I don't know what you've read so far so here are a few of my faves. I only like "modern" historical fiction so I'll give you some that I liked...
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Thirteenth Tale
Loving Frank
Cutting For Stone (this is a bit more modern than historical, but really good)
The Help
Water for Elephants (more history of the circus than "history", but really good)
The Paris Wife (just started reading it, it's pretty good so far, but has gotten great reviews)
Middlesex (a little weird for some people but super good)
The Lotus Eaters
Other than that, I really love John Irving as an author but you have to be able to deal with his rather prolific writing style. I love it but it can be hard to get through the beginning parts. I also like Amy Tan a lot too. One of my other favorites that doesn't fit into any of these categories is Midwives by Chris Bojalian (not sure on the spelling of that).
I love my Kindle too! I just got it recently and I've been addicted!