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Historical Fiction Book Summaries

Shōgun

by James Clavell • 1975

by James Clavell 1975 1152 pages

by Philippa Gregory • 2009

by Philippa Gregory 2009 415 pages

by Natalie Haynes • 2019

by Natalie Haynes 2019 368 pages

by W. Somerset Maugham • 1944

by W. Somerset Maugham 1944 314 pages

by Cassandra Clare • 2023

by Cassandra Clare 2023 778 pages

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

by Tia Williams • 2024

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

by Tia Williams 2024 339 pages

Sense and Sensibility

by Jane Austen • 1811

Sense and Sensibility

by Jane Austen 1811 409 pages

by Boris Pasternak • 1957

by Boris Pasternak 1957 592 pages

by Margaret Mitchell • 1936

Immersive

Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell 1936 1037 pages

The Eagle of the Ninth

by Rosemary Sutcliff • 1954

The Eagle of the Ninth

by Rosemary Sutcliff 1954 294 pages

by Ann Patchett • 2001

by Ann Patchett 2001 318 pages

by Amy Tan • 1989

by Amy Tan 1989 288 pages

Those Across the River

by Christopher Buehlman • 2011

Those Across the River

by Christopher Buehlman 2011 357 pages

by Larry McMurtry • 1999

by Larry McMurtry 1999 960 pages

The Scarlet Pimpernel

by Emmuska Orczy • 1905

The Scarlet Pimpernel

by Emmuska Orczy 1905 182 pages

by Khaled Hosseini • 2011

by Khaled Hosseini 2011 132 pages

The Possession of Alba Díaz

by Isabel Cañas • 2025

The Possession of Alba Díaz

by Isabel Cañas 2025 369 pages

The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

by Rosamunde Pilcher • 1987

The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

by Rosamunde Pilcher 1987

by Vladimir Bartol • 1938

by Vladimir Bartol 1938 510 pages

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

by Shannon Chakraborty • 2023

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

by Shannon Chakraborty 2023 483 pages

by Brom 2021 305 pages

by Arthur Miller • 1953

by Arthur Miller 1953 143 pages

by Sharon Cameron • 2021

by Sharon Cameron 2021 438 pages

by Kate Morton • 2012

by Kate Morton 2012 484 pages

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

by Heather Morris • 2018

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

by Heather Morris 2018 1 pages

by Ernest Hemingway • 1926

by Ernest Hemingway 1926 189 pages

by George Saunders • 2017

by George Saunders 2017 368 pages

by Irvin D. Yalom • 2012

by Irvin D. Yalom 2012 321 pages

The Original Daughter

by Jemimah Wei • 2025

The Original Daughter

by Jemimah Wei 2025 368 pages

by Elizabeth Wein • 2012

by Elizabeth Wein 2012 448 pages

by Elif Batuman • 2017

by Elif Batuman 2017 423 pages

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

by Jonathan Safran Foer • 2005

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

by Jonathan Safran Foer 2005 326 pages

An Offer From a Gentleman

by Julia Quinn • 2001

An Offer From a Gentleman

by Julia Quinn 2001 390 pages

by P. Djèlí Clark • 2020

by P. Djèlí Clark 2020 185 pages

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

by Kim Michele Richardson • 2019

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

by Kim Michele Richardson 2019 309 pages

That Was Then, This Is Now

by S.E. Hinton • 1998

That Was Then, This Is Now

by S.E. Hinton 1998 159 pages

by Barbara Kingsolver • 2022

by Barbara Kingsolver 2022 560 pages

by John Steinbeck • 1939

by John Steinbeck 1939 496 pages

The God of Small Things

by Arundhati Roy • 1997

The God of Small Things

by Arundhati Roy 1997 321 pages

by Ken Follett • 2017

by Ken Follett 2017 916 pages

by Douglas Stuart • 2020

by Douglas Stuart 2020 430 pages

The Great Indian Novel

by Shashi Tharoor • 1989

The Great Indian Novel

by Shashi Tharoor 1989 423 pages

by Amanda Churchill • 2024

by Amanda Churchill 2024 304 pages

by Jeffrey Eugenides • 2002

by Jeffrey Eugenides 2002 529 pages

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

by Anne Brontë • 1848

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

by Anne Brontë 1848 576 pages

by Orhan Pamuk • 1985

by Orhan Pamuk 1985 145 pages

I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912

by Lauren Tarshis • 2010

I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912

by Lauren Tarshis 2010 112 pages

by Annelise Heurtier • 2013

by Annelise Heurtier 2013 217 pages

by Jane Austen • 1817

by Jane Austen 1817 130 pages

by Jonathan Littell • 2009

by Jonathan Littell 2009 984 pages

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