Историческая

Реальные люди и переломные моменты оживают благодаря тщательным исследованиям и захватывающему повествованию в этих путешествиях сквозь время. Будь то слежка за шпионами во время Американской революции или исследование скрытых жизней выдающихся женщин, эти книги освещают удивительные истины и нерассказанные истории, которые сформировали наш мир.

Историческая Саммари книг

Magic Lessons

— Alice Hoffman • 2020

Trained in secret magic, Maria curses her bloodline after the magistrate she loves betrays her.

4.22

69 000+

🧹 Witch Trials 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 🌳 Generational Saga 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere ⚖️ Colonial Salem

Magic Lessons

Trained in secret magic, Maria curses her bloodline after the magistrate she loves betrays her.

— Alice Hoffman 2020 396 стр.

4.22

69 000+ оценок

🧹 Witch Trials 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 🌳 Generational Saga 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere ⚖️ Colonial Salem

Powers and Thrones

— Dan Jones • 2021

How a millennium of barbarians, crusaders, and merchants built the foundations of the modern world.

4.39

10 000+

📚 Narrative History 🏛️ Fall Of Rome ☦️ Byzantine Empire ☪️ Rise Of Islam ⚔️ Crusades

Powers and Thrones

How a millennium of barbarians, crusaders, and merchants built the foundations of the modern world.

— Dan Jones 2021 636 стр.

4.39

10 000+ оценок

📚 Narrative History 🏛️ Fall Of Rome ☦️ Byzantine Empire ☪️ Rise Of Islam ⚔️ Crusades

Captive Passions

— Fern Michaels • 1977

To avenge her sister she weds a Dutch official, and hunts his ships by night.

3.96

1 000+

🖤 Bodice Ripper 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Romance ⚔️ Revenge Quest 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience

Captive Passions

To avenge her sister she weds a Dutch official, and hunts his ships by night.

— Fern Michaels 1977 441 стр.

3.96

1 000+ оценок

🖤 Bodice Ripper 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Romance ⚔️ Revenge Quest 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience

The Curse of Penryth Hall

— Jess Armstrong • 2023

An exile delivers books to a cursed Cornish manor and finds her lost love's husband dead.

3.58

6 000+

🏚️ Postwar Gothic 🌿 Folk Horror Mystery 💔 Forbidden Queer Love 🤫 Village Secrets ⛓️ Abusive Marriage

The Curse of Penryth Hall

An exile delivers books to a cursed Cornish manor and finds her lost love's husband dead.

— Jess Armstrong 2023 326 стр.

3.58

6 000+ оценок

🏚️ Postwar Gothic 🌿 Folk Horror Mystery 💔 Forbidden Queer Love 🤫 Village Secrets ⛓️ Abusive Marriage

Hundert Tage

— Lukas Bärfuss • 2008

A Swiss development worker stays in Rwanda as genocide begins, and his moral certainty shatters.

3.70

500+

🏛️ Postcolonial Fiction 🌍 Aid Worker Abroad 🪞 Western Guilt 💔 Cross-Cultural Romance 🕯️ Guilt And Memory

Hundert Tage

A Swiss development worker stays in Rwanda as genocide begins, and his moral certainty shatters.

— Lukas Bärfuss 2008 197 стр.

3.70

500+ оценок

🏛️ Postcolonial Fiction 🌍 Aid Worker Abroad 🪞 Western Guilt 💔 Cross-Cultural Romance 🕯️ Guilt And Memory

Good Dirt

— Charmaine Wilkerson • 2025

A jar worth killing for, a wedding that never was, a woman gathering the shards of history.

3.97

68 000+

📜 Multi-Generational Saga ⏳ Dual Timelines 🖤 Intergenerational Trauma 🏺 Family Heirloom 🕵️ Unsolved Murder

Good Dirt

A jar worth killing for, a wedding that never was, a woman gathering the shards of history.

— Charmaine Wilkerson 2025 368 стр.

