Историческая проза

Реальные люди и переломные моменты нашего прошлого оживают в захватывающих историях, сочетающих документальные факты с художественным вымыслом. Будь то знаменитые личности или обычные люди, эти книги переносят читателей в детально воссозданные миры, сформированные подлинными обычаями, конфликтами и культурными силами своих эпох.

Историческая проза Саммари книг

The Last Love Song

— Lucinda Riley • 1997

An Irish love affair in London's 1960s music scene brings fame, a bullet, and a wrongful conviction.

4.10

6 000+

🎸 1960s Music Scene ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🏡 Irish Village Life 💔 Star-Crossed Romance 🔪 Jealousy And Obsession

The Last Love Song

An Irish love affair in London's 1960s music scene brings fame, a bullet, and a wrongful conviction.

— Lucinda Riley 1997 400 стр.

4.10

6 000+ оценок

🎸 1960s Music Scene ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🏡 Irish Village Life 💔 Star-Crossed Romance 🔪 Jealousy And Obsession

Letters from the Dead

— Isabella Valeri • 2025

An heiress must hide her family's murderous past or lose the woman she loves.

3.26

325

🏰 Gothic Family Saga 💔 Forbidden Sapphic Love 👑 Dysfunctional Dynasty 🏫 Boarding School 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Letters from the Dead

An heiress must hide her family's murderous past or lose the woman she loves.

— Isabella Valeri 2025 480 стр.

3.26

325 оценок

🏰 Gothic Family Saga 💔 Forbidden Sapphic Love 👑 Dysfunctional Dynasty 🏫 Boarding School 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Judas Strain

— James Rollins • 2007

Sigma Force must decipher Marco Polo's map when a flesh-eating plague rises from a glowing sea.

4.17

34 000+

🧬 Biological Thriller 📜 Ancient Code Mystery 🎯 Covert Ops Team 🎭 Double Agent ⏳ Dual Timeline

The Judas Strain

Sigma Force must decipher Marco Polo's map when a flesh-eating plague rises from a glowing sea.

— James Rollins 2007 450 стр.

4.17

34 000+ оценок

🧬 Biological Thriller 📜 Ancient Code Mystery 🎯 Covert Ops Team 🎭 Double Agent ⏳ Dual Timeline

Summer of My German Soldier

— Bette Greene • 1973

In WWII Arkansas, a Jewish girl shelters an escaped German POW who showed her she mattered.

3.70

17 000+

🏠 Wwii Home Front 🏘️ Small Town Prejudice 🤫 Secret Friendship 👥 Found Family ✡️ Jewish Protagonist

Summer of My German Soldier

In WWII Arkansas, a Jewish girl shelters an escaped German POW who showed her she mattered.

— Bette Greene 1973 203 стр.

3.70

17 000+ оценок

🏠 Wwii Home Front 🏘️ Small Town Prejudice 🤫 Secret Friendship 👥 Found Family ✡️ Jewish Protagonist

Empire of Shadows

— Jacquelyn Benson • 2024

A Victorian archivist pursues a lost city with a stolen map and a maddening surveyor.

4.15

9 000+

🏛️ Archaeological Adventure 🗺️ Lost City Quest 🤝 Reluctant Partners 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ✊ Defiant Heroine

Empire of Shadows

A Victorian archivist pursues a lost city with a stolen map and a maddening surveyor.

— Jacquelyn Benson 2024 478 стр.

4.15

9 000+ оценок

🏛️ Archaeological Adventure 🗺️ Lost City Quest 🤝 Reluctant Partners 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ✊ Defiant Heroine

Chains

— Laurie Halse Anderson • 2008

Sold to a Loyalist couple in Revolutionary New York, an enslaved girl turns spy to save her sister.

4.10

59 000+

🗽 American Revolution 🔗 Enslaved Narrator 👭 Sister Protection 🕵️ Unlikely Spy 💔 Emotionally Intense

Chains

Sold to a Loyalist couple in Revolutionary New York, an enslaved girl turns spy to save her sister.

