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By Any Other Name Summary
By Any Other Name
by Jodi Picoult 2024 528 pages
4.12
84k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Lost Islamic History Summary
Lost Islamic History
Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past
by Firas Alkhateeb 2014 217 pages
4.44
2k+ ratings
History
Islam
Religion
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
24k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Answer to History Summary
Answer to History
by Mohammed Reza Pahlavi 1979 204 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Biography
Isola Summary
Isola
by Allegra Goodman 2025 368 pages
4.05
21k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
The Silk Roads Summary
The Silk Roads
A New History of the World
by Peter Frankopan 2015 636 pages
4.17
45k+ ratings
History
Politics
World History
The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel) Summary
The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel)
Volume 7
by Natsu Hyuuga 2018 261 pages
4.36
2k+ ratings
Light Novel
Romance
Mystery
The Shah Summary
The Shah
by Abbas Milani 2007 496 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
History
Iran
Biography
The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel) Summary
The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel)
Volume 1
by Natsu Hyuuga 2014 226 pages
4.46
6k+ ratings
Light Novel
Mystery
Historical Fiction
The Queen's Gambit Summary
The Queen's Gambit
by Walter Tevis 1983 258 pages
4.18
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Chess
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Summary
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
by Victoria E. Schwab 2020 448 pages
4.17
1.3M+ ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Historical Fiction
Les Misérables Summary
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo 1862 1463 pages
4.21
800k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
France
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens Summary
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens
How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire
by Jack Weatherford 2010 317 pages
3.93
4k+ ratings
History
Asia
Biography
The Sympathizer Summary
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015 371 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
War
The Joy Luck Club Summary
The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan 1989 288 pages
3.97
600k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
China
All Quiet on the Western Front Summary
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque 1928 296 pages
4.10
400k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Code Name Hélène Summary
Code Name Hélène
by Ariel Lawhon 2020 451 pages
4.41
62k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
The Things They Carried Summary
The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien 1990 246 pages
4.14
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
War
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
Book Club
Romance
Between Shades of Gray Summary
Between Shades of Gray
by Ruta Sepetys 2011 344 pages
4.37
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Jane Eyre Summary
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë 1847 532 pages
4.15
2.2M+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Gothic
Les Misérables Summary
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo 1862 1463 pages
4.21
800k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
France
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
Book Club
World War II
The Sicilian Inheritance Summary
The Sicilian Inheritance
by Jo Piazza 2024 384 pages
4.00
40k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Book Club
The Storyteller Summary
The Storyteller
by Jodi Picoult 2013 461 pages
4.30
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Holocaust
Atlas Summary
Atlas
The Story of Pa Salt
by Lucinda Riley 2023 750 pages
4.51
75k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Roman
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 Nightingale Summary
The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah 2015 564 pages
4.64
1.8M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
History of Modern India Summary
History of Modern India
by Bipan Chandra 2009 352 pages
4.08
2k+ ratings
History
India
Politics
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
Book Club
Classics
Common Sense Summary
Common Sense
by Thomas Paine 1776 104 pages
4.00
38k+ ratings
History
Classics
Philosophy
Pachinko Summary
Pachinko
by Min Jin Lee 2017 496 pages
4.34
500k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Go as a River Summary
Go as a River
by Shelley Read 2023 320 pages
4.26
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Summary
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
by Stephen Graham Jones 2025 448 pages
4.20
6k+ ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Vampires
What the River Knows Summary
What the River Knows
by Isabel Ibañez 2023 416 pages
3.86
71k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Memoirs of a Geisha Summary
Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden 1997 434 pages
4.16
2M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
The Other Boleyn Girl Summary
The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory 2001 661 pages
4.09
500k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Romance
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
The Burning God Summary
The Burning God
by R.F. Kuang 2020 622 pages
4.30
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Adult
Babel Summary
Babel
by R.F. Kuang 2022 544 pages
4.16
300k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Dark Academia
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree Summary
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree
A Memoir of a Schindler's List Survivor
by Laura Hillman 2003 274 pages
4.15
5k+ ratings
Holocaust
History
Memoir
El Filibusterismo Comics Summary
El Filibusterismo Comics
by José Rizal 2017 53 pages
3.75
100+ ratings
Graphic Novels
History
Historical
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
4.41
1k+ ratings
History
Science
Modern
A Little History of Philosophy Summary
A Little History of Philosophy
by Nigel Warburton 2011 252 pages
4.12
14k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Science
War Horse Summary
War Horse
by Michael Morpurgo 1982 165 pages
4.15
57k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Animals
The Fountains of Silence Summary
The Fountains of Silence
by Ruta Sepetys 2019 495 pages
4.31
77k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
At Home Summary
At Home
A Short History of Private Life
by Bill Bryson 2010 497 pages
3.99
96k+ ratings
History
Humor
Science
Roots Summary
Roots
The Saga of an American Family
by Alex Haley 1976 729 pages
4.44
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
1491 Summary
1491
New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
by Charles C. Mann 2005 563 pages
4.05
92k+ ratings
History
American History
Anthropology
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Summary
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
by Michael Chabon 2000 639 pages
4.18
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Novels
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