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Historical Book Summaries

Persuasion Summary
Immersive
Persuasion
by Jane Austen 1817 249 pages
4.15
744.6K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Historical
Nineteen Steps Summary
Nineteen Steps
by Millie Bobby Brown 2023 320 pages
3.75
17.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
The Scarlet Letter Summary
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1850 279 pages
3.44
896.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
School
Literature
Rain of Gold Summary
Rain of Gold
by Victor Villaseñor 1991 576 pages
4.50
8.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Magical Realism
Lies My Teacher Told Me Summary
Lies My Teacher Told Me
Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
by James W. Loewen 1995 383 pages
3.97
72.0K ratings
History
Education
Politics
The Queens of Crime Summary
The Queens of Crime
by Marie Benedict 2025 310 pages
3.84
12.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
Out of Darkness Summary
Out of Darkness
by Ashley Hope Pérez 2016 402 pages
4.14
8.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Banned Books
Ben-Hur Summary
Ben-Hur
A Tale of the Christ
by Lew Wallace 1880 620 pages
4.03
37.2K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Christian
The Bride Summary
The Bride
by Julie Garwood 1989 352 pages
4.23
69.2K ratings
Historical Romance
Romance
Historical
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Summary
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by Lisa See 2005 269 pages
4.09
381.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
China
Echo Mountain Summary
Echo Mountain
by Lauren Wolk 2020 356 pages
4.26
10.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Middle Grade
Historical
Slewfoot Summary
Slewfoot
A Tale of Bewitchery
by Brom 2021 305 pages
4.23
76.2K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 Summary
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
by Christopher Paul Curtis 1995 224 pages
4.00
69.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Middle Grade
The English Patient Summary
The English Patient
by Michael Ondaatje 1992 320 pages
3.86
136.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Romance
Lincoln in the Bardo Summary
Lincoln in the Bardo
by George Saunders 2017 368 pages
3.75
167.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Fantasy
The Dutch House Summary
The Dutch House
by Ann Patchett 2019 337 pages
4.10
513.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
A Night to Remember Summary
A Night to Remember
by Walter Lord 1955 182 pages
4.09
27.2K ratings
History
Classics
Historical
Human Instinct Summary
Human Instinct
How our primeval impulses shape our modern lives
by Robert Winston 2002 352 pages
4.00
456 ratings
Science
Psychology
Evolution
I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 Summary
I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912
by Lauren Tarshis 2010 112 pages
4.10
18.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Middle Grade
Childrens
When He Was Wicked Summary
When He Was Wicked
by Julia Quinn 2004 368 pages
3.99
243.7K ratings
Romance
Historical Romance
Historical
The Quiet Librarian Summary
The Quiet Librarian
by Allen Eskens 2025 320 pages
4.20
13.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Thriller
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Summary
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
by Ilan Pappé 2006 320 pages
4.54
9.3K ratings
History
Politics
War
The Light Between Oceans Summary
The Light Between Oceans
by M.L. Stedman 2012 362 pages
4.04
470.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Historian Summary
The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova 2005 704 pages
3.80
272.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Horror
John Adams Summary
John Adams
by David McCullough 2001 751 pages
4.08
371.2K ratings
History
Biography
American History
Empire of the Summer Moon Summary
Empire of the Summer Moon
by S.C. Gwynne 2010 371 pages
4.24
62.8K ratings
History
Biography
American History
Forgiveness Summary
Forgiveness
by Mark Sakamoto 2014 272 pages
4.00
4.4K ratings
Memoir
Canada
Book Club
Story of Civilization Summary
Story of Civilization
by Will Durant 1975 14777 pages
4.43
1.8K ratings
History
Philosophy
World History
Cilka's Journey Summary
Cilka's Journey
by Heather Morris 2019 352 pages
4.40
204.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
Visitation Summary
Visitation
by Jenny Erpenbeck 2008 160 pages
3.61
5.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Germany
German Literature
March Summary
March
by Geraldine Brooks 2005 280 pages
3.81
75.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Civil War
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? Summary
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?
by Crystal Smith Paul 2023 416 pages
3.74
68.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
In the Garden of Beasts Summary
In the Garden of Beasts
Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
by Erik Larson 2011 448 pages
3.89
213.1K ratings
History
Book Club
World War II
Independence Summary
Independence
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 2023 288 pages
4.11
10.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
India
Historical
The Silence of the Girls Summary
The Silence of the Girls
by Pat Barker 2018 325 pages
3.90
104.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mythology
Greek Mythology
Bud, Not Buddy Summary
Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis 1999 243 pages
3.97
113.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Stalking Jack the Ripper Summary
Stalking Jack the Ripper
by Kerri Maniscalco 2016 337 pages
3.93
172.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Young Adult
The Red Tent Summary
The Red Tent
by Anita Diamant 1997 324 pages
4.20
620.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Japanese Lover Summary
The Japanese Lover
by Isabel Allende 2015 322 pages
3.88
92.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Book Club
George Washington's Secret Six Summary
George Washington's Secret Six
The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
by Brian Kilmeade 2013 235 pages
3.85
20.4K ratings
History
American History
American Revolution
An Offer From a Gentleman Summary
An Offer From a Gentleman
by Julia Quinn 2001 390 pages
3.94
379.2K ratings
Romance
Historical Romance
Historical Fiction
The Sisters Brothers Summary
The Sisters Brothers
by Patrick deWitt 2011 328 pages
3.85
101.0K ratings
Westerns
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Take My Hand Summary
Take My Hand
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2022 359 pages
4.36
100.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Killing the Witches Summary
Killing the Witches
The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
by Bill O'Reilly 2023 291 pages
3.64
14.2K ratings
History
Historical
Witches
The King's Messenger Summary
The King's Messenger
by Susanna Kearsley 2024 352 pages
4.20
2.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
The Persian Boy Summary
The Persian Boy
by Mary Renault 1972 420 pages
4.18
10.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
LGBT
Stay Where You Are and Then Leave Summary
Stay Where You Are and Then Leave
by John Boyne 2013 247 pages
3.95
11.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
War
The Black Tulip Summary
The Black Tulip
by Alexandre Dumas 1850 246 pages
3.85
22.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
France
A Short History of Myth Summary
A Short History of Myth
by Karen Armstrong 2005 159 pages
3.69
6.3K ratings
History
Mythology
Philosophy
Trespasses Summary
Trespasses
by Louise Kennedy 2022 292 pages
3.97
45.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Ireland
Irish Literature
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