Best Historical Fiction Book Series

The best historical fiction book series ranked by average reader rating — sweeping stories that reward commitment across every volume.

Historical fiction series transport you across decades or centuries, following families, nations, and characters through the events that shaped the world. The best ones reward the time investment with deepening context and emotional payoff. This list ranks historical fiction book series by average reader rating across all installments.

Every series here has at least 3 books in our catalog. These are the historical fiction series readers rate most consistently — rich period detail, compelling characters, and stories that only get better as the scope expands.

1

Outlander

by Diana Gabaldon

325h 6m total 7 books ★ 4.78 avg

Books in series:

#1 Outlander, #2 Dragonfly in Amber, #4 Drums of Autumn, #5 The Fiery Cross, #6 A Breath of Snow and Ashes, #7 An Echo in the Bone, #9 Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone
2

The Civil War

by Shelby Foote

154h 6m total 3 books ★ 4.63 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume I, Fort Sumter to Perryville, #2 The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 2: Fredericksburg to Meridian, #3 The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 3: Red River to Appomattox
3

The Corps

by W.E.B. Griffin

184h 53m total 10 books ★ 4.47 avg

Books in series:

#1 Semper Fi, #2 Call To Arms, #3 Counterattack, #4 Battleground, #5 Line of Fire, #6 Close Combat, #7 Behind the Lines, #8 In Danger's Path, #9 Under Fire, #10 Retreat, Hell!
4

Constable Evan Mystery

by Rhys Bowen

46h 25m total 4 books ★ 4.44 avg

Books in series:

Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure, The Venice Sketchbook, Where the Sky Begins, The Paris Assignment
5

The Clifton Chronicles

by Jeffrey Archer

60h 32m total 5 books ★ 4.34 avg

Books in series:

#2 The Sins of the Father, #4 Be Careful What You Wish For, #5 Mightier Than the Sword, #6 Cometh the Hour, #7 This Was a Man
6

Emperor

by Conn Iggulden

17h 47m total 3 books ★ 4.25 avg

Books in series:

#1 The Gates of Rome, #2 The Death of Kings, #4 The Gods of War
7

Sebastian St. Cyr

by C.S. Harris

34h 58m total 3 books ★ 4.11 avg

Books in series:

#1 What Angels Fear, #13 Why Kill the Innocent, #17 When Blood Lies
8

The Fairmile

by Philippa Gregory

52h 34m total 3 books ★ 4.08 avg

Books in series:

#1 Tidelands, #2 Dark Tides, #3 Dawnlands
9

The Jesus Chronicles

by Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins

43h 43m total 4 books ★ 4.07 avg

Books in series:

#1 John's Story, #2 Mark's Story: The Gospel According to Peter, #3 Luke's Story, #4 Matthew's Story: From Sinner to Saint
10

Narratives of Empire

by Gore Vidal

126h 27m total 6 books ★ 3.87 avg

Books in series:

#2 Lincoln, #3 1876, #4 Empire, #5 Hollywood, #6 Washington, D.C., #7 The Golden Age
11

The Rat Bastards

by Len Levinson, John Mackie

97h 34m total 16 books ★ 3.75 avg

Books in series:

#1 Hit The Beach, #2 Death Squad, #3 River Of Blood, #4 Meat Grinder Hill, #5 Down and Dirty, #6 Green Hell, #7 Too Mean To Die, #8 Hot Lead and Cold Steel, #9 Do or Die, #10 Kill Crazy, #11 Nightmare Alley, #12 Go For Broke +4 more

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