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The Blackthorn Queen

de 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.

de Melanie Karsak 2023 338 pagini

4.45

1.000+ evaluări

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

A Girl Called Samson

de 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.

de Amy Harmon 2023 405 pagini

4.46

58.000+ evaluări

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

The Girl in the Tower

de 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.

de Katherine Arden 2017 360 pagini

4.35

100.000+ evaluări

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

Under a Dancing Star

de 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.

de Laura Wood 2019 356 pagini

4.13

3.000+ evaluări

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

The Jefferson Key

de 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.

de Steve Berry 2011 456 pagini

3.92

22.000+ evaluări

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

The Stolen Queen

de 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.

de Fiona Davis 2025 352 pagini

3.89

64.000+ evaluări

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

Dear Mr. Kilmer

de 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.

de Anne E. Schraff 1999

3.96

272 evaluări

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

Small Favors

de 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.

de Erin A. Craig 2021 466 pagini

4.00

24.000+ evaluări

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

Brotherless Night

de 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.

de V.V. Ganeshananthan 2023 348 pagini

4.45

18.000+ evaluări

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

The Parthian

de 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.

de Peter Darman 2011 722 pagini

4.26

1.000+ evaluări

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

Moby Dick

de 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.

de Rod Espinosa 2008 0 pagini

3.55

5.000+ evaluări

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

The First Casualty

de 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.

de Ben Elton 2005 444 pagini

3.95

6.000+ evaluări

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

The Ring of Earth

de 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.

de Chris Bradford 2010 314 pagini

4.42

4.000+ evaluări

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

From Sand and Ash

de 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.

de Amy Harmon 2016 372 pagini

4.38

68.000+ evaluări

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

Friends Like These

de 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.

de Meg Rosoff 2022 320 pagini

3.30

2.000+ evaluări

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

The Paris Express

de 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.

de Emma Donoghue 2025 274 pagini

3.27

14.000+ evaluări

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

In the Shadow of Truth

de 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.

de J.E. Leak 2023 649 pagini

4.46

376 evaluări

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

The Impossible Thing

de 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.

de Belinda Bauer 2025 336 pagini

4.07

6.000+ evaluări

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

The Invisible Woman

de 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.

de Claire Tomalin 1990 384 pagini

3.75

1.000+ evaluări

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

The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door

de 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.

de H.G. Parry 2024 437 pagini

4.10

6.000+ evaluări

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

Hauptmann's Ladder

de 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.

de Richard T. Cahill Jr. 2014 416 pagini

4.17

125 evaluări

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

The Tale of the Vampire Bride

de 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.

de Rhiannon Frater 2009 334 pagini

4.09

1.000+ evaluări

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

Heaven Official's Blessing

de 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.

de Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 2022 438 pagini

4.63

36.000+ evaluări

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

The Summer Before the War

de 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.

de Helen Simonson 2016 481 pagini

3.79

44.000+ evaluări

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

The Plantagenets

de 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.

de Dan Jones 2012 534 pagini

4.25

24.000+ evaluări

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

The Letter

de 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.

de Kathryn Hughes 2013 265 pagini

4.06

66.000+ evaluări

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

Laut Bercerita

de 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.

de Leila S. Chudori 2017 380 pagini

4.61

25.000+ evaluări

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

No pasó nada

de 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.

de Antonio Skármeta 1980 88 pagini

3.35

500+ evaluări

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

The Mammoth Hunters

de 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.

de Jean M. Auel 1985 688 pagini

3.96

78.000+ evaluări

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

The Land of Painted Caves

de 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.

de Jean M. Auel 2011 828 pagini

3.46

37.000+ evaluări

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

The Vanishing Bookstore

de 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.

de Helen Phifer 2026 314 pagini

3.88

4.000+ evaluări

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

The Story Teller

de 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.

de Margaret Coel 1999 241 pagini

4.12

1.000+ evaluări

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

The Secret Token

de 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.

de Andrew Lawler 2018 426 pagini

3.76

1.000+ evaluări

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

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

de 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.

de Kiersten White 2018 304 pagini

3.89

23.000+ evaluări

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

Talking to the Dead

de 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.

de Barbara Weisberg 2004 324 pagini

3.60

500+ evaluări

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

West with Giraffes

de Lynda Rutledge • 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

West with Giraffes

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

de Lynda Rutledge 2021 346 pagini

4.32

200.000+ evaluări

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

In the Shadow of Blackbirds

de 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.

de Cat Winters 2013 387 pagini

3.85

13.000+ evaluări

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

The Frozen People

de 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.

de Elly Griffiths 2025 292 pagini

3.89

16.000+ evaluări

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

How to Survive History

de 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.

de Cody Cassidy 2023 195 pagini

4.05

3.000+ evaluări

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

Empress Orchid

de 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.

de Anchee Min 2003 368 pagini

3.90

25.000+ evaluări

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

Aggiustare l'universo

de 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.

de Raffaella Romagnolo 2023 360 pagini

4.04

500+ evaluări

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

The Duchess Deal

de 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.

de Tessa Dare 2017 389 pagini

3.98

69.000+ evaluări

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

The Medici Manuscript

de 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.

de C.J. Archer 2023 280 pagini

4.01

14.000+ evaluări

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

The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou

de 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.

de Eleni Kyriacou 2023 409 pagini

4.10

3.000+ evaluări

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

Hattie Ever After

de 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.

de Kirby Larson 2013 240 pagini

3.82

4.000+ evaluări

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

Wish You Well

de 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.

de David Baldacci 2000 432 pagini

4.06

33.000+ evaluări

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

The Memory Box

de 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.

de Kathryn Hughes 2021 430 pagini

4.48

16.000+ evaluări

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

Damnation

de 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.

de Katelyn Taylor 2025 132 pagini

3.88

1.000+ evaluări

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

The Given Day

de 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.

de Dennis Lehane 2008 704 pagini

4.08

28.000+ evaluări

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

Ordinary Monsters

de 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.

de J.M. Miro 2022 672 pagini

3.77

22.000+ evaluări

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

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