Tiểu thuyết lịch sử

Những con người thật và những khoảnh khắc then chốt trong lịch sử được tái hiện sống động qua các câu chuyện hấp dẫn, kết hợp giữa sự kiện có thật và trí tưởng tượng phong phú. Dù theo chân những nhân vật nổi tiếng hay những con người bình thường, những cuốn sách này đưa người đọc vào những thế giới chi tiết đến từng góc cạnh, được định hình bởi phong tục, xung đột và các lực lượng văn hóa chân thực của từng thời kỳ.

Tiểu thuyết lịch sử Tóm tắt sách

Ten Thousand Stitches

của Olivia Atwater • 2020

A maid bargains with a faerie lord: one stitch a day for a chance at love and a life beyond service.

3.92

19.000+

📖 Cinderella Retelling 🧚 Faerie Bargain 💕 Class Divide Romance 🏰 Regency England ☕ Cozy Fantasy

Ten Thousand Stitches

A maid bargains with a faerie lord: one stitch a day for a chance at love and a life beyond service.

của Olivia Atwater 2020 288 trang

3.92

19.000+ đánh giá

📖 Cinderella Retelling 🧚 Faerie Bargain 💕 Class Divide Romance 🏰 Regency England ☕ Cozy Fantasy

Mudbound

của Hillary Jordan • 2008

A white farm wife and a black war hero cross the Delta's line; the mud swallows secrets and bodies.

4.06

70.000+

🏚️ Southern Gothic ⛓️ Jim Crow South 🌾 Sharecropper Life 🪖 War Trauma 💔 Forbidden Affair

Mudbound

A white farm wife and a black war hero cross the Delta's line; the mud swallows secrets and bodies.

của Hillary Jordan 2008 328 trang

4.06

70.000+ đánh giá

🏚️ Southern Gothic ⛓️ Jim Crow South 🌾 Sharecropper Life 🪖 War Trauma 💔 Forbidden Affair

The Letter

của 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.

của Kathryn Hughes 2013 265 trang

4.06

66.000+ đánh giá

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

The Penelopiad

của Margaret Atwood • 2005

Penelope narrates from the afterlife, but the twelve maids her husband hanged keep interrupting.

3.71

89.000+

🏛️ Feminist Mythology 🏺 Ancient Greece 👻 Afterlife Narration 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🦊 Female Cunning

The Penelopiad

Penelope narrates from the afterlife, but the twelve maids her husband hanged keep interrupting.

của Margaret Atwood 2005 198 trang

3.71

89.000+ đánh giá

🏛️ Feminist Mythology 🏺 Ancient Greece 👻 Afterlife Narration 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🦊 Female Cunning

The Travelers

của Regina Porter • 2019

Two families, bound by love and divided by race, navigate five decades of the American century.

3.60

3.000+

🔗 Interlocking Narratives 🌳 Generational Saga 🫂 Found Family 💞 Interracial Love 💥 War Trauma

The Travelers

Two families, bound by love and divided by race, navigate five decades of the American century.

của Regina Porter 2019 297 trang

3.60

3.000+ đánh giá

🔗 Interlocking Narratives 🌳 Generational Saga 🫂 Found Family 💞 Interracial Love 💥 War Trauma

Laut Bercerita

của 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.

của Leila S. Chudori 2017 380 trang

4.61

25.000+ đánh giá

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

No pasó nada

của 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.

của Antonio Skármeta 1980 88 trang

3.35

500+ đánh giá

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

The Mammoth Hunters

của 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.

của Jean M. Auel 1985 688 trang

3.96

78.000+ đánh giá

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

The Land of Painted Caves

của 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.

của Jean M. Auel 2011 828 trang

3.46

37.000+ đánh giá

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

The Malta Exchange

của Steve Berry • 2019

Mussolini's lost letters pull Cotton Malone into a Vatican conspiracy to control the papal election.

3.93

10.000+

🏛️ Vatican Thriller 🕵️ Historical Conspiracy 👯 Twin Deception 🧩 Cryptic Puzzles 🏝️ Maltese Setting

The Malta Exchange

Mussolini's lost letters pull Cotton Malone into a Vatican conspiracy to control the papal election.

của Steve Berry 2019 401 trang

3.93

10.000+ đánh giá

🏛️ Vatican Thriller 🕵️ Historical Conspiracy 👯 Twin Deception 🧩 Cryptic Puzzles 🏝️ Maltese Setting

Wings of Fury

của Emily R. King • 2021

Three sisters, hidden daughters of a tyrant god, must reclaim their divine power to break his rule.

