역사

철저한 연구와 매력적인 스토리텔링을 통해 실존 인물과 역사적 전환점이 이 시간 여행 속에서 생생하게 살아납니다. 미국 독립혁명 시기의 스파이를 따라가든, 뛰어난 여성들의 숨겨진 삶을 탐구하든, 이 책들은 우리 세계를 형성한 매혹적인 진실과 알려지지 않은 이야기들을 조명합니다.

역사 도서 요약

The Blackthorn Queen

저자: Melanie Karsak • 2023

Her father poisoned, a Celtic princess hunts the killer among the suitors circling her throne.

4.45

1,000+

🍀 Celtic Fantasy ⚔️ Iron Age Britain 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Political Marriage 🗡️ Family Betrayal

The Blackthorn Queen

Her father poisoned, a Celtic princess hunts the killer among the suitors circling her throne.

저자: Melanie Karsak 2023 338 페이지

4.45

1,000+ 개의 평점

🍀 Celtic Fantasy ⚔️ Iron Age Britain 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Political Marriage 🗡️ Family Betrayal

A Girl Called Samson

저자: Amy Harmon • 2023

A servant disguises herself as a man to join the Revolution, then falls for her commander.

4.46

58,000+

🎭 Woman Disguised As Man 💕 Wartime Romance 📜 Biographical Fiction 🇺🇸 Revolutionary America 🏠 Found Family

A Girl Called Samson

A servant disguises herself as a man to join the Revolution, then falls for her commander.

저자: Amy Harmon 2023 405 페이지

4.46

58,000+ 개의 평점

🎭 Woman Disguised As Man 💕 Wartime Romance 📜 Biographical Fiction 🇺🇸 Revolutionary America 🏠 Found Family

The Girl in the Tower

저자: Katherine Arden • 2017

A witch-girl in boy's disguise rides into the Russian winter and a sorcerer's deadly game.

4.35

100,000+

🐻 Russian Folklore 🗡️ Girl Disguised As Boy 💀 Immortal Love Interest 🔥 Witch Hunt 👻 Old Gods And Spirits

The Girl in the Tower

A witch-girl in boy's disguise rides into the Russian winter and a sorcerer's deadly game.

저자: Katherine Arden 2017 360 페이지

4.35

100,000+ 개의 평점

🐻 Russian Folklore 🗡️ Girl Disguised As Boy 💀 Immortal Love Interest 🔥 Witch Hunt 👻 Old Gods And Spirits

Under a Dancing Star

저자: Laura Wood • 2019

Banished to Tuscany, a headstrong naturalist dares an artist to a summer of no-strings romance.

4.13

3,000+

💕 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Shakespeare Retelling 🏡 Tuscan Villa 🇮🇹 1930s Italy 🔬 Scientific Heroine

Under a Dancing Star

Banished to Tuscany, a headstrong naturalist dares an artist to a summer of no-strings romance.

저자: Laura Wood 2019 356 페이지

4.13

3,000+ 개의 평점

💕 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Shakespeare Retelling 🏡 Tuscan Villa 🇮🇹 1930s Italy 🔬 Scientific Heroine

The Jefferson Key

저자: Steve Berry • 2011

Framed for a presidential hit, an ex-agent follows a Jefferson cipher into a war with pirate heirs.

3.92

22,000+

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 📜 Historical Conspiracy 🗝️ Ancient Secret Society 🔐 Cipher And Code 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Legacy

The Jefferson Key

Framed for a presidential hit, an ex-agent follows a Jefferson cipher into a war with pirate heirs.

저자: Steve Berry 2011 456 페이지

3.92

22,000+ 개의 평점

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 📜 Historical Conspiracy 🗝️ Ancient Secret Society 🔐 Cipher And Code 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Legacy

The Stolen Queen

저자: Fiona Davis • 2025

A shipwrecked Egyptian collar arrives at the Met, sparking a curator's hope her daughter survived.

3.89

64,000+

🔀 Dual Timeline 🏺 Egyptian Archaeology 📿 Lost Artifact 👧 Lost Daughter 🫂 Found Family

The Stolen Queen

A shipwrecked Egyptian collar arrives at the Met, sparking a curator's hope her daughter survived.

