30 Best Historical Romance Books in the Renaissance & Early Modern Europe

by Wilbur Smith

First published 2003 · Birds of Prey Sequence · ★★★★★4.6(8,701)

by Kate Quinn

First published 2014 · The Borgia Chronicles · ★★★★★4.5(1,434)

by Jody Hedlund

First published 2015 · ★★★★★4.5(690)

by Rozsa Gaston

First published 2021 · Anne of Brittany · ★★★★★4.4(439)

by Angela Hunt

First published 1998 · The Heirs of Cahira O’Connor · ★★★★★4.3(937)

by Rozsa Gaston

First published 2019 · Anne of Brittany · ★★★★★4.3(292)

by Tracy Chevalier

First published 1999 · ★★★★★4.3(7,510)

by Kate Quinn

First published 2013 · The Borgia Chronicles · ★★★★★4.3(1,695)

by Baroness Orczy

First published 1914 · The Scarlet Pimpernel · ★★★★★4.2(72)

by Sarah Dunant

★★★★★4.2(1,877)

by Rozsa Gaston

First published 2018 · Anne of Brittany · ★★★★★4.1(483)

by Edward Marston

Captain Rawson · ★★★★★4.1(244)

by Kate Mosse

First published 2018 · The Joubert Family Chronicles · ★★★★★4.1(24,775)

by Shakespeare

First published 1600 · ★★★★★4.1(262,905)

by G. P. R. James

First published 1841 · ★★★★★4.0(1)

by Rozsa Gaston

First published 2021 · ★★★★★4.0(78)

by G. P. R. James

First published 1839 · ★★★★★4.0(72)

by Shakespeare

First published 1623 · ★★★★★4.0(198,054)

by Edward Marston

Captain Rawson · ★★★★★3.9(216)

by Baroness Orczy

First published 1921 · The Scarlet Pimpernel · ★★★★★3.9(11)

by Edward Marston

Captain Rawson · ★★★★★3.9(186)

by H. Rider Haggard

First published 1901 · ★★★★★3.8(309)

by Shakespeare

First published 1600 · ★★★★★3.8(206,912)

by Edward Marston

Captain Rawson · ★★★★★3.8(260)

by Shakespeare

First published 1597 · ★★★★★3.7(2,883,895)

by Shakespeare

First published 1623 · ★★★★★3.7(183,622)

by Shakespeare

First published 1623 · ★★★★★3.7(37,716)

by Norah Lofts

First published 1969 · ★★★★★3.7(854)

by Frank Yerby

First published 1948 · ★★★★★3.7(296)

by Jeffery Farnol

First published 1920 · Treasure & Vengeance · ★★★★★3.7(116)