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Historical Fiction Book Summaries

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

by Gabrielle Zevin • 2022

Immersive

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

by Gabrielle Zevin 2022 399 pages

by Abraham Verghese • 2009

by Abraham Verghese 2009 560 pages

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

by James McBride • 2023

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

by James McBride 2023 400 pages

by Gregory David Roberts • 2003

by Gregory David Roberts 2003 936 pages

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

by Grady Hendrix • 2025

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

by Grady Hendrix 2025 482 pages

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

by V.E. Schwab • 2020

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

by V.E. Schwab 2020 448 pages

by Yael van der Wouden • 2024

by Yael van der Wouden 2024 272 pages

by Yaa Gyasi • 2016

by Yaa Gyasi 2016 305 pages

by Robert Louis Stevenson • 1882

by Robert Louis Stevenson 1882 352 pages

by Jodi Picoult • 2013

by Jodi Picoult 2013 461 pages

by Thomas Mallon • 2007

by Thomas Mallon 2007 356 pages

by R.F. Kuang • 2022

by R.F. Kuang 2022 544 pages

by Holly Brickley • 2025

by Holly Brickley 2025 277 pages

Cry, the Beloved Country

by Alan Paton • 1948

Cry, the Beloved Country

by Alan Paton 1948 316 pages

by Maggie O'Farrell • 2020

by Maggie O'Farrell 2020 372 pages

To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee • 1960

To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee 1960 323 pages

by Michael Morpurgo • 1982

by Michael Morpurgo 1982 165 pages

by Charles Dickens • 1838

by Charles Dickens 1838 608 pages

Tess of the D’Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy • 1891

Tess of the D’Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy 1891 518 pages

by Tom Rogers • 2014

by Tom Rogers 2014 200 pages

by Dan Brown • 2003

by Dan Brown 2003 489 pages

The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris

by Evie Woods • 2014

The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris

by Evie Woods 2014 352 pages

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

by Jonas Jonasson • 2009

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

by Jonas Jonasson 2009 396 pages

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

by John Boyne • 2006

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

by John Boyne 2006 224 pages

by John Steinbeck • 1947

by John Steinbeck 1947 96 pages

by Tracy Chevalier • 2017

by Tracy Chevalier 2017 188 pages

by Colleen McCullough • 1977

by Colleen McCullough 1977 692 pages

What Kind of Paradise

by Janelle Brown • 2025

What Kind of Paradise

by Janelle Brown 2025 368 pages

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • 2006

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2006 435 pages

The Covenant of Water

by Abraham Verghese • 2023

The Covenant of Water

by Abraham Verghese 2023 715 pages

by Elena Ferrante • 2011

by Elena Ferrante 2011 331 pages

The Sicilian Inheritance

by Jo Piazza • 2024

The Sicilian Inheritance

by Jo Piazza 2024 384 pages

by Patrick Süskind • 1985

The Story of a Murderer

The Story of a Murderer

by Patrick Süskind 1985 263 pages

by R.F. Kuang • 2018

by R.F. Kuang 2018 545 pages

by Richard Wagamese • 1994

by Richard Wagamese 1994 224 pages

by Min Jin Lee • 2017

by Min Jin Lee 2017 496 pages

by Ann Napolitano • 2023

by Ann Napolitano 2023 594 pages

by Charlotte Brontë • 1847

by Charlotte Brontë 1847 532 pages

by Toni Morrison • 1987

by Toni Morrison 1987 325 pages

by Viet Thanh Nguyen • 2015

by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015 384 pages

by Khaled Hosseini • 2003

by Khaled Hosseini 2003 371 pages

by Daniel Defoe • 1719

by Daniel Defoe 1719 320 pages

by Umberto Eco • 1980

by Umberto Eco 1980 552 pages

The Phoenix Pencil Company

by Allison King • 2025

The Phoenix Pencil Company

by Allison King 2025 362 pages

by Ken Follett • 2007

by Ken Follett 2007 1237 pages

by Kristin Hannah • 2021

by Kristin Hannah 2021 464 pages

Between Shades of Gray

by Ruta Sepetys • 2011

Between Shades of Gray

by Ruta Sepetys 2011 344 pages

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

by Victor Hugo • 1831

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

by Victor Hugo 1831 510 pages

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women

by Lisa See • 2023

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women

by Lisa See 2023 352 pages

by Lucinda Riley • 2019

by Lucinda Riley 2019 848 pages

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