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Historical Fiction Book Summaries

The Sun Sister

by Lucinda Riley • 2019

by Lucinda Riley 2019 848 pages

The Home and the World

by Rabindranath Tagore • 1916

The Home and the World

by Rabindranath Tagore 1916 213 pages

by Kristin Hannah • 2012

by Kristin Hannah 2012 390 pages

by William Kent Krueger • 2013

by William Kent Krueger 2013 307 pages

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

by Michael Chabon • 2000

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

by Michael Chabon 2000 639 pages

by Taslima Nasrin • 1993

by Taslima Nasrin 1993 216 pages

by Richard Powers • 2018

by Richard Powers 2018 502 pages

by Don Winslow • 2015

by Don Winslow 2015 616 pages

by Akshat Gupta • 2022

by Akshat Gupta 2022 250 pages

The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

by Robert Dugoni • 2018

The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

by Robert Dugoni 2018 448 pages

The Pillars of the Earth

by Ken Follett • 1989

The Pillars of the Earth

by Ken Follett 1989 976 pages

by Louisa May Alcott • 1868

Immersive

Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott 1868 449 pages

The Girl You Left Behind

by Jojo Moyes • 2012

The Girl You Left Behind

by Jojo Moyes 2012 480 pages

by Victor Hugo • 1987

by Victor Hugo 1987 1488 pages

Everything I Never Told You

by Celeste Ng • 2014

Everything I Never Told You

by Celeste Ng 2014 297 pages

by Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar • 1963

A Classic Tale of Lust

A Classic Tale of Lust

by Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar 1963 251 pages

by Lois Lowry • 1989

by Lois Lowry 1989 137 pages

The Secret Life of Bees

by Sue Monk Kidd • 2001

The Secret Life of Bees

by Sue Monk Kidd 2001 352 pages

The Heart's Invisible Furies

by John Boyne • 2017

The Heart's Invisible Furies

by John Boyne 2017 582 pages

All the Broken Places

by John Boyne • 2022

All the Broken Places

by John Boyne 2022 400 pages

The Story of the Lost Child

by Elena Ferrante • 2014

The Story of the Lost Child

by Elena Ferrante 2014 473 pages

by Matt Haig • 2017

by Matt Haig 2017 339 pages

The Spook Who Sat by the Door

by Sam Greenlee • 1969

The Spook Who Sat by the Door

by Sam Greenlee 1969 256 pages

by Kristin Hannah • 2018

by Kristin Hannah 2018 435 pages

by John Steinbeck • 1952

by John Steinbeck 1952 601 pages

by Lisa Wingate • 2017

by Lisa Wingate 2017 342 pages

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • 2003

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2003 336 pages

by Eleanor H. Porter • 1913

by Eleanor H. Porter 1913 304 pages

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. • 1969

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1969 275 pages

by Kate Quinn • 2017

by Kate Quinn 2017 503 pages

My Name Is Emilia del Valle

by Isabel Allende • 2025

My Name Is Emilia del Valle

by Isabel Allende 2025 287 pages

The Things They Carried

by Tim O'Brien • 1990

The Things They Carried

by Tim O'Brien 1990 246 pages

by Richard Wright • 1940

by Richard Wright 1940 504 pages

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird

by Christopher Sergel • 1995

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird

by Christopher Sergel 1995 128 pages

by Kate Quinn • 2021

by Kate Quinn 2021 656 pages

by Robert Harris • 2003

by Robert Harris 2003 274 pages

The Shadow of the Wind

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón • 2001

The Shadow of the Wind

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 2001 487 pages

by Jane Austen • 1815

by Jane Austen 1815 474 pages

The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club

by Martha Hall Kelly • 2025

The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club

by Martha Hall Kelly 2025 336 pages

The Master and Margarita

by Mikhail Bulgakov • 1996

The Master and Margarita

by Mikhail Bulgakov 1996 372 pages

The Island of Sea Women

by Lisa See • 2019

The Island of Sea Women

by Lisa See 2019 374 pages

by Beatriz Williams • 2024

by Beatriz Williams 2024 384 pages

The Secret Book of Flora Lea

by Patti Callahan Henry • 2023

The Secret Book of Flora Lea

by Patti Callahan Henry 2023 355 pages

The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel)

by Natsu Hyuuga • 2022

The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel)

Volume 4

by Natsu Hyuuga 2022 295 pages

by Sadeqa Johnson • 2023

by Sadeqa Johnson 2023 384 pages

The Museum of Innocence

by Orhan Pamuk • 2008

The Museum of Innocence

by Orhan Pamuk 2008 536 pages

Journey to the River Sea

by Eva Ibbotson • 2001

Journey to the River Sea

by Eva Ibbotson 2001 304 pages

by Joseph Heller • 1961

by Joseph Heller 1961 453 pages

by Dan Brown • 2013

by Dan Brown 2013 463 pages

by S.E. Hinton • 1967

by S.E. Hinton 1967 208 pages

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