Shelfmark

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