Historical Fantasy

Historical fantasy is a subgenre of historical fiction that incorporates fantastic elements (such as magic) into the narrative. There is much crossover with other subgenres of fantasy; those classes as Arthurian, Celtic, or Dark Ages could just as easily be placed in Historical Fantasy. Stories fitting this classification generally take place prior to the 20th century.

Lady Macbeth
A Sorceress Comes to Call
Wisteria (Belladonna, #3)
Hera
This Ravenous Fate (This Ravenous Fate, #1)
The Volcano Daughters
Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)
The Last Witch in Edinburgh
The Girl with No Reflection
Confounding Oaths
The Palace of Eros
The Enchanted Lies of Céleste Artois
My Salty Mary (Mary, #3)
Medusa
Medici Heist
Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)
Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)
Babel
The Familiar
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)
The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)
The Once and Future Witches
These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1)
What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile #1)
Lady Macbeth
Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)
The Bright Sword
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikThe Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel KayDeathless by Catherynne M. ValenteStardust by Neil Gaiman
Best Historical Fantasy
296 books — 289 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleJames and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlThe Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
Children's Fantasy of the 1960s
85 books — 36 voters
The Journals of Professor Guthridge by Kyt WrightJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeShades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette KowalThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternA Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
Gaslamp
124 books — 33 voters

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayClockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakWildwood Dancing by Juliet MarillierThe Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
YA Historical Fantasy
307 books — 453 voters

Babel
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
The Night Circus
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)
The Familiar
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)
Circe

Robert         Reid
1. In 1511, the solitude and peace of Martha’s sanctuary was rudely interrupted by the arrival of a new conscripted member. Tall, with long fair hair and intelligent green eyes, the woman was of striking appearance. She was in her mid-thirties and held herself with a regal demeanour. This was Sylva, the deposed Empress of the North.
Robert Reid, The Empress

Sara Pascoe
And she was right. No matter how they tried, the two humans, with the cat but without the microchip, couldn’t connect to headquarters. Raya heard a loud popping sound in her mind, like a huge rubber band being snapped, like a glider plane released from a Piper Cub.
Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

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