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India After Gandhi Summary
India After Gandhi
The History of the World's Largest Democracy
by Ramachandra Guha 2007 912 pages
4.39
17k+ ratings
History
Politics
Indian Literature
The Queen's Gambit Summary
The Queen's Gambit
by Walter Tevis 1983 258 pages
4.18
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Chess
The Devil in the White City Summary
The Devil in the White City
by Erik Larson 2003 496 pages
4.00
700k+ ratings
History
True Crime
Crime
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 373 pages
3.72
31k+ ratings
History
World War II
Science
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Summary
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne 2006 224 pages
4.16
800k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Medieval India Summary
Medieval India
From Sultanat To The Mughals 1526-1748
by Satish Chandra 1997 550 pages
3.97
100+ ratings
History
India
Asia
The River We Remember Summary
The River We Remember
by William Kent Krueger 2023 432 pages
4.27
83k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Thriller
The Silk Roads Summary
The Silk Roads
A New History of the World
by Peter Frankopan 2015 636 pages
4.18
43k+ ratings
History
Politics
World History
Les Misérables Summary
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo 1862 1463 pages
4.21
800k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
France
The Sympathizer Summary
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015 371 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Asia
The Wednesday Wars Summary
The Wednesday Wars
by Gary D. Schmidt 2007 264 pages
4.12
45k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Common Sense Summary
Common Sense
by Thomas Paine 1776 104 pages
4.00
37k+ ratings
History
Classics
Philosophy
The Joy Luck Club Summary
The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan 1989 288 pages
3.97
600k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
China
Jane Eyre Summary
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë 1847 532 pages
4.15
2.2M+ ratings
Classics
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Long Island Summary
Long Island
by Colm Tóibín 2024 294 pages
3.75
53k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Ireland
Irish Literature
Memoirs of a Geisha Summary
Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden 1997 434 pages
4.16
2M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
Code Name Hélène Summary
Code Name Hélène
by Ariel Lawhon 2020 451 pages
4.41
57k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
The Secret Life of Bees Summary
The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd 2001 302 pages
4.10
1.3M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Young Adult
Between Shades of Gray Summary
Between Shades of Gray
by Ruta Sepetys 2011 344 pages
4.37
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Code Talker Summary
Code Talker
A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two
by Joseph Bruchac 2005 231 pages
3.92
17k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
The Storyteller Summary
The Storyteller
by Jodi Picoult 2013 461 pages
4.30
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Holocaust
Historical
Pachinko Summary
Pachinko
by Min Jin Lee 2017 496 pages
4.34
500k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Japan
At Home Summary
At Home
A Short History of Private Life
by Bill Bryson 2010 497 pages
3.99
96k+ ratings
History
Humor
Science
Sapiens and Homo Deus Summary
Sapiens and Homo Deus
The E-book Collection: A Brief History of Humankind and A Brief History of Tomorrow
by Yuval Noah Harari 2017 816 pages
4.42
1k+ ratings
History
Science
Philosophy
El Filibusterismo Comics Summary
El Filibusterismo Comics
by José Rizal 2017 53 pages
3.75
100+ ratings
Graphic Novels
History
Historical
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge Summary
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge
George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition
by Erica Armstrong Dunbar 2019 272 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Biography
History
Middle Grade
England's Mistress Summary
England's Mistress
The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton
by Kate Williams 2005 415 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Biography
History
British Literature
History of Modern India Summary
History of Modern India
by Bipan Chandra 2009 352 pages
4.08
2k+ ratings
History
India
Politics
Gone with the Wind Summary
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell 1936 1037 pages
4.31
1.2M+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Romance
A Tale of Two Cities Summary
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens 1859 489 pages
3.87
900k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Roots Summary
Roots
The Saga of an American Family
by Alex Haley 1976 729 pages
4.44
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
Nine Days Summary
Nine Days
by Toni Jordan 2012 245 pages
3.73
2k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Australia
School
World Without End Summary
World Without End
by Ken Follett 2007 1237 pages
4.32
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Medieval
Atlas Summary
Atlas
The Story of Pa Salt
by Lucinda Riley 2023 750 pages
4.51
71k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Roman
Outlander Summary
Outlander
by Diana Gabaldon 1991 850 pages
4.26
1.1M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Fantasy
A Little History of Philosophy Summary
A Little History of Philosophy
by Nigel Warburton 2011 252 pages
4.12
14k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Science
A People’s History of the United States Summary
A People’s History of the United States
1492 - Present
by Howard Zinn 1980 729 pages
4.08
200k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation Summary
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation
Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 1
by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 2016 395 pages
4.55
26k+ ratings
Fantasy
Romance
LGBT
What the River Knows Summary
What the River Knows
by Isabel Ibañez 2023 416 pages
3.87
62k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Shōgun Summary
Shōgun
by James Clavell 1975 1152 pages
4.41
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Japan
Historical
Black Cake Summary
Black Cake
by Charmaine Wilkerson 2022 385 pages
4.09
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Mystery
The Boy on the Wooden Box Summary
The Boy on the Wooden Box
by Leon Leyson 2013 240 pages
4.38
28k+ ratings
Holocaust
History
Memoir
Babel Summary
Babel
by R.F. Kuang 2022 544 pages
4.17
300k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Historical
Train to Pakistan Summary
Train to Pakistan
by Khushwant Singh 1956 181 pages
3.94
30k+ ratings
India
Historical Fiction
Classics
The Burning God Summary
The Burning God
by R.F. Kuang 2020 622 pages
4.30
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Adult
The Sicilian Inheritance Summary
The Sicilian Inheritance
by Jo Piazza 2024 384 pages
4.01
35k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Italy
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Summary
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
by Jamie Ford 2009 290 pages
4.05
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
The Other Boleyn Girl Summary
The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory 2001 661 pages
4.08
500k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Romance
The Turtle House Summary
The Turtle House
by Amanda Churchill 2024 304 pages
4.04
3k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Japan
Family
Written in My Own Heart's Blood Summary
Written in My Own Heart's Blood
by Diana Gabaldon 2014 842 pages
4.55
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Fantasy
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