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The Fiery Cross Summary

The Fiery Cross

by Diana Gabaldon 2005 1443 pages

Historical Fiction

A Breath of Snow and Ashes Summary

A Breath of Snow and Ashes

by Diana Gabaldon 2006 1008 pages

Historical Fiction

Written in My Own Heart's Blood Summary

Written in My Own Heart's Blood

by Diana Gabaldon 2014 825 pages

Historical Fiction

Drums of Autumn Summary

Drums of Autumn

by Diana Gabaldon 2018 928 pages

Historical Fiction

The English Patient Summary

The English Patient

by Michael Ondaatje 2006 320 pages

Historical Fiction

The House of the Spirits Summary

The House of the Spirits

by Isabel Allende 2005 433 pages

Magical Realism

Historical Fiction

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Summary

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

by Jamie Ford 2009 304 pages

Historical Fiction

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Summary

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

by Victoria E. Schwab 2020 448 pages

Historical Fiction

A Conspiracy of Paper Summary

A Conspiracy of Paper

by David Liss 2001 512 pages

Historical Fiction

The Saga of an American Family

by Alex Haley 1980 736 pages

Historical Fiction

The Crucible Summary

by Arthur Miller 2003 143 pages

Historical Fiction

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Summary

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

by John Boyne

Historical Fiction

Memoirs of a Geisha Summary

Memoirs of a Geisha

by Arthur Golden 2005 512 pages

Historical Fiction

Persuación Summary

by Jane Austen

Historical Fiction

The Color Purple Summary

The Color Purple

by Alice Walker 2019 304 pages

Historical Fiction

Gone with the Wind Summary

Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell

Historical Fiction

Les Misérables Summary

Les Misérables

by Victor Hugo

Historical Fiction

Atonement Summary

by Ian McEwan 2002 351 pages

Historical Fiction

The Rose Code Summary

by Kate Quinn 2021 656 pages

Historical Fiction

by Johanna Spyri 2002 352 pages

Fall of Giants Summary

by Ken Follett 2010 1008 pages

Historical Fiction

World Without End Summary

World Without End

by Ken Follett

Historical Fiction

The Red Badge of Courage Summary

The Red Badge of Courage

by Stephen Crane 2004 152 pages

Historical Fiction

The Golem and the Jinni Summary

The Golem and the Jinni

by Helene Wecker 2013 496 pages

Historical Fiction

Magical Realism

The Sympathizer Summary

The Sympathizer

by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015 384 pages

Historical Fiction

A History of Modern Iran Summary

A History of Modern Iran

by Ervand Abrahamian 2008 228 pages

The Light Between Oceans Summary

The Light Between Oceans

by M.L. Stedman 2012 345 pages

Historical Fiction

The Remains of the Day Summary

The Remains of the Day

by Kazuo Ishiguro

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

The Persian Boy Summary

The Persian Boy

by Mary Renault 1972 420 pages

Historical Fiction

The Girl You Left Behind Summary

The Girl You Left Behind

by Jojo Moyes

Historical Fiction

The Island of Sea Women Summary

The Island of Sea Women

by Lisa See

Historical Fiction

All the Light We Cannot See Summary

All the Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr 2014 531 pages

Historical Fiction

Lessons in Chemistry Summary

Lessons in Chemistry

by Bonnie Garmus

Historical Fiction

The Shah Summary

by Abbas Milani 2011 496 pages

23 Years / bisto se sal /بیست و سه سال Summary

23 Years / bisto se sal /بیست و سه سال

by Ali Dashti 1973 339 pages

John Adams Summary

by David McCullough 2002 752 pages

American History

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Summary

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

by Lisa See

Historical Fiction

by Maggie O'Farrell 2020 352 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

The Dutch House Summary

The Dutch House

by Ann Patchett 2019 352 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

The Great Alone Summary

The Great Alone

by Kristin Hannah

Historical Fiction

The Marriage Portrait Summary

The Marriage Portrait

by Maggie O'Farrell

Historical Fiction

The Seven Sisters Summary

The Seven Sisters

by Lucinda Riley 2015 480 pages

Historical Fiction

Black Cake Summary

by Charmaine Wilkerson

Historical Fiction

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women Summary

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women

by Lisa See 2023 368 pages

Historical Fiction

A Thousand Splendid Suns Summary

A Thousand Splendid Suns

by Khaled Hosseini 2007 372 pages

Historical Fiction

A Peace to End All Peace Summary

A Peace to End All Peace

The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East

by David Fromkin 2001 672 pages

Beloved Summary

by Toni Morrison 2004 321 pages

Historical Fiction

Magical Realism

Table for Two Summary

by Amor Towles 2024 448 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

The Red Tent Summary

by Anita Diamant 2007 336 pages

Historical Fiction

The Poppy War Summary

by R.F. Kuang 2018 545 pages

Historical Fiction

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