3.92

5.000+

✨ Feminist Mythology 🧭 Heroine's Journey 🔮 Prophecy And Fate 🧠 Memory Manipulation 🔥 Cursed Mark

Wings of Fury

Three sisters, hidden daughters of a tyrant god, must reclaim their divine power to break his rule.

của Emily R. King 2021 296 trang

3.92

5.000+ đánh giá

✨ Feminist Mythology 🧭 Heroine's Journey 🔮 Prophecy And Fate 🧠 Memory Manipulation 🔥 Cursed Mark

The Vanishing Bookstore

của 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.

của Helen Phifer 2026 314 trang

3.88

4.000+ đánh giá

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

Black Flame

của Gretchen Felker-Martin • 2025

Restoring a cursed Nazi film, a queer archivist discovers the footage wants to inhabit her.

3.54

3.000+

🎞️ Cursed Film Horror 🩸 Queer Body Horror 📼 Archival Horror 💀 Nazi Occult 📖 Literary Horror

Black Flame

Restoring a cursed Nazi film, a queer archivist discovers the footage wants to inhabit her.

của Gretchen Felker-Martin 2025 196 trang

3.54

3.000+ đánh giá

🎞️ Cursed Film Horror 🩸 Queer Body Horror 📼 Archival Horror 💀 Nazi Occult 📖 Literary Horror

No Longer at Ease

của Chinua Achebe • 1961

His village sent an idealist to England. Lagos sent back a debtor with a forbidden love.

3.87

13.000+

📚 Postcolonial Fiction 🚫 Forbidden Love 📉 Tragic Downfall 🤝 Communal Obligation 💔 Idealism Crushed

No Longer at Ease

His village sent an idealist to England. Lagos sent back a debtor with a forbidden love.

của Chinua Achebe 1961 196 trang

3.87

13.000+ đánh giá

📚 Postcolonial Fiction 🚫 Forbidden Love 📉 Tragic Downfall 🤝 Communal Obligation 💔 Idealism Crushed

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

của 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.

của Kiersten White 2018 304 trang

3.89

23.000+ đánh giá

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

The Emperor's Tomb

của Steve Berry • 2010

His friend is kidnapped. The ransom: a lamp whose oil could fuel the world forever.

3.97

21.000+

🏛️ Political Thriller 📜 Historical Conspiracy 🕯️ Ancient Secret Society 🏺 Artifact Chase 🌏 Geopolitical Intrigue

The Emperor's Tomb

His friend is kidnapped. The ransom: a lamp whose oil could fuel the world forever.

của Steve Berry 2010 436 trang

3.97

21.000+ đánh giá

🏛️ Political Thriller 📜 Historical Conspiracy 🕯️ Ancient Secret Society 🏺 Artifact Chase 🌏 Geopolitical Intrigue

Về phía Tây cùng những chú hươu cao cổ

của 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

Về phía Tây cùng những chú hươu cao cổ

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

của Lynda Rutledge 2021 346 trang

4.32

200.000+ đánh giá

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

In the Shadow of Blackbirds

của 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.

của Cat Winters 2013 387 trang

3.85

13.000+ đánh giá

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

Nghi thức chôn cất

của Hannah Kent • 2013

Rural Iceland, 1829: a condemned woman's account of love and murder shakes a young priest's faith.

4.04

100.000+

🏔️ 19th Century Iceland 🔍 True Crime Fiction ⏳ Looming Execution ⛪ Priest And Prisoner 👩‍⚖️ Woman As Scapegoat

Nghi thức chôn cất

Rural Iceland, 1829: a condemned woman's account of love and murder shakes a young priest's faith.

của Hannah Kent 2013 336 trang

4.04

100.000+ đánh giá

🏔️ 19th Century Iceland 🔍 True Crime Fiction ⏳ Looming Execution ⛪ Priest And Prisoner 👩‍⚖️ Woman As Scapegoat

The Frozen People

của 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.

của Elly Griffiths 2025 292 trang

3.89

16.000+ đánh giá

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

Longshadow

của Olivia Atwater • 2021

A magician's daughter and a laundress who sees ghosts hunt a faerie killing London's young women.

