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The Kitchen Front Summary
The Kitchen Front
by Jennifer Ryan 2021 408 pages
3.98
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The Luxe Summary
The Luxe
by Anna Godbersen 2007 433 pages
3.65
73.8K ratings
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Summary
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith 1943 496 pages
4.30
492.8K ratings
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Off With Her Head Summary
Off With Her Head
Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power
by Eleanor Herman 2022 384 pages
3.85
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The Social Sex Summary
The Social Sex
A History of Female Friendship
by Marilyn Yalom 2015 400 pages
3.16
296 ratings
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Cleopatra Summary
Cleopatra
The Queen Who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity
by Alberto Angela 2018 426 pages
3.86
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Gods of Jade and Shadow Summary
Gods of Jade and Shadow
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2019 338 pages
3.88
75.1K ratings
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The Mists of Avalon Summary
The Mists of Avalon
by Marion Zimmer Bradley 1982 884 pages
4.13
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Wandering Stars Summary
Wandering Stars
by Tommy Orange 2024 315 pages
3.84
31.9K ratings
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A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict Summary
A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict
by Ilan Pappé 2024 160 pages
4.38
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ایران بین دو انقلاب Summary
ایران بین دو انقلاب
by Ervand Abrahamian 1982 720 pages
4.16
1.5K ratings
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A Great and Terrible Beauty Summary
A Great and Terrible Beauty
by Libba Bray 2003 403 pages
3.80
224.8K ratings
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Finding Dorothy Summary
Finding Dorothy
by Elizabeth Letts 2019 351 pages
4.18
32.9K ratings
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The Invention of Wings Summary
The Invention of Wings
by Sue Monk Kidd 2014 384 pages
4.26
326.0K ratings
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Circle of Days Summary
Circle of Days
by Ken Follett 2025 704 pages
4.07
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Master Slave Husband Wife Summary
Master Slave Husband Wife
An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
by Ilyon Woo 2023 416 pages
3.98
16.9K ratings
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My Mother's Secret Summary
My Mother's Secret
by J.L. Witterick 2013 208 pages
4.20
18.7K ratings
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Fake Heroes Summary
Fake Heroes
Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History
by Otto English 2023 495 pages
3.92
626 ratings
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Happy Land Summary
Happy Land
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2025 368 pages
4.31
2.6K ratings
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Maldita Roma Summary
Maldita Roma
La conquista del poder de Julio César
by Santiago Posteguillo 2023 896 pages
4.68
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The Greatest Nobodies of History Summary
The Greatest Nobodies of History
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by Adrian Bliss 2024 304 pages
3.63
1.4K ratings
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The Swerve Summary
The Swerve
How the World Became Modern
by Stephen Greenblatt 2011 356 pages
3.87
34.2K ratings
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Greek Mythology Summary
Greek Mythology
The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook: From Aphrodite to Zeus, a Profile of Who's Who in Greek Mythology
by Liv Albert 2021 240 pages
4.26
2.9K ratings
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Hotel Portofino Summary
Hotel Portofino
by J.P. O'Connell 2021 330 pages
3.32
4.7K ratings
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The Secret Life of Sunflowers Summary
The Secret Life of Sunflowers
by Marta Molnar 2022 356 pages
4.09
40.0K ratings
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Under the Black Flag Summary
Under the Black Flag
The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
by David Cordingly 1995 296 pages
3.68
10.0K ratings
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Romancing Mister Bridgerton Summary
Romancing Mister Bridgerton
by Julia Quinn 2002 370 pages
3.88
405.6K ratings
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The Sweet Far Thing Summary
The Sweet Far Thing
by Libba Bray 2007 819 pages
3.97
72.8K ratings
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When the World Fell Silent Summary
When the World Fell Silent
by Donna Jones Alward 2024 376 pages
4.28
19.2K ratings
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The Last Goddess Summary
The Last Goddess
by Kateřina Tučková 2012 421 pages
4.02
8.1K ratings
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet Summary
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
by David Mitchell 2010 479 pages
4.03
66.5K ratings
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Four Lost Cities Summary
Four Lost Cities
A Secret History of the Urban Age
by Annalee Newitz 2021 320 pages
3.78
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Daughters of the Sun Summary
Daughters of the Sun
Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal Empire
by Ira Mukhoty 2018 276 pages
4.25
1.2K ratings
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Robin Hood Summary
Robin Hood
The Prince of Thieves
by Alexandre Dumas 1862 224 pages
3.99
18.7K ratings
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The Sea and Civilization Summary
The Sea and Civilization
A Maritime History of the World
by Lincoln Paine 2013 784 pages
3.88
648 ratings
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Mina's Matchbox Summary
Mina's Matchbox
by Yōko Ogawa 2006 282 pages
3.77
5.4K ratings
Japan
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Possession Summary
Possession
by A.S. Byatt 1990 555 pages
3.90
83.3K ratings
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Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs Summary
Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs
by Colin Wilson 1964
3.41
230 ratings
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Russia
The Invention of Russia Summary
The Invention of Russia
From Gorbachev's Freedom to Putin's War
by Arkady Ostrovsky 2015 384 pages
4.02
1.8K ratings
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Prayers for Sale Summary
Prayers for Sale
by Sandra Dallas 1997 305 pages
3.87
19.0K ratings
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The Giver of Stars Summary
The Giver of Stars
by Jojo Moyes 2019 390 pages
4.29
487.7K ratings
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The Stonewall Riots Summary
The Stonewall Riots
Coming Out in the Streets
by Gayle E. Pitman 2019 224 pages
4.04
1.3K ratings
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The Double Life of Pocahontas Summary
The Double Life of Pocahontas
by Jean Fritz 1983 96 pages
3.46
767 ratings
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Follow the Money Summary
Follow the Money
The Shocking Deep State Connections of the Anti-Trump Cabal
by Dan Bongino 2020 210 pages
4.38
687 ratings
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Alexander the Great Summary
Alexander the Great
by Philip Freeman 2010 391 pages
4.32
5.3K ratings
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Looking for Jane Summary
Looking for Jane
by Heather Marshall 2022 400 pages
4.36
63.1K ratings
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Immortality Summary
Immortality
A Love Story
by Dana Schwartz 2023 389 pages
3.90
33.4K ratings
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Daughters of the Samurai Summary
Daughters of the Samurai
A Journey from East to West and Back
by Janice P. Nimura 2015 352 pages
3.90
2.0K ratings
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The Last Greatest Magician in the World Summary
The Last Greatest Magician in the World
Howard Thurston versus Houdini & the Battles of the American Wizards
by Jim Steinmeyer 2011 384 pages
3.84
470 ratings
History
Magic
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The Starving Saints Summary
The Starving Saints
by Caitlin Starling 2025 352 pages
3.67
6.8K ratings
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