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The Alice Network Summary
The Alice Network
by Kate Quinn 2017 503 pages
4.32
600k+ ratings
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The House of Eve Summary
The House of Eve
by Sadeqa Johnson 2023 384 pages
4.25
100k+ ratings
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Book Club
Historical
A People’s History of the United States Summary
A People’s History of the United States
1492 - Present
by Howard Zinn 1980 729 pages
4.09
200k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Red Umbrella Summary
The Red Umbrella
by Christina Diaz Gonzalez 2010 284 pages
4.07
5k+ ratings
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Young Adult
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The Queen's Gambit Summary
The Queen's Gambit
by Walter Tevis 1983 258 pages
4.18
100k+ ratings
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Contemporary
What the River Knows Summary
What the River Knows
by Isabel Ibañez 2023 404 pages
3.83
89k+ ratings
Fantasy
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Young Adult
The Instrumentalist Summary
The Instrumentalist
by Harriet Constable 2024 336 pages
4.10
10k+ ratings
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Music
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The Boy on the Wooden Box Summary
The Boy on the Wooden Box
by Leon Leyson 2013 240 pages
4.38
30k+ ratings
History
Memoir
Holocaust
Horse Summary
Horse
by Geraldine Brooks 2022 401 pages
4.24
200k+ ratings
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Brooklyn Summary
Brooklyn
by Colm Tóibín 2009 262 pages
3.75
100k+ ratings
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Ireland
The Lost Year Summary
The Lost Year
by Katherine Marsh 2023 368 pages
4.46
5k+ ratings
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Middle Grade
Historical
Mythos Summary
Mythos
The Greek Myths Retold
by Stephen Fry 2017 416 pages
4.26
100k+ ratings
Mythology
History
Greek Mythology
The Empusium Summary
The Empusium
by Olga Tokarczuk 2022 305 pages
3.75
25k+ ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Poland
Roots Summary
Roots
The Saga of an American Family
by Alex Haley 1976 729 pages
4.45
100k+ ratings
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Classics
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Where the Rivers Merge Summary
Where the Rivers Merge
by Mary Alice Monroe 2025 352 pages
4.28
12k+ ratings
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Coming Of Age
Southern
The Remains of the Day Summary
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro 1989 258 pages
4.14
300k+ ratings
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Classics
Literary Fiction
Beneath a Scarlet Sky Summary
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
by Mark T. Sullivan 2017 509 pages
4.43
300k+ ratings
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World War II
The Kitchen House Summary
The Kitchen House
by Kathleen Grissom 2010 369 pages
4.24
300k+ ratings
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The Vanishing Half Summary
The Vanishing Half
by Brit Bennett 2020 343 pages
4.12
800k+ ratings
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Contemporary
Life After Life Summary
Life After Life
by Kate Atkinson 2013 544 pages
3.79
200k+ ratings
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Fantasy
The Dreamer Summary
The Dreamer
by Pam Muñoz Ryan 2010 384 pages
3.98
7k+ ratings
Poetry
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Middle Grade
Weyward Summary
Weyward
by Emilia Hart 2023 392 pages
4.05
400k+ ratings
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Fantasy
Magical Realism
Red Scarf Girl Summary
Red Scarf Girl
by Ji-li Jiang 1997 285 pages
3.80
17k+ ratings
History
Memoir
China
Samarkand Summary
Samarkand
by Amin Maalouf 1988 304 pages
4.24
31k+ ratings
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Novels
Middle East
Cryptonomicon Summary
Cryptonomicon
by Neal Stephenson 1999 1152 pages
4.23
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
Cyberpunk
A Little History of Philosophy Summary
A Little History of Philosophy
by Nigel Warburton 2011 252 pages
4.12
16k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Science
The Bronze Horseman Summary
The Bronze Horseman
by Paullina Simons 2000 637 pages
4.29
96k+ ratings
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Romance
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Trust Summary
Trust
by Hernan Diaz 2022 402 pages
3.80
100k+ ratings
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Book Club
Literary Fiction
Les Misérables Summary
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo 1862 1463 pages
4.21
800k+ ratings
Classics
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Literature
The Paris Daughter Summary
The Paris Daughter
by Kristin Harmel 2023 384 pages
4.23
72k+ ratings
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World War II
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Wide Sargasso Sea Summary
Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys 1966 176 pages
3.59
100k+ ratings
Classics
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Literary Fiction
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Summary
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
by Jamie Ford 2009 290 pages
4.05
300k+ ratings
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Romance
Atonement Summary
Atonement
by Ian McEwan 2001 351 pages
3.95
500k+ ratings
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Classics
Romance
When the World Was Ours Summary
When the World Was Ours
by Liz Kessler 2021 352 pages
4.51
6k+ ratings
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Middle Grade
Young Adult
The Dragon Republic Summary
The Dragon Republic
by R.F. Kuang 2019 654 pages
4.34
200k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Adult
A Little History of the World Summary
A Little History of the World
by E.H. Gombrich 1936 284 pages
4.10
32k+ ratings
History
World History
Historical
The Other Boleyn Girl Summary
The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory 2001 661 pages
4.09
500k+ ratings
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Historical
Romance
To Sir Phillip, With Love Summary
To Sir Phillip, With Love
by Julia Quinn 2003 372 pages
3.69
300k+ ratings
Romance
Historical Romance
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Fall of Giants Summary
Fall of Giants
by Ken Follett 2005 985 pages
4.33
300k+ ratings
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War
Alexander Hamilton Summary
Alexander Hamilton
by Ron Chernow 2004 818 pages
4.22
200k+ ratings
History
Biography
American History
Junie Summary
Junie
by Erin Crosby Eckstine 2025 368 pages
4.17
23k+ ratings
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Fantasy
Magical Realism
Fingersmith Summary
Fingersmith
by Sarah Waters 2002 592 pages
4.02
100k+ ratings
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LGBT
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Forge Summary
Forge
by Laurie Halse Anderson 2010 297 pages
4.16
17k+ ratings
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Young Adult
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A Tale of Two Cities Summary
Immersive
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens 1859 489 pages
3.88
1M+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Don’t Forget to Write Summary
Don’t Forget to Write
by Sara Goodman Confino 2023 334 pages
4.48
78k+ ratings
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Book Club
Romance
The Terror Summary
The Terror
by Dan Simmons 2007 835 pages
4.09
75k+ ratings
Horror
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Fantasy
The Fountains of Silence Summary
The Fountains of Silence
by Ruta Sepetys 2019 495 pages
4.30
83k+ ratings
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Young Adult
Historical
Outlander Summary
Outlander
by Diana Gabaldon 1991 850 pages
4.26
1.1M+ ratings
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Romance
Fantasy
We Were the Lucky Ones Summary
We Were the Lucky Ones
by Georgia Hunter 2017 403 pages
4.42
200k+ ratings
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Book Club
World War II
I Must Betray You Summary
I Must Betray You
by Ruta Sepetys 2022 321 pages
4.40
100k+ ratings
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Young Adult
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