저자: Fiona Davis 2025 352 페이지

3.89

64,000+ 개의 평점

🔀 Dual Timeline 🏺 Egyptian Archaeology 📿 Lost Artifact 👧 Lost Daughter 🫂 Found Family

Dear Mr. Kilmer

저자: Anne E. Schraff • 1999

An Iowa boy writes to poet Joyce Kilmer, then must defy his town's war-fueled prejudice.

3.96

272

🏠 WWI Home Front ✉️ Letter Correspondence 💚 Gentle Masculinity 🏘️ Small-Town Prejudice 🎨 Artistic Awakening

Dear Mr. Kilmer

An Iowa boy writes to poet Joyce Kilmer, then must defy his town's war-fueled prejudice.

저자: Anne E. Schraff 1999

3.96

272 개의 평점

🏠 WWI Home Front ✉️ Letter Correspondence 💚 Gentle Masculinity 🏘️ Small-Town Prejudice 🎨 Artistic Awakening

Small Favors

저자: Erin A. Craig • 2021

In a frontier town bound by rigid rules, the monsters in the woods start granting wishes.

4.00

24,000+

✨ Rumpelstiltskin Retelling 😈 Deal With The Devil 🐺 Monster Boyfriend 👀 Small Town Paranoia 👯 Twin Bond

Small Favors

In a frontier town bound by rigid rules, the monsters in the woods start granting wishes.

저자: Erin A. Craig 2021 466 페이지

4.00

24,000+ 개의 평점

✨ Rumpelstiltskin Retelling 😈 Deal With The Devil 🐺 Monster Boyfriend 👀 Small Town Paranoia 👯 Twin Bond

Brotherless Night

저자: V.V. Ganeshananthan • 2023

While her brothers join the insurgency, a Tamil girl heals the wounded in a secret clinic.

4.45

18,000+

🇱🇰 Sri Lankan Civil War 🌏 Tamil Diaspora 👁️ Witness To War 🩺 Frontline Medicine 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Family Saga

Brotherless Night

While her brothers join the insurgency, a Tamil girl heals the wounded in a secret clinic.

저자: V.V. Ganeshananthan 2023 348 페이지

4.45

18,000+ 개의 평점

🇱🇰 Sri Lankan Civil War 🌏 Tamil Diaspora 👁️ Witness To War 🩺 Frontline Medicine 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Family Saga

The Parthian

저자: Peter Darman • 2011

Taken as a Roman slave, a Parthian prince joins Spartacus's rebellion to fight his way home.

4.26

1,000+

🏛️ Ancient World Epic ⚔️ Military Historical Fiction ⛓️ Slave Rebellion 👸 Warrior Princess 👑 Reluctant Leader

The Parthian

Taken as a Roman slave, a Parthian prince joins Spartacus's rebellion to fight his way home.

저자: Peter Darman 2011 722 페이지

4.26

1,000+ 개의 평점

🏛️ Ancient World Epic ⚔️ Military Historical Fiction ⛓️ Slave Rebellion 👸 Warrior Princess 👑 Reluctant Leader

Moby Dick

저자: Rod Espinosa • 2008

An obsessed captain pursues the white whale that took his leg, dragging his crew toward destruction.

3.55

5,000+

🐋 Whaling Adventure 🔥 Obsessive Revenge ⚓ Doomed Captain 💀 Tragic Quest 🌊 Man Vs Nature

Moby Dick

An obsessed captain pursues the white whale that took his leg, dragging his crew toward destruction.

저자: Rod Espinosa 2008 0 페이지

3.55

5,000+ 개의 평점

🐋 Whaling Adventure 🔥 Obsessive Revenge ⚓ Doomed Captain 💀 Tragic Quest 🌊 Man Vs Nature

The First Casualty

저자: Ben Elton • 2005

Declared dead, a detective jailed for refusing to kill must solve a poet's murder in Flanders.

