Historical Fiction Book Summaries

The Last Jew Summary
The Last Jew
by Noah Gordon 1999 348 pages
4.15
10k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Spain
Historical
The Sun Also Rises Summary
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway 1926 189 pages
3.79
400k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
North and South Summary
North and South
by Elizabeth Gaskell 1855 521 pages
4.15
100k+ ratings
Romance
Historical Fiction
Classics
The Pillars of the Earth Summary
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett 1989 976 pages
4.34
700k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Fantasy
Ordinary Grace Summary
Ordinary Grace
by William Kent Krueger 2013 307 pages
4.27
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Coming Of Age
Shantaram Summary
Shantaram
by Gregory David Roberts 2003 936 pages
4.28
200k+ ratings
Travel
Adventure
Historical Fiction
War Horse Summary
War Horse
by Michael Morpurgo 1982 165 pages
4.15
56k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Animals
Lord Jim Summary
Lord Jim
by Joseph Conrad 1900 455 pages
3.62
32k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
Beneath a Scarlet Sky Summary
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
by Mark T. Sullivan 2017 509 pages
4.43
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
The Things We Leave Unfinished Summary
The Things We Leave Unfinished
by Rebecca Yarros 2021 400 pages
4.30
200k+ ratings
Romance
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Cryptonomicon Summary
Cryptonomicon
by Neal Stephenson 1999 1152 pages
4.23
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
Cyberpunk
Love in the Time of Cholera Summary
Love in the Time of Cholera
by Gabriel García Márquez 1985 348 pages
3.94
500k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Literature
The Kite Runner Summary
The Kite Runner
Graphic Novel
by Khaled Hosseini 2011 132 pages
4.45
22k+ ratings
Graphic Novels
Historical Fiction
Comics
Across the Barricades Summary
Across the Barricades
by Joan Lingard 1972 174 pages
3.68
1k+ ratings
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
Romance
Invisible Man Summary
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison 1952 581 pages
3.92
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Wuthering Heights Summary
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë 1847 464 pages
3.90
1.9M+ ratings
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell Summary
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
by Robert Dugoni 2018 448 pages
4.44
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Coming Of Age
Contemporary
Little Bee Summary
Little Bee
by Chris Cleave 2008 271 pages
3.72
200k+ ratings
Africa
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Out of Darkness Summary
Out of Darkness
by Ashley Hope Pérez 2016 402 pages
4.14
8k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Banned Books
The White Castle Summary
The White Castle
by Orhan Pamuk 1985 145 pages
3.48
16k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Turkish Literature
Turkish
The Story of a New Name Summary
The Story of a New Name
by Elena Ferrante 2012 471 pages
4.45
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Italy
Italian Literature
The Rose Code Summary
The Rose Code
by Kate Quinn 2021 624 pages
4.45
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
A Tale for the Time Being Summary
A Tale for the Time Being
by Ruth Ozeki 2013 432 pages
4.06
100k+ ratings
Japan
Magical Realism
Historical Fiction
Weyward Summary
Weyward
by Emilia Hart 2023 329 pages
4.07
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Soldier Boys Summary
Soldier Boys
by Dean Hughes 2001 240 pages
4.06
2k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
War
The Blind Assassin Summary
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood 2000 637 pages
3.96
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Literary Fiction
The Dreamer Summary
The Dreamer
by Pam Muñoz Ryan 2010 384 pages
3.98
7k+ ratings
Poetry
Historical Fiction
Middle Grade
The Tattooist of Auschwitz Summary
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
by Heather Morris 2018 272 pages
4.31
1M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
The White Queen Summary
The White Queen
by Philippa Gregory 2009 415 pages
3.96
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Romance
Don’t Forget to Write Summary
Don’t Forget to Write
by Sara Goodman Confino 2023 334 pages
4.50
63k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Novels
The Paris Daughter Summary
The Paris Daughter
by Kristin Harmel 2023 384 pages
4.24
57k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
The Case of the Missing Marquess Summary
The Case of the Missing Marquess
by Nancy Springer 2006 216 pages
3.78
41k+ ratings
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Summary
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain 1884 327 pages
3.83
1.2M+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Beekeeper of Aleppo Summary
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
by Christy Lefteri 2019 317 pages
4.17
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Contemporary
The Terror Summary
The Terror
by Dan Simmons 2007 769 pages
4.08
67k+ ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Underworld Summary
Underworld
by Don DeLillo 1997 827 pages
3.95
32k+ ratings
Literature
Novels
Literary Fiction
The Secret Book of Flora Lea Summary
The Secret Book of Flora Lea
by Patti Callahan Henry 2023 355 pages
4.06
71k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
The Three Musketeers Summary
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas 1844 431 pages
4.10
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Adventure
Things Fall Apart Summary
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe 1958 215 pages
3.74
300k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Africa
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Summary
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley 2009 374 pages
3.82
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
The Heart's Invisible Furies Summary
The Heart's Invisible Furies
by John Boyne 2017 582 pages
4.51
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
LGBT
Ireland
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird Summary
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
by Christopher Sergel 1960 128 pages
4.51
22k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Historical Fiction
Mapping the Bones Summary
Mapping the Bones
by Jane Yolen 2018 421 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Home Front Summary
Home Front
by Kristin Hannah 2012 390 pages
4.24
100k+ ratings
Romance
Historical Fiction
Chick Lit
Silence Summary
Silence
by Shūsaku Endō 1966 219 pages
4.09
36k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Japan
Japanese Literature
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi Summary
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
by Shannon Chakraborty 2023 483 pages
4.26
63k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Pirates
Four Great Tragedies Summary
Four Great Tragedies
Hamlet / Othello / King Lear / Macbeth
by William Shakespeare 1606 592 pages
4.42
17k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
The Persian Boy Summary
The Persian Boy
by Mary Renault 1972 420 pages
4.18
10k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
LGBT
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? Summary
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?
by Crystal Smith Paul 2023 416 pages
3.75
62k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Mystery
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde Summary
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
by Tia Williams 2024 352 pages
4.03
32k+ ratings
Romance
Magical Realism
Historical Fiction
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