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Historical Fiction Book Summaries

River God

by Wilbur Smith • 1993

by Wilbur Smith 1993 664 pages

by Margaret Atwood • 2000

by Margaret Atwood 2000 641 pages

by Claire Lynch • 2025

by Claire Lynch 2025 240 pages

by Cynthia Kadohata • 2004

by Cynthia Kadohata 2004 291 pages

The Fountains of Silence

by Ruta Sepetys • 2019

The Fountains of Silence

by Ruta Sepetys 2019 495 pages

by Joseph Conrad • 1899

by Joseph Conrad 1899 188 pages

by James Clavell • 1962

by James Clavell 1962 368 pages

by Isabel Allende • 2022

by Isabel Allende 2022 322 pages

by Michelle Good • 2020

by Michelle Good 2020 304 pages

by Ruta Sepetys • 2022

by Ruta Sepetys 2022 321 pages

The Marriage Portrait

by Maggie O'Farrell • 2022

The Marriage Portrait

by Maggie O'Farrell 2022 355 pages

The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits

by Jennifer Weiner • 2025

The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits

by Jennifer Weiner 2025 384 pages

by Steve Berry • 2006

by Steve Berry 2006 511 pages

by Bernhard Schlink • 1997

by Bernhard Schlink 1997 216 pages

by William Kent Krueger • 2019

by William Kent Krueger 2019 450 pages

by Vasily Grossman • 2006

by Vasily Grossman 2006 864 pages

So Long, See You Tomorrow

by William Maxwell • 1980

So Long, See You Tomorrow

by William Maxwell 1980 135 pages

by Jessica Hagedorn • 1990

by Jessica Hagedorn 1990 272 pages

by Elizabeth Gaskell • 1855

by Elizabeth Gaskell 1855 521 pages

by Paul Bowles • 1949

by Paul Bowles 1949 342 pages

by Elif Shafak • 2002

by Elif Shafak 2002 448 pages

by Don Winslow • 2019

by Don Winslow 2019 768 pages

Of Love and Other Demons

by Gabriel García Márquez • 1999

Of Love and Other Demons

by Gabriel García Márquez 1999 160 pages

by Ken Follett • 2012

by Ken Follett 2012 940 pages

by Kelly Rimmer • 2022

by Kelly Rimmer 2022 464 pages

Dinosaurs Before Dark

by Mary Pope Osborne • 1992

Dinosaurs Before Dark

by Mary Pope Osborne 1992 68 pages

by Wallace Stegner • 1987

by Wallace Stegner 1987 335 pages

by Kate Quinn • 2022

by Kate Quinn 2022 435 pages

by Alexandre Dumas • 1844

by Alexandre Dumas 1844 625 pages

by Bonnie Garmus • 2022

by Bonnie Garmus 2022 404 pages

Long Island Compromise

by Taffy Brodesser-Akner • 2024

Long Island Compromise

by Taffy Brodesser-Akner 2024 464 pages

by Irène Némirovsky • 2004

by Irène Némirovsky 2004 431 pages

The Oath of the Vayuputras

by Amish Tripathi • 2013

The Oath of the Vayuputras

by Amish Tripathi 2013 575 pages

by Sarai Johnson • 2024

by Sarai Johnson 2024 400 pages

by Don DeLillo • 1997

by Don DeLillo 1997 827 pages

by Emily Brontë • 1847

by Emily Brontë 1847 464 pages

by Andrea Davis Pinkney • 2014

by Andrea Davis Pinkney 2014 336 pages

Everything is Illuminated

by Jonathan Safran Foer • 2002

Everything is Illuminated

by Jonathan Safran Foer 2002 276 pages

by Upton Sinclair • 1906

by Upton Sinclair 1906 335 pages

by Edmond Rostand • 2003

by Edmond Rostand 2003 240 pages

by Dean Hughes • 2001

by Dean Hughes 2001 240 pages

The Lords of Discipline

by Pat Conroy • 1980

The Lords of Discipline

by Pat Conroy 1980 512 pages

The Red Badge of Courage

by Stephen Crane • 1894

The Red Badge of Courage

by Stephen Crane 1894 149 pages

by Amish Tripathi • 2015

by Amish Tripathi 2015 354 pages

by James A. Michener • 1965

by James A. Michener 1965 1080 pages

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

by Junot Díaz • 2007

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

by Junot Díaz 2007 335 pages

by Leigh Bardugo • 2024

by Leigh Bardugo 2024 379 pages

All Quiet on the Western Front

by Erich Maria Remarque • 1987

All Quiet on the Western Front

by Erich Maria Remarque 1987 296 pages

Last Twilight in Paris

by Pam Jenoff • 2025

Last Twilight in Paris

by Pam Jenoff 2025 336 pages

by Dennis Lehane • 2023

by Dennis Lehane 2023 303 pages

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