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Historical Fiction Book Summaries

Zorba the Greek

by Nikos Kazantzakis • 1946

by Nikos Kazantzakis 1946 335 pages

by Toni Morrison • 1973

by Toni Morrison 1973 174 pages

The Underground Railroad

by Colson Whitehead • 2016

The Underground Railroad

by Colson Whitehead 2016 306 pages

by Zadie Smith • 2000

by Zadie Smith 2000 448 pages

by Sarah Waters • 2002

by Sarah Waters 2002 592 pages

by S.A. Chakraborty • 2017

by S.A. Chakraborty 2017 532 pages

by Colm Tóibín • 2009

by Colm Tóibín 2009 262 pages

by Christina Diaz Gonzalez • 2010

by Christina Diaz Gonzalez 2010 284 pages

by Paullina Simons • 2000

by Paullina Simons 2000 637 pages

by Amin Maalouf • 1988

by Amin Maalouf 1988 304 pages

by Harriet Constable • 2024

by Harriet Constable 2024 336 pages

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

by Ransom Riggs • 2011

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

by Ransom Riggs 2011 352 pages

by Walter Tevis • 1983

by Walter Tevis 1983 258 pages

by Isabel Ibañez • 2023

by Isabel Ibañez 2023 404 pages

The Beekeeper of Aleppo

by Christy Lefteri • 2019

The Beekeeper of Aleppo

by Christy Lefteri 2019 317 pages

by Virginia Woolf • 1928

by Virginia Woolf 1928 336 pages

Where the Rivers Merge

by Mary Alice Monroe • 2025

Where the Rivers Merge

by Mary Alice Monroe 2025 352 pages

by Geraldine Brooks • 2022

by Geraldine Brooks 2022 401 pages

by E.M. Forster • 1924

by E.M. Forster 1924 376 pages

by Adam Mickiewicz • 1834

by Adam Mickiewicz 1834 598 pages

by Katherine Marsh • 2023

by Katherine Marsh 2023 368 pages

by Olga Tokarczuk • 2022

by Olga Tokarczuk 2022 305 pages

by Frances Hodgson Burnett • 1911

by Frances Hodgson Burnett 1911 331 pages

by Marguerite Duras • 1984

by Marguerite Duras 1984 117 pages

by Upton Sinclair • 1926

by Upton Sinclair 1926 528 pages

by Neal Stephenson • 1999

by Neal Stephenson 1999 1152 pages

by عباس معروفی • 1989

by عباس معروفی 1989 352 pages

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

by Ambrose Bierce • 1996

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

by Ambrose Bierce 1996 36 pages

by Emilia Hart • 2023

by Emilia Hart 2023 392 pages

by Alex Haley • 1976

The Saga of an American Family

The Saga of an American Family

by Alex Haley 1976 729 pages

Like Water for Chocolate

by Laura Esquivel • 1989

Like Water for Chocolate

by Laura Esquivel 1989 258 pages

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

by Arundhati Roy • 2017

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

by Arundhati Roy 2017 445 pages

Beneath a Scarlet Sky

by Mark T. Sullivan • 2017

Beneath a Scarlet Sky

by Mark T. Sullivan 2017 509 pages

The Remains of the Day

by Kazuo Ishiguro • 1989

The Remains of the Day

by Kazuo Ishiguro 1989 258 pages

by Pam Muñoz Ryan • 2010

by Pam Muñoz Ryan 2010 384 pages

by Kathleen Grissom • 2010

by Kathleen Grissom 2010 369 pages

by Brit Bennett • 2020

by Brit Bennett 2020 343 pages

by Mario Puzo • 1969

by Mario Puzo 1969 428 pages

by John Steinbeck • 1937

Immersive

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck 1937 107 pages

by R.F. Kuang • 2019

by R.F. Kuang 2019 654 pages

by Itamar Vieira Junior • 2019

by Itamar Vieira Junior 2019 288 pages

The Island of Missing Trees

by Elif Shafak • 2021

The Island of Missing Trees

by Elif Shafak 2021 354 pages

by Jessica Knoll • 2023

by Jessica Knoll 2023 384 pages

The Feast of the Goat

by Mario Vargas Llosa • 2000

The Feast of the Goat

by Mario Vargas Llosa 2000 475 pages

by Irwin Shaw • 1970

by Irwin Shaw 1970 666 pages

by Erich Maria Remarque • 1961

by Erich Maria Remarque 1961 272 pages

by Kate Atkinson • 2013

by Kate Atkinson 2013 544 pages

The Secret of the Nagas

by Amish Tripathi • 2011

The Secret of the Nagas

by Amish Tripathi 2011 398 pages

by Hernan Diaz • 2022

by Hernan Diaz 2022 402 pages

by Victor Hugo • 1862

by Victor Hugo 1862 1463 pages

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