— Laurie Halse Anderson 2008 316 стр.

4.10

59 000+ оценок

🗽 American Revolution 🔗 Enslaved Narrator 👭 Sister Protection 🕵️ Unlikely Spy 💔 Emotionally Intense

Mare's War

— Tanita S. Davis • 2009

Two sisters, one road trip, and a grandmother whose segregated WWII past is surfacing.

3.84

1 000+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 👵 Intergenerational Story 🪖 Women In Wartime 🚗 Road Trip Framing 👯 Sister Bond

Mare's War

Two sisters, one road trip, and a grandmother whose segregated WWII past is surfacing.

— Tanita S. Davis 2009 352 стр.

3.84

1 000+ оценок

🕰️ Dual Timeline 👵 Intergenerational Story 🪖 Women In Wartime 🚗 Road Trip Framing 👯 Sister Bond

Волчий зал

— Хилари Мантел • 2009

To give Henry VIII a new queen, a blacksmith's son must break England away from Rome.

3.91

200 000+

🔱 Tudor Court 🗡️ Political Intrigue ⛪ Religious Reformation 🌫️ Atmospheric Historical 🖤 Morally Complex Hero

Волчий зал

To give Henry VIII a new queen, a blacksmith's son must break England away from Rome.

— Хилари Мантел 2009 653 стр.

3.91

200 000+ оценок

🔱 Tudor Court 🗡️ Political Intrigue ⛪ Religious Reformation 🌫️ Atmospheric Historical 🖤 Morally Complex Hero

The Library of Borrowed Hearts

— Lucy Gilmore • 2024

Raising three siblings, a librarian discovers a vintage novel whose margins carry a secret romance.

3.85

19 000+

📖 Dual Timeline Romance 📚 Books About Books 🏠 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💌 Secret Romance

The Library of Borrowed Hearts

Raising three siblings, a librarian discovers a vintage novel whose margins carry a secret romance.

— Lucy Gilmore 2024 368 стр.

3.85

19 000+ оценок

📖 Dual Timeline Romance 📚 Books About Books 🏠 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💌 Secret Romance

A Secret Kept

— Tatiana de Rosnay • 2009

Revisiting their childhood island, siblings uncover the forbidden love behind their mother's death.

3.37

28 000+

🔍 Family Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Hidden Queer Past 🧠 Repressed Memory 💔 Absent Mother 🔥 Slow-Burn Mystery

A Secret Kept

Revisiting their childhood island, siblings uncover the forbidden love behind their mother's death.

— Tatiana de Rosnay 2009 303 стр.

3.37

28 000+ оценок

🔍 Family Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Hidden Queer Past 🧠 Repressed Memory 💔 Absent Mother 🔥 Slow-Burn Mystery

The Tin Drum

— Günter Grass • 1959

Never growing past three, he drums the Nazi nightmare and screams glass into shards.

3.95

46 000+

🪄 Magical Realism 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Comedy 👁️ Grotesque Imagery 🧒 Arrested Development

The Tin Drum

Never growing past three, he drums the Nazi nightmare and screams glass into shards.

— Günter Grass 1959 580 стр.

3.95

46 000+ оценок

🪄 Magical Realism 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Comedy 👁️ Grotesque Imagery 🧒 Arrested Development

The War I Finally Won

— Kimberly Brubaker Bradley • 2017

Her clubfoot finally fixed, a wartime orphan faces the harder battle of accepting she is wanted.

4.48

48 000+

🫂 Found Family 🐴 Healing Through Horses 🏠 Wwii Home Front 👩‍👧 Guardian And Ward 💔 Trauma Recovery

The War I Finally Won

Her clubfoot finally fixed, a wartime orphan faces the harder battle of accepting she is wanted.

— Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 2017 387 стр.

