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The Girl the Sea Gave Back Summary
The Girl the Sea Gave Back
by Adrienne Young 2019 327 pages
3.57
16.6K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
Women's Work Summary
Women's Work
The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times
by Elizabeth Wayland Barber 1996 334 pages
4.31
2.8K ratings
History
Feminism
Womens
Tread of Angels Summary
Tread of Angels
by Rebecca Roanhorse 2022 201 pages
3.47
5.9K ratings
Fantasy
Mystery
Novella
The Book of Negroes Summary
The Book of Negroes
by Lawrence Hill 2015 512 pages
4.47
91.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Canada
Darien Summary
Darien
by C.F. Iggulden 2017 352 pages
3.88
4.6K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Epic Fantasy
They Came Before Columbus Summary
They Came Before Columbus
The African Presence in Ancient America
by Ivan Van Sertima 2003 284 pages
4.46
2.7K ratings
History
Africa
Race
The Air You Breathe Summary
The Air You Breathe
by Frances de Pontes Peebles 2018 528 pages
3.88
9.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Brazil
Historical
When the Fireflies Dance Summary
When the Fireflies Dance
by Aisha Hassan 2025 368 pages
4.16
372 ratings
Historical Fiction
Ebooks
Roman
Wayfarer Summary
Wayfarer
by Alexandra Bracken 2017 544 pages
3.8
14.3K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Time Travel
Texas Destiny Summary
Texas Destiny
by Lorraine Heath 1997 384 pages
3.99
8.4K ratings
Historical Romance
Romance
Historical
The Journal of a Thousand Years Summary
The Journal of a Thousand Years
by C.J. Archer 2025 276 pages
4.26
5.1K ratings
Fantasy
Mystery
Historical Fiction
The Silvered Serpents Summary
The Silvered Serpents
by Roshani Chokshi 2020 406 pages
4.07
20.9K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
The Professor and the Madman Summary
The Professor and the Madman
A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
by Simon Winchester 2005 242 pages
3.84
121.4K ratings
History
Biography
Language
Dancing on Coals Summary
Dancing on Coals
by Ellen O'Connell 2011 320 pages
4.15
5.6K ratings
Historical Romance
Romance
Historical
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker Summary
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker
by Patricia Meredith 2021 302 pages
4.07
180 ratings
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Historical
The Bronzed Beasts Summary
The Bronzed Beasts
by Roshani Chokshi 2021 385 pages
4.04
13.1K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
The Key Summary
The Key
by Jennifer Anne Davis 2017
3.91
6.5K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Las herederas de la Singer Summary
Las herederas de la Singer
by Ana Lena Rivera 2022 512 pages
4.26
4.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Spanish Literature
Historical
One Good Thing Summary
One Good Thing
by Georgia Hunter 2025 432 pages
4.27
9.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Italy
1916 Summary
1916
A Novel of the Irish Rebellion
by Morgan Llywelyn 1999 576 pages
4.08
4.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Ireland
Irish Literature
Heart of Dracula Summary
Heart of Dracula
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020 304 pages
4.06
2.8K ratings
Vampires
Romance
Fantasy
La monaca Summary
La monaca
by Simonetta Agnello Hornby 2010 296 pages
3.51
537 ratings
Historical Fiction
Italy
Italian Literature
The Scramble for Africa Summary
The Scramble for Africa
The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912
by Thomas Pakenham 1992 738 pages
4.15
2.7K ratings
History
Africa
World History
Curse of Dracula Summary
Curse of Dracula
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020 322 pages
4.01
2.0K ratings
Vampires
Romance
Paranormal
Burial Rites Summary
Burial Rites
by Hannah Kent 2013 336 pages
4.04
123.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Architect of Song Summary
The Architect of Song
by A.G. Howard 2016 425 pages
4.04
1.7K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Romance
Secrets of the Lost Ledgers Summary
Secrets of the Lost Ledgers
by C.J. Archer 2024 285 pages
4.13
6.3K ratings
Fantasy
Mystery
Historical Fiction
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois Summary
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers 2021 816 pages
4.51
41.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Race
The Hunter Summary
The Hunter
by Kerrigan Byrne 2016 412 pages
4.08
8.9K ratings
Historical Romance
Romance
Historical
Dark Sisters Summary
Dark Sisters
by Kristi DeMeester 2025 336 pages
4.05
781 ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Witches
How to Survive History Summary
How to Survive History
How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes
by Cody Cassidy 2023 195 pages
4.06
2.8K ratings
History
Science
Humor
The Gifts Summary
The Gifts
by Liz Hyder 2022 448 pages
3.69
2.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Historical
All Consuming Summary
All Consuming
Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now
by Ruby Tandoh 2025 304 pages
3.79
618 ratings
Food
History
Essays
Ravished Summary
Ravished
by Amanda Quick 2005 385 pages
4.02
22.1K ratings
Historical Romance
Romance
Historical
Alejandro Magno y las águilas de Roma Summary
Alejandro Magno y las águilas de Roma
by Javier Negrete 2007 528 pages
3.77
325 ratings
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Alternate History
The Weaver and the Witch Queen Summary
The Weaver and the Witch Queen
by Genevieve Gornichec 2023 424 pages
3.85
9.6K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Mythology
Alec Mackenzie's Art of Seduction Summary
Alec Mackenzie's Art of Seduction
by Jennifer Ashley 2017 326 pages
4.05
1.7K ratings
Historical Romance
Romance
Historical
Picatrix. La scala per l'inferno Summary
Picatrix. La scala per l'inferno
by Valerio Evangelisti 2006 344 pages
3.77
383 ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Science Fiction
The Affair of the Mysterious Letter Summary
The Affair of the Mysterious Letter
by Alexis Hall 2019 350 pages
3.75
3.5K ratings
Fantasy
Mystery
LGBT
The Things We Cannot Say Summary
The Things We Cannot Say
by Kelly Rimmer 2019 448 pages
4.54
263.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
World War II
The Princes of Ireland Summary
The Princes of Ireland
by Edward Rutherfurd 2005 778 pages
3.88
17.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Ireland
Historical
The Last Days of Night Summary
The Last Days of Night
by Graham Moore 2016 371 pages
4.16
43.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Complete Novels Summary
The Complete Novels
by Jane Austen 1996 1344 pages
4.57
33.9K ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
Miss Morgan's Book Brigade Summary
Miss Morgan's Book Brigade
by Janet Skeslien Charles 2024 318 pages
3.99
16.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Books About Books
Historical
Under the Stars Summary
Under the Stars
by Beatriz Williams 2025 368 pages
3.72
8.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Romance
Smoke and Ashes Summary
Smoke and Ashes
A Writer's Journey through Opium's Hidden Histories
by Amitav Ghosh 2023 417 pages
4.06
1.6K ratings
History
China
India
An Emotion of Great Delight Summary
An Emotion of Great Delight
by Tahereh Mafi 2021 248 pages
3.66
11.7K ratings
Contemporary
Young Adult
Romance
An Inconvenient Duke Summary
An Inconvenient Duke
by Anna Harrington 2020 384 pages
3.72
1.7K ratings
Historical Romance
Romance
Historical
The Secret Token Summary
The Secret Token
Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke
by Andrew Lawler 2018 426 pages
3.77
1.6K ratings
History
American History
Mystery
My Darling Duke Summary
My Darling Duke
by Stacy Reid 2019 377 pages
4
15.0K ratings
Historical Romance
Romance
Historical
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