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Killing the Witches Summary
Killing the Witches
The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
by Bill O'Reilly 2023 291 pages
3.64
13k+ ratings
History
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Witches
Out of Darkness Summary
Out of Darkness
by Ashley Hope Pérez 2016 402 pages
4.14
8k+ ratings
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Banned Books
Beneath a Scarlet Sky Summary
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
by Mark T. Sullivan 2017 509 pages
4.43
300k+ ratings
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World War II
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The Fountains of Silence Summary
The Fountains of Silence
by Ruta Sepetys 2019 512 pages
4.31
75k+ ratings
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Young Adult
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The Things We Leave Unfinished Summary
The Things We Leave Unfinished
by Rebecca Yarros 2021 400 pages
4.30
200k+ ratings
Romance
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Contemporary
The White Queen Summary
The White Queen
by Philippa Gregory 2009 415 pages
3.96
100k+ ratings
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Romance
Weyward Summary
Weyward
by Emilia Hart 2023 329 pages
4.07
200k+ ratings
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Fantasy
Magical Realism
War Horse Summary
War Horse
by Michael Morpurgo 1982 165 pages
4.15
56k+ ratings
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War
Animals
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
Persians Summary
Persians
The Age of the Great Kings
by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones 2022 448 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
History
Ancient History
Iran
Don’t Forget to Write Summary
Don’t Forget to Write
by Sara Goodman Confino 2023 334 pages
4.50
63k+ ratings
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Romance
Novels
A New History of Western Philosophy Summary
A New History of Western Philosophy
by Anthony Kenny 2007 1058 pages
4.23
100+ ratings
Philosophy
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Textbooks
The Tattooist of Auschwitz Summary
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
by Heather Morris 2018 272 pages
4.31
1M+ ratings
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Historical
World War II
The Crucible Summary
The Crucible
by Arthur Miller 1953 143 pages
3.61
400k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
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The Evolution of Fiqh Summary
The Evolution of Fiqh
Islamic Law & the Madh-habs
by Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips 1988 228 pages
4.37
100+ ratings
Islam
Religion
History
The Terror Summary
The Terror
by Dan Simmons 2007 769 pages
4.08
67k+ ratings
Horror
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Fantasy
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? Summary
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?
by Crystal Smith Paul 2023 416 pages
3.75
62k+ ratings
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Mystery
The Three Musketeers Summary
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas 1844 431 pages
4.10
300k+ ratings
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Classics
Adventure
The Dreamer Summary
The Dreamer
by Pam Muñoz Ryan 2010 384 pages
3.98
7k+ ratings
Poetry
Historical Fiction
Middle Grade
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
An Era of Darkness Summary
An Era of Darkness
The British Empire in India
by Shashi Tharoor 2016 360 pages
4.17
11k+ ratings
History
India
Politics
Daughters of the Samurai Summary
Daughters of the Samurai
A Journey from East to West and Back
by Janice P. Nimura 2015 352 pages
3.90
2k+ ratings
History
Japan
Biography
The Book Woman's Daughter Summary
The Book Woman's Daughter
by Kim Michele Richardson 2022 336 pages
4.23
76k+ ratings
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Books About Books
The Beekeeper of Aleppo Summary
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
by Christy Lefteri 2019 317 pages
4.17
100k+ ratings
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War
Contemporary
Bad Mexicans Summary
Bad Mexicans
Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands
by Kelly Lytle Hernández 2022 384 pages
4.20
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Race
The Persian Boy Summary
The Persian Boy
by Mary Renault 1972 420 pages
4.18
10k+ ratings
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Historical
LGBT
Mapping the Bones Summary
Mapping the Bones
by Jane Yolen 2018 421 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
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Young Adult
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The Heart's Invisible Furies Summary
The Heart's Invisible Furies
by John Boyne 2017 582 pages
4.51
100k+ ratings
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LGBT
Ireland
How to Rule the World Summary
How to Rule the World
A Handbook for the Aspiring Dictator
by André de Guillaume 2002 144 pages
3.66
500+ ratings
Humor
Politics
History
The House of the Spirits Summary
The House of the Spirits
by Isabel Allende 1982 448 pages
4.29
200k+ ratings
Magical Realism
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Off With Her Head Summary
Off With Her Head
Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power
by Eleanor Herman 2022 384 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
History
Feminism
Politics
George Washington's Secret Six Summary
George Washington's Secret Six
The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
by Brian Kilmeade 2013 235 pages
3.85
20k+ ratings
History
American History
American Revolution
An Echo in the Bone Summary
An Echo in the Bone
by Diana Gabaldon 2009 820 pages
4.44
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Fantasy
The Paris Daughter Summary
The Paris Daughter
by Kristin Harmel 2023 384 pages
4.24
57k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
The English Patient Summary
The English Patient
by Michael Ondaatje 1992 320 pages
3.86
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Romance
Alexander Hamilton Summary
Alexander Hamilton
by Ron Chernow 2004 818 pages
4.22
100k+ ratings
History
Biography
American History
The Kitchen House Summary
The Kitchen House
by Kathleen Grissom 2010 369 pages
4.23
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
How the Scots Invented the Modern World Summary
How the Scots Invented the Modern World
The True Story of How Western Europe’s Poorest Nation Created our World & Everything in It
by Arthur Herman 2001 480 pages
3.93
6k+ ratings
History
Scotland
Philosophy
Fall of Giants Summary
Fall of Giants
by Ken Follett 2010 985 pages
4.32
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
War
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Summary
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by Lisa See 2005 269 pages
4.09
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
China
Historical
Persuasion Summary
Persuasion
by Jane Austen 1817 249 pages
4.15
700k+ ratings
Classics
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Historical
The Age of Innocence Summary
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton 1920 293 pages
3.97
100k+ ratings
Classics
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Romance
The Secret Book of Flora Lea Summary
The Secret Book of Flora Lea
by Patti Callahan Henry 2023 355 pages
4.06
71k+ ratings
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Mystery
Historical
Age of Revolutions Summary
Age of Revolutions
Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
by Fareed Zakaria 2024 400 pages
4.20
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
And the Mountains Echoed Summary
And the Mountains Echoed
by Khaled Hosseini 2012 404 pages
4.08
300k+ ratings
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Contemporary
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Horse Summary
Horse
by Geraldine Brooks 2022 401 pages
4.27
100k+ ratings
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Historical
Animals
The Red Tent Summary
The Red Tent
by Anita Diamant 1997 324 pages
4.20
600k+ ratings
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Historical
Religion
The Ghost Map Summary
The Ghost Map
The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
by Steven Johnson 2006 299 pages
3.89
54k+ ratings
History
Science
Medicine
Lilac Girls Summary
Lilac Girls
by Martha Hall Kelly 2016 487 pages
4.29
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
Night Summary
Night
by Elie Wiesel 1956 120 pages
4.38
1.3M+ ratings
Classics
Memoir
School
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