Regency / Napoleonic · Romance · ~1789–1837
Looking for historical fiction in the romance lane set during the Regency / Napoleonic (~1789–1837)? Regency / Napoleonic historical fiction romance books collects historical novels that match both filters—Balls, war, empire, Austen-adjacent and beyond. Love stories grounded in a historical setting HisFic is a free historical fiction discovery app: open a full reading journey with the same era and story-type filters, then add region, themes, or audience. Shelves mix curated historical fiction picks with Open Library titles so even thin combinations still have books to explore.
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Julia Quinn
In the 1813 London season, Daphne Bridgerton and Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings, fake a courtship to solve their marriage-market problems—then the performance becomes real. The first Bridgerton novel is Regency historical romance: ballrooms, gossip sheets, and a marriage of convenience that refuses to stay convenient.
Regency / Napoleonic · Romance
Georgette Heyer
Open Library Staff Picks · Fiction · Romance · Historical Fiction
Regency / Napoleonic · Romance · Open Library
Jennifer Ashley
Fiction · Social life and customs · Scots · Aristocracy (Social class)
Victorian / Gilded Age · Romance · Open Library
Judith Ivory
Fiction · Historical Fiction · Romance · Social life and customs
Victorian / Gilded Age · Romance · Open Library
Heather Graham
Social life and customs · Fiction · Romance · Historical Fiction
Victorian / Gilded Age · Romance · Open Library
Georgette Heyer
Fiction, Romance, Historical, Regency · Love stories · History · Great Britain, fiction
Regency / Napoleonic · Romance · Military & war · Open Library
Teresa Medeiros
Blind · Invalids · Social life and customs · Nurses
Regency / Napoleonic · Victorian / Gilded Age · Romance · Military & war · Open Library
Victoria Alexander
Fiction · Man-woman relationships · Social life and customs · Historical Fiction
Regency / Napoleonic · Victorian / Gilded Age · Romance · Open Library
Mary Balogh
Fiction, Romance, Historical, Regency · Fiction, general · Romance fiction · Fiction
Regency / Napoleonic · Victorian / Gilded Age · Romance · Open Library
Debra Mullins
collectionID:bodice_ripper · Fiction · Historical Fiction · Romance
Regency / Napoleonic · Romance · Open Library
Juliet Landon
Social life and customs · Debt · Arranged marriage · Wagers
Victorian / Gilded Age · Romance · Open Library
Jane Aiken Hodge
Regency Romance · English Historical fiction · Nobility, fiction · Fiction, romance, general
Regency / Napoleonic · Romance · Open Library
Sari Robins
Social life and customs · Fiction · Romance · Historical Fiction
Regency / Napoleonic · Victorian / Gilded Age · Romance · Open Library
Anna Campbell
collectionID:bodice_ripper · collectionID:DHromance · Romance · Historical Fiction
Regency / Napoleonic · Romance · Open Library
Jennifer Ashley
Fiction · Romance · Historical Fiction · Nobility
Victorian / Gilded Age · Romance · Open Library
Kat Martin
collectionID:bodice_ripper · Historical romance · romance · Fiction
Victorian / Gilded Age · Romance · Open Library
Julia Quinn
Fiction · Historical Fiction · Romance · Fiction, romance, historical, regency
Regency / Napoleonic · Romance · Open Library
Stephanie Laurens
Regency fiction · Love stories · Fiction · Historical Fiction
Regency / Napoleonic · Romance · Open Library
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