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Historical Fiction Book Summaries

Conclave

by Robert Harris • 2016

by Robert Harris 2016 288 pages

The Day of the Jackal

by Frederick Forsyth • 1971

The Day of the Jackal

by Frederick Forsyth 1971 358 pages

by Khushwant Singh • 1956

by Khushwant Singh 1956 181 pages

by Dan Brown • 2009

by Dan Brown 2009 509 pages

Small Things Like These

by Claire Keegan • 2021

Small Things Like These

by Claire Keegan 2021 118 pages

by Lucinda Riley • 2023

by Lucinda Riley 2023 756 pages

by Osamu Dazai • 1947

by Osamu Dazai 1947 175 pages

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain

by John Boyne • 2015

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain

by John Boyne 2015 224 pages

by John Williams • 1965

by John Williams 1965 292 pages

by Ruta Sepetys • 2016

by Ruta Sepetys 2016 391 pages

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

by Heather Fawcett • 2023

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

by Heather Fawcett 2023 317 pages

Les liaisons dangereuses

by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos • 1782

Les liaisons dangereuses

by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 1782 402 pages

The Forest of Enchantments

by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni • 2019

The Forest of Enchantments

by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 2019 372 pages

by Erin Morgenstern • 2011

Immersive

The Night Circus

by Erin Morgenstern 2011 506 pages

by Don Winslow • 2005

by Don Winslow 2005 542 pages

by Sarah Penner • 2025

by Sarah Penner 2025 336 pages

by Ariel Lawhon • 2020

by Ariel Lawhon 2020 451 pages

by Takehiko Inoue • 1999

by Takehiko Inoue 1999 728 pages

A Thousand Splendid Suns

by Khaled Hosseini • 2007

A Thousand Splendid Suns

by Khaled Hosseini 2007 372 pages

by Han Kang • 2014

by Han Kang 2014 218 pages

by Toni Jordan • 2012

by Toni Jordan 2012 245 pages

Boy Swallows Universe

by Trent Dalton • 2018

Boy Swallows Universe

by Trent Dalton 2018 474 pages

by L.M. Montgomery • 1908

by L.M. Montgomery 1908 320 pages

The Case of the Missing Marquess

by Nancy Springer • 2006

The Case of the Missing Marquess

by Nancy Springer 2006 216 pages

The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel)

by Natsu Hyuuga • 2019

The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel)

Volume 8

by Natsu Hyuuga 2019 275 pages

by Irvin D. Yalom • 1992

by Irvin D. Yalom 1992 322 pages

by Marjan Kamali • 2019

by Marjan Kamali 2019

by Francine Rivers • 1991

by Francine Rivers 1991

by Jodi Picoult • 2024

by Jodi Picoult 2024 528 pages

by Christopher Priest • 1995

by Christopher Priest 1995 404 pages

by Joseph Bruchac • 2005

A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

by Joseph Bruchac 2005 231 pages

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

by Mark Twain • 1876

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

by Mark Twain 1876 244 pages

by Jewell Parker Rhodes • 2018

by Jewell Parker Rhodes 2018 214 pages

by Colm Tóibín • 2024

by Colm Tóibín 2024 294 pages

by Leo Tolstoy • 1869

by Leo Tolstoy 1869 1392 pages

by Shelley Read • 2023

by Shelley Read 2023 320 pages

by Amor Towles • 2024

by Amor Towles 2024 451 pages

The River We Remember

by William Kent Krueger • 2023

The River We Remember

by William Kent Krueger 2023 432 pages

by Madeline Miller • 2018

by Madeline Miller 2018 393 pages

by Ruth Reichl • 2024

by Ruth Reichl 2024 272 pages

by Laurie Halse Anderson • 2000

by Laurie Halse Anderson 2000 252 pages

by Leo Tolstoy • 1878

by Leo Tolstoy 1878 964 pages

by Johanna Spyri • 1880

by Johanna Spyri 1880 352 pages

by R.F. Kuang • 2020

by R.F. Kuang 2020 622 pages

by Gary D. Schmidt • 2007

by Gary D. Schmidt 2007 264 pages

The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas • 1844

The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas 1844 1276 pages

Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands

by Heather Fawcett • 2024

Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands

by Heather Fawcett 2024 370 pages

by Riley Sager • 2025

by Riley Sager 2025 383 pages

by Arthur Golden • 1997

by Arthur Golden 1997 503 pages

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia • 2020

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2020 320 pages

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