this post was submitted on 04 May 2025
25 points (96.3% liked)

Books

11814 readers
8 users here now

Book reader community.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml
wraptile@lemmy.ml
25
Recommend me a good historical fiction books (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 days ago by filister@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.ml
20 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

I am looking for recommendations for some good historical fiction books. I am mostly interested in books about mediaeval times or even earlier, as I find it fascinating to understand the struggles of the people back then, but I am also open to any suggestions if worthy.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 6 days ago

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett is the start of a great series about life in small town medieval England over a few generations. The Ill-Made Knight by Christian Cameron is a the first in a series following a fighting man during the Hundred Years War. Quite good, but quite brutal at times.