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The Ghost Map Summary
The Ghost Map
by Steven Johnson 2008
3.89
53k+ ratings
History
Science
Medicine
At Home Summary
At Home
A Short History of Private Life
by Bill Bryson 2010 594 pages
3.99
94k+ ratings
History
Humor
Science
The Dirt On Clean Summary
The Dirt On Clean
by Katherine Ashenburg 2010 384 pages
3.71
2k+ ratings
History
Science
Microhistory
Redeeming Love Summary
Redeeming Love
by Francine Rivers 1997 464 pages
4.51
300k+ ratings
Christian Fiction
Christian
Romance
George Washington's Secret Six Summary
George Washington's Secret Six
The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
by Brian Kilmeade 2013 256 pages
3.85
19k+ ratings
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American Revolution
The First Family Detail Summary
The First Family Detail
Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of the Presidents
by Ronald Kessler 2014 272 pages
3.34
3k+ ratings
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A Brief History of Misogyny Summary
A Brief History of Misogyny
The World's Oldest Prejudice (Brief Histories)
by Jack Holland 2019 336 pages
4.11
2k+ ratings
Feminism
History
Gender
Girls Who Rocked the World Summary
Girls Who Rocked the World
Heroines from Joan of Arc to Mother Teresa
by Michelle Roehm McCann 2012 257 pages
4.05
500+ ratings
History
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Feminism
The Girls of Atomic City Summary
The Girls of Atomic City
The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
by Denise Kiernan 2013 400 pages
3.72
30k+ ratings
History
World War II
Science
Daughters of the Samurai Summary
Daughters of the Samurai
A Journey from East to West and Back
by Janice P. Nimura 2015 336 pages
3.9
2k+ ratings
History
Japan
Biography
Warsaw Boy Summary
Warsaw Boy
A Memoir of a Wartime Childhood
by Andrew Borowiec 2014 377 pages
4.08
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Holocaust
Introduction To Mentalism Summary
Introduction To Mentalism
7 Mentalism Tricks to Manipulate the Mind
by Thomas Redder
3.88
1k+ ratings
Biography
History
British Literature
The Invention of Russia Summary
The Invention of Russia
The Rise of Putin and the Age of Fake News
by Arkady Ostrovsky 2017 400 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
History
Russia
Politics
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History Summary
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich 2008 322 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
History
Feminism
Womens
The Boys in the Boat Summary
The Boys in the Boat
Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
by Daniel James Brown 2013 417 pages
4.39
300k+ ratings
History
Sports
Biography
Warriors Don't Cry Summary
Warriors Don't Cry
A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
by Melba Pattillo Beals 2007 240 pages
4.17
15k+ ratings
History
Memoir
School
Lost Islamic History Summary
Lost Islamic History
Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past
by Firas Alkhateeb 2014 217 pages
4.45
2k+ ratings
History
Islam
Religion
Appetite for America Summary
Appetite for America
Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the Wild West — One Meal at a Time
by Stephen Fried 2010 680 pages
4.2
1k+ ratings
History
Biography
American History
Destiny Disrupted Summary
Destiny Disrupted
A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
by Mir Tamim Ansary 2009 416 pages
4.39
10k+ ratings
History
Islam
Politics
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens Summary
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens
How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire
by Jack Weatherford 2010 338 pages
3.92
4k+ ratings
History
Asia
Biography
The Music Of The Primes Summary
The Music Of The Primes
Why An Unsolved Problem In Mathematics Matters (text Only)
by Marcus du Sautoy 2012 368 pages
4.29
31k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
History
Silk Roads Summary
Silk Roads
by Peter Frankopan 2015 656 pages
4.18
40k+ ratings
History
Politics
World History
The First Muslim Summary
The First Muslim
The Story of Muhammad
by Lesley Hazleton 2013 383 pages
3.98
4k+ ratings
Religion
History
Islam
Lies My Teacher Told Me Summary
Lies My Teacher Told Me
by James Loewen 2008 416 pages
3.97
70k+ ratings
History
Education
Politics
A History of the World in 21 Women Summary
A History of the World in 21 Women
A Personal Selection
by Jenni Murray 2018 304 pages
3.83
3k+ ratings
History
Feminism
Biography
The Five Thousand Year Leap Summary
The Five Thousand Year Leap
28 Great Ideas That Changed the World (Revised 30 Year Anniversary Edition)
by W. Cleon Skousen 2009 356 pages
4.27
7k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
A History of the World in 6 Glasses Summary
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
by Tom Standage 2009 337 pages
3.8
30k+ ratings
History
Food
Historical
The Last Greatest Magician in the World Summary
The Last Greatest Magician in the World
Howard Thurston Versus Houdini & the Battles of the American Wizards
by Jim Steinmeyer 2011 386 pages
3.84
100+ ratings
History
Magic
Biography
Zero Fail Summary
Zero Fail
The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service
by Carol Leonnig 2021 526 pages
4.24
8k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Lessons of History Summary
The Lessons of History
by Will Durant 2010 128 pages
4.07
17k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
Charles Dickens in Love Summary
Charles Dickens in Love
by Robert Garnett 2012 216 pages
3.92
50+ ratings
Biography
British Literature
Literature
The Secret History of Dreaming Summary
The Secret History of Dreaming
by Robert Moss 2008 352 pages
3.99
100+ ratings
Psychology
History
Spirituality
Sherlock Holmes and the Needle's Eye Summary
Sherlock Holmes and the Needle's Eye
The World's Greatest Detective Tackles the Bible's Ultimate Mysteries
by Len Bailey 2013 311 pages
3.62
100+ ratings
Mystery
Christian
Historical Fiction
Benjamin Franklin Summary
Benjamin Franklin
A Life From Beginning to End (Biographies of Inventors)
by Hourly History 2016 43 pages
4.18
500+ ratings
Biography
History
Historical
The Mark of a Giant Summary
The Mark of a Giant
7 People Who Changed the World
by Ted Stewart 2013 320 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Historical
Texas Outlaw Summary
Texas Outlaw
by Adrienne De Wolfe 1995 368 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
Romance
Westerns
Historical Romance
The Shortest History Of China Summary
The Shortest History Of China
by Linda Jaivin 2021 288 pages
4
1k+ ratings
History
China
Historical
A People’s History of Computing in the United States Summary
A People’s History of Computing in the United States
by Joy Lisi Rankin 2018 336 pages
3.42
100+ ratings
History
Technology
Computer Science
The Scarlet Letter Summary
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne 2002 272 pages
3.43
800k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
School
The Kite Runner Summary
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
4.35
3.2M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Novels
The Book Thief Summary
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
4.39
2.6M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
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Les Miserables Summary
Les Miserables
by Victor Hugo 2018 1376 pages
4.21
800k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Women Summary
The Women
A Novel
by Kristin Hannah 2024 480 pages
4.63
700k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
War
Pride and Prejudice Summary
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
4.29
4.4M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Literature
The Secret Life of Bees Summary
The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd 2003 352 pages
4.09
1.3M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
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Young Adult
To Kill a Mockingbird Summary
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
4.26
6.3M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
School
Literature
The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics) Summary
The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics)
by Alexandre Dumas père 2003 1276 pages
4.31
900k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Adventure
Literature
The Pillars of the Earth Summary
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett
4.34
700k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Fantasy
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Summary
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
A Novel
by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2017 400 pages
4.41
3.3M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
LGBT
Contemporary
A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics) Summary
A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics)
by Charles Dickens 2003 544 pages
3.87
900k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
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