4.48

48 000+ оценок

🫂 Found Family 🐴 Healing Through Horses 🏠 Wwii Home Front 👩‍👧 Guardian And Ward 💔 Trauma Recovery

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

— Shannon Chakraborty • 2023

A retired pirate mother must rescue a kidnapped scholar from a sorcerer chasing forbidden power.

4.24

82 000+

🏰 Historical Fantasy 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Adventure 👩 Middle-Aged Protagonist ❤️ Found Family 🌙 Islamic Mythology

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

A retired pirate mother must rescue a kidnapped scholar from a sorcerer chasing forbidden power.

— Shannon Chakraborty 2023 496 стр.

4.24

82 000+ оценок

🏰 Historical Fantasy 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Adventure 👩 Middle-Aged Protagonist ❤️ Found Family 🌙 Islamic Mythology

The Assyrian

— Nicholas Guild • 1987

Half-Greek in Assyria's court, a prince navigates omens, war, and a brother's deadly envy.

4.26

1 000+

🌍 Ancient Near East ⚔️ Brothers As Rivals 👑 Palace Intrigue 💔 Love And Duty 🎭 Mythic Tragedy

The Assyrian

Half-Greek in Assyria's court, a prince navigates omens, war, and a brother's deadly envy.

— Nicholas Guild 1987 552 стр.

4.26

1 000+ оценок

🌍 Ancient Near East ⚔️ Brothers As Rivals 👑 Palace Intrigue 💔 Love And Duty 🎭 Mythic Tragedy

Winter's Tale

— Mark Helprin • 1983

A magical white horse rescues a thief, then fate places a dying heiress in his path.

3.51

29 000+

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 💔 Doomed Lovers ❄️ Wintry Atmosphere 🏙️ Gilded Age New York 🐴 Magical Animal Companion

Winter's Tale

A magical white horse rescues a thief, then fate places a dying heiress in his path.

— Mark Helprin 1983 769 стр.

3.51

29 000+ оценок

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 💔 Doomed Lovers ❄️ Wintry Atmosphere 🏙️ Gilded Age New York 🐴 Magical Animal Companion

Roman Blood

— Steven Saylor • 1991

A Roman detective and Cicero defend a farmer for parricide, but the real killer owns Sulla's Rome.

3.95

9 000+

🏛️ Ancient Rome Mystery 🕵️ Cynical Detective ⚔️ Gritty Ancient Rome 📜 Late Roman Republic ⚖️ Historical Trial

Roman Blood

A Roman detective and Cicero defend a farmer for parricide, but the real killer owns Sulla's Rome.

— Steven Saylor 1991 401 стр.

3.95

9 000+ оценок

🏛️ Ancient Rome Mystery 🕵️ Cynical Detective ⚔️ Gritty Ancient Rome 📜 Late Roman Republic ⚖️ Historical Trial

Olivia Twist

— Lorie Langdon • 2018

She survived as Oliver Twist. Now a society lady, the thief who knew her secret is back.

3.88

4 000+

🌀 Gender-Swapped Retelling 🏙️ Victorian London 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🗡️ Rogue With A Heart

Olivia Twist

She survived as Oliver Twist. Now a society lady, the thief who knew her secret is back.

— Lorie Langdon 2018 331 стр.

3.88

4 000+ оценок

🌀 Gender-Swapped Retelling 🏙️ Victorian London 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🗡️ Rogue With A Heart

A House of Tailors

— Patricia Reilly Giff • 2004

Trading Breisach's war for Brooklyn's tenements, Dina must stitch a life from homesickness and hope.

3.96

1 000+

🇺🇸 Immigrant Journey 🧵 Sewing And Tailoring ✉️ Letters From Home 📜 Quiet Historical 🏚️ Tenement Life

A House of Tailors

Trading Breisach's war for Brooklyn's tenements, Dina must stitch a life from homesickness and hope.

— Patricia Reilly Giff 2004 160 стр.

