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Real people and pivotal moments from our past come alive through compelling stories that blend documented facts with imaginative storytelling. Whether following famous figures or everyday characters, these books transport readers into richly detailed worlds shaped by the authentic customs, conflicts, and cultural forces of their time periods.

Historical Fiction Book Summaries

Circe / The Song of Achilles Summary
Circe / The Song of Achilles
by Madeline Miller 2020
4.53
1.9K ratings
Greek Mythology
Fantasy
Mythology
Kira-Kira Summary
Kira-Kira
by Cynthia Kadohata 2004 291 pages
3.97
27.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Robin Hood Summary
Robin Hood
The Prince of Thieves
by Alexandre Dumas 1862 224 pages
3.99
18.7K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
A Gentleman in Moscow Summary
A Gentleman in Moscow
by Amor Towles 2016 462 pages
4.32
625.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Lieutenants Summary
The Lieutenants
by W.E.B. Griffin 1982 416 pages
4.34
8.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Military Fiction
War
The First Circle Summary
The First Circle
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1968 580 pages
4.24
8.2K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
The Nurse's Secret Summary
The Nurse's Secret
by Amanda Skenandore 2022 362 pages
4.15
32.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Book Club
Atmosphere Summary
Atmosphere
by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2025 352 pages
4.48
2.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
A Long Petal of the Sea Summary
A Long Petal of the Sea
by Isabel Allende 2019 325 pages
4.06
108.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Brisbane Summary
Brisbane
by Eugene Vodolazkin 2018 343 pages
3.98
1.4K ratings
Russia
Historical Fiction
Literature
In the Shadow of Blackbirds Summary
In the Shadow of Blackbirds
by Cat Winters 2013 387 pages
3.85
13.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Paranormal
Unspeakable Things Summary
Unspeakable Things
by Jess Lourey 2020 296 pages
3.80
82.4K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Rebel Angels Summary
Rebel Angels
by Libba Bray 2004 548 pages
3.95
111.6K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
The Instrumentalist Summary
The Instrumentalist
by Harriet Constable 2024 336 pages
4.13
5.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Music
Italy
Shōgun, Volume 1 Summary
Shōgun, Volume 1
by James Clavell 1975 533 pages
4.53
13.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby Summary
The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby
by Ellery Lloyd 2024 336 pages
4.14
6.0K ratings
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Thriller
The World Played Chess Summary
The World Played Chess
by Robert Dugoni 2021 400 pages
4.45
35.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Coming Of Age
Go Set a Watchman Summary
Go Set a Watchman
by Harper Lee 2015 278 pages
3.31
285.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Book Club
Ajaya Summary
Ajaya
Roll of the Dice
by Anand Neelakantan 2013 456 pages
4.05
5.4K ratings
Mythology
Historical Fiction
Indian Literature
Map of Bones Summary
Map of Bones
by James Rollins 2005 523 pages
4.08
62.4K ratings
Thriller
Adventure
Mystery
I Hear the Sirens in the Street Summary
I Hear the Sirens in the Street
by Adrian McKinty 2013 334 pages
4.07
9.4K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Ireland
In the Morning I'll be Gone Summary
In the Morning I'll be Gone
by Adrian McKinty 2014 326 pages
4.25
8.5K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Ireland
The Voyage Home Summary
The Voyage Home
by Pat Barker 2024 320 pages
3.98
4.1K ratings
Mythology
Historical Fiction
Greek Mythology
Echo Summary
Echo
by Pam Muñoz Ryan 2015 597 pages
4.36
46.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Middle Grade
Fantasy
The Call of the Wild / White Fang Summary
The Call of the Wild / White Fang
by Jack London 1906 292 pages
4.12
78.4K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Animals
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake Summary
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake
by Sarah MacLean 2010 397 pages
4.08
58.6K ratings
Historical Romance
Romance
Historical
Cloud Cuckoo Land Summary
Cloud Cuckoo Land
by Anthony Doerr 2021 626 pages
4.25
249.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Book Club
Bud, Not Buddy Summary
Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis 1999 243 pages
3.97
113.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Death of an Earl Summary
Death of an Earl
by G.G. Vandagriff 2021 257 pages
4.28
1.1K ratings
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Historical
The Widow of the South Summary
The Widow of the South
by Robert Hicks 2005 436 pages
3.78
18.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Civil War
Historical
Shuggie Bain Summary
Shuggie Bain
by Douglas Stuart 2020 430 pages
4.31
177.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Those Across the River Summary
Those Across the River
by Christopher Buehlman 2011 357 pages
3.71
14.8K ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Middlemarch Summary
Middlemarch
by George Eliot 1872 912 pages
4.03
173.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Travelers Summary
The Travelers
by Regina Porter 2019 297 pages
3.60
3.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Stay Where You Are and Then Leave Summary
Stay Where You Are and Then Leave
by John Boyne 2013 247 pages
3.95
11.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
War
Islands in the Stream Summary
Islands in the Stream
by Ernest Hemingway 1970 448 pages
3.88
16.5K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Of Love and Other Demons Summary
Of Love and Other Demons
by Gabriel García Márquez 1994 160 pages
3.96
82.8K ratings
Classics
Magical Realism
Historical Fiction
The Mahabharata Secret Summary
The Mahabharata Secret
by Christopher C. Doyle 2013 386 pages
3.62
6.7K ratings
Mythology
Thriller
Historical Fiction
Alex Cross's Trial Summary
Alex Cross's Trial
by James Patterson 2009 380 pages
4.00
30.7K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Bless Me, Ultima Summary
Bless Me, Ultima
by Rudolfo Anaya 1972 290 pages
3.82
36.3K ratings
Classics
Magical Realism
Young Adult
What Wild Women Do Summary
What Wild Women Do
by Karma Brown 2023 320 pages
3.74
5.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Book Club
Time's Convert Summary
Time's Convert
by Deborah Harkness 2018 448 pages
3.92
70.2K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Romance
The Flamethrowers Summary
The Flamethrowers
by Rachel Kushner 2013 383 pages
3.50
23.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Alamut Summary
Alamut
by Vladimir Bartol 1938 510 pages
4.31
13.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Novels
The White Company Summary
The White Company
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1891 416 pages
3.89
4.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Adventure
The Cay Summary
The Cay
by Theodore Taylor 1969 156 pages
3.79
37.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Classics
The World of All Souls Summary
The World of All Souls
A Complete Guide to A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, and the Book of Life
by Deborah Harkness 2018 484 pages
4.25
3.5K ratings
Fantasy
Witches
Vampires
Eva Luna Summary
Eva Luna
by Isabel Allende 1987 307 pages
4.00
56.8K ratings
Magical Realism
Historical Fiction
Classics
All the Broken Places Summary
All the Broken Places
by John Boyne 2022 400 pages
4.49
81.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
World War II
Love Medicine Summary
Love Medicine
by Louise Erdrich 1984 367 pages
4.01
27.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Native American
Short Stories
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