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30 Best Historical Romance Books in the Asia & the Islamic World

Explore historical romance through stories in which love develops under the social rules, family pressures and material constraints of another period. These novels balance emotional relationships with a convincing sense of historical setting.

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Prehistory 3,200 BCE–43 CE 3 books Ancient World 2,200 BCE–628 CE 43 books American History 1607–1912 CE 24 books Asia & the Islamic World 221 BCE–1,997 CE 46 books Medieval Period 330–1,816 CE 78 books Renaissance & Early Modern Europe c. 1300–1789 CE 12 books Russian Empire & Revolution 1721–1922 CE 4 books Tudor & Stuart Britain 1485–1714 CE 34 books Georgian & Regency Britain 1714–1837 CE 51 books Age of Revolutions 1763–1848 CE 34 books Nineteenth-Century Europe 1815–1900 CE 113 books World War I & Interwar Era 1914–1939 CE 52 books World War II 1939–1945 CE 33 books Cold War and Post-war Era 1945–1991 CE 36 books

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30 Romance books in Asia & the Islamic World

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