3.95

6,000+

🕵️ Wwi Murder Mystery ✊ Conscientious Objector 🏳️‍🌈 Forbidden Gay Love 🔍 Reluctant Detective ✒️ Poet At War

The First Casualty

Declared dead, a detective jailed for refusing to kill must solve a poet's murder in Flanders.

저자: Ben Elton 2005 444 페이지

3.95

6,000+ 개의 평점

🕵️ Wwi Murder Mystery ✊ Conscientious Objector 🏳️‍🌈 Forbidden Gay Love 🔍 Reluctant Detective ✒️ Poet At War

The Ring of Earth

저자: Chris Bradford • 2010

A hunted English samurai finds refuge among ninja whose trust he must earn to survive.

4.42

4,000+

🏯 Feudal Japan 🥷 Ninja Adventure ⚔️ Samurai Training 🏘️ Hidden Village 🤝 Enemies To Allies

The Ring of Earth

A hunted English samurai finds refuge among ninja whose trust he must earn to survive.

저자: Chris Bradford 2010 314 페이지

4.42

4,000+ 개의 평점

🏯 Feudal Japan 🥷 Ninja Adventure ⚔️ Samurai Training 🏘️ Hidden Village 🤝 Enemies To Allies

From Sand and Ash

저자: Amy Harmon • 2016

A Jewish violinist and a Catholic priest fall in love as Nazis occupy Rome.

4.38

68,000+

🏛️ Wwii Italy 💔 Forbidden Love ✝️ Priest Hero 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🕯️ Holocaust Survival

From Sand and Ash

A Jewish violinist and a Catholic priest fall in love as Nazis occupy Rome.

저자: Amy Harmon 2016 372 페이지

4.38

68,000+ 개의 평점

🏛️ Wwii Italy 💔 Forbidden Love ✝️ Priest Hero 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🕯️ Holocaust Survival

Friends Like These

저자: Meg Rosoff • 2022

A small-town intern in 1983 New York is remade by a magnetic friend, then must remake herself.

3.30

2,000+

🖤 Toxic Female Friendship 🗽 1980s New York 🐠 Fish Out Of Water ☀️ Summer Coming Of Age 🥀 Loss Of Innocence

Friends Like These

A small-town intern in 1983 New York is remade by a magnetic friend, then must remake herself.

저자: Meg Rosoff 2022 320 페이지

3.30

2,000+ 개의 평점

🖤 Toxic Female Friendship 🗽 1980s New York 🐠 Fish Out Of Water ☀️ Summer Coming Of Age 🥀 Loss Of Innocence

The Paris Express

저자: Emma Donoghue • 2025

An anarchist boards the 1895 Paris Express with a bomb, a grudge, and a faltering will.

3.27

14,000+

🏴 Anarchist Fiction 📖 Literary Suspense 🧩 Interwoven Lives 🕰️ Fin De SièCle ⚖️ Act Of Conscience

The Paris Express

An anarchist boards the 1895 Paris Express with a bomb, a grudge, and a faltering will.

저자: Emma Donoghue 2025 274 페이지

3.27

14,000+ 개의 평점

🏴 Anarchist Fiction 📖 Literary Suspense 🧩 Interwoven Lives 🕰️ Fin De SièCle ⚖️ Act Of Conscience

In the Shadow of Truth

저자: J.E. Leak • 2023

She joined the OSS to fight Nazis, then fell for the woman training her to kill.

4.46

376

🔍 WWII Espionage 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 🎭 Undercover Agents 🔐 Family Secrets 💔 Angsty Romance

In the Shadow of Truth

She joined the OSS to fight Nazis, then fell for the woman training her to kill.

저자: J.E. Leak 2023 649 페이지

4.46

376 개의 평점

🔍 WWII Espionage 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 🎭 Undercover Agents 🔐 Family Secrets 💔 Angsty Romance

The Impossible Thing

저자: Belinda Bauer • 2025

One impossible egg, stolen again. Two misfits hunt it through a century of dangerous obsession.

4.07

6,000+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 🕯️ Historical Crime 🧠 Neurodivergent Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🥚 Collector's Obsession

The Impossible Thing

One impossible egg, stolen again. Two misfits hunt it through a century of dangerous obsession.