3.97

68 000+ оценок

📜 Multi-Generational Saga ⏳ Dual Timelines 🖤 Intergenerational Trauma 🏺 Family Heirloom 🕵️ Unsolved Murder

Alejandro Magno y las águilas de Roma

— Javier Negrete • 2007

Alexander the Great survives Babylon. His army turns west, but the Roman republic does not break.

3.77

339

🏛️ Alexander The Great 🦅 Ancient Rome 🔀 Alternate History ⚔️ Ancient Warfare 🌠 Oracles And Omens

Alejandro Magno y las águilas de Roma

Alexander the Great survives Babylon. His army turns west, but the Roman republic does not break.

— Javier Negrete 2007 528 стр.

3.77

339 оценок

🏛️ Alexander The Great 🦅 Ancient Rome 🔀 Alternate History ⚔️ Ancient Warfare 🌠 Oracles And Omens

Anima Rising

— Christopher Moore • 2025

Frankenstein's bride washes up in Vienna with no memory and becomes Klimt's most dangerous muse.

4.05

5 000+

🧟 Frankenstein Retelling 🕰️ Immortal Woman 🎨 Artist And Muse 💛 Found Family 😈 Darkly Comic

Anima Rising

Frankenstein's bride washes up in Vienna with no memory and becomes Klimt's most dangerous muse.

— Christopher Moore 2025 400 стр.

4.05

5 000+ оценок

🧟 Frankenstein Retelling 🕰️ Immortal Woman 🎨 Artist And Muse 💛 Found Family 😈 Darkly Comic

Black Butterflies

— Priscilla Morris • 2022

An artist remains in Sarajevo as war descends, painting through the siege while her city burns.

4.21

14 000+

🏚️ Siege Survival 🎨 Wartime Art 👩‍🎨 Artist Protagonist 💔 Love During Wartime 🏘️ Neighbors As Family

Black Butterflies

An artist remains in Sarajevo as war descends, painting through the siege while her city burns.

— Priscilla Morris 2022 256 стр.

4.21

14 000+ оценок

🏚️ Siege Survival 🎨 Wartime Art 👩‍🎨 Artist Protagonist 💔 Love During Wartime 🏘️ Neighbors As Family

The Island Club

— Nicola Harrison • 2026

Three women's secrets, scandals, and a shot at redemption collide at a 1950s island tennis club.

3.67

6 000+

🕰️ 1950s America 🌴 California Beach Town 🎾 Women's Tennis 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Strained Marriages

The Island Club

Three women's secrets, scandals, and a shot at redemption collide at a 1950s island tennis club.

— Nicola Harrison 2026 304 стр.

3.67

6 000+ оценок

🕰️ 1950s America 🌴 California Beach Town 🎾 Women's Tennis 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Strained Marriages

The Songbook of Benny Lament

— Amy Harmon • 2021

A mobster's son falls for a Black singer hiding a dangerous legacy in 1960s New York.

4.45

9 000+

🖤 Interracial Romance 🎵 Music Industry Fiction 🔍 Hidden Parentage 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🔫 Mob Ties

The Songbook of Benny Lament

A mobster's son falls for a Black singer hiding a dangerous legacy in 1960s New York.

— Amy Harmon 2021 444 стр.

4.45

9 000+ оценок

🖤 Interracial Romance 🎵 Music Industry Fiction 🔍 Hidden Parentage 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🔫 Mob Ties

The Moonflowers

— Abigail Rose-Marie • 2024

A painter memorializes her grandfather in an Appalachian town where his killer waits in the asylum.

4.32

23 000+

🌑 Southern Gothic 🌿 Underground Midwifery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma ⛰️ Appalachian Mountains

The Moonflowers

A painter memorializes her grandfather in an Appalachian town where his killer waits in the asylum.

— Abigail Rose-Marie 2024 329 стр.

4.32

23 000+ оценок

🌑 Southern Gothic 🌿 Underground Midwifery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma ⛰️ Appalachian Mountains

Riding Freedom

— Pam Muñoz Ryan • 1998

An orphan girl cuts her hair and becomes a boy, chasing a life of horses and freedom.