3.96

1 000+ оценок

🇺🇸 Immigrant Journey 🧵 Sewing And Tailoring ✉️ Letters From Home 📜 Quiet Historical 🏚️ Tenement Life

Wench

— Dolen Perkins-Valdez • 2010

An enslaved woman at a free-state resort must choose: her friend's freedom or her children's safety.

3.74

18 000+

🏛️ Antebellum South 📜 Neo-Slave Narrative 🤝 Found Sisterhood ⛓️ Enslaved Concubinage 🤱 Enslaved Motherhood

Wench

An enslaved woman at a free-state resort must choose: her friend's freedom or her children's safety.

— Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2010 290 стр.

3.74

18 000+ оценок

🏛️ Antebellum South 📜 Neo-Slave Narrative 🤝 Found Sisterhood ⛓️ Enslaved Concubinage 🤱 Enslaved Motherhood

When the Tides Held the Moon

— Venessa Vida Kelley • 2025

A Brooklyn blacksmith falls for the captive merman he's hired to keep in a tank.

4.14

14 000+

🎪 Carnival Sideshow 🧜‍♂️ Merman Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

When the Tides Held the Moon

A Brooklyn blacksmith falls for the captive merman he's hired to keep in a tank.

— Venessa Vida Kelley 2025 464 стр.

4.14

14 000+ оценок

🎪 Carnival Sideshow 🧜‍♂️ Merman Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

The Smell of Apples

— Mark Behr • 1993

A young Afrikaner boy's sunlit 1970s childhood hides a rot he can smell but cannot name.

3.55

1 000+

🏛️ Apartheid Literature 💔 Traumatic Coming Of Age 👦 Boyhood Friendship 👨 Father Son Conflict 🔒 Family Secrets

The Smell of Apples

A young Afrikaner boy's sunlit 1970s childhood hides a rot he can smell but cannot name.

— Mark Behr 1993 200 стр.

3.55

1 000+ оценок

🏛️ Apartheid Literature 💔 Traumatic Coming Of Age 👦 Boyhood Friendship 👨 Father Son Conflict 🔒 Family Secrets

Воды слонам!

— Сара Груэн • 2006

Orphaned, a vet student joins a traveling circus and falls for the mercurial animal trainer's wife.

4.11

1 000 000+

🎪 Circus Fiction 🏚️ Great Depression ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Forbidden Love 🔗 Abusive Marriage

Воды слонам!

Orphaned, a vet student joins a traveling circus and falls for the mercurial animal trainer's wife.

— Сара Груэн 2006 368 стр.

4.11

1 000 000+ оценок

🎪 Circus Fiction 🏚️ Great Depression ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Forbidden Love 🔗 Abusive Marriage

The Wicked Day

— Mary Stewart • 1983

Arthur's hidden son is summoned to court, where prophecy marks him as the king's doom.

4.10

12 000+

🏰 Arthurian Retelling 👑 Villain Origin Story 🔮 Prophecy And Fate ⚔️ Father-Son Conflict 💔 Family Betrayal

The Wicked Day

Arthur's hidden son is summoned to court, where prophecy marks him as the king's doom.

— Mary Stewart 1983 417 стр.

4.10

12 000+ оценок

🏰 Arthurian Retelling 👑 Villain Origin Story 🔮 Prophecy And Fate ⚔️ Father-Son Conflict 💔 Family Betrayal

The Long Ships

— Frans G. Bengtsson • 1941

Abducted by raiders, a boy navigates slavery, caliphs, and treasure hunts across the Viking world.

4.27

12 000+

⚔️ Viking Adventure 🤷 Reluctant Hero 🤝 Male Friendship 👥 Found Family 💰 Quest For Treasure

The Long Ships

Abducted by raiders, a boy navigates slavery, caliphs, and treasure hunts across the Viking world.

— Frans G. Bengtsson 1941 478 стр.