저자: Belinda Bauer 2025 336 페이지

4.07

6,000+ 개의 평점

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 🕯️ Historical Crime 🧠 Neurodivergent Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🥚 Collector's Obsession

The Invisible Woman

저자: Claire Tomalin • 1990

Dickens's mistress married a clergyman at 44, claiming to be 30. He never knew.

3.75

1,000+

🎭 Victorian Theatre 👩‍🎤 Women In Theatre 🤫 Secret Lives 🧹 Historical Erasure 🎪 Theatrical Dynasties

The Invisible Woman

Dickens's mistress married a clergyman at 44, claiming to be 30. He never knew.

저자: Claire Tomalin 1990 384 페이지

3.75

1,000+ 개의 평점

🎭 Victorian Theatre 👩‍🎤 Women In Theatre 🤫 Secret Lives 🧹 Historical Erasure 🎪 Theatrical Dynasties

The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door

저자: H.G. Parry • 2024

A magical university hides a forbidden faerie door; a scholarship student is about to open it.

4.10

6,000+

🖤 Dark Academia Fantasy 🧚 Faerie Bargains 💫 Found Family 🔮 Forbidden Magic 🏛️ Magical University

The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door

A magical university hides a forbidden faerie door; a scholarship student is about to open it.

저자: H.G. Parry 2024 437 페이지

4.10

6,000+ 개의 평점

🖤 Dark Academia Fantasy 🧚 Faerie Bargains 💫 Found Family 🔮 Forbidden Magic 🏛️ Magical University

Hauptmann's Ladder

저자: Richard T. Cahill Jr. • 2014

The Lindbergh case retried: a ladder, a money trail, and doubts the execution never settled.

4.17

125

🕰️ Historical True Crime ⭐ Celebrity Crime 🔬 Forensic Evidence 🏛️ Trial Analysis ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

Hauptmann's Ladder

The Lindbergh case retried: a ladder, a money trail, and doubts the execution never settled.

저자: Richard T. Cahill Jr. 2014 416 페이지

4.17

125 개의 평점

🕰️ Historical True Crime ⭐ Celebrity Crime 🔬 Forensic Evidence 🏛️ Trial Analysis ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

The Tale of the Vampire Bride

저자: Rhiannon Frater • 2009

Dracula invites a family to his castle; he has chosen the daughter to become his vampire bride.

4.09

1,000+

🧛 Vampire Gothic 🗡️ Feminist Vampire 💔 Forced Transformation 🩸 Vampire Brides 🕯️ Gothic Seduction

The Tale of the Vampire Bride

Dracula invites a family to his castle; he has chosen the daughter to become his vampire bride.

저자: Rhiannon Frater 2009 334 페이지

4.09

1,000+ 개의 평점

🧛 Vampire Gothic 🗡️ Feminist Vampire 💔 Forced Transformation 🩸 Vampire Brides 🕯️ Gothic Seduction

Heaven Official's Blessing

저자: Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù • 2022

A fallen god enters Ghost City, where a ghost king's devotion has smoldered for eight centuries.

4.63

36,000+

🔥 Xianxia Fantasy 💕 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🏯 Ancient China 🤕 Hurt Comfort

Heaven Official's Blessing

A fallen god enters Ghost City, where a ghost king's devotion has smoldered for eight centuries.

저자: Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 2022 438 페이지

4.63

36,000+ 개의 평점

🔥 Xianxia Fantasy 💕 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🏯 Ancient China 🤕 Hurt Comfort

The Summer Before the War

저자: Helen Simonson • 2016

A Latin teacher finds purpose and impossible love in a Sussex town the summer the Great War begins.

3.79

44,000+

🏘️ Edwardian Village 🏠 Home Front Drama 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 💔 Duty Versus Heart 🧳 Wartime Refugees

The Summer Before the War

A Latin teacher finds purpose and impossible love in a Sussex town the summer the Great War begins.

저자: Helen Simonson 2016 481 페이지

3.79

44,000+ 개의 평점

🏘️ Edwardian Village 🏠 Home Front Drama 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 💔 Duty Versus Heart 🧳 Wartime Refugees

The Plantagenets

저자: Dan Jones • 2012

A shipwrecked prince, a murdered archbishop, and the 246-year dynasty that built England.