3.85

7.000+

🏰 Regency Faerie Tale 💀 Death And The Maiden 👻 Ghost Companion 💕 Faerie Human Romance 🫂 Found Family

Longshadow

A magician's daughter and a laundress who sees ghosts hunt a faerie killing London's young women.

của Olivia Atwater 2021 263 trang

3.85

7.000+ đánh giá

🏰 Regency Faerie Tale 💀 Death And The Maiden 👻 Ghost Companion 💕 Faerie Human Romance 🫂 Found Family

Empress Orchid

của 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.

của Anchee Min 2003 368 trang

3.90

25.000+ đánh giá

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

Aggiustare l'universo

của 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.

của Raffaella Romagnolo 2023 360 trang

4.04

500+ đánh giá

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

The Secrets of Flowers

của Sally Page • 2024

Grieving scientist trades her lab for a flower shop, then chases the Titanic’s florist.

3.98

7.000+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Historical Mystery 🌸 Flower Arranging 🖤 Grieving Widow 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Secrets of Flowers

Grieving scientist trades her lab for a flower shop, then chases the Titanic’s florist.

của Sally Page 2024 336 trang

3.98

7.000+ đánh giá

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Historical Mystery 🌸 Flower Arranging 🖤 Grieving Widow 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Duchess Deal

của 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.

của Tessa Dare 2017 389 trang

3.98

69.000+ đánh giá

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

The Medici Manuscript

của 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.

của C.J. Archer 2023 280 trang

4.01

14.000+ đánh giá

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

The Alexandria Link

của Steve Berry • 2007

His son is taken; the ransom is a scholar who discovered the lost Library of Alexandria.

3.94

44.000+

🕵️ Historical Conspiracy 📜 Biblical Secret 📚 Lost Library 🔗 Secret Society 👦 Kidnapped Child

The Alexandria Link

His son is taken; the ransom is a scholar who discovered the lost Library of Alexandria.

của Steve Berry 2007 462 trang

3.94

44.000+ đánh giá

🕵️ Historical Conspiracy 📜 Biblical Secret 📚 Lost Library 🔗 Secret Society 👦 Kidnapped Child

The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou

của 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.

của Eleni Kyriacou 2023 409 trang

4.10

3.000+ đánh giá

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

The Rembrandt Affair

của Daniel Silva • 2010

A restorer is killed, a Rembrandt taken: a spy tracks the Nazi loot to a Swiss billionaire.

4.33

37.000+

🎨 Art World Espionage 📜 Nazi-Looted Art 🕵️ Reluctant Spy ⏳ Dual Timelines 🖌️ Art Restoration

The Rembrandt Affair

A restorer is killed, a Rembrandt taken: a spy tracks the Nazi loot to a Swiss billionaire.

của Daniel Silva 2010 484 trang

4.33

37.000+ đánh giá

🎨 Art World Espionage 📜 Nazi-Looted Art 🕵️ Reluctant Spy ⏳ Dual Timelines 🖌️ Art Restoration

Hattie Ever After

của 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.

của Kirby Larson 2013 240 trang

3.82

4.000+ đánh giá

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

The River of Silver

của S.A. Chakraborty • 2022

The secret bargains that shaped the City of Brass, from hidden love to a mother's heartbreak.

4.26

13.000+

🕌 Historical Fantasy 👑 Palace Intrigue 💘 Secret Romance 🤴 Reluctant Leader 🫂 Found Family

The River of Silver

The secret bargains that shaped the City of Brass, from hidden love to a mother's heartbreak.

của S.A. Chakraborty 2022 242 trang

4.26

13.000+ đánh giá

🕌 Historical Fantasy 👑 Palace Intrigue 💘 Secret Romance 🤴 Reluctant Leader 🫂 Found Family

The Maid's War

của Jeff Wheeler • 2016

The Fountain speaks to a peasant girl: lead an army, free a kingdom, crown a king.

4.35

6.000+

🔥 Joan Of Arc Retelling ✨ Reluctant Chosen One 👥 Mentor And ProtéGé 🌾 Peasant Hero 📖 Frame Narrative

The Maid's War

The Fountain speaks to a peasant girl: lead an army, free a kingdom, crown a king.

của Jeff Wheeler 2016 302 trang

4.35

6.000+ đánh giá

🔥 Joan Of Arc Retelling ✨ Reluctant Chosen One 👥 Mentor And ProtéGé 🌾 Peasant Hero 📖 Frame Narrative

Lake Effect

của Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney • 2026

A restless wife, her neighbor, and a choice that will echo through two families for decades.