4.27

12 000+ оценок

⚔️ Viking Adventure 🤷 Reluctant Hero 🤝 Male Friendship 👥 Found Family 💰 Quest For Treasure

The Heretic's Daughter

— Kathleen Kent • 2008

Salem witch trials: a girl's coerced confession could save her life or condemn her mother.

3.79

37 000+

🧙‍♀️ Salem Witch Trials ⛪ Puritan New England ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🔗 Coerced Confession 🩹 Generational Trauma

The Heretic's Daughter

Salem witch trials: a girl's coerced confession could save her life or condemn her mother.

— Kathleen Kent 2008 332 стр.

3.79

37 000+ оценок

🧙‍♀️ Salem Witch Trials ⛪ Puritan New England ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🔗 Coerced Confession 🩹 Generational Trauma

When the Moon is Low

— Nadia Hashimi • 2015

A mother flees Taliban Kabul with her children, risking the smuggler's road to Europe.

4.12

17 000+

🧳 Refugee Journey 💔 Family Separation 🌱 Forced Maturity 👤 Absent Father 💌 Forbidden First Love

When the Moon is Low

A mother flees Taliban Kabul with her children, risking the smuggler's road to Europe.

— Nadia Hashimi 2015 384 стр.

4.12

17 000+ оценок

🧳 Refugee Journey 💔 Family Separation 🌱 Forced Maturity 👤 Absent Father 💌 Forbidden First Love

Diario del fin del mundo

— Mario Mendoza • 2018

A dying friend's letter pulls a writer into Colombia's Nazi underworld and a buried love triangle.

4.16

2 000+

🕵️ Hidden War Criminals 💔 Inherited Trauma 🔺 Love Triangle Tragedy 🌎 Nazis In South America 🌑 Apocalyptic Dread

Diario del fin del mundo

A dying friend's letter pulls a writer into Colombia's Nazi underworld and a buried love triangle.

— Mario Mendoza 2018 264 стр.

4.16

2 000+ оценок

🕵️ Hidden War Criminals 💔 Inherited Trauma 🔺 Love Triangle Tragedy 🌎 Nazis In South America 🌑 Apocalyptic Dread

Kate & Frida

— Kim Fay • 2025

A bookseller's reply to a Paris writer sparks a friendship by mail, tested by war.

3.97

4 000+

📝 Epistolary Novel 👯 Female Friendship 📚 Books About Bookstores 🏠 Found Family 🍽️ Foodie Fiction

Kate & Frida

A bookseller's reply to a Paris writer sparks a friendship by mail, tested by war.

— Kim Fay 2025 288 стр.

3.97

4 000+ оценок

📝 Epistolary Novel 👯 Female Friendship 📚 Books About Bookstores 🏠 Found Family 🍽️ Foodie Fiction

The Kingdom of Copper

— S.A. Chakraborty • 2019

A healer's forced marriage binds her to a djinn city tearing itself apart.

4.38

93 000+

🧞 Djinn Mythology 💍 Political Marriage 🏛️ Court Intrigue 💔 Tragic Fantasy 🩺 Healer Protagonist

The Kingdom of Copper

A healer's forced marriage binds her to a djinn city tearing itself apart.

— S.A. Chakraborty 2019 625 стр.

4.38

93 000+ оценок

🧞 Djinn Mythology 💍 Political Marriage 🏛️ Court Intrigue 💔 Tragic Fantasy 🩺 Healer Protagonist

The Street

— Ann Petry • 1946

Harlem, 1940s. A single mother rents a room. The super watches. The street waits.

4.27

13 000+

🏙️ Social Realism 🖤 Black Womanhood ⛓️ Systemic Racism 🧹 Domestic Work 🎷 1940s Harlem

The Street

Harlem, 1940s. A single mother rents a room. The super watches. The street waits.

— Ann Petry 1946 435 стр.

4.27

13 000+ оценок

🏙️ Social Realism 🖤 Black Womanhood ⛓️ Systemic Racism 🧹 Domestic Work 🎷 1940s Harlem

A Raisin in the Sun

— Lorraine Hansberry • 2002

An insurance check pits a Black family's dreams against each other in a cramped Chicago apartment.

