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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

Treasure Island Summary
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson 1882 352 pages
3.85
522.6K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Historical Fiction
To Kill a Mockingbird Summary
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee 1960 323 pages
4.26
6.6M ratings
Historical Fiction
School
Literature
Divine Rivals Summary
Divine Rivals
by Rebecca Ross 2023 357 pages
4.16
643.1K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Romantasy
Isola Summary
Isola
by Allegra Goodman 2025 368 pages
4.05
21.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
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
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
The Book Thief Summary
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak 2005 592 pages
4.39
2.8M ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Classics
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 Forest of Enchantments Summary
The Forest of Enchantments
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 2019 372 pages
4.21
16.5K ratings
Mythology
India
Fantasy
Beloved Summary
Beloved
by Toni Morrison 1987 325 pages
3.97
470.2K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Summary
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
by Stephen Graham Jones 2025 448 pages
4.20
6.7K ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Vampires
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
Boy Swallows Universe Summary
Boy Swallows Universe
by Trent Dalton 2018 474 pages
4.34
93.0K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Australia
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 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 Poppy War Summary
The Poppy War
by R.F. Kuang 2018 545 pages
4.17
387.8K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Adult
Slaughterhouse-Five Summary
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1969 275 pages
4.10
1.4M ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
The Kite Runner Summary
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini 2003 371 pages
4.35
3.4M ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Contemporary
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
The Song of Achilles Summary
The Song of Achilles
by Madeline Miller 2011 408 pages
4.31
1.8M ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Romance
Mexican Gothic Summary
Mexican Gothic
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2020 320 pages
3.67
408.8K ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Gothic
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
Angel of Greenwood Summary
Angel of Greenwood
by Randi Pink 2021 304 pages
4.20
2.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
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 Day of the Jackal Summary
The Day of the Jackal
by Frederick Forsyth 1971 358 pages
4.27
141.2K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
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
The Shawshank Redemption Summary
The Shawshank Redemption
Different Seasons
by Stephen King 1994 507 pages
4.48
5.1K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Short Stories
Homegoing Summary
Homegoing
by Yaa Gyasi 2016 305 pages
4.47
379.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Les Liaisons dangereuses Summary
Les Liaisons dangereuses
by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 1782 402 pages
4.05
56.6K ratings
Classics
France
French Literature
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls Summary
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
by Grady Hendrix 2025 482 pages
4.00
50.5K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Redeeming Love Summary
Redeeming Love
by Francine Rivers 1991 479 pages
4.51
354.4K ratings
Romance
Christian
Christian Fiction
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
Oliver Twist Summary
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens 1838 608 pages
3.88
416.5K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Long Island Summary
Long Island
by Colm Tóibín 2024 294 pages
3.73
62.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Ireland
Book Club
The Count of Monte Cristo Summary
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas 1846 1276 pages
4.31
979.0K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
Little Women Summary
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott 1868 449 pages
4.16
2.4M ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Sula Summary
Sula
by Toni Morrison 1973 174 pages
4.05
114.1K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
New Boy Summary
New Boy
by Tracy Chevalier 2017 188 pages
3.49
9.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Retellings
Young Adult
The Lost Symbol Summary
The Lost Symbol
by Dan Brown 2009 509 pages
3.76
635.2K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Sirens Summary
The Sirens
by Emilia Hart 2025 337 pages
3.79
13.3K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
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 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
The Night Circus Summary
The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern 2011 506 pages
4.01
1.1M ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Book Club
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
Catch-22 Summary
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller 1961 453 pages
3.99
866.7K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
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
The Sicilian Inheritance Summary
The Sicilian Inheritance
by Jo Piazza 2024 384 pages
4.00
40.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Book Club
When Nietzsche Wept Summary
When Nietzsche Wept
by Irvin D. Yalom 1992 310 pages
4.36
79.4K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Historical Fiction
Native Son Summary
Native Son
by Richard Wright 1940 504 pages
4.04
102.5K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Race
The Home and the World Summary
The Home and the World
by Rabindranath Tagore 1916 213 pages
3.83
5.8K ratings
Classics
India
Indian Literature
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