Historical Fiction
- Alias Grace Margaret Atwood
- The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Michael Chabon
- Augustus John Williams
- The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek Kim Michele Richardson
- Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel
- Burial Rites Hannah Kent
The Cicero Trilogy Robert Harris
- The City Always Wins Omar Robert Hamilton
- The Clockmaker's Daughter Kate Morton
- The Daughter Of Time Josephine Tey
- The Dictionary of Lost Words Pip Williams
- The Essex Serpent Sarah Perry
- G. John Berger
- The Ghost Road Pat Barker
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick
- I, Claudius Robert Graves
- The Invisible Mile David Coventry
- The Light Between Oceans M.L.Stedman
- Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders
- Little Edward Carey
- A Long Petal of the Sea Isabel Allende
- Lustrum Robert Harris
- The Mirror and the Light Hilary Mantel
- Mother Night Kurt Vonnegut
- The Noise of Time Julian Barnes
- Oddfellows Nicholas Shakespeare
- Remarkable Creatures Tracey Chevalier
- Resolution A.N.Wilson
- Sacred Hunger Barry Unsworth
- Saville David Storey
- The Shadow Land Elizabeth Kostova
Sharpe Series Bernard Cornwell
- Sister Kate Jean Bedford
- Something to Answer For P.H.Newby
- The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet David Mitchell
- The Underground Railway Colson Whitehead
- Warlight Michael Ondaatje
- Washington Black Esi Edugyan
- Water Music T.C. Boyle
- Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel
- The Yid Paul Goldberg