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Historical Fiction Book Summaries

Velvet Was the Night

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia • 2021

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2021 289 pages

Light Comes to Shadow Mountain

by Toni Buzzeo • 2023

Light Comes to Shadow Mountain

by Toni Buzzeo 2023 272 pages

by T.E. Kinsey • 2018

by T.E. Kinsey 2018 320 pages

by Penelope Lively • 1987

by Penelope Lively 1987 224 pages

by Natasha Lester • 2021

by Natasha Lester 2021 480 pages

by Evelyn Skye • 2017

by Evelyn Skye 2017 425 pages

The Hour I First Believed

by Wally Lamb • 2008

The Hour I First Believed

by Wally Lamb 2008 740 pages

The Forgotten Midwife

by Laura Anthony • 2026

The Forgotten Midwife

by Laura Anthony 2026 360 pages

The Girl Behind the Wall

by Mandy Robotham • 2021

The Girl Behind the Wall

by Mandy Robotham 2021 396 pages

by P. Djèlí Clark • 2021

by P. Djèlí Clark 2021 438 pages

by Pat Barker • 1991

by Pat Barker 1991 256 pages

The Expert of Subtle Revisions

by Kirsten Menger-Anderson • 2025

The Expert of Subtle Revisions

by Kirsten Menger-Anderson 2025 256 pages

by Judithe Little • 2020

by Judithe Little 2020 329 pages

by Niklas Natt och Dag • 2019

by Niklas Natt och Dag 2019 503 pages

The Sixteen Trees of the Somme

by Lars Mytting • 2014

The Sixteen Trees of the Somme

by Lars Mytting 2014 416 pages

by Stefan Zweig • 1982

by Stefan Zweig 1982 257 pages

Among the Lemon Trees

by Nadia Marks • 2017

Among the Lemon Trees

by Nadia Marks 2017 369 pages

by Guinevere Glasfurd • 2015

by Guinevere Glasfurd 2015 416 pages

by Ruth Druart • 2021

by Ruth Druart 2021 464 pages

by Niklas Natt och Dag • 2021

by Niklas Natt och Dag 2021 459 pages

Mariah Mundi and the Ghost Diamonds

by G.P. Taylor • 2007

Mariah Mundi and the Ghost Diamonds

by G.P. Taylor 2007 336 pages

by Toni Morrison • 2012

by Toni Morrison 2012 147 pages

by Mary Beth Keane • 2023

by Mary Beth Keane 2023 304 pages

by W.G. Sebald • 1992

by W.G. Sebald 1992 237 pages

by Alessandro Manzoni • 1827

by Alessandro Manzoni 1827 1096 pages

by William Boyd • 2018

by William Boyd 2018 384 pages

by Nicole Glover • 2021

by Nicole Glover 2021 429 pages

by Emma Brodie • 2021

by Emma Brodie 2021 336 pages

by Alex Grecian • 2013

by Alex Grecian 2013 384 pages

by Shannon McNear • 2023

Daughters of the Lost Colony, Book 3

Daughters of the Lost Colony, Book 3

by Shannon McNear 2023

by Geraldine Brooks • 2008

by Geraldine Brooks 2008 372 pages

by W. Somerset Maugham • 1925

A W. Somerset Maugham Book about Love, Relationships & Betrayal

A W. Somerset Maugham Book about Love, Relationships & Betrayal

by W. Somerset Maugham 1925 190 pages

The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh

by Amitav Ghosh • 2004

The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh

by Amitav Ghosh 2004

by Stephen Fry • 1996

by Stephen Fry 1996 594 pages

by Martin Amis • 2014

by Martin Amis 2014 306 pages

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte • 1990

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte 1990 412 pages

by Barbara Pym • 1952

by Barbara Pym 1952 231 pages

by William Boyd • 2015

The Many Lives of Amory Clay

The Many Lives of Amory Clay

by William Boyd 2015 464 pages

by Carole Martinez • 2007

by Carole Martinez 2007 448 pages

by Christa Wolf • 1996

by Christa Wolf 1996 208 pages

The First State of Being

by Erin Entrada Kelly • 2024

The First State of Being

by Erin Entrada Kelly 2024 272 pages

The Friends of Meager Fortune

by David Adams Richards • 2006

The Friends of Meager Fortune

by David Adams Richards 2006 384 pages

by Gore Vidal • 1946

by Gore Vidal 1946 119 pages

La hija de la española

by Karina Sainz Borgo • 2019

La hija de la española

by Karina Sainz Borgo 2019 220 pages

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

by Peter Matthiessen • 1965

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

by Peter Matthiessen 1965 373 pages

by Salley Vickers • 2000

by Salley Vickers 2000 342 pages

The Harmony Silk Factory

by Tash Aw • 2005

The Harmony Silk Factory

by Tash Aw 2005 408 pages

The Christmas Boutique

by Jennifer Chiaverini • 2019

The Christmas Boutique

by Jennifer Chiaverini 2019 291 pages

by Matthew Kneale • 2020

by Matthew Kneale 2020 340 pages

Now We Shall Be Entirely Free

by Andrew Miller • 2018

Now We Shall Be Entirely Free

by Andrew Miller 2018 421 pages

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