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Husbands & Lovers Summary
Husbands & Lovers
by Beatriz Williams 2024 384 pages
4.11
71k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Book Club
Don’t Forget to Write Summary
Don’t Forget to Write
by Sara Goodman Confino 2023 334 pages
4.49
67k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Romance
The Shortest History of China Summary
The Shortest History of China
by Linda Jaivin 2021 263 pages
3.98
2k+ ratings
History
China
Asia
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
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 1989 635 pages
4.22
9k+ ratings
Politics
War
World History
Cryptonomicon Summary
Cryptonomicon
by Neal Stephenson 1999 1152 pages
4.23
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
Cyberpunk
The Pillars of the Earth Summary
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett 1989 976 pages
4.35
800k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Fantasy
The Disabled Tyrant’s Beloved Pet Fish Summary
The Disabled Tyrant’s Beloved Pet Fish
Canji Baojun De Zhangxin Yu Chong (Novel) Vol. 1
by Xue Shan Fei Hu 2024 436 pages
4.43
3k+ ratings
Fantasy
Romance
LGBT
Forgiveness Summary
Forgiveness
by Mark Sakamoto 2014 272 pages
4.00
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Canada
Book Club
Viking Age Iceland Summary
Viking Age Iceland
by Jesse L. Byock 2001 448 pages
4.09
500+ ratings
History
Medieval
Historical
Mythos Summary
Mythos
The Greek Myths Retold
by Stephen Fry 2017 416 pages
4.26
100k+ ratings
Mythology
History
Greek Mythology
Lies My Teacher Told Me Summary
Lies My Teacher Told Me
Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
by James W. Loewen 1995 383 pages
3.97
71k+ ratings
History
Education
Politics
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 Kitchen House Summary
The Kitchen House
by Kathleen Grissom 2010 369 pages
4.23
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Terror Summary
The Terror
by Dan Simmons 2007 769 pages
4.09
69k+ ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Human Instinct Summary
Human Instinct
How our primeval impulses shape our modern lives
by Robert Winston 2002 352 pages
4.00
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Evolution
The Heart's Invisible Furies Summary
The Heart's Invisible Furies
by John Boyne 2017 582 pages
4.51
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
LGBT
The Rose Code Summary
The Rose Code
by Kate Quinn 2021 624 pages
4.45
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Red Badge of Courage Summary
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane 1895 149 pages
3.29
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
The Last Jew Summary
The Last Jew
by Noah Gordon 1999 348 pages
4.16
10k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Spain
Historical
Persian Fire Summary
Persian Fire
The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
by Tom Holland 2005 418 pages
4.17
10k+ ratings
History
Ancient History
Ancient
Wuthering Heights Summary
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë 1847 464 pages
3.90
1.9M+ ratings
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Scarlet Letter Summary
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1850 279 pages
3.44
800k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
School
Literature
Before We Were Yours Summary
Before We Were Yours
by Lisa Wingate 2017 342 pages
4.40
600k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Husky and His White Cat Shizun Summary
The Husky and His White Cat Shizun
Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 4
by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou 2023 444 pages
4.60
5k+ ratings
Fantasy
Romance
LGBT
The Names Summary
The Names
by Florence Knapp 2025 336 pages
4.28
2k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Mapping the Bones Summary
Mapping the Bones
by Jane Yolen 2018 421 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? Summary
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?
by Crystal Smith Paul 2023 416 pages
3.74
68k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Phoenix Crown Summary
The Phoenix Crown
by Kate Quinn 2024 384 pages
3.84
36k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
Fellow Travelers Summary
Fellow Travelers
by Thomas Mallon 2007 356 pages
3.60
4k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
LGBT
Queer
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi Summary
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
by Shannon Chakraborty 2023 483 pages
4.26
68k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Pirates
Killing the Witches Summary
Killing the Witches
The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
by Bill O'Reilly 2023 291 pages
3.64
14k+ ratings
History
Historical
Witches
A History of the World in 21 Women Summary
A History of the World in 21 Women
A Personal Selection
by Jenni Murray 2018 304 pages
3.83
3k+ ratings
History
Feminism
Biography
A New History of Western Philosophy Summary
A New History of Western Philosophy
by Anthony Kenny 2007 1058 pages
4.22
100+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Textbooks
Samarkand Summary
Samarkand
by Amin Maalouf 1988 304 pages
4.24
30k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Novels
Literature
An Era of Darkness Summary
An Era of Darkness
The British Empire in India
by Shashi Tharoor 2016 360 pages
4.17
12k+ ratings
History
India
Politics
بیست و سه سال Summary
بیست و سه سال
۲۳ سال
by Ali Dashti 1973 400 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Religion
History
Islam
Phantom Summary
Phantom
by H.D. Carlton 2025 367 pages
3.97
33k+ ratings
Dark Romance
Romance
Dark
The Three Musketeers Summary
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas 1844 431 pages
4.10
300k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
The White Queen Summary
The White Queen
by Philippa Gregory 2009 415 pages
3.96
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Romance
The Persian Boy Summary
The Persian Boy
by Mary Renault 1972 420 pages
4.18
10k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
LGBT
Persians Summary
Persians
The Age of the Great Kings
by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones 2022 448 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
History
Ancient History
Iran
Lilac Girls Summary
Lilac Girls
by Martha Hall Kelly 2016 487 pages
4.29
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
World War II
The Book Club for Troublesome Women Summary
The Book Club for Troublesome Women
by Marie Bostwick 2025 384 pages
4.17
2k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Books About Books
Historical
Dead Wake Summary
Dead Wake
The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
by Erik Larson 2015 430 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
History
Book Club
Historical
The Book Woman's Daughter Summary
The Book Woman's Daughter
by Kim Michele Richardson 2022 336 pages
4.23
78k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
Warsaw Boy Summary
Warsaw Boy
A Memoir of a Wartime Childhood
by Andrew Borowiec 2014 377 pages
4.08
100+ ratings
History
Biography
World War II
Bad Mexicans Summary
Bad Mexicans
Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands
by Kelly Lytle Hernández 2022 372 pages
4.19
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
This Tender Land Summary
This Tender Land
by William Kent Krueger 2019 450 pages
4.39
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Bomber Mafia Summary
The Bomber Mafia
A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
by Malcolm Gladwell 2021 256 pages
4.03
60k+ ratings
History
War
World War II
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