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Historical Fiction Book Summaries

All the Colors of the Dark

by Chris Whitaker • 2024

Immersive

All the Colors of the Dark

by Chris Whitaker 2024 595 pages

by Kate Quinn • 2024

by Kate Quinn 2024 432 pages

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

by Stephen Graham Jones • 2025

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

by Stephen Graham Jones 2025 448 pages

by F. Scott Fitzgerald • 1925

by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1925 180 pages

by Florence Knapp • 2025

by Florence Knapp 2025 328 pages

by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2025

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2025 337 pages

by Ariel Lawhon • 2023

by Ariel Lawhon 2023 448 pages

by Jane Austen • 1813

by Jane Austen 1813 279 pages

by Joe Abercrombie • 2025

by Joe Abercrombie 2025 565 pages

by Clare Leslie Hall • 2025

by Clare Leslie Hall 2025 319 pages

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2017

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2017 389 pages

by José Rizal • 1891

by José Rizal 1891 360 pages

The Lion Women of Tehran

by Marjan Kamali • 2024

The Lion Women of Tehran

by Marjan Kamali 2024 327 pages

by Lucinda Riley • 2014

by Lucinda Riley 2014 460 pages

by Yu Hua 1992 250 pages

The Book Club for Troublesome Women

by Marie Bostwick • 2025

The Book Club for Troublesome Women

by Marie Bostwick 2025 372 pages

by Markus Zusak • 2005

by Markus Zusak 2005 592 pages

by Allegra Goodman • 2025

by Allegra Goodman 2025 346 pages

by Kristin Hannah • 2024

by Kristin Hannah 2024 471 pages

by Christopher Buehlman • 2012

by Christopher Buehlman 2012 432 pages

by Evie Woods • 2023

by Evie Woods 2023 444 pages

One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel García Márquez • 1967

One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel García Márquez 1967 417 pages

by Lucinda Riley • 2015

by Lucinda Riley 2015 513 pages

by Emilia Hart • 2025

by Emilia Hart 2025 337 pages

by Lucinda Riley • 2017

by Lucinda Riley 2017 702 pages

by Stephen King • 2011

by Stephen King 2011 849 pages

by Lucinda Riley • 2016

by Lucinda Riley 2016 491 pages

by R.F. Kuang • 2025

by R.F. Kuang 2025 559 pages

by Kristin Hannah • 2015

by Kristin Hannah 2015 564 pages

by Madeline Miller • 2011

by Madeline Miller 2011 408 pages

by Sarah Damoff • 2025

by Sarah Damoff 2025 288 pages

by Patrick Ryan • 2025

by Patrick Ryan 2025 464 pages

by Lucinda Riley • 2021

by Lucinda Riley 2021 805 pages

The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau

by Kristin Harmel • 2025

The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau

by Kristin Harmel 2025 384 pages

by Virginia Feito • 2025

by Virginia Feito 2025 208 pages

by Meagan Church • 2025

by Meagan Church 2025 352 pages

Across the Barricades

by Joan Lingard • 1972

Across the Barricades

by Joan Lingard 1972 174 pages

The Things We Leave Unfinished

by Rebecca Yarros • 2021

The Things We Leave Unfinished

by Rebecca Yarros 2021 448 pages

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia • 2025

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2025 357 pages

A House Without Windows

by Nadia Hashimi • 2016

A House Without Windows

by Nadia Hashimi 2016 415 pages

Where the Crawdads Sing

by Delia Owens • 2018

Where the Crawdads Sing

by Delia Owens 2018 384 pages

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny

by Kiran Desai • 2025

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny

by Kiran Desai 2025 670 pages

The Other Bennet Sister

by Janice Hadlow • 2020

The Other Bennet Sister

by Janice Hadlow 2020 463 pages

by Alix E. Harrow • 2025

by Alix E. Harrow 2025 320 pages

by Daniel Kehlmann • 2023

by Daniel Kehlmann 2023 352 pages

by Julia Quinn • 2004

by Julia Quinn 2004 368 pages

by Diana Gabaldon • 1991

by Diana Gabaldon 1991 850 pages

by Martha Hall Kelly • 2016

by Martha Hall Kelly 2016 487 pages

by Laila Lalami • 2014

by Laila Lalami 2014 321 pages

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra • 1615

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1615 1023 pages

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