4.18

8 000+

🏚️ Orphan Narrative 🐴 Horse Girl Story 🎭 Girl Living As Boy 🌄 Westward Expansion 🤝 Found Family

Riding Freedom

An orphan girl cuts her hair and becomes a boy, chasing a life of horses and freedom.

— Pam Muñoz Ryan 1998 160 стр.

4.18

8 000+ оценок

🏚️ Orphan Narrative 🐴 Horse Girl Story 🎭 Girl Living As Boy 🌄 Westward Expansion 🤝 Found Family

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker

— Patricia Meredith • 2021

A beheading forces a masked thief and a detective to hunt a killer in a Spokane mansion.

4.06

190

🔍 Historical Whodunit 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🎭 Masked Thief 👥 Detective Duo ⚙️ Eccentric Inventor

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker

A beheading forces a masked thief and a detective to hunt a killer in a Spokane mansion.

— Patricia Meredith 2021 302 стр.

4.06

190 оценок

🔍 Historical Whodunit 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🎭 Masked Thief 👥 Detective Duo ⚙️ Eccentric Inventor

Книга утраченных имён

— Кристин Хармель • 2020

A librarian spots the book she used to hide Jewish children's real names from the Nazis.

4.44

300 000+

🔥 Wwii Resistance ⏳ Dual Timeline 🎭 Forged Identity 💞 Lost Love Reunited 💕 Wartime Romance

Книга утраченных имён

A librarian spots the book she used to hide Jewish children's real names from the Nazis.

— Кристин Хармель 2020 388 стр.

4.44

300 000+ оценок

🔥 Wwii Resistance ⏳ Dual Timeline 🎭 Forged Identity 💞 Lost Love Reunited 💕 Wartime Romance

The Small Boat of Great Sorrows

— Dan Fesperman • 2003

A Bosnian exile in Berlin goes undercover to trap a war criminal who knew his father.

4.01

500+

🔍 Hunting War Criminals 🧬 Inherited Guilt 🕵️ Undercover Operation 🪙 Hidden Wartime Gold 🗺️ Postwar Balkans

The Small Boat of Great Sorrows

A Bosnian exile in Berlin goes undercover to trap a war criminal who knew his father.

— Dan Fesperman 2003 320 стр.

4.01

500+ оценок

🔍 Hunting War Criminals 🧬 Inherited Guilt 🕵️ Undercover Operation 🪙 Hidden Wartime Gold 🗺️ Postwar Balkans

The Sunrise

— Victoria Hislop • 2014

1974. A Cypriot city empties in war. Greek and Turkish neighbors hide inside a luxury hotel.

3.86

12 000+

🇨🇾 Divided Cyprus 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Love 🌅 Elegiac

The Sunrise

1974. A Cypriot city empties in war. Greek and Turkish neighbors hide inside a luxury hotel.

— Victoria Hislop 2014 481 стр.

3.86

12 000+ оценок

🇨🇾 Divided Cyprus 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Love 🌅 Elegiac

The Golden Specific

— S.E. Grove • 2015

A phantom's call sends a young cartographer across shattered time to find her missing parents.

4.11

2 000+

🗺️ Magical Maps 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Memory As Magic 👻 Phantom Guides 🏛️ Political Conspiracy

The Golden Specific

A phantom's call sends a young cartographer across shattered time to find her missing parents.

— S.E. Grove 2015 505 стр.

4.11

2 000+ оценок

🗺️ Magical Maps 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Memory As Magic 👻 Phantom Guides 🏛️ Political Conspiracy

Emperor of Rome

— Mary Beard • 2023

Rome's one-man rule was an accident, sustained by performance, paperwork, and palace murders.

4.08

7 000+

🏛️ Roman Empire ⚡ Autocracy 📖 Cultural History 🎭 Palace Intrigue ⚔️ Succession Crises

Emperor of Rome

Rome's one-man rule was an accident, sustained by performance, paperwork, and palace murders.