3.85

19.000+

🏘️ Suburban Family Saga 💋 Secret Affair 🚪 Closeted Husband 👯‍♀️ Sister Dynamics 🕰️ 1970s Suburbia

Lake Effect

A restless wife, her neighbor, and a choice that will echo through two families for decades.

của Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney 2026 288 trang

3.85

19.000+ đánh giá

🏘️ Suburban Family Saga 💋 Secret Affair 🚪 Closeted Husband 👯‍♀️ Sister Dynamics 🕰️ 1970s Suburbia

Wish You Well

của 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.

của David Baldacci 2000 432 trang

4.06

33.000+ đánh giá

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

Grave Mercy

của Robin LaFevers • 2012

An assassin nun protects a besieged duchess, falling for the half-brother she suspects most.

3.89

100.000+

🗡️ Assassin Heroine 👑 Medieval Court Intrigue 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 💀 Deadly Romance

Grave Mercy

An assassin nun protects a besieged duchess, falling for the half-brother she suspects most.

của Robin LaFevers 2012 549 trang

3.89

100.000+ đánh giá

🗡️ Assassin Heroine 👑 Medieval Court Intrigue 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 💀 Deadly Romance

Damnation

của 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.

của Katelyn Taylor 2025 132 trang

3.88

1.000+ đánh giá

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

The Memory Box

của 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.

của Kathryn Hughes 2021 430 trang

4.48

16.000+ đánh giá

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

The Given Day

của 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.

của Dennis Lehane 2008 704 trang

4.08

28.000+ đánh giá

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

Nicholas Nickleby

của Charles Dickens • 1839

Sent to a hellish boarding school by his scheming uncle, a young man's mercy becomes defiance.

3.95

47.000+

🏙️ Victorian Social Novel 📚 Bildungsroman 🔒 Family Secrets 🛡️ Rescuing The Innocent 🏚️ Dark Boarding School

Nicholas Nickleby

Sent to a hellish boarding school by his scheming uncle, a young man's mercy becomes defiance.

của Charles Dickens 1839 817 trang

3.95

47.000+ đánh giá

🏙️ Victorian Social Novel 📚 Bildungsroman 🔒 Family Secrets 🛡️ Rescuing The Innocent 🏚️ Dark Boarding School

Hieroglyphics

của Jill McCorkle • 2020

An old man’s visits to his childhood home unravel a single mother’s fragile new life.

3.31

1.000+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 👪 Intergenerational Saga 🔒 Family Secrets 🏡 Childhood Home 🍂 Elegiac Tone

Hieroglyphics

An old man’s visits to his childhood home unravel a single mother’s fragile new life.

của Jill McCorkle 2020 312 trang

3.31

1.000+ đánh giá

🏚️ Southern Gothic 👪 Intergenerational Saga 🔒 Family Secrets 🏡 Childhood Home 🍂 Elegiac Tone

The Children Return

của Martin Walker • 2015

Rural French cop probes a murder, finds a jihadist cell and an autistic boy turned bomb-maker.

4.23

7.000+

🏘️ Small-Town Police Procedural 🎯 Counterterrorism Plot ⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 🕯️ WWII Hidden History 🧩 Autistic Protagonist

The Children Return

Rural French cop probes a murder, finds a jihadist cell and an autistic boy turned bomb-maker.

của Martin Walker 2015 336 trang

4.23

7.000+ đánh giá

🏘️ Small-Town Police Procedural 🎯 Counterterrorism Plot ⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 🕯️ WWII Hidden History 🧩 Autistic Protagonist

Ordinary Monsters

của 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.

của J.M. Miro 2022 672 trang

3.77

22.000+ đánh giá

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

Strangers in Time

của David Baldacci • 2025

An orphan thief, a privileged girl, and a bookseller spy forge a family in the Blitz.

