Samurai
Chris Bradford
2009★ 5.0
The Marriage Bed
Laura Lee Guhrke
2005★ 4.2
The Last Song of Dusk
Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi
2004
Where Dreams Begin
Lisa Kleypas
2000★ 4.7
The Husband Trap
Tracy Anne Warren
2006★ 4.8
Lie By Moonlight
Jayne Ann Krentz
2005★ 4.3
Night of the New Magicians
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca
2006★ 4.2
The Gargoyle
Andrew Davidson
2008★ 5.0
The Handmaiden's Necklace-(Necklace Trilogy #3)
Kat Martin
2006★ 3.4
A Perfect Groom
Samantha James
2004★ 4.8
The Mad, Bad Duke
Jennifer Ashley
2006★ 5.0
The Bride's Necklace-(Necklace Trilogy, #1)
Kat Martin
2005★ 4.0
Untouched
Anna Campbell
2007★ 3.4
The Italian secretary
Caleb Carr
2005
One Night of Scandal
Teresa Medeiros
2003★ 4.2
The Prize
Brenda Joyce
2004★ 4.2
The Lady and the Unicorn
Tracy Chevalier, Terry Donnelly Robert Blumenfeld
2003
The Mistress (Mira)
Susan Childress
2000★ 3.0
El último Catón
Matilde Asensi
2001
Cinnamon Kiss
Walter Mosley
2001
Babe & Me
Dan Gutman
2000★ 5.0
At the King's Command
Susan Childress
2009★ 3.3
A Necessary Husband
Debra Mullins
2002
Nefer Le Silencieux
Christian Jacq
2000
The House at Riverton
Kate Morton
2005
My favorite bride:(Governess Brides #7)
Christina Dodd
2002★ 4.5

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