— Mary Beard 2023 493 стр.

4.08

7 000+ оценок

🏛️ Roman Empire ⚡ Autocracy 📖 Cultural History 🎭 Palace Intrigue ⚔️ Succession Crises

Alec Mackenzie's Art of Seduction

— Jennifer Ashley • 2017

A fugitive Highlander hides as a drawing master. His pupil is the daughter of his enemy.

4.06

1 000+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Highlander Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎓 Teacher Pupil 🏛️ Georgian London

Alec Mackenzie's Art of Seduction

A fugitive Highlander hides as a drawing master. His pupil is the daughter of his enemy.

— Jennifer Ashley 2017 326 стр.

4.06

1 000+ оценок

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Highlander Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎓 Teacher Pupil 🏛️ Georgian London

The Cross of Lead

— Avi • 2002

Falsely accused, a boy follows a giant juggler, his lead cross a secret worth a lordship.

3.65

28 000+

🏰 Medieval Adventure 👑 Secret Noble Birth 🎪 Mentor Apprentice Bond 🏃 Outlaw On The Run ❤️ Found Family

The Cross of Lead

Falsely accused, a boy follows a giant juggler, his lead cross a secret worth a lordship.

— Avi 2002 262 стр.

3.65

28 000+ оценок

🏰 Medieval Adventure 👑 Secret Noble Birth 🎪 Mentor Apprentice Bond 🏃 Outlaw On The Run ❤️ Found Family

The Toymaker's Curse

— C.J. Archer • 2021

A stolen spell entangles a Victorian watchmaker in a murder and a conspiracy to control magic.

4.09

6 000+

🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 🫂 Found Family ⚙️ Magical Artisans 🔍 Married Sleuths 🕰️ Clockwork Magic

The Toymaker's Curse

A stolen spell entangles a Victorian watchmaker in a murder and a conspiracy to control magic.

— C.J. Archer 2021 280 стр.

4.09

6 000+ оценок

🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 🫂 Found Family ⚙️ Magical Artisans 🔍 Married Sleuths 🕰️ Clockwork Magic

The Secrets We Kept

— Lara Prescott • 2019

A banned novel links a Moscow muse facing the Gulag to the CIA typists smuggling it home.

3.65

79 000+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 📚 Books About Books 🕶️ Secret Female Spies 💔 Forbidden Queer Romance 🎨 Muse And Artist

The Secrets We Kept

A banned novel links a Moscow muse facing the Gulag to the CIA typists smuggling it home.

— Lara Prescott 2019 368 стр.

3.65

79 000+ оценок

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 📚 Books About Books 🕶️ Secret Female Spies 💔 Forbidden Queer Romance 🎨 Muse And Artist

Colección integral de Jane Austen

— Jane Austen • 1981

Seven women, one Regency world: love, pride, and the winding road to knowing your own heart.

4.57

34 000+

🏛️ Regency Romance 🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 💌 Second Chance Romance

Colección integral de Jane Austen

Seven women, one Regency world: love, pride, and the winding road to knowing your own heart.

— Jane Austen 1981 2561 стр.

4.57

34 000+ оценок

🏛️ Regency Romance 🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 💌 Second Chance Romance

The Book of Goose

— Yiyun Li • 2022

Two girls wrote a book. One became a prodigy. Only the other knew the truth.

3.68

21 000+

🖤 Intense Female Friendship 🖋️ Fake Authorship 📖 Storytelling As Control 🇫🇷 Postwar France 🌧️ Melancholy Literary

The Book of Goose

Two girls wrote a book. One became a prodigy. Only the other knew the truth.

— Yiyun Li 2022 348 стр.

3.68

21 000+ оценок

🖤 Intense Female Friendship 🖋️ Fake Authorship 📖 Storytelling As Control 🇫🇷 Postwar France 🌧️ Melancholy Literary

The Mountains Sing

— Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai • 2020

A grandmother in Vietnam tells her granddaughter the story of a family that refused to break.

