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Historical Fiction Book Summaries

Fall of Giants

by Ken Follett • 2005

by Ken Follett 2005 985 pages

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

by Alan Bradley • 2009

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

by Alan Bradley 2009 386 pages

by Kristin Harmel • 2023

by Kristin Harmel 2023 384 pages

To Sir Phillip, With Love

by Julia Quinn • 2003

To Sir Phillip, With Love

by Julia Quinn 2003 372 pages

When the World Was Ours

by Liz Kessler • 2021

When the World Was Ours

by Liz Kessler 2021 352 pages

by Sherman Alexie • 2007

by Sherman Alexie 2007 208 pages

by Jean Rhys • 1966

by Jean Rhys 1966 176 pages

by Ian McEwan • 2001

by Ian McEwan 2001 351 pages

by Yukio Mishima • 1967

by Yukio Mishima 1967 389 pages

by Diane Setterfield • 2006

by Diane Setterfield 2006 406 pages

by Mackenzi Lee • 2023

by Mackenzi Lee 2023 416 pages

by Erin Crosby Eckstine • 2025

by Erin Crosby Eckstine 2025 368 pages

The Last Temptation of Christ

by Nikos Kazantzakis • 1955

The Last Temptation of Christ

by Nikos Kazantzakis 1955 506 pages

by Chinua Achebe • 1958

by Chinua Achebe 1958 215 pages

by David Walliams • 2018

by David Walliams 2018 496 pages

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

by Jamie Ford • 2009

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

by Jamie Ford 2009 290 pages

by Charmaine Wilkerson • 2022

by Charmaine Wilkerson 2022 385 pages

by Kevin Missal • 2017

by Kevin Missal 2017 464 pages

The Other Boleyn Girl

by Philippa Gregory • 2001

The Other Boleyn Girl

by Philippa Gregory 2001 661 pages

by Ralph Ellison • 1952

by Ralph Ellison 1952 581 pages

by Kristin Hannah • 2008

by Kristin Hannah 2008 479 pages

The Book of Lost Hours

by Hayley Gelfuso • 2025

The Book of Lost Hours

by Hayley Gelfuso 2025 391 pages

by Charles Dickens • 1859

Immersive

A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens 1859 489 pages

by Jonathan Auxier • 2014

by Jonathan Auxier 2014 350 pages

by Yūji Kaku • 2018

by Yūji Kaku 2018 208 pages

by Laurie Halse Anderson • 2010

by Laurie Halse Anderson 2010 297 pages

The Story of a New Name

by Elena Ferrante • 2012

The Story of a New Name

by Elena Ferrante 2012 471 pages

by Chris Cleave • 2008

by Chris Cleave 2008 271 pages

by Mario Puzo • 1984

by Mario Puzo 1984 416 pages

by Trevanian • 2005

by Trevanian 2005 486 pages

The Story She Left Behind

by Patti Callahan Henry • 2025

The Story She Left Behind

by Patti Callahan Henry 2025 352 pages

by Dan Simmons • 2007

by Dan Simmons 2007 835 pages

Don’t Forget to Write

by Sara Goodman Confino • 2023

Don’t Forget to Write

by Sara Goodman Confino 2023 334 pages

All the Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr • 2014

All the Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr 2014 531 pages

The Echo of Old Books

by Barbara Davis • 2023

The Echo of Old Books

by Barbara Davis 2023 413 pages

We Were the Lucky Ones

by Georgia Hunter • 2017

We Were the Lucky Ones

by Georgia Hunter 2017 403 pages

The Iliad / The Odyssey

by Homer

The Iliad / The Odyssey

by Homer 1556 pages

The House of the Spirits

by Isabel Allende • 1982

The House of the Spirits

by Isabel Allende 1982 448 pages

The Disabled Tyrant’s Beloved Pet Fish

by Xue Shan Fei Hu • 2024

Canji Baojun De Zhangxin Yu Chong (Novel), Vol. 1

The Disabled Tyrant’s Beloved Pet Fish

Canji Baojun De Zhangxin Yu Chong (Novel), Vol. 1

by Xue Shan Fei Hu 2024 436 pages

by Tom Clancy • 1986

by Tom Clancy 1986

by Laura Esquivel • 2006

by Laura Esquivel 2006 191 pages

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

by Cormac McCarthy • 1985

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

by Cormac McCarthy 1985 351 pages

Making Bombs for Hitler

by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch • 2012

Making Bombs for Hitler

by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch 2012 240 pages

by Barbara Kingsolver • 1998

by Barbara Kingsolver 1998 546 pages

by Kate Morton • 2008

by Kate Morton 2008 648 pages

by Randi Pink • 2021

by Randi Pink 2021 304 pages

by Elizabeth Gilbert • 2019

by Elizabeth Gilbert 2019 470 pages

by Etaf Rum • 2019

by Etaf Rum 2019 339 pages

The Dream of the Red Chamber

by Cao Xueqin • 1791

The Dream of the Red Chamber

by Cao Xueqin 1791 966 pages

by Benjamín Labatut • 2023

by Benjamín Labatut 2023 368 pages

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