Most Popular Historical Fantasy Books

Explore the most popular Historical Fantasy books across decades, with reader ratings and discoveries from Risingshadow.

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Romance a Medieval Fairytale #7

Embellish

Demelza Carlton

Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · Historical Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Retellings

September 17, 2017

Romance a Medieval Fairytale #6

Awaken

Demelza Carlton

Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · Historical Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Retellings

January 26, 2017

Romance a Medieval Fairytale #4

Revel

Demelza Carlton

Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · Historical Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Retellings

March 30, 2017

The Water Dragon's Bride #1

The Water Dragon's Bride, Vol. 1

Rei Tōma

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · Paranormal Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Young Adult

April 4, 2017

Lady Janies #1

My Lady Jane

Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, Brodi Ashton

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · Young Adult · Romance

May 2017

The Chronicles of Sword and Sand #2

The Bones of the Old Ones

Howard Andrew Jones

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery

December 6, 2012

The Onyx Court #4

With Fate Conspire

Marie Brennan

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy

August 25, 2011

Shakespeare in Faerie #1

Ill Met by Moonlight

Sarah A. Hoyt

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy

2001

Alamut #1

Alamut

Judith Tarr

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy

1989

The Hound and the Falcon Trilogy #3

The Hounds of God

Judith Tarr

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy

1986

The Hound and the Falcon Trilogy #2

The Golden Horn

Judith Tarr

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy

1985

The Hound and the Falcon Trilogy #1

The Isle of Glass

Judith Tarr

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy

1985

The Hussite Trilogy #2

Warriors of God

Andrzej Sapkowski

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · Translation

October 21, 2021

Greek Series #2

Dark Prince

David Gemmell

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy

1991

The City of Mist

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Historical Fantasy · Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

November 23, 2021

Legends of the Condor Heroes #1

A Hero Born

Jin Yong

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · Translation

February 2018

Legends of the Condor Heroes #4

A Heart Divided

Jin Yong

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · Translation

March 25, 2021

Legends of the Condor Heroes #2

A Bond Undone

Jin Yong

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · Translation

January 21, 2019

The Infernal Devices #2

Clockwork Prince

Cassandra Clare

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · Young Adult

December 5, 2011

A Skinful of Shadows

Frances Hardinge

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · Young Adult

September 2017

Lady of the Forest

Jennifer Roberson

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy

1992

The Hussite Trilogy #3

Light Perpetual

Andrzej Sapkowski

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · Translation

October 25, 2022

The Wayfarer Redemption #1

Sinner

Sara Douglass

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy

1997

The Lord of Middle Air

Michael Scott Rohan

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy

1994

The Russian Stories #1

Rusalka

C. J. Cherryh

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy

1989

The Merlin Codex #3

The Broken Kings

Robert Holdstock

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy

January 2007

The Russian Stories #3

Yvgenie

C. J. Cherryh

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy

1991

The Russian Stories #2

Chernevog

C. J. Cherryh

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy

1990

Camelot Rising #3

The Excalibur Curse

Kiersten White

Fantasy · Arthuriana · Historical Fantasy · Young Adult

December 7, 2021

Camelot Rising #2

The Camelot Betrayal

Kiersten White

Fantasy · Arthuriana · Historical Fantasy · Young Adult

November 10, 2020

The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club #3

The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl

Theodora Goss

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy

October 1, 2019

The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club #2

European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman

Theodora Goss

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy

July 9, 2018

Romance a Medieval Fairytale #8

Appease

Demelza Carlton

Fantasy · Dragons · Fairy Tale Retellings · Historical Fantasy · Historical Fiction

November 18, 2017

Romance a Medieval Fairytale #3

Fly

Demelza Carlton

Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · Historical Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Retellings

October 4, 2017

Ascendant #1

The Tiger's Daughter

K. Arsenault Rivera

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy

October 2, 2017

The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club #1

The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

Theodora Goss

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy

June 19, 2017