4.31

64 000+

🏮 Vietnamese History 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multigenerational Saga ⚔️ Women In Wartime 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 📖 Family Storytelling

The Mountains Sing

A grandmother in Vietnam tells her granddaughter the story of a family that refused to break.

— Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai 2020 342 стр.

4.31

64 000+ оценок

🏮 Vietnamese History 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multigenerational Saga ⚔️ Women In Wartime 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 📖 Family Storytelling

Dances with Wolves

— Michael Blake • 1988

Alone at a frontier outpost, a Union officer befriends the Comanche. The army calls it treason.

4.24

29 000+

🏜️ Frontier Western 🌍 Cultural Assimilation 💞 Cross-Cultural Romance 🐺 Animal Companions 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Dances with Wolves

Alone at a frontier outpost, a Union officer befriends the Comanche. The army calls it treason.

— Michael Blake 1988 304 стр.

4.24

29 000+ оценок

🏜️ Frontier Western 🌍 Cultural Assimilation 💞 Cross-Cultural Romance 🐺 Animal Companions 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Dodger

— Terry Pratchett • 2012

A London tosher saves a battered girl and becomes the target of foreign agents and assassins.

3.95

28 000+

🎩 Victorian London 🧹 Street Urchin Hero 👑 Hidden Royalty 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Disguise And Identity

Dodger

A London tosher saves a battered girl and becomes the target of foreign agents and assassins.

— Terry Pratchett 2012 360 стр.

3.95

28 000+ оценок

🎩 Victorian London 🧹 Street Urchin Hero 👑 Hidden Royalty 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Disguise And Identity

Lázár

— Nelio Biedermann • 2025

A boy is born of a secret affair in a Hungarian castle. His mother's lie outlasts the empire.

3.79

10 000+

🏰 Family Saga 🤫 Family Secrets 🖤 Intergenerational Trauma 🏚️ Aristocratic Decline 🇭🇺 Hungarian History

Lázár

A boy is born of a secret affair in a Hungarian castle. His mother's lie outlasts the empire.

— Nelio Biedermann 2025 336 стр.

3.79

10 000+ оценок

🏰 Family Saga 🤫 Family Secrets 🖤 Intergenerational Trauma 🏚️ Aristocratic Decline 🇭🇺 Hungarian History

Wicked and the Wallflower

— Sarah MacLean • 2018

A wallflower invents a duke's engagement, and a scarred crime lord offers to deliver it.

3.97

22 000+

🤎 Regency Romance 🌸 Wallflower Heroine 🖤 Scarred Hero 💍 Fake Engagement 🔥 Devil's Bargain

Wicked and the Wallflower

A wallflower invents a duke's engagement, and a scarred crime lord offers to deliver it.

— Sarah MacLean 2018 396 стр.

3.97

22 000+ оценок

🤎 Regency Romance 🌸 Wallflower Heroine 🖤 Scarred Hero 💍 Fake Engagement 🔥 Devil's Bargain

Bog Queen

— Anna North • 2025

A forensic anthropologist arrives to identify a missing woman. The bog holds an Iron Age murder.

3.58

8 000+

🔬 Archaeological Mystery ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏛️ Iron Age Britain 🌫️ Atmospheric Gothic 🌿 Environmental Activism

Bog Queen

A forensic anthropologist arrives to identify a missing woman. The bog holds an Iron Age murder.

— Anna North 2025 268 стр.

3.58

8 000+ оценок

🔬 Archaeological Mystery ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏛️ Iron Age Britain 🌫️ Atmospheric Gothic 🌿 Environmental Activism

These Blue Mountains

— Sarah Loudin Thomas • 2025

Seeking her lost fiancé’s grave, a German pianist unearths a stranger’s body in North Carolina.

3.93

500+

✝️ Christian Historical ⚰️ Exhumation Mystery 💔 Lost Love Returns 🎨 Artist In Exile ⛰️ Mountain Town Secrets

These Blue Mountains

Seeking her lost fiancé’s grave, a German pianist unearths a stranger’s body in North Carolina.

— Sarah Loudin Thomas 2025 352 стр.