4.13

58.000+

🫂 Found Family 💣 The Blitz 🧒 War Orphans 📚 Bookshop Sanctuary 🌉 Cross-Class Friendship

Strangers in Time

An orphan thief, a privileged girl, and a bookseller spy forge a family in the Blitz.

của David Baldacci 2025 435 trang

4.13

58.000+ đánh giá

🫂 Found Family 💣 The Blitz 🧒 War Orphans 📚 Bookshop Sanctuary 🌉 Cross-Class Friendship

Virgins

của Diana Gabaldon • 2013

Two Scottish mercenaries escort a Jewish heiress across France, not knowing she plans to vanish.

3.87

24.000+

🗡️ Mercenary Life 🤝 Brothers In Arms 🎭 False Identities ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity 🏰 18th Century France

Virgins

Two Scottish mercenaries escort a Jewish heiress across France, not knowing she plans to vanish.

của Diana Gabaldon 2013 86 trang

3.87

24.000+ đánh giá

🗡️ Mercenary Life 🤝 Brothers In Arms 🎭 False Identities ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity 🏰 18th Century France

The Imposter Bride

của Nancy Richler • 2012

When her mother disappears, a daughter traces the stolen identity she carried out of the war.

3.34

7.000+

🏙️ Post-War Montreal 🕊️ Holocaust Survivors 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 💔 Maternal Abandonment 🎭 Assumed Identity

The Imposter Bride

When her mother disappears, a daughter traces the stolen identity she carried out of the war.

của Nancy Richler 2012 352 trang

3.34

7.000+ đánh giá

🏙️ Post-War Montreal 🕊️ Holocaust Survivors 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 💔 Maternal Abandonment 🎭 Assumed Identity

The Nix

của Nathan Hill • 2016

A failed novelist's vanished mother reappears by attacking a presidential candidate on camera.

4.08

87.000+

🏡 Family Saga 💔 Generational Trauma 🚪 Parental Estrangement 🔍 Family Secrets 🖤 Darkly Comic

The Nix

A failed novelist's vanished mother reappears by attacking a presidential candidate on camera.

của Nathan Hill 2016 625 trang

4.08

87.000+ đánh giá

🏡 Family Saga 💔 Generational Trauma 🚪 Parental Estrangement 🔍 Family Secrets 🖤 Darkly Comic

A Botanical Daughter

của Noah Medlock • 2024

Two Victorian recluses build a daughter from a stolen corpse and sentient fungus; she wants out.

3.58

6.000+

🖤 Queer Gothic 🌿 Botanical Horror 🏠 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 🧪 Mad Scientist

A Botanical Daughter

Two Victorian recluses build a daughter from a stolen corpse and sentient fungus; she wants out.

của Noah Medlock 2024 384 trang

3.58

6.000+ đánh giá

🖤 Queer Gothic 🌿 Botanical Horror 🏠 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 🧪 Mad Scientist

The Prize

của Julie Garwood • 1991

A Saxon lady unhorses a Norman baron with her sling, then chooses him as her husband.

4.22

32.000+

🏰 Medieval Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🫂 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter

The Prize

A Saxon lady unhorses a Norman baron with her sling, then chooses him as her husband.

của Julie Garwood 1991 408 trang

4.22

32.000+ đánh giá

🏰 Medieval Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🫂 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter

The Latch Key

của Olivia Atwater • 2022

A sorcerer scarred by faerie cruelty must protect his wards when one unlocks his forbidden study.

3.74

2.000+

📜 Fantasy Of Manners 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧚 Faerie Realm 👑 Regency England ✨ Magical Mentorship

The Latch Key

A sorcerer scarred by faerie cruelty must protect his wards when one unlocks his forbidden study.

của Olivia Atwater 2022 42 trang

3.74

2.000+ đánh giá

📜 Fantasy Of Manners 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧚 Faerie Realm 👑 Regency England ✨ Magical Mentorship

The Enemy at Home

của Kevin O'Brien • 2023

A Seattle riveter's hunt for a killer of war workers leads to her own home.

4.10

1.000+

🖤 Historical Domestic Noir 🔧 Women War Workers 👤 Killer In The Family 🏚️ Helping Hidden Refugees 🔍 Mother As Detective

The Enemy at Home

A Seattle riveter's hunt for a killer of war workers leads to her own home.

của Kevin O'Brien 2023 416 trang

4.10

1.000+ đánh giá

🖤 Historical Domestic Noir 🔧 Women War Workers 👤 Killer In The Family 🏚️ Helping Hidden Refugees 🔍 Mother As Detective

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