3.85

100 000+

🏠 Domestic Drama 👵 Generational Conflict 💔 Thwarted Dreams 👩‍👧‍👦 Matriarchal Family 🚫 Housing Segregation

A Raisin in the Sun

An insurance check pits a Black family's dreams against each other in a cramped Chicago apartment.

— Lorraine Hansberry 2002 162 стр.

3.85

100 000+ оценок

🏠 Domestic Drama 👵 Generational Conflict 💔 Thwarted Dreams 👩‍👧‍👦 Matriarchal Family 🚫 Housing Segregation

Painted Horses

— Malcolm Brooks • 2014

A young archaeologist in 1950s Montana discovers ancient petroglyphs in a canyon a dam will drown.

3.50

2 000+

🌄 Montana Fiction 🐴 Wild Horse Mustangs 🔬 Archaeological Discovery 🪶 Indigenous Displacement 🏗️ Cost Of Progress

Иммерсивные

Painted Horses

A young archaeologist in 1950s Montana discovers ancient petroglyphs in a canyon a dam will drown.

— Malcolm Brooks 2014 367 стр.

3.50

2 000+ оценок

🌄 Montana Fiction 🐴 Wild Horse Mustangs 🔬 Archaeological Discovery 🪶 Indigenous Displacement 🏗️ Cost Of Progress

The Fox Wife

— Yangsze Choo • 2024

A fox spirit stalks her child's killer across 1908 Manchuria, trailed by a detective who hears lies.

3.98

31 000+

🦊 Fox Spirit Folklore 🏮 East Asian Mythology 🔥 Revenge Quest 🔍 Supernatural Detective 💕 Found Family

The Fox Wife

A fox spirit stalks her child's killer across 1908 Manchuria, trailed by a detective who hears lies.

— Yangsze Choo 2024 390 стр.

3.98

31 000+ оценок

🦊 Fox Spirit Folklore 🏮 East Asian Mythology 🔥 Revenge Quest 🔍 Supernatural Detective 💕 Found Family

Пойди, поставь сторожа

— Харпер Ли • 2015

Home from New York, a young woman finds her father, her moral hero, sitting with segregationists.

3.31

200 000+

🖋️ Southern Literary Fiction 🗳️ Civil Rights Era 🏛️ Fallen Idol 🔗 Generational Divide 👨‍👧 Fathers And Daughters

Пойди, поставь сторожа

Home from New York, a young woman finds her father, her moral hero, sitting with segregationists.

— Харпер Ли 2015 7 стр.

3.31

200 000+ оценок

🖋️ Southern Literary Fiction 🗳️ Civil Rights Era 🏛️ Fallen Idol 🔗 Generational Divide 👨‍👧 Fathers And Daughters

Still Life

— Sarah Winman • 2021

A Londoner inherits a flat in Florence and gathers the lonely souls who become his family.

4.15

97 000+

🤲 Found Family 🍷 Postwar Italy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Community 💕 Queer Love Story 🕰️ Intergenerational Bonds

Still Life

A Londoner inherits a flat in Florence and gathers the lonely souls who become his family.

— Sarah Winman 2021 464 стр.

4.15

97 000+ оценок

🤲 Found Family 🍷 Postwar Italy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Community 💕 Queer Love Story 🕰️ Intergenerational Bonds

Hercule Poirot's Silent Night

— Sophie Hannah • 2023

Trapped in a crumbling Norfolk house at Christmas, Poirot hunts a killer who targets happy men.

3.68

11 000+

👑 Golden Age Mystery 🏠 Country House Murder 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 🗝️ Family Secrets

Hercule Poirot's Silent Night

Trapped in a crumbling Norfolk house at Christmas, Poirot hunts a killer who targets happy men.