3.93

500+ оценок

✝️ Christian Historical ⚰️ Exhumation Mystery 💔 Lost Love Returns 🎨 Artist In Exile ⛰️ Mountain Town Secrets

In Search of the Dark Ages

— Michael Wood • 1981

How a thousand years of invasion forged England, from Boudica's revolt to William's conquest.

4.01

2 000+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Anglo-Saxon England 🪓 Viking Age 🏰 Norman Conquest 🏛️ Post-Roman Britain 📖 Narrative History

In Search of the Dark Ages

How a thousand years of invasion forged England, from Boudica's revolt to William's conquest.

— Michael Wood 1981 272 стр.

4.01

2 000+ оценок

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Anglo-Saxon England 🪓 Viking Age 🏰 Norman Conquest 🏛️ Post-Roman Britain 📖 Narrative History

An American Beauty

— Shana Abe • 2023

A Richmond saloon girl becomes a tycoon's mistress and claws her way through Gilded Age society.

4.12

29 000+

🎭 Gilded Age Society 🌿 Post Civil War South 💍 Mistress To Wife 💪 Self-Made Woman 🪜 Social Climbing

An American Beauty

A Richmond saloon girl becomes a tycoon's mistress and claws her way through Gilded Age society.

— Shana Abe 2023 352 стр.

4.12

29 000+ оценок

🎭 Gilded Age Society 🌿 Post Civil War South 💍 Mistress To Wife 💪 Self-Made Woman 🪜 Social Climbing

The Lacuna

— Barbara Kingsolver • 2009

He cooked for Kahlo, typed for Trotsky. In McCarthy's America, his past became his crime.

3.83

75 000+

📝 Writers And Writing 🪞 Outsider Protagonist 📜 Archival Fiction 👁️ Witness To History 🎙️ Mccarthy Era

The Lacuna

He cooked for Kahlo, typed for Trotsky. In McCarthy's America, his past became his crime.

— Barbara Kingsolver 2009 508 стр.

3.83

75 000+ оценок

📝 Writers And Writing 🪞 Outsider Protagonist 📜 Archival Fiction 👁️ Witness To History 🎙️ Mccarthy Era

Time's Arrow

— Martin Amis • 1991

A soul trapped in a body watches time run backward, from American suburbia toward Auschwitz.

3.76

18 000+

🌀 Experimental Fiction 🕯️ Holocaust Fiction ⏪ Reverse Chronology 👁️ Perpetrator Perspective 🔒 Hidden Past

Time's Arrow

A soul trapped in a body watches time run backward, from American suburbia toward Auschwitz.

— Martin Amis 1991 165 стр.

3.76

18 000+ оценок

🌀 Experimental Fiction 🕯️ Holocaust Fiction ⏪ Reverse Chronology 👁️ Perpetrator Perspective 🔒 Hidden Past

Precipice

— Robert Harris • 2024

When the prime minister's love letters fall under state surveillance, a young aristocrat faces ruin.

3.94

19 000+

🏛️ Political Thriller 📜 Epistolary Novel 💘 Secret Love Affair 👁️ State Surveillance 🕵️ WWI Espionage

Precipice

When the prime minister's love letters fall under state surveillance, a young aristocrat faces ruin.

— Robert Harris 2024 445 стр.

3.94

19 000+ оценок

🏛️ Political Thriller 📜 Epistolary Novel 💘 Secret Love Affair 👁️ State Surveillance 🕵️ WWI Espionage

A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons

— Kate Khavari • 2022

A 1920s botanist hunts a dinner-party poisoner among cutthroat London scholars to clear her mentor.

3.52

23 000+

🎓 Academic Mystery 🕰️ Historical Whodunit 🔍 Amateur Female Sleuth 🔬 Woman In Science 💕 Slow Burn Romance

A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons

A 1920s botanist hunts a dinner-party poisoner among cutthroat London scholars to clear her mentor.

— Kate Khavari 2022 262 стр.

