{"id":6468,"count":193,"description":"Historical fiction covers a wide range of books set in the past. At its best, it combines the imagination and storytelling skills of the novelist with the eye for detail and historical accuracy of the historian. If you're looking for the latest prize-winning books in the genre, the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/books\/walter-scott-prize-for-historical-fiction\/\">Walter Scott Prize,<\/a> named after the pioneering Scottish novelist, is a great place to start. If you're looking for novels as a more relaxing way of learning history, many of the world's leading historians have made <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/\">book recommendations on <em>Five Books<\/em><\/a>, and we have a collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/fiction\/historical-fiction\/historical-fiction-recommended-by-historians\/\">historical novels recommended by historians.<\/a> We also keep a running list of <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/fiction\/historical-fiction\/new-historical-fiction\/\">new historical fiction<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/fiction\/historical-fiction\/ww2-historical-fiction\/\">World War II historical fiction<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/medieval-historical-fiction-marion-turner\/\">Medieval historical fiction<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/tudor-historical-fiction-alison-weir\/\">Tudor-era historical fiction<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/fiction\/historical-fiction\/historical-fiction-set-in-asia\/\">Historical Fiction set in: Asia<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/fiction\/historical-fiction\/historical-fiction-set-in-africa\/\">Africa<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/fiction\/historical-fiction\/historical-fiction-set-in-europe\/\">Europe<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/the-best-historical-fiction-of-2024-katharine-grant\/\">Best Historical Fiction 2024<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/novels-history-united-states-bernard-t-joy\/\">American Historical Fiction<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/historical-mystery-novels-tuva-kahrs\/\">Historical Mystery Books<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/best-historical-fiction-2025-katharine-grant\/\">Best Historical Fiction Books 2025<\/a> | See Also <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/historical-nonfiction-kate-summerscale\/\">Historical Nonfiction<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/historical-novels-with-strong-female-leads-kate-mosse\/\">Historical Novels with Strong Female Leads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/best-historical-novels-set-in-india-ruchir-joshi\/\">Historical Novels Set in India<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/the-best-historical-crime-novels-anna-mazzola\/\">Historical Crime Novels<\/a> |","link":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/fiction\/historical-fiction\/","name":"Historical Fiction","slug":"historical-fiction","taxonomy":"category","parent":11186,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/6468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/11186"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=6468"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book?categories=6468"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/books_like_this?categories=6468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}