— Sophie Hannah 2023

3.68

11 000+ оценок

👑 Golden Age Mystery 🏠 Country House Murder 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 🗝️ Family Secrets

The Hunger

— Alma Katsu • 2018

The Donner Party cuts through the mountains. By the first snow, something is feeding on them.

3.59

35 000+

🏜️ Frontier Horror ❄️ Snowbound Isolation 💀 Ancestral Curse 🔥 Slow Burn Horror 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Hunger

The Donner Party cuts through the mountains. By the first snow, something is feeding on them.

— Alma Katsu 2018 376 стр.

3.59

35 000+ оценок

🏜️ Frontier Horror ❄️ Snowbound Isolation 💀 Ancestral Curse 🔥 Slow Burn Horror 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Once and Future Witches

— Alix E. Harrow • 2020

Three sisters reunite in a city that burns witches and summon a lost magic tower, hunted.

4.02

100 000+

🕰️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🧙 Generational Magic 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 📚 Hidden Library 🕮 Folkloric Fantasy

The Once and Future Witches

Three sisters reunite in a city that burns witches and summon a lost magic tower, hunted.

— Alix E. Harrow 2020 517 стр.

4.02

100 000+ оценок

🕰️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🧙 Generational Magic 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 📚 Hidden Library 🕮 Folkloric Fantasy

Remember Love

— Mary Balogh • 2022

A disgraced earl returns to find the woman he left behind engaged to another man.

3.91

6 000+

🏠 Estranged Heir 💖 Second Chance Romance 🤫 Family Secrets 💍 Proposal By Heroine 🏴 Welsh Countryside

Remember Love

A disgraced earl returns to find the woman he left behind engaged to another man.

— Mary Balogh 2022 360 стр.

3.91

6 000+ оценок

🏠 Estranged Heir 💖 Second Chance Romance 🤫 Family Secrets 💍 Proposal By Heroine 🏴 Welsh Countryside

The Orphan Master's Son

— Adam Johnson • 2012

An orphan in North Korea steals a hero's identity and his wife, gambling everything on escape.

4.07

100 000+

🏴 Totalitarian State 🎭 Assumed Identity 📢 State Propaganda 💔 Forbidden Love 🌫️ Bleak Atmosphere

The Orphan Master's Son

An orphan in North Korea steals a hero's identity and his wife, gambling everything on escape.

— Adam Johnson 2012 443 стр.

4.07

100 000+ оценок

🏴 Totalitarian State 🎭 Assumed Identity 📢 State Propaganda 💔 Forbidden Love 🌫️ Bleak Atmosphere

The Girl in the Green Dress

— Mariah Fredericks • 2025

A reporter in Jazz Age New York stalks a locked-room murder and the girl in green.

3.51

1 000+

🎷 Jazz Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📰 Reporter As Detective 👥 Real Historical Figures 🗽 1920s New York

The Girl in the Green Dress

A reporter in Jazz Age New York stalks a locked-room murder and the girl in green.

— Mariah Fredericks 2025 336 стр.

3.51

1 000+ оценок

🎷 Jazz Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📰 Reporter As Detective 👥 Real Historical Figures 🗽 1920s New York

Damnation Spring

— Ash Davidson • 2021

A secret land deal and a biologist's herbicide warning fracture a logging family haunted by loss.

3.90

13 000+

🌲 Logging Community ☣️ Environmental Contamination 🏔️ Pacific Northwest 📼 1970s America 💔 Pregnancy Loss

Damnation Spring

A secret land deal and a biologist's herbicide warning fracture a logging family haunted by loss.

— Ash Davidson 2021 464 стр.

3.90

13 000+ оценок

🌲 Logging Community ☣️ Environmental Contamination 🏔️ Pacific Northwest 📼 1970s America 💔 Pregnancy Loss

A Tale of Two Cities / Great Expectations

— Charles Dickens • 1859

A lawyer trades his life at the guillotine; an orphan's fortune conceals a shadowy past.

4.02

17 000+

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