3.52

23 000+ оценок

🎓 Academic Mystery 🕰️ Historical Whodunit 🔍 Amateur Female Sleuth 🔬 Woman In Science 💕 Slow Burn Romance

The Scarlet Alchemist

— Kylie Lee Baker • 2023

In an alternate Tang China, a resurrection alchemist must protect a prince from his ruthless mother.

4.01

9 000+

🧪 Alchemical Fantasy 🏯 Imperial Chinese Fantasy 💀 Resurrection Magic 👑 Crown Prince Romance 🏰 Palace Intrigue

The Scarlet Alchemist

In an alternate Tang China, a resurrection alchemist must protect a prince from his ruthless mother.

— Kylie Lee Baker 2023 432 стр.

4.01

9 000+ оценок

🧪 Alchemical Fantasy 🏯 Imperial Chinese Fantasy 💀 Resurrection Magic 👑 Crown Prince Romance 🏰 Palace Intrigue

The Indigo Girl

— Natasha Boyd • 2017

At sixteen she runs three plantations, risking everything on indigo no colonist has grown.

4.21

52 000+

🏛️ Colonial America 📜 Biographical Fiction 🌱 Agricultural Innovation 💔 Forbidden Bonds 🏡 Plantation Life

The Indigo Girl

At sixteen she runs three plantations, risking everything on indigo no colonist has grown.

— Natasha Boyd 2017 329 стр.

4.21

52 000+ оценок

🏛️ Colonial America 📜 Biographical Fiction 🌱 Agricultural Innovation 💔 Forbidden Bonds 🏡 Plantation Life

The Devil

— Ashley Jade • 2018

A ruined parson's daughter enters a viscount's bride scheme, but his dark lessons blur all lines.

4.11

17 000+

🕯️ Regency Gothic 🖤 Wounded Hero 📖 Teacher Student 💍 Arranged Marriage 🏚️ Gothic House

The Devil

A ruined parson's daughter enters a viscount's bride scheme, but his dark lessons blur all lines.

— Ashley Jade 2018 230 стр.

4.11

17 000+ оценок

🕯️ Regency Gothic 🖤 Wounded Hero 📖 Teacher Student 💍 Arranged Marriage 🏚️ Gothic House

The Teacher of Nomad Land

— Daniel Nayeri • 2025

Two siblings wander wartime Iran with a blackboard, trading lessons for a place to belong.

4.15

3 000+

👥 Orphan Protagonists 🫂 Sibling Bond 🧳 Child Refugees 🏕️ Found Family 🗣️ Language Barriers

The Teacher of Nomad Land

Two siblings wander wartime Iran with a blackboard, trading lessons for a place to belong.

— Daniel Nayeri 2025 192 стр.

4.15

3 000+ оценок

👥 Orphan Protagonists 🫂 Sibling Bond 🧳 Child Refugees 🏕️ Found Family 🗣️ Language Barriers

Kelderkind

— Kristien Dieltiens • 2012

A boy imprisoned in a cellar carries a secret that could bring down a royal house.

3.81

359

🏰 Gothic Historical 🔍 Historical Mystery 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🗡️ Political Conspiracy 👑 Lost Prince

Kelderkind

A boy imprisoned in a cellar carries a secret that could bring down a royal house.

— Kristien Dieltiens 2012 485 стр.

3.81

359 оценок

🏰 Gothic Historical 🔍 Historical Mystery 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🗡️ Political Conspiracy 👑 Lost Prince

Morgan Is My Name

— Sophie Keetch • 2022

Her father slain, her mother the king's prize, Morgan of Tintagel turns to forbidden knowledge.

4.15

12 000+

🏰 Feminist Arthurian 🖤 Villain Origin Story 💔 Forbidden Courtly Love 👑 Political Marriage 💜 Chosen Family

Morgan Is My Name

Her father slain, her mother the king's prize, Morgan of Tintagel turns to forbidden knowledge.

— Sophie Keetch 2022 347 стр.

