Gone with the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
Scarlett O’Hara fights to survive the Civil War and Reconstruction in the American South.
Civil War · Victorian / Gilded Age · Romance · Family saga
Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · ~1837–1901
Victorian / Gilded Age military & war historical fiction books
Looking for historical fiction in the military & war lane set during the Victorian / Gilded Age (~1837–1901)? Victorian / Gilded Age military & war historical fiction books collects historical novels that match both filters—Industry, empire, class, American boom (broader 19th c.). Battles, home fronts, and wartime lives 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.
Shelf · 18 titles
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North and South
John Jakes
Two families—one Northern, one Southern—are torn by the approach of the Civil War.
Civil War · Victorian / Gilded Age · Family saga · Military & war
Days Without End
Sebastian Barry
An Irish immigrant and his partner fight in the Indian Wars and Civil War (Walter Scott Prize 2017).
Civil War · Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Literary
Sharpe's Havoc
Bernard Cornwell
British · Fiction · Historical fiction · History
Regency / Napoleonic · Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Open Library
Bends in the tree
Carol Notestein and Chuck Preble
American Historical fiction · American War stories · Fiction · History
Civil War · Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Open Library
The complete Aubrey/Maturin novels
Patrick O'Brian
Ship captains · History, Naval · English Sea stories · Ship physicians
Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Open Library
Sharpe's Fury
Bernard Cornwell
Fiction · Historical Fiction · Richard Sharpe (Fictitious character) · Barrosa, Battle of, Spain, 1811
Regency / Napoleonic · Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Open Library
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
Kate Kinsella
alcoholism · baptism · Classic Literature · Cold War
Civil War · Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Literary · Open Library
Sharpe's enemy
Bernard Cornwell
Fiction · Richard Sharpe (Fictitious character) · Military History · Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Regency / Napoleonic · Victorian / Gilded Age · Mystery · Military & war · Open Library
Prentice Hall Literature--The American Experience
Nance Davidson
freedom · selfhood · self-fulfilment · meaning of love
Civil War · Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Literary · Open Library
Hornblower During the Crisis
C. S. Forester
English Historical fiction · English Sea stories · English War stories · Fiction
Regency / Napoleonic · Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Open Library
Hornblowers triumph
C. S. Forester
Horatio Hornblower (Fictitious character) · Naval History · Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 · Fiction
Regency / Napoleonic · Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Open Library
Novels 1942-1952 (Cannery Row / East of Eden / Moon is Down / Pearl)
John Steinbeck
Fiction · Social life and customs · World War, 1939-1945 · literary fiction
Victorian / Gilded Age · Late 20th century · Military & war · Literary · Open Library
Novels (Christmas Carol / Great Expectations / Oliver Twist / Tale of Two Cities)
Charles Dickens
LANGUAGE & LITERARY STUDIES · FICTION CLASSICS · CLASSICS · CONTEMPORARY FICTION
Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Literary · Open Library
Bonnie Prince Charles
G. A. Henty
Fiction, historical, general · Great britain, fiction · Juvenile fiction · Fiction
Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Adventure & epic · Open Library
Southern Women Novelists and the Civil War
Sharon Talley
United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, literature and the war · American fiction, women authors · American fiction, history and criticism, 19th century · American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century
Civil War · Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Open Library
Novels (A Tale of Two Cities / Great Expectations)
Charles Dickens
Young men · fiction · ex-convicts · history
Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Literary · Open Library
Rereading the revolution
Benjamin S. Lawson
American Historical fiction · American War stories · American fiction · History
Victorian / Gilded Age · Late 20th century · Military & war · Open Library
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