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The Lost Year Summary
The Lost Year
by Katherine Marsh 2023 368 pages
4.47
4.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Middle Grade
Historical
Number the Stars Summary
Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry 1989 137 pages
4.19
602.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Classics
Mythos Summary
Mythos
The Greek Myths Retold
by Stephen Fry 2017 416 pages
4.26
148.2K ratings
Mythology
History
Greek Mythology
The Instrumentalist Summary
The Instrumentalist
by Harriet Constable 2024 336 pages
4.13
5.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Music
Italy
The Boy on the Wooden Box Summary
The Boy on the Wooden Box
by Leon Leyson 2013 240 pages
4.38
28.7K ratings
Holocaust
History
Memoir
Beneath a Scarlet Sky Summary
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
by Mark T. Sullivan 2017 509 pages
4.43
368.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
World War II
The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel) Summary
The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel)
Volume 4
by Natsu Hyuuga 2015 295 pages
4.57
5.4K ratings
Light Novel
Mystery
Romance
The Paris Daughter Summary
The Paris Daughter
by Kristin Harmel 2023 384 pages
4.23
61.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
The Red Umbrella Summary
The Red Umbrella
by Christina Diaz Gonzalez 2010 284 pages
4.06
4.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Weyward Summary
Weyward
by Emilia Hart 2023 329 pages
4.06
317.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Wide Sargasso Sea Summary
Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys 1966 176 pages
3.59
101.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Historical
Red Scarf Girl Summary
Red Scarf Girl
by Ji-li Jiang 1997 285 pages
3.79
16.8K ratings
History
Memoir
China
Life After Life Summary
Life After Life
by Kate Atkinson 2013 544 pages
3.78
236.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Fantasy
Trust Summary
Trust
by Hernan Diaz 2022 402 pages
3.81
147.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
The Fountains of Silence Summary
The Fountains of Silence
by Ruta Sepetys 2019 495 pages
4.31
77.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Samarkand Summary
Samarkand
by Amin Maalouf 1988 304 pages
4.24
30.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Novels
Literature
The Vanishing Half Summary
The Vanishing Half
by Brit Bennett 2020 343 pages
4.13
819.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
Cryptonomicon Summary
Cryptonomicon
by Neal Stephenson 1999 1152 pages
4.23
115.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
Cyberpunk
Don’t Forget to Write Summary
Don’t Forget to Write
by Sara Goodman Confino 2023 334 pages
4.49
67.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Romance
Horse Summary
Horse
by Geraldine Brooks 2022 401 pages
4.26
181.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Empusium Summary
The Empusium
A Health Resort Horror Story
by Olga Tokarczuk 2022 305 pages
3.81
15.9K ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Poland
The Disabled Tyrant’s Beloved Pet Fish Summary
The Disabled Tyrant’s Beloved Pet Fish
Canji Baojun De Zhangxin Yu Chong (Novel) Vol. 1
by Xue Shan Fei Hu 2024 436 pages
4.43
3.4K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
LGBT
The Secret History of the World Summary
The Secret History of the World
by Jonathan Black 2007 400 pages
3.51
5.5K ratings
History
Philosophy
Religion
We Were the Lucky Ones Summary
We Were the Lucky Ones
by Georgia Hunter 2017 403 pages
4.42
184.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
World War II
A Tale of Two Cities Summary
Immersive
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens 1859 489 pages
3.87
990.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
Historical
Alexander Hamilton Summary
Alexander Hamilton
by Ron Chernow 2004 818 pages
4.22
192.4K ratings
History
Biography
American History
Fall of Giants Summary
Fall of Giants
by Ken Follett 2010 985 pages
4.32
338.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
War
Angel of Greenwood Summary
Angel of Greenwood
by Randi Pink 2021 304 pages
4.20
2.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Forge Summary
Forge
by Laurie Halse Anderson 2010 297 pages
4.16
17.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
The Radium Girls Summary
The Radium Girls
The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
by Kate Moore 2016 479 pages
4.16
171.8K ratings
History
Science
Book Club
Brooklyn Summary
Brooklyn
by Colm Tóibín 2009 262 pages
3.74
148.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Ireland
The Moor's Account Summary
The Moor's Account
by Laila Lalami 2014 321 pages
4.04
12.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Morocco
The Alice Network Summary
The Alice Network
by Kate Quinn 2017 503 pages
4.32
579.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Junie Summary
Junie
by Erin Crosby Eckstine 2025 368 pages
4.22
6.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Persian Fire Summary
Persian Fire
The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
by Tom Holland 2005 418 pages
4.17
11.0K ratings
History
Ancient History
Ancient
The Bronze Horseman Summary
The Bronze Horseman
by Paullina Simons 2000 637 pages
4.29
91.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
The Terror Summary
The Terror
by Dan Simmons 2007 769 pages
4.09
69.4K ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
The Poisonwood Bible Summary
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver 1998 546 pages
4.11
773.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Africa
Book Club
Lilac Girls Summary
Lilac Girls
by Martha Hall Kelly 2016 487 pages
4.29
327.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
World War II
The Story She Left Behind Summary
The Story She Left Behind
by Patti Callahan Henry 2025 352 pages
4.12
10.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Romance
The Evolution of Fiqh Summary
The Evolution of Fiqh
Islamic Law & the Madh-habs
by Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips 1988 228 pages
4.36
351 ratings
Islam
Religion
History
This Tender Land Summary
This Tender Land
by William Kent Krueger 2019 450 pages
4.39
205.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Atonement Summary
Atonement
by Ian McEwan 2001 351 pages
3.95
546.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Romance
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge Summary
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge
George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition
by Erica Armstrong Dunbar 2019 272 pages
3.97
1.5K ratings
Biography
History
Middle Grade
The Dragon Republic Summary
The Dragon Republic
by R.F. Kuang 2019 658 pages
4.37
175.2K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Adult
Victorian Psycho Summary
Victorian Psycho
by Virginia Feito 2025 208 pages
3.61
15.3K ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Gothic
North and South Summary
North and South
by Elizabeth Gaskell 1855 521 pages
4.15
178.1K ratings
Romance
Historical Fiction
Classics
Outlander Summary
Outlander
by Diana Gabaldon 1991 850 pages
4.26
1.1M ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Fantasy
The Three Musketeers Summary
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas 1844 431 pages
4.10
338.2K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree Summary
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree
A Memoir of a Schindler's List Survivor
by Laura Hillman 2003 274 pages
4.15
5.5K ratings
Holocaust
History
Memoir
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