4.25

24,000+

🏰 Medieval England 👑 English Monarchy ⚜️ Plantagenet Dynasty ⚔️ Warfare And Conquest ⚖️ Legal History

The Plantagenets

A shipwrecked prince, a murdered archbishop, and the 246-year dynasty that built England.

저자: Dan Jones 2012 534 페이지

4.25

24,000+ 개의 평점

🏰 Medieval England 👑 English Monarchy ⚜️ Plantagenet Dynasty ⚔️ Warfare And Conquest ⚖️ Legal History

The Letter

저자: Kathryn Hughes • 2013

A woman in a violent marriage finds a 1939 love letter and vows to deliver it.

4.06

66,000+

🕰️ Dual Timelines ✉️ Lost Letter 💔 Domestic Abuse 🥀 Forced Adoption 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers

The Letter

A woman in a violent marriage finds a 1939 love letter and vows to deliver it.

저자: Kathryn Hughes 2013 265 페이지

4.06

66,000+ 개의 평점

🕰️ Dual Timelines ✉️ Lost Letter 💔 Domestic Abuse 🥀 Forced Adoption 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers

Laut Bercerita

저자: Leila S. Chudori • 2017

When a young activist is disappeared by Indonesia's New Order, his sister becomes his voice.

4.61

25,000+

🇮🇩 Indonesian History 👥 Dual Perspective ⛓️ Political Repression ❤️‍🩹 Survivor's Guilt 🕊️ Family Grief

Laut Bercerita

When a young activist is disappeared by Indonesia's New Order, his sister becomes his voice.

저자: Leila S. Chudori 2017 380 페이지

4.61

25,000+ 개의 평점

🇮🇩 Indonesian History 👥 Dual Perspective ⛓️ Political Repression ❤️‍🩹 Survivor's Guilt 🕊️ Family Grief

No pasó nada

저자: Antonio Skármeta • 1980

A Chilean coup strands a boy in Berlin with no language and no way home.

3.35

500+

✈️ Political Exile 🫂 Found Family 🌍 Cross-Cultural Bonds 🗣️ Adolescent Narrator 🤝 Enemies To Friends

No pasó nada

A Chilean coup strands a boy in Berlin with no language and no way home.

저자: Antonio Skármeta 1980 88 페이지

3.35

500+ 개의 평점

✈️ Political Exile 🫂 Found Family 🌍 Cross-Cultural Bonds 🗣️ Adolescent Narrator 🤝 Enemies To Friends

The Mammoth Hunters

저자: Jean M. Auel • 1985

With the Mamutoi, a rival offers Ayla acceptance Jondalar can't, pulling her toward a new life.

3.96

78,000+

🦣 Prehistoric Fiction 💔 Love Triangle 🫂 Found Family 🐺 Animal Companions ❄️ Ice Age Europe

The Mammoth Hunters

With the Mamutoi, a rival offers Ayla acceptance Jondalar can't, pulling her toward a new life.

저자: Jean M. Auel 1985 688 페이지

3.96

78,000+ 개의 평점

🦣 Prehistoric Fiction 💔 Love Triangle 🫂 Found Family 🐺 Animal Companions ❄️ Ice Age Europe

The Land of Painted Caves

저자: Jean M. Auel • 2011

A prehistoric healer learns the secret of fatherhood, jeopardizing her tribe and her heart.

3.46

37,000+

🏞️ Prehistoric Europe ✨ Spiritual Awakening 🐺 Animal Companions 💔 Jealousy And Trust 👥 Community Life

The Land of Painted Caves

A prehistoric healer learns the secret of fatherhood, jeopardizing her tribe and her heart.

저자: Jean M. Auel 2011 828 페이지

3.46

37,000+ 개의 평점

🏞️ Prehistoric Europe ✨ Spiritual Awakening 🐺 Animal Companions 💔 Jealousy And Trust 👥 Community Life

The Vanishing Bookstore

저자: Helen Phifer • 2026

Before thirty-five, the witch hunter always kills her. Dora has one lifetime to end the curse.

