Historical SpecFic
Historical fantasy, scifi, and horror that combines the magic and supernatural elements of fantasy/horror with real historical settings. Some scifi is also set in the past, too, but please note Alternative History has its own subgenre... this is the real thing.
- The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
- Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
- The Terror by Dan Simmons
- Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton
- The Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Priestess of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley with Diana L. Paxson
- Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard
- The System of the World by Neal Stephenson
- The Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Jules Verne
- By Force Alone by Lavie Tidhar
- The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
- Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton
- Lady of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley with Diana L. Paxson
- Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
- Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
- On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers
- Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne
- When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb
- The Last Light of the Sun by Guy Gavriel Kay
- The Serpent's Shadow by Mercedes Lackey
- Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life by Philip José Farmer
- Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay
- The Forest House by Marion Zimmer Bradley (with Diana L. Paxson)
- The Demon-Enslaving Flask (inside the The Reincarnated Giant anthology) by Xia Jia
- The Wizard of London by Mercedes Lackey
- Drood by Dan Simmons
- The Confusion by Neal Stephenson
- The Drawing of the Dark by Tim Powers
- The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman
- Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay
- Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin
- The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
- The Gates of Sleep by Mercedes Lackey
- Prentice Alvin by Orson Scott Card
- Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay
- The Tiger in the Well by Philip Pullman
- The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield
- Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland
- Shaman by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Chernevog by C.J. Cherryh
- The Begum's Fortune by Jules Verne
- Reserved for the Cat by Mercedes Lackey
- A Brightness Long Ago by Guy Gavriel Kay
- Mother of Kings by Poul Anderson
- Bloodshot by Cherie Priest
- River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay
- Hadon of Ancient Opar by Philip Jose Farmer
- Coalescent by Stephen Baxter
- The Tritonian Ring by L. Sprague de Camp
- Pirate Freedom by Gene Wolfe
- The Tin Princess by Philip Pullman
- Wyvern by A. A. Attanasio
- The Desert of Souls by Howard Andrew Jones
- Phoenix and Ashes by Mercedes Lackey
- The Frankenstein Papers by Fred Saberhagen
- Soldier of Sidon by Gene Wolfe
- The Shadow in the North by Philip Pullman
- The Devil in a Forest by Gene Wolfe
- Lord of a Shattered Land by Howard Andrew Jones
- The Fallen Blade by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
- The Outcast Blade by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
- The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate by L. Sprague de Camp
- Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles by Kim Newman
- Harbinger of the Storm by Aliette de Bodard
- Dreadful Skin by Cherie Priest
- The Buried Pyramid by Jane Lindskold
- Tatham Mound by Piers Anthony
- Master of the House of Darts by Aliette de Bodard
- Doctor Mirabilis by James Blish
- Ink and Steel by Elizabeth Bear
- The Bones of the Old Ones by Howard Andrew Jones
- The Crusader Road by Michael A. Stackpole
- Hunting the Ghost Dancer by A. A. Attanasio
- Hell and Earth by Elizabeth Bear
- God's Fires by Patricia Anthony
- The Waters of Eternity by Howard Andrew Jones
- Nell Gwynne's On Land and At Sea by Kage Baker
- Much Fall of Blood by Dave Freer
- Of Limited Loyalty by Michael A. Stackpole
- The City of Marble and Blood by Howard Andrew Jones
- Salt, Bronze and Iron by L. Warren Douglas
- Angels of Music by Kim Newman
