Historical Fantasy by Era

Female Protagonists

Antiquity

Middle Ages

  • The Light of the World by Nicola Griffith (7th c. Britain)
  • Spear by Nicola Griffith
  • Medievally Blonde by Cait Jacobs – bi4bi
  • Emry Merlin by Robyn Schneider (YA)

18th Century

  • *Endless Blue Beneath by Shannon K. English

Edwardian 

  • Stormsong by C.L. Polk

20th Century

  • This Ravenous Fate by Hayley Dennings (Prohibition Era YA)
  • The Spy With the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke (WWII YA)
  • When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-Yi Lee (1972)

Male Protagonists

Antiquity

Medieval

  • *The Princess Knight by Cait Jacobs – bi4bi
  • *The Wolf and His King by Finn Longman

Regency

Edwardian

  • Witchmark by C.L. Polk

20th Century

Nonbinary Protagonists

Middle Ages

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