3.88

4,000+

🖤 Generational Witch Curse ⏳ Dual Timeline Witches 💫 Reincarnated Lovers 🌿 Herbal Healing Magic ✨ Sisterhood Magic

The Vanishing Bookstore

Before thirty-five, the witch hunter always kills her. Dora has one lifetime to end the curse.

저자: Helen Phifer 2026 314 페이지

3.88

4,000+ 개의 평점

🖤 Generational Witch Curse ⏳ Dual Timeline Witches 💫 Reincarnated Lovers 🌿 Herbal Healing Magic ✨ Sisterhood Magic

The Story Teller

저자: Margaret Coel • 1999

A missing ledger book entangles an Arapaho attorney in a murder and a museum's dark secrets.

4.12

1,000+

🏛️ Legal Mystery 🪶 Reservation Mystery 📜 Missing Artifact 🌿 Cultural Reclamation 📁 Historical Cover-Up

The Story Teller

A missing ledger book entangles an Arapaho attorney in a murder and a museum's dark secrets.

저자: Margaret Coel 1999 241 페이지

4.12

1,000+ 개의 평점

🏛️ Legal Mystery 🪶 Reservation Mystery 📜 Missing Artifact 🌿 Cultural Reclamation 📁 Historical Cover-Up

The Secret Token

저자: Andrew Lawler • 2018

The Lost Colony assimilated. America built its first origin myth to hide that truth.

3.76

1,000+

🏴 Colonial America 👑 Elizabethan England 🔍 Historical Mysteries 🎭 Myth-Making 🧬 Racial Identity

The Secret Token

The Lost Colony assimilated. America built its first origin myth to hide that truth.

저자: Andrew Lawler 2018 426 페이지

3.76

1,000+ 개의 평점

🏴 Colonial America 👑 Elizabethan England 🔍 Historical Mysteries 🎭 Myth-Making 🧬 Racial Identity

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

저자: Kiersten White • 2018

Raised to be Victor Frankenstein's companion, Elizabeth discovers she was his experiment all along.

3.89

23,000+

🖤 Feminist Retelling 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Femme Rage 💔 Survivor Guilt

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

Raised to be Victor Frankenstein's companion, Elizabeth discovers she was his experiment all along.

저자: Kiersten White 2018 304 페이지

3.89

23,000+ 개의 평점

🖤 Feminist Retelling 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Femme Rage 💔 Survivor Guilt

Talking to the Dead

저자: Barbara Weisberg • 2004

Two sisters cracked their toe joints in 1848, launched a national religion and were consumed.

3.60

500+

🕯️ Modern Spiritualism 🏛️ Spiritualist Movement 🔮 SéAnce Culture 🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🧐 Skepticism And Belief

Talking to the Dead

Two sisters cracked their toe joints in 1848, launched a national religion and were consumed.

저자: Barbara Weisberg 2004 324 페이지

3.60

500+ 개의 평점

🕯️ Modern Spiritualism 🏛️ Spiritualist Movement 🔮 SéAnce Culture 🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🧐 Skepticism And Belief

기린과 함께 서쪽으로

저자: 린다 러틀리지 • 2021

A Dust Bowl orphan joins an old man hauling giraffes cross-country, chased by a circus owner.

4.32

200,000+

🌾 Dust Bowl America 🦒 Animal Road Trip 🫂 Found Family 👴 Grumpy Mentor 🧒 Orphan Protagonist

기린과 함께 서쪽으로

A Dust Bowl orphan joins an old man hauling giraffes cross-country, chased by a circus owner.

저자: 린다 러틀리지 2021 346 페이지

4.32

200,000+ 개의 평점

🌾 Dust Bowl America 🦒 Animal Road Trip 🫂 Found Family 👴 Grumpy Mentor 🧒 Orphan Protagonist

In the Shadow of Blackbirds

저자: Cat Winters • 2013

During the 1918 flu, a girl's photograph captures her dead soldier's ghost begging for the truth.

