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Historical Book Summaries

Uncle Tom’s Cabin Summary
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1852 438 pages
3.91
237.8K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Go Set a Watchman Summary
Go Set a Watchman
by Harper Lee 2015 278 pages
3.31
285.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Book Club
The Ghost Bride Summary
The Ghost Bride
by Yangsze Choo 2013 368 pages
3.81
36.1K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Romance
Theodora Summary
Theodora
Actress, Empress, Whore
by Stella Duffy 2010 339 pages
3.52
1.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Romance
The Ragged Edge of Night Summary
The Ragged Edge of Night
by Olivia Hawker 2018 340 pages
4.16
47.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
The Dragon Republic Summary
The Dragon Republic
by R.F. Kuang 2019 658 pages
4.37
175.2K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Adult
The New Penguin History of Canada Summary
The New Penguin History of Canada
by Robert Bothwell 2006 500 pages
3.58
376 ratings
History
Canada
Politics
Children of Ash and Elm Summary
Children of Ash and Elm
A History of the Vikings
by Neil Price 2020 656 pages
4.16
8.1K ratings
History
Medieval
European History
Heaven Official's Blessing Summary
Heaven Official's Blessing
Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 3
by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 2017 466 pages
4.68
23.2K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
LGBT
September 11 Summary
September 11
An Oral History
by Dean E. Murphy 2002 272 pages
4.33
256 ratings
History
American History
Terrorism
Olivia Twist Summary
Olivia Twist
by Lorie Langdon 2018 331 pages
3.88
4.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Retellings
سینوهه Summary
سینوهه
by Mika Waltari 1945 904 pages
4.22
26.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
Empire of the Summer Moon Summary
Empire of the Summer Moon
by S.C. Gwynne 2010 371 pages
4.24
62.8K ratings
History
Biography
American History
Making Bombs for Hitler Summary
Making Bombs for Hitler
by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch 2012 186 pages
4.34
12.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Middle Grade
Young Adult
His Majesty's Dragon Summary
His Majesty's Dragon
by Naomi Novik 2006 356 pages
4.06
107.9K ratings
Fantasy
Dragons
Historical Fiction
The Double Life of Pocahontas Summary
The Double Life of Pocahontas
by Jean Fritz 1983 96 pages
3.46
767 ratings
History
Biography
Historical
The Black Tulip Summary
The Black Tulip
by Alexandre Dumas 1850 246 pages
3.85
22.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
France
The Kitchen Front Summary
The Kitchen Front
by Jennifer Ryan 2021 408 pages
3.98
32.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
World War II
Last Twilight in Paris Summary
Last Twilight in Paris
by Pam Jenoff 2025 336 pages
4.00
10.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Mystery
A Short History of Myth Summary
A Short History of Myth
by Karen Armstrong 2005 159 pages
3.69
6.3K ratings
History
Mythology
Philosophy
The Nazi Conspiracy Summary
The Nazi Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
by Brad Meltzer 2023 400 pages
4.15
9.2K ratings
History
World War II
Politics
All the Forgivenesses Summary
All the Forgivenesses
by Elizabeth Hardinger 2019 371 pages
4.26
17.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
Public Enemies Summary
Public Enemies
America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
by Bryan Burrough 2004 640 pages
3.98
6.0K ratings
History
True Crime
Crime
Lovely War Summary
Lovely War
by Julie Berry 2019 471 pages
4.23
65.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Young Adult
Writings of Abraham Lincoln Summary
Writings of Abraham Lincoln
by Abraham Lincoln 1953
4.12
308 ratings
History
Biography
Civil War
When He Was Wicked Summary
When He Was Wicked
by Julia Quinn 2004 368 pages
3.99
243.7K ratings
Romance
Historical Romance
Historical
The Ministry of Unladylike Activity Summary
The Ministry of Unladylike Activity
by Robin Stevens 2022 387 pages
4.18
1.6K ratings
Mystery
Middle Grade
Historical Fiction
Elektra Summary
Elektra
by Jennifer Saint 2022 291 pages
3.67
51.2K ratings
Mythology
Fantasy
Greek Mythology
A Great and Terrible Beauty Summary
A Great and Terrible Beauty
by Libba Bray 2003 403 pages
3.80
224.8K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
From Miniskirt to Hijab Summary
From Miniskirt to Hijab
A Girl in Revolutionary Iran
by Jacqueline Saper 2019 240 pages
4.15
578 ratings
Iran
Memoir
Biography
Mare's War Summary
Mare's War
by Tanita S. Davis 2009 352 pages
3.84
1.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
The Habsburgs Summary
The Habsburgs
To Rule the World
by Martyn Rady 2020 416 pages
3.85
2.7K ratings
History
European History
Biography
Blackbeard Summary
Blackbeard
The Birth of America
by Samuel Marquis 2018 382 pages
4.12
932 ratings
History
Pirates
Amazon
Secondhand Time Summary
Secondhand Time
The Last of the Soviets
by Svetlana Alexievich 2013 496 pages
4.46
20.4K ratings
History
Russia
Politics
Heroes Summary
Heroes
Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures
by Stephen Fry 2018 415 pages
4.31
54.4K ratings
Mythology
History
Greek Mythology
Front Lines Summary
Front Lines
by Michael Grant 2016 548 pages
4.09
6.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
In the Garden of Beasts Summary
In the Garden of Beasts
Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
by Erik Larson 2011 448 pages
3.89
213.1K ratings
History
Book Club
World War II
The Sisters Brothers Summary
The Sisters Brothers
by Patrick deWitt 2011 328 pages
3.85
101.0K ratings
Westerns
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies Summary
Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies
The Real West
by David Fisher 2015 304 pages
3.97
5.9K ratings
History
Westerns
Biography
The Perfect Mile Summary
The Perfect Mile
Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It
by Neal Bascomb 2004 322 pages
4.22
9.9K ratings
Sports
History
Biography
Lone Women Summary
Lone Women
by Victor LaValle 2023 275 pages
3.71
33.4K ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Fake Heroes Summary
Fake Heroes
Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History
by Otto English 2023 495 pages
3.92
626 ratings
History
Biography
Historical
The Rape of Nanking Summary
The Rape of Nanking
The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
by Iris Chang 1997 290 pages
4.24
49.4K ratings
History
China
War
Fires of Winter Summary
Fires of Winter
by Johanna Lindsey 1980 362 pages
3.96
16.3K ratings
Historical Romance
Romance
Historical
Violeta Summary
Violeta
by Isabel Allende 2022 322 pages
4.03
98.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
The Man from St. Petersburg Summary
The Man from St. Petersburg
by Ken Follett 1982 320 pages
3.94
35.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Thriller
Mystery
Jackdaws Summary
Jackdaws
by Ken Follett 2001 432 pages
4.08
41.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Thriller
Historical
The Viscount Who Loved Me Summary
The Viscount Who Loved Me
by Julia Quinn 2000 480 pages
3.99
458.3K ratings
Historical Romance
Historical Fiction
Historical
Remember Love Summary
Remember Love
by Mary Balogh 2022 400 pages
3.93
5.7K ratings
Romance
Historical Romance
Historical
Shipwrecked! Summary
Shipwrecked!
Diving for Hidden Time Capsules on the Ocean Floor
by Martin W. Sandler 2023 138 pages
3.91
188 ratings
History
Middle Grade
Science
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