4.15

12 000+ оценок

🏰 Feminist Arthurian 🖤 Villain Origin Story 💔 Forbidden Courtly Love 👑 Political Marriage 💜 Chosen Family

I Am You

— Victoria Redel • 2025

To survive, she passed as a boy. Then a painter saw through it and claimed her.

3.85

1 000+

🖼️ Dutch Golden Age 🎭 Gender Disguise 💔 Forbidden Queer Love 🎨 Mentor And ProtéGé 👩‍🎨 Women Artists

I Am You

To survive, she passed as a boy. Then a painter saw through it and claimed her.

— Victoria Redel 2025 304 стр.

3.85

1 000+ оценок

🖼️ Dutch Golden Age 🎭 Gender Disguise 💔 Forbidden Queer Love 🎨 Mentor And ProtéGé 👩‍🎨 Women Artists

The White House Is Burning

— Jane Sutcliffe • 2014

The White House burned. British troops looted the Capitol. And then the sky itself attacked.

4.01

168

⚔️ War Of 1812 📖 Narrative History 👁️ Eyewitness Accounts 🪖 Military History 📚 Middle Grade History

The White House Is Burning

The White House burned. British troops looted the Capitol. And then the sky itself attacked.

— Jane Sutcliffe 2014 128 стр.

4.01

168 оценок

⚔️ War Of 1812 📖 Narrative History 👁️ Eyewitness Accounts 🪖 Military History 📚 Middle Grade History

The Book of God

— Walter Wangerin Jr. • 1996

The Bible as a sweeping novel of human failure and a God who won't let go.

4.16

1 000+

🕊️ Biblical Retelling 🌳 Generational Saga 🏜️ Ancient Israel 🙏 Spiritual Longing 🏠 Exile And Return

The Book of God

The Bible as a sweeping novel of human failure and a God who won't let go.

— Walter Wangerin Jr. 1996 640 стр.

4.16

1 000+ оценок

🕊️ Biblical Retelling 🌳 Generational Saga 🏜️ Ancient Israel 🙏 Spiritual Longing 🏠 Exile And Return

A Duke to Die for

— Amelia Grey • 2009

A duke inherits a cursed heiress. Falling in love may be the accident that kills him.

3.39

1 000+

🏛️ Guardian And Ward 💃 London Season 💬 Witty Banter 😤 Jealous Hero 💪 Capable Heroine

A Duke to Die for

A duke inherits a cursed heiress. Falling in love may be the accident that kills him.

— Amelia Grey 2009 335 стр.

3.39

1 000+ оценок

🏛️ Guardian And Ward 💃 London Season 💬 Witty Banter 😤 Jealous Hero 💪 Capable Heroine

Ghosts of Belle Isle

— Steven K. Smith • 2014

Chasing ghost stories onto a Civil War prison island, two brothers find the danger is real.

4.21

500+

🏛️ Civil War History 👻 Ghost Stories 👥 Sibling Dynamics 🔍 Neighborhood Mystery 💪 Bullies To Face

Ghosts of Belle Isle

Chasing ghost stories onto a Civil War prison island, two brothers find the danger is real.

— Steven K. Smith 2014 196 стр.

4.21

500+ оценок

🏛️ Civil War History 👻 Ghost Stories 👥 Sibling Dynamics 🔍 Neighborhood Mystery 💪 Bullies To Face

Vatan yahut Silistre

— Namık Kemal • 1872

A woman follows her lover into a besieged Ottoman fortress, disguised as a soldier.

3.73

2 000+

🎭 Cross-Dressing Heroine ⚖️ Love Vs Duty 🏴 Patriotic Sacrifice 👥 Lost Family Reunited 🕌 Ottoman Empire Setting

Vatan yahut Silistre

A woman follows her lover into a besieged Ottoman fortress, disguised as a soldier.

— Namık Kemal 1872 99 стр.

3.73

2 000+ оценок

🎭 Cross-Dressing Heroine ⚖️ Love Vs Duty 🏴 Patriotic Sacrifice 👥 Lost Family Reunited 🕌 Ottoman Empire Setting

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