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Historical Fiction Book Summaries

Front Lines

by Michael Grant • 2016

by Michael Grant 2016 548 pages

by Rukhsana Khan • 2009

by Rukhsana Khan 2009 192 pages

by Charles Dickens • 1861

by Charles Dickens 1861 544 pages

by Laura Dickerman • 2025

by Laura Dickerman 2025 368 pages

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón • 2008

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 2008 531 pages

by Damon Galgut • 2021

by Damon Galgut 2021 293 pages

A Breath of Snow and Ashes

by Diana Gabaldon • 2005

A Breath of Snow and Ashes

by Diana Gabaldon 2005 1008 pages

by Umberto Eco • 1988

by Umberto Eco 1988 623 pages

by Winston Groom • 1986

by Winston Groom 1986 248 pages

A Gentleman in Moscow

by Amor Towles • 2016

A Gentleman in Moscow

by Amor Towles 2016 495 pages

by Avi • 2011

by Avi 2011 368 pages

The Bridge on the Drina

by Ivo Andrić • 1945

The Bridge on the Drina

by Ivo Andrić 1945 314 pages

by Ken Follett • 2014

by Ken Follett 2014 36 pages

by Sam Selvon • 1956

by Sam Selvon 1956 142 pages

by Nicola Griffith • 2013

by Nicola Griffith 2013 546 pages

The Land of Green Plums

by Herta Müller • 1994

The Land of Green Plums

by Herta Müller 1994 256 pages

by Tessa Dare • 2014

by Tessa Dare 2014 370 pages

by Ottessa Moshfegh • 2022

by Ottessa Moshfegh 2022 313 pages

by Ransom Riggs • 2014

by Ransom Riggs 2014 412 pages

The Mermaid of Black Conch

by Monique Roffey • 2020

The Mermaid of Black Conch

by Monique Roffey 2020 187 pages

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón • 1999

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 1999 238 pages

by Diana Gabaldon • 1992

by Diana Gabaldon 1992 947 pages

by Charles Frazier • 1997

by Charles Frazier 1997 449 pages

by Justina Ireland • 2018

by Justina Ireland 2018 455 pages

The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel)

by Natsu Hyuuga • 2015

The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel)

Volume 2

by Natsu Hyuuga 2015 220 pages

by Bernard Cornwell • 2006

by Bernard Cornwell 2006 333 pages

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain • 1884

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain 1884 520 pages

by Jennifer Saint • 2022

by Jennifer Saint 2022 291 pages

by C.J. Cooke • 2022

by C.J. Cooke 2022 408 pages

by Robert Muchamore • 2009

by Robert Muchamore 2009 298 pages

by Jane Austen • 1814

by Jane Austen 1814 488 pages

by Diana Gabaldon • 1996

by Diana Gabaldon 1996 928 pages

by Roshani Chokshi • 2019

by Roshani Chokshi 2019 388 pages

Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh

by Rachael Lippincott • 2023

Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh

by Rachael Lippincott 2023 336 pages

by Rachel Khong • 2024

by Rachel Khong 2024 15 pages

by Elizabeth DeLozier • 2024

by Elizabeth DeLozier 2024 320 pages

by Andrew Gross • 2016

by Andrew Gross 2016 431 pages

This Side of Paradise

by F. Scott Fitzgerald • 1920

This Side of Paradise

by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1920 268 pages

by Jennifer Saint • 2021

by Jennifer Saint 2021 308 pages

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

by Shannon Chakraborty • 2023

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

by Shannon Chakraborty 2023 496 pages

by W.E.B. Griffin • 1986

by W.E.B. Griffin 1986 416 pages

Summer of My German Soldier

by Bette Greene • 1973

Summer of My German Soldier

by Bette Greene 1973 203 pages

by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn • 1968

by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1968 580 pages

by Pat Barker • 2024

by Pat Barker 2024 320 pages

by Tanita S. Davis • 2009

by Tanita S. Davis 2009 352 pages

Letters from the Dead

by Isabella Valeri • 2025

Letters from the Dead

by Isabella Valeri 2025 480 pages

by Lyx Robinson • 2021

by Lyx Robinson 2021 652 pages

by Mika Waltari • 2002

by Mika Waltari 2002 904 pages

by Hilary Mantel • 2009

by Hilary Mantel 2009 653 pages

by Patricia Reilly Giff • 2004

by Patricia Reilly Giff 2004 160 pages

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