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30 Best Social & Domestic Historical Novels

Social and domestic historical fiction explores how large changes are experienced through households, neighbourhoods and ordinary relationships. These books often focus on class, work, marriage, migration, gender and community pressure.

590 books 15 historical periods

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Prehistory 3,200 BCE–43 CE 5 books Ancient World 2,200 BCE–628 CE 33 books American History 1607–1912 CE 36 books Asia & the Islamic World 221 BCE–1,997 CE 42 books Medieval Period 330–1,816 CE 65 books Renaissance & Early Modern Europe c. 1300–1789 CE 8 books Russian Empire & Revolution 1721–1922 CE 10 books Tudor & Stuart Britain 1485–1714 CE 22 books Georgian & Regency Britain 1714–1837 CE 42 books War of the Spanish Succession 1701–1714 CE 1 book Age of Revolutions 1763–1848 CE 2 books Nineteenth-Century Europe 1815–1900 CE 147 books World War I & Interwar Era 1914–1939 CE 67 books World War II 1939–1945 CE 31 books Cold War and Post-war Era 1945–1991 CE 59 books

20 books are not yet assigned to a historical period.

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