historical fiction Series in Order
33 historical fiction series with complete reading orders.
The Cadfael Chronicles
Edith Pargeter · 21 books · 1977–1994
The Roman Mysteries
Caroline Lawrence · 19 books · 2001–2009
History of the Russian State in Novels
Boris Akunin · 18 books · 2014–2024
The Poldark Novels
Winston Graham · 12 books · 1945–2002
Death by Brotherhood
Boris Akunin · 10 books · 2007–2011
A Dream of Eagles
Jack Whyte · 10 books · 1992–2005
Outlander series
Diana Gabaldon · 8 books · 1991–2021
The Kent Family Chronicles
John Jakes · 8 books · 1974–1979
The Accursed Kings
Maurice Druon · 7 books · 1955–1977
Masters of Rome
Colleen McCullough · 7 books · 1990–2007
Narratives of Empire
Gore Vidal · 6 books · 1967–2000
Earth's Children hexalogy
Jean M. Auel · 6 books · 1980–2011
Leatherstocking Tales
James Fenimore Cooper · 5 books · 1823–1841
The Warlord Chronicles
Bernard Cornwell · 5 books · 1995–1997
The Pirates! pentalogy
Gideon Defoe · 5 books · 2004–2012
Fortune de France
Robert Merle · 5 books · 1977–2004
Kingsbridge
Ken Follett · 5 books · 1989–2023
Crusades tetralogy
Jan Guillou · 4 books · 1998–2001
Hellenic Traders
4 books · 2001–2004
The Women of Genesis pentalogy
Orson Scott Card · 4 books · 2000–2004
D'Artagnan Romances
Alexandre Dumas · 3 books · 1844–1847
Reconstruction trilogy
Thomas Dixon Jr. · 3 books · 1902–1907
The Josephus Trilogy
Lion Feuchtwanger · 3 books · 1932–1945
The Century Trilogy
Ken Follett · 3 books · 2010–2014
Under the North Star
Väinö Linna · 3 books · 1959–1962
The Trilogy
Henryk Sienkiewicz · 3 books · 1884–1888
Cumbrian Trilogy
3 books · 1969–1980
The Bounty Trilogy
Charles Nordhoff · 3 books · 1932–1934
Cicero trilogy
Robert Harris · 3 books · 2006–2015
Winge and Cardell
Niklas Natt och Dag · 3 books · 2017–2021
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood · 2 books · 1985–2019
Daughters of Wars (book series)
Sumiko Nakano · 2 books · 2022–2025
Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Avi · 2 books · 2006–2010