3.85

13,000+

🖤 Gothic Historical 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 📷 Spirit Photography 💔 Childhood Love Lost 👻 Grief And Haunting

In the Shadow of Blackbirds

During the 1918 flu, a girl's photograph captures her dead soldier's ghost begging for the truth.

저자: Cat Winters 2013 387 페이지

3.85

13,000+ 개의 평점

🖤 Gothic Historical 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 📷 Spirit Photography 💔 Childhood Love Lost 👻 Grief And Haunting

The Frozen People

저자: Elly Griffiths • 2025

Sent to 1850 to solve a murder, a detective is stranded with no way home.

3.89

16,000+

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery ⚰️ Victorian Murder 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 📜 Dual Timeline 🚔 Framed For Murder

The Frozen People

Sent to 1850 to solve a murder, a detective is stranded with no way home.

저자: Elly Griffiths 2025 292 페이지

3.89

16,000+ 개의 평점

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery ⚰️ Victorian Murder 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 📜 Dual Timeline 🚔 Framed For Murder

How to Survive History

저자: Cody Cassidy • 2023

T. rex: 13 mph, you win. Pompeii: run north. The science of outliving history's deadliest days.

4.05

3,000+

🧨 Historical Disasters 🧪 Survival Science ⚠️ Worst-Case Scenarios ⚛️ Applied Physics 🔬 Popular Science

How to Survive History

T. rex: 13 mph, you win. Pompeii: run north. The science of outliving history's deadliest days.

저자: Cody Cassidy 2023 195 페이지

4.05

3,000+ 개의 평점

🧨 Historical Disasters 🧪 Survival Science ⚠️ Worst-Case Scenarios ⚛️ Applied Physics 🔬 Popular Science

Empress Orchid

저자: Anchee Min • 2003

A poor Manchu consort enters the Forbidden City; survival will cost her everything she loves.

3.90

25,000+

🏯 Imperial Court Drama 👘 Concubine Protagonist 💔 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Palace Rivalry 🤱 Imperial Motherhood

Empress Orchid

A poor Manchu consort enters the Forbidden City; survival will cost her everything she loves.

저자: Anchee Min 2003 368 페이지

3.90

25,000+ 개의 평점

🏯 Imperial Court Drama 👘 Concubine Protagonist 💔 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Palace Rivalry 🤱 Imperial Motherhood

Aggiustare l'universo

저자: Raffaella Romagnolo • 2023

After the war, a teacher mends a broken planetarium and a mute orphan's shattered voice.

4.04

500+

🏚️ Postwar Italy ✡️ Holocaust Survival 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 🍎 Teacher Student Bond

Aggiustare l'universo

After the war, a teacher mends a broken planetarium and a mute orphan's shattered voice.

저자: Raffaella Romagnolo 2023 360 페이지

4.04

500+ 개의 평점

🏚️ Postwar Italy ✡️ Holocaust Survival 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 🍎 Teacher Student Bond

The Duchess Deal

저자: Tessa Dare • 2017

A desperate seamstress demands payment from a scarred duke and leaves with a marriage proposal.

3.98

69,000+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🖤 Scarred Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💬 Witty Banter 🏠 Found Family

The Duchess Deal

A desperate seamstress demands payment from a scarred duke and leaves with a marriage proposal.

저자: Tessa Dare 2017 389 페이지

3.98

69,000+ 개의 평점

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🖤 Scarred Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💬 Witty Banter 🏠 Found Family

The Medici Manuscript

저자: C.J. Archer • 2023

In postwar London's magical library, an orphan finds a coded manuscript that could rewrite her past.

4.01

14,000+

🏛️ Magical Library 👥 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance 📜 Ancient Manuscript ✨ Latent Magic

The Medici Manuscript

In postwar London's magical library, an orphan finds a coded manuscript that could rewrite her past.

저자: C.J. Archer 2023 280 페이지

4.01

14,000+ 개의 평점

🏛️ Magical Library 👥 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance 📜 Ancient Manuscript ✨ Latent Magic

The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou

저자: Eleni Kyriacou • 2023

A Greek Cypriot grandmother's murder trial forces her interpreter to decide: loyalty or justice.

