Historical Fiction Book Summaries

The Sirens Summary
The Sirens
by Emilia Hart 2025 337 pages
3.79
13.3K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
The Lost Bookshop Summary
The Lost Bookshop
by Evie Woods 2023 432 pages
4.02
268.7K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Boy Swallows Universe Summary
Boy Swallows Universe
by Trent Dalton 2018 474 pages
4.34
93.0K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Australia
The Forest of Enchantments Summary
The Forest of Enchantments
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 2019 372 pages
4.21
16.5K ratings
Mythology
India
Fantasy
Divine Rivals Summary
Divine Rivals
by Rebecca Ross 2023 357 pages
4.16
643.1K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Romantasy
Ghost Boys Summary
Ghost Boys
by Jewell Parker Rhodes 2018 214 pages
4.34
32.3K ratings
Middle Grade
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store Summary
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
by James McBride 2023 385 pages
3.94
282.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Anne of Green Gables Summary
Anne of Green Gables
by L.M. Montgomery 1908 320 pages
4.32
1.1M ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
Treasure Island Summary
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson 1882 352 pages
3.85
522.6K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Historical Fiction
Code Talker Summary
Code Talker
A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two
by Joseph Bruchac 2005 231 pages
3.92
17.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
To Kill a Mockingbird Summary
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee 1960 323 pages
4.26
6.6M ratings
Historical Fiction
School
Literature
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries Summary
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
by Heather Fawcett 2023 336 pages
3.98
170.2K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Historical Fiction
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain Summary
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain
by John Boyne 2015 224 pages
4.05
24.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands Summary
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands
by Heather Fawcett 2024 370 pages
4.28
77.6K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Historical Fiction
Fever 1793 Summary
Fever 1793
by Laurie Halse Anderson 2000 252 pages
3.93
130.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Table for Two Summary
Table for Two
by Amor Towles 2024 451 pages
4.21
56.9K ratings
Short Stories
Historical Fiction
Book Club
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Summary
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain 1876 244 pages
3.92
986.9K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Historical Fiction
The Book Thief Summary
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak 2005 592 pages
4.39
2.8M ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Classics
Beloved Summary
Beloved
by Toni Morrison 1987 325 pages
3.97
470.2K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
The River We Remember Summary
The River We Remember
by William Kent Krueger 2023 432 pages
4.26
90.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Book Club
Where the Crawdads Sing Summary
Where the Crawdads Sing
by Delia Owens 2018 384 pages
4.38
3.4M ratings
Book Club
Historical Fiction
Mystery
The Poppy War Summary
The Poppy War
by R.F. Kuang 2018 545 pages
4.17
387.8K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Adult
A Thousand Splendid Suns Summary
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini 2007 372 pages
4.45
1.7M ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
By Any Other Name Summary
By Any Other Name
by Jodi Picoult 2024 528 pages
4.12
84.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Song of Achilles Summary
The Song of Achilles
by Madeline Miller 2011 408 pages
4.31
1.8M ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Romance
The Wednesday Wars Summary
The Wednesday Wars
by Gary D. Schmidt 2007 264 pages
4.12
45.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Middle Grade
The Kite Runner Summary
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini 2003 371 pages
4.35
3.4M ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Contemporary
The Power of the Dog Summary
The Power of the Dog
by Don Winslow 2005 542 pages
4.37
45.9K ratings
Crime
Thriller
Mystery
Slaughterhouse-Five Summary
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1969 275 pages
4.10
1.4M ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
The Day of the Jackal Summary
The Day of the Jackal
by Frederick Forsyth 1971 358 pages
4.27
141.2K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Long Island Summary
Long Island
by Colm Tóibín 2024 294 pages
3.73
62.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Ireland
Book Club
The Shawshank Redemption Summary
The Shawshank Redemption
Different Seasons
by Stephen King 1994 507 pages
4.48
5.1K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Short Stories
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Summary
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne 2006 224 pages
4.16
915.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
The Night Circus Summary
The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern 2011 506 pages
4.01
1.1M ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Book Club
The Case of the Missing Marquess Summary
The Case of the Missing Marquess
by Nancy Springer 2006 216 pages
3.78
41.7K ratings
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls Summary
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
by Grady Hendrix 2025 482 pages
4.00
50.5K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
The Sicilian Inheritance Summary
The Sicilian Inheritance
by Jo Piazza 2024 384 pages
4.00
40.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Book Club
Robinson Crusoe Summary
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe 1719 320 pages
3.68
322.2K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Literature
Mexican Gothic Summary
Mexican Gothic
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2020 320 pages
3.67
408.8K ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Gothic
The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel) Summary
The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel)
Volume 8
by Natsu Hyuuga 2019 275 pages
4.55
2.4K ratings
Light Novel
Romance
Mystery
Tess of the D’Urbervilles Summary
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy 1891 518 pages
3.84
295.8K ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Les Liaisons dangereuses Summary
Les Liaisons dangereuses
by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 1782 402 pages
4.05
56.6K ratings
Classics
France
French Literature
Cry, the Beloved Country Summary
Cry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton 1948 316 pages
3.92
78.0K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
South Africa
When Nietzsche Wept Summary
When Nietzsche Wept
by Irvin D. Yalom 1992 310 pages
4.36
79.4K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Historical Fiction
Code Name Hélène Summary
Code Name Hélène
by Ariel Lawhon 2020 451 pages
4.41
62.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
Redeeming Love Summary
Redeeming Love
by Francine Rivers 1991 479 pages
4.51
354.4K ratings
Romance
Christian
Christian Fiction
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Summary
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
by Gabrielle Zevin 2022 401 pages
4.13
1.2M ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Romance
Angel of Greenwood Summary
Angel of Greenwood
by Randi Pink 2021 304 pages
4.20
2.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
The Lost Symbol Summary
The Lost Symbol
by Dan Brown 2009 509 pages
3.76
635.2K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Little Women Summary
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott 1868 449 pages
4.16
2.4M ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
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