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Historical Fiction Book Summaries

In the Distance

by Hernan Diaz • 2017

by Hernan Diaz 2017 256 pages

The Forgotten Village

by Lorna Cook • 2019

The Forgotten Village

by Lorna Cook 2019 354 pages

The Midnight Carousel

by Fiza Saeed McLynn • 2025

The Midnight Carousel

by Fiza Saeed McLynn 2025 368 pages

by Anne O'Brien • 2021

by Anne O'Brien 2021 496 pages

Between Earth and Sky

by Amanda Skenandore • 2018

Between Earth and Sky

by Amanda Skenandore 2018 336 pages

An Assassination on the Agenda

by T.E. Kinsey • 2024

An Assassination on the Agenda

by T.E. Kinsey 2024 317 pages

by Jean Webster • 1912

by Jean Webster 1912 233 pages

The Saints of Swallow Hill

by Donna Everhart • 2022

The Saints of Swallow Hill

by Donna Everhart 2022 372 pages

Death Around the Bend

by T.E. Kinsey • 2017

Death Around the Bend

by T.E. Kinsey 2017 316 pages

A Month in the Country

by J.L. Carr • 1980

A Month in the Country

by J.L. Carr 1980 160 pages

by William Boyd • 2022

by William Boyd 2022 451 pages

A Fire at the Exhibition

by T.E. Kinsey • 2023

A Fire at the Exhibition

by T.E. Kinsey 2023 332 pages

A Lady for All Seasons

by T.J. Alexander • 2026

A Lady for All Seasons

by T.J. Alexander 2026 304 pages

by Michael Crichton • 1999

by Michael Crichton 1999 489 pages

by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt • 2004

by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt 2004 189 pages

Last Night in Brooklyn

by Xóchitl González • 2026

Last Night in Brooklyn

by Xóchitl González 2026 256 pages

by Jane Gardam • 2004

by Jane Gardam 2004 290 pages

by Alan Furst • 2010

by Alan Furst 2010 268 pages

by Caryl Phillips • 1993

by Caryl Phillips 1993 237 pages

The Man Who Saw Everything

by Deborah Levy • 2019

The Man Who Saw Everything

by Deborah Levy 2019 199 pages

The Fatal Flying Affair

by T.E. Kinsey • 2020

The Fatal Flying Affair

by T.E. Kinsey 2020 315 pages

by Dylin Hardcastle • 2024

by Dylin Hardcastle 2024 277 pages

by Tom Stoppard • 1993

by Tom Stoppard 1993 144 pages

Esme Cahill Fails Spectacularly

by Marie Bostwick • 2023

Esme Cahill Fails Spectacularly

by Marie Bostwick 2023 358 pages

by Jonathan Coe • 2001

by Jonathan Coe 2001 415 pages

Death Beside the Seaside

by T.E. Kinsey • 2019

Death Beside the Seaside

by T.E. Kinsey 2019 378 pages

by Joanne Harris • 2025

by Joanne Harris 2025 399 pages

by Cecile Pin • 2023

by Cecile Pin 2023 240 pages

by Olga Ravn • 2023

by Olga Ravn 2023 176 pages

by E.L. Doctorow • 1975

by E.L. Doctorow 1975 320 pages

The Girls of Pearl Harbor

by Soraya M. Lane • 2019

The Girls of Pearl Harbor

by Soraya M. Lane 2019 353 pages

by Jeff Shaara • 1996

by Jeff Shaara 1996 498 pages

The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton

by Jennifer N. Brown • 2026

The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton

by Jennifer N. Brown 2026 320 pages

The Burning Issue of the Day

by T.E. Kinsey • 2019

The Burning Issue of the Day

by T.E. Kinsey 2019 315 pages

Traveler of the Century

by Andrés Neuman • 2009

Traveler of the Century

by Andrés Neuman 2009 576 pages

by Matthew Kneale • 2000

by Matthew Kneale 2000 446 pages

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion

by Beth Brower • 2024

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion

Vol. 8

by Beth Brower 2024 339 pages

by Hannah Lillith Assadi • 2026

by Hannah Lillith Assadi 2026 320 pages

by Liz Trenow • 2017

by Liz Trenow 2017 416 pages

In the Market for Murder

by T.E. Kinsey • 2015

In the Market for Murder

by T.E. Kinsey 2015 270 pages

by Amitav Ghosh • 2000

by Amitav Ghosh 2000 486 pages

by Penelope Fitzgerald • 1995

by Penelope Fitzgerald 1995 226 pages

by Murasaki Shikibu • 1000

by Murasaki Shikibu 1000 1090 pages

by Philip Roth • 2010

by Philip Roth 2010 280 pages

by Josephine Tey • 1951

by Josephine Tey 1951 206 pages

A Perilous Undertaking

by Deanna Raybourn • 2017

A Perilous Undertaking

by Deanna Raybourn 2017 338 pages

by A.J. West • 2021

by A.J. West 2021 299 pages

by Evan S. Connell • 1969

by Evan S. Connell 1969 367 pages

The Rain Before it Falls

by Jonathan Coe • 2007

The Rain Before it Falls

by Jonathan Coe 2007 256 pages

by Natasha Lester • 2021

by Natasha Lester 2021 480 pages

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