4.10

3,000+

🕰️ Historical Crime ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🌍 Immigrant Experience ⚰️ Death Penalty

The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou

A Greek Cypriot grandmother's murder trial forces her interpreter to decide: loyalty or justice.

저자: Eleni Kyriacou 2023 409 페이지

4.10

3,000+ 개의 평점

🕰️ Historical Crime ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🌍 Immigrant Experience ⚰️ Death Penalty

Hattie Ever After

저자: Kirby Larson • 2013

An orphan arrives in 1919 San Francisco chasing one fierce dream: a newspaper byline of her own.

3.82

4,000+

🇺🇸 1910s America 📰 Aspiring Reporter 🏙️ Small Town To Big City 🧳 Orphan Protagonist 💌 Slow Burn Romance

Hattie Ever After

An orphan arrives in 1919 San Francisco chasing one fierce dream: a newspaper byline of her own.

저자: Kirby Larson 2013 240 페이지

3.82

4,000+ 개의 평점

🇺🇸 1910s America 📰 Aspiring Reporter 🏙️ Small Town To Big City 🧳 Orphan Protagonist 💌 Slow Burn Romance

Wish You Well

저자: David Baldacci • 2000

Orphaned city kids land on a great-grandmother's Appalachian farm. The land demands everything.

4.06

33,000+

🏔️ Appalachian Historical 👧 Orphaned Siblings 🌄 Land As Legacy 🏡 Found Family ⛏️ Coal Country

Wish You Well

Orphaned city kids land on a great-grandmother's Appalachian farm. The land demands everything.

저자: David Baldacci 2000 432 페이지

4.06

33,000+ 개의 평점

🏔️ Appalachian Historical 👧 Orphaned Siblings 🌄 Land As Legacy 🏡 Found Family ⛏️ Coal Country

The Memory Box

저자: Kathryn Hughes • 2021

A hundred-year-old woman returns to Italy, carrying a box of mementos and a wartime secret.

4.48

16,000+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔒 Family Secrets 🧳 Evacuee Story 🇮🇹 Wartime Italy 💔 Love Triangle

The Memory Box

A hundred-year-old woman returns to Italy, carrying a box of mementos and a wartime secret.

저자: Kathryn Hughes 2021 430 페이지

4.48

16,000+ 개의 평점

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔒 Family Secrets 🧳 Evacuee Story 🇮🇹 Wartime Italy 💔 Love Triangle

Damnation

저자: Katelyn Taylor • 2025

A Salem landowner's forbidden affair with a beggar healer is swallowed whole by the witch trials.

3.88

1,000+

🧹 Salem Witch Trials 💔 Forbidden Love 🤰 Secret Pregnancy 🥀 Tragic Romance 🏘️ Colonial New England

Damnation

A Salem landowner's forbidden affair with a beggar healer is swallowed whole by the witch trials.

저자: Katelyn Taylor 2025 132 페이지

3.88

1,000+ 개의 평점

🧹 Salem Witch Trials 💔 Forbidden Love 🤰 Secret Pregnancy 🥀 Tragic Romance 🏘️ Colonial New England

The Given Day

저자: Dennis Lehane • 2008

An Irish cop and a Black fugitive collide in the Boston police strike of 1919.

4.08

28,000+

📜 Historical Epic ✊ Labor Movement 🔀 Parallel Lives 💔 Cross Class Romance 🏛️ Political Corruption

The Given Day

An Irish cop and a Black fugitive collide in the Boston police strike of 1919.

저자: Dennis Lehane 2008 704 페이지

4.08

28,000+ 개의 평점

📜 Historical Epic ✊ Labor Movement 🔀 Parallel Lives 💔 Cross Class Romance 🏛️ Political Corruption

Ordinary Monsters

저자: J.M. Miro • 2022

Gifted orphans find safety in a Scottish manor built upon a door to the dead.

3.77

22,000+

🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Sinister Institution 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🌑 Dark Destiny

Ordinary Monsters

Gifted orphans find safety in a Scottish manor built upon a door to the dead.

저자: J.M. Miro 2022 672 페이지

3.77

22,000+ 개의 평점

🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Sinister Institution 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🌑 Dark Destiny

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