The StoryGraph's Genre Challenge 2025 - hosted by thestorygraph

Historical fiction set outside of the UK, US, or Canada
We encourage you to seek out books written by authors outside of these countries too! 
All books added
Where the Heart Should Be by Sarah Crossan

Where the Heart Should Be

Sarah Crossan

400 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction historical young adult sad tense medium-paced
All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay

All the Seas of the World

Guy Gavriel Kay

528 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction fantasy adventurous dark medium-paced
Written on the Dark by Guy Gavriel Kay

Written on the Dark

Guy Gavriel Kay

305 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction fantasy adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced
Circus Maximus: Race to the Death by Annelise Gray

Circus Maximus: Race to the Death

Circus Maximus #1

Annelise Gray

7 hours, 22 minutes • audio • 2021 user-added

fiction historical middle grade adventurous dark fast-paced
Disobedient by Elizabeth Fremantle

Disobedient

Elizabeth Fremantle

368 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction historical challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Circus of Mirrors by Julie Owen Moylan

Circus of Mirrors

Julie Owen Moylan

426 pages • digital • 2024 user-added

fiction historical romance thriller
Attila, my Attila! A play. In verse. by Michael Field

Attila, my Attila! A play. In verse.

Michael Field

107 pages • 1896

fiction poetry informative inspiring tense medium-paced
The Ambassador's Daughter by Pam Jenoff

The Ambassador's Daughter

The Kommandant's Girl #0

Pam Jenoff

336 pages • digital • 2012

fiction historical romance emotional medium-paced
House of Monstrous Women by Daphne Fama

House of Monstrous Women

Daphne Fama

336 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction historical horror dark tense medium-paced
I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 by Lauren Tarshis

I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79

I Survived Graphic Novels #10

Lauren Tarshis

160 pages • hardcover

fiction graphic novel historical