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A Language of Dragons Summary
A Language of Dragons
by S.F. Williamson 2025 432 pages
3.84
13.6K ratings
Fantasy
Dragons
Young Adult
The Lost Queen Summary
The Lost Queen
by Signe Pike 2018 527 pages
4.16
15.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Historical
The Last Assignment Summary
The Last Assignment
by Erika Robuck 2025 448 pages
4.40
105 ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Photography
Benjamin Franklin Summary
Benjamin Franklin
A Life From Beginning to End
by Hourly History 2016 39 pages
4.18
600 ratings
Biography
History
Historical
The Booklover's Library Summary
The Booklover's Library
by Madeline Martin 2024 432 pages
3.97
18.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Books About Books
Historical
Why We Love Pirates Summary
Why We Love Pirates
The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever
by Rebecca Simon 2020 256 pages
3.70
311 ratings
History
Pirates
Historical
Blackbeard Summary
Blackbeard
The Birth of America
by Samuel Marquis 2018 382 pages
4.12
932 ratings
History
Pirates
Amazon
Japan Story Summary
Japan Story
by Christopher Harding 2018 528 pages
3.96
750 ratings
History
Japan
Asia
Shipwrecked! Summary
Shipwrecked!
Diving for Hidden Time Capsules on the Ocean Floor
by Martin W. Sandler 2023 138 pages
3.91
188 ratings
History
Middle Grade
Science
September 11 Summary
September 11
An Oral History
by Dean E. Murphy 2002 272 pages
4.33
256 ratings
History
American History
Terrorism
Mother of Pearl Summary
Mother of Pearl
by Melinda Haynes 1999 465 pages
3.70
20.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Southern
Book Club
Empire of Shadows Summary
Empire of Shadows
by Jacquelyn Benson 2024 478 pages
4.19
5.7K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Romance
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Summary
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1852 438 pages
3.91
237.8K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
A Brilliant Life Summary
A Brilliant Life
My Mother's Inspiring True Story of Surviving the Holocaust
by Rachelle Unreich 2023 304 pages
4.30
1.8K ratings
Holocaust
Biography
History
That Green Eyed Girl Summary
That Green Eyed Girl
by Julie Owen Moylan 2022 368 pages
3.89
2.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Lesbian
LGBT
Once an Eagle Summary
Once an Eagle
by Anton Myrer 1968 1312 pages
4.39
7.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Military Fiction
War
Revolusi Summary
Revolusi
Indonesië en het ontstaan van de moderne wereld
by David Van Reybrouck 2020 640 pages
4.54
3.8K ratings
History
Asia
Politics
Angel Down Summary
Angel Down
by Daniel Kraus 2025 304 pages
4
1.2K ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
From Miniskirt to Hijab Summary
From Miniskirt to Hijab
A Girl in Revolutionary Iran
by Jacqueline Saper 2019 240 pages
4.15
578 ratings
Iran
Memoir
Biography
The Birdcage Murders Summary
The Birdcage Murders
by Karen Baugh Menuhin 2022 278 pages
4.56
2.9K ratings
Mystery
Historical Mystery
Historical
Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters Summary
Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters
Thirty-Nine Tiny Mistakes That Changed the World Forever
by Jared Knott 2020 457 pages
4.02
2.0K ratings
History
Historical
Speak to Me of Home Summary
Speak to Me of Home
by Jeanine Cummins 2025 384 pages
4.02
6.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Book Club
Magnificent Rebels Summary
Magnificent Rebels
The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self
by Andrea Wulf 2022 512 pages
4.19
2.1K ratings
History
Philosophy
Biography
The Girl Who Wrote in Silk Summary
The Girl Who Wrote in Silk
by Kelli Estes 2015 391 pages
4.10
33.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Portrait of a Turkish Family Summary
Portrait of a Turkish Family
by Irfan Orga 1950 316 pages
4.23
2.1K ratings
History
Memoir
Turkish
The Other Bennet Sister Summary
The Other Bennet Sister
by Janice Hadlow 2020 463 pages
4.15
27.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
Elizabeth I and Her Circle Summary
Elizabeth I and Her Circle
by Susan Doran 2015 397 pages
3.97
174 ratings
History
Tudor Period
Biography
Northanger Abbey Summary
Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen 1817 260 pages
3.85
433.5K ratings
Classics
Gothic
Historical Fiction
The Antidote Summary
The Antidote
by Karen Russell 2025 432 pages
3.91
9.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Fantasy
In the Shadow of Blackbirds Summary
In the Shadow of Blackbirds
by Cat Winters 2013 387 pages
3.85
13.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Paranormal
Counting Backwards Summary
Counting Backwards
by Jacqueline Friedland 2025 336 pages
4.17
1.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Historical
Leonardo and the Last Supper Summary
Leonardo and the Last Supper
by Ross King 2012 336 pages
3.93
3.0K ratings
History
Art
Biography
Cooper's Creek Summary
Cooper's Creek
by Alan Moorehead 1963 225 pages
3.83
524 ratings
History
Australia
Travel
Ariadne Summary
Ariadne
by Jennifer Saint 2021 308 pages
3.79
142.5K ratings
Mythology
Fantasy
Greek Mythology
What the Wind Knows Summary
What the Wind Knows
by Amy Harmon 2019 418 pages
4.36
108.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Time Travel
Impounded Summary
Impounded
Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment
by Linda Gordon 2006 224 pages
4.27
372 ratings
History
Photography
World War II
Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party Summary
Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party
How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World
by Edward Dolnick 2024 338 pages
3.76
2.1K ratings
History
Science
Nature
Mark of a Giant Summary
Mark of a Giant
Seven People Who Changed the World
by Ted Stewart 2013 320 pages
3.96
282 ratings
History
Biography
Historical
When the Tides Held the Moon Summary
When the Tides Held the Moon
by Venessa Vida Kelley 2025 464 pages
4.25
5.2K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Historical Fiction
The Long Ships Summary
The Long Ships
by Frans G. Bengtsson 1941 478 pages
4.27
12.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Adventure
Classics
Our Last Vineyard Summer Summary
Our Last Vineyard Summer
by Brooke Lea Foster 2025 336 pages
3.74
852 ratings
Historical Fiction
Summer
Summer Reads
Stonehenge Summary
Stonehenge
by Bernard Cornwell 1999 497 pages
3.69
13.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Fantasy
The Wolf in the Whale Summary
The Wolf in the Whale
by Jordanna Max Brodsky 2019 544 pages
4.11
5.2K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Mythology
The Road to Jerusalem Summary
The Road to Jerusalem
by Jan Guillou 1998 320 pages
4.01
8.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Swedish Literature
Just Stab Me Now Summary
Just Stab Me Now
by Jill Bearup 2024 309 pages
4.28
4.2K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Humor
A Rose for the Crown Summary
A Rose for the Crown
by Anne Easter Smith 2006 650 pages
4.03
5.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
British Literature
The Tigress of Forlì Summary
The Tigress of Forlì
Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de Medici
by Elizabeth Lev 2011 316 pages
4.07
2.8K ratings
History
Biography
Italy
We Could Be So Good Summary
We Could Be So Good
by Cat Sebastian 2023 384 pages
4.27
16.3K ratings
Romance
Historical Fiction
Historical
The Wonder Summary
The Wonder
by Emma Donoghue 2016 291 pages
3.65
90.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
Death in the Spires Summary
Death in the Spires
by K.J. Charles 2024 273 pages
4.31
3.9K ratings
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Historical
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