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Historical Book Summaries

The Diary of a Young Girl Summary
The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank 1947 283 pages
4.20
4.0M ratings
Biography
Memoir
Classics
The Sicilian Inheritance Summary
The Sicilian Inheritance
by Jo Piazza 2024 384 pages
4.00
40.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Book Club
The Case of the Missing Marquess Summary
The Case of the Missing Marquess
by Nancy Springer 2006 216 pages
3.78
41.7K ratings
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Medieval India Summary
Medieval India
From Sultanat To The Mughals 1526-1748
by Satish Chandra 1997 550 pages
3.97
349 ratings
History
India
Asia
Go as a River Summary
Go as a River
by Shelley Read 2023 320 pages
4.26
146.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
To Kill a Mockingbird Summary
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee 1960 323 pages
4.26
6.6M ratings
Historical Fiction
School
Literature
Memoirs of a Geisha Summary
Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden 1997 434 pages
4.16
2.1M ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
The Lessons of History Summary
The Lessons of History
by Will Durant 1997 119 pages
4.06
19.1K ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
India After Gandhi Summary
India After Gandhi
The History of the World's Largest Democracy
by Ramachandra Guha 2007 912 pages
4.39
17.9K ratings
History
Politics
Indian Literature
The Storyteller Summary
The Storyteller
by Jodi Picoult 2013 461 pages
4.30
258.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Holocaust
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Summary
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne 2006 224 pages
4.16
915.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
The Silk Roads Summary
The Silk Roads
A New History of the World
by Peter Frankopan 2015 636 pages
4.17
45.1K ratings
History
Politics
World History
Phantom Summary
Phantom
by H.D. Carlton 2025 367 pages
3.97
33.2K ratings
Dark Romance
Romance
Dark
Beloved Summary
Beloved
by Toni Morrison 1987 325 pages
3.97
470.2K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Appetite for America Summary
Appetite for America
How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West
by Stephen Fried 2010 518 pages
4.20
1.2K ratings
History
Biography
American History
Answer to History Summary
Answer to History
by Mohammed Reza Pahlavi 1979 204 pages
3.88
556 ratings
History
Politics
Biography
The Missing Sister Summary
The Missing Sister
by Lucinda Riley 2021 805 pages
4.20
77.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Roman
Babel Summary
Babel
by R.F. Kuang 2022 544 pages
4.16
370.2K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Dark Academia
Homegoing Summary
Homegoing
by Yaa Gyasi 2016 305 pages
4.47
379.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Burning God Summary
The Burning God
by R.F. Kuang 2020 622 pages
4.30
133.4K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Adult
Destiny Disrupted Summary
Destiny Disrupted
A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
by Tamim Ansary 2009 416 pages
4.40
11.5K ratings
History
Islam
Politics
History of Modern India Summary
History of Modern India
by Bipan Chandra 2009 352 pages
4.08
2.3K ratings
History
India
Politics
Redeeming Love Summary
Redeeming Love
by Francine Rivers 1991 479 pages
4.51
354.4K ratings
Romance
Christian
Christian Fiction
The Kite Runner Summary
Music Immersive
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini 2003 371 pages
4.35
3.4M ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Contemporary
The Poppy War Summary
The Poppy War
by R.F. Kuang 2018 545 pages
4.17
387.8K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Adult
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Summary
Music Immersive
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
by Victoria E. Schwab 2020 448 pages
4.17
1.3M ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Historical Fiction
The Nightingale Summary
The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah 2015 564 pages
4.64
1.8M ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
Human Acts Summary
Human Acts
by Han Kang 2014 218 pages
4.26
55.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Literary Fiction
Jane Eyre Summary
Music Immersive
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë 1847 532 pages
4.15
2.2M ratings
Classics
Romance
Gothic
The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau Summary
The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau
by Kristin Harmel 2025 384 pages
4.50
1.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
Pachinko Summary
Pachinko
by Min Jin Lee 2017 496 pages
4.34
563.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Devil in the White City Summary
The Devil in the White City
by Erik Larson 2003 496 pages
4.00
731.2K ratings
History
True Crime
Book Club
The Sympathizer Summary
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015 371 pages
4.01
130.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
War
Unbroken Summary
Unbroken
A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
by Laura Hillenbrand 2010 475 pages
4.39
982.2K ratings
History
Biography
Book Club
Fellow Travelers Summary
Fellow Travelers
by Thomas Mallon 2007 356 pages
3.60
4.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
LGBT
Queer
A History of the World in 6 Glasses Summary
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
by Tom Standage 2005 336 pages
3.81
32.3K ratings
History
Food
Book Club
The Count of Monte Cristo Summary
Music Immersive
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas 1846 1276 pages
4.31
979.0K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
The Boys in the Boat Summary
The Boys in the Boat
Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
by Daniel James Brown 2013 404 pages
4.39
348.4K ratings
History
Book Club
Sports
Heidi Summary
Heidi
by Johanna Spyri 1880 352 pages
4.04
207.4K ratings
Classics
Childrens
Historical Fiction
Half of a Yellow Sun Summary
Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2006 435 pages
4.34
173.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Nigeria
Book Club
The Shah Summary
The Shah
by Abbas Milani 2007 496 pages
4.23
1.2K ratings
History
Iran
Biography
Lost Islamic History Summary
Lost Islamic History
Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past
by Firas Alkhateeb 2014 217 pages
4.44
2.9K ratings
History
Islam
Religion
1491 Summary
1491
New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
by Charles C. Mann 2005 563 pages
4.05
92.2K ratings
History
American History
Anthropology
The Queen's Gambit Summary
The Queen's Gambit
by Walter Tevis 1983 258 pages
4.18
131.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Chess
The Things They Carried Summary
The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien 1990 246 pages
4.14
334.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
War
The Secret Life of Bees Summary
Music Immersive
The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd 2001 302 pages
4.10
1.3M ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Classics
The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club Summary
The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club
by Martha Hall Kelly 2025 336 pages
4.13
2.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Books About Books
Historical
Between Shades of Gray Summary
Between Shades of Gray
by Ruta Sepetys 2011 344 pages
4.37
264.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Little Women Summary
Music Immersive
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott 1868 449 pages
4.16
2.4M ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
What the River Knows Summary
What the River Knows
by Isabel Ibañez 2023 416 pages
3.86
71.1K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
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