Set in the 18th century

1
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
38,361 members
467 reviews
3.9
2 Members
aulsmith, jenniferw88
2
The Last of the Mohicans
by James Fenimore Cooper
13,894 members
135 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
inge87, aulsmith
3
The Scarlet Pimpernel
by Baroness Orczy
9,216 members
200 reviews
4
2 Members
aulsmith, jenniferw88
4
The Sorrows of Young Werther
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
8,368 members
130 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
inge87, jenniferw88
5
Pamela: or, Virtue Rewarded
by Samuel Richardson
2,641 members
44 reviews
2.9
2 Members
inge87, jenniferw88
6
Waverley
by Sir Walter Scott
2,236 members
30 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
inge87, jenniferw88
7
Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress
by Fanny Burney
773 members
18 reviews
3.9
2 Members
inge87, jenniferw88
8
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
by Thornton Wilder
4,986 members
119 reviews
3.8
Member
aulsmith
9
These Old Shades
by Georgette Heyer
2,426 members
79 reviews
4.1
Member
inge87
10
Devil's Cub
by Georgette Heyer
2,186 members
73 reviews
4.1
Member
inge87
11
The Black Moth
by Georgette Heyer
1,649 members
43 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
inge87
12
The Wild Geese
by Bridget Boland
69 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
inge87
13
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
by David Mitchell
6,113 members
318 reviews
4.1
Explanations
aulsmith : Actually 1799-1816, so more 19th than 18th.