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The Heart of Darkness Summary
The Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad 1899 131 pages
3.43
500k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Lone Women Summary
Lone Women
by Victor LaValle 2023 275 pages
3.69
37k+ ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
These Violent Delights Summary
These Violent Delights
by Chloe Gong 2020 449 pages
3.79
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Historical Fiction
His Majesty's Dragon Summary
His Majesty's Dragon
by Naomi Novik 2006 356 pages
4.07
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Dragons
Historical Fiction
Commonwealth Summary
Commonwealth
by Ann Patchett 2016 322 pages
3.83
200k+ ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Summary
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
by August Wilson 1984 111 pages
4.00
4k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
Historical Fiction
Carrie Soto Is Back Summary
Carrie Soto Is Back
by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2022 384 pages
4.20
700k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Romance
Nervous Conditions Summary
Nervous Conditions
by Tsitsi Dangarembga 1988 204 pages
4.04
23k+ ratings
Africa
Historical Fiction
Zimbabwe
The Persian Boy Summary
The Persian Boy
by Mary Renault 1972 420 pages
4.18
11k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
LGBT
I Capture the Castle Summary
I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith 1948 408 pages
3.98
100k+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
The Personal Librarian Summary
The Personal Librarian
by Marie Benedict 2021 341 pages
4.05
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
And the Mountains Echoed Summary
And the Mountains Echoed
by Khaled Hosseini 2012 12 pages
4.08
400k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
Buddha Summary
Buddha
by Deepak Chopra 2007 288 pages
3.93
12k+ ratings
Spirituality
Buddhism
Religion
Islands in the Stream Summary
Islands in the Stream
by Ernest Hemingway 1970 448 pages
3.88
17k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Giver of Stars Summary
The Giver of Stars
by Jojo Moyes 2019 390 pages
4.29
500k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Romance
Their Eyes Were Watching God Summary
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston 1937 238 pages
3.99
300k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
School
Mirror Girls Summary
Mirror Girls
by Kelly McWilliams 2022 320 pages
3.95
3k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Fantasy
Ruthless Vows Summary
Ruthless Vows
by Rebecca Ross 2023 420 pages
3.98
400k+ ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Young Adult
Don't Want You Like a Best Friend Summary
Don't Want You Like a Best Friend
by Emma R. Alban 2024 368 pages
3.76
21k+ ratings
Romance
Historical Fiction
Lesbian
Alaska by James A. Michener Summary
Alaska by James A. Michener
by Steve Berry 1988
4.17
17k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Travel
Harlem Rhapsody Summary
Harlem Rhapsody
by Victoria Christopher Murray 2025 400 pages
4.06
9k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
African American
The Flamethrowers Summary
The Flamethrowers
by Rachel Kushner 2013 383 pages
3.51
24k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
The War of the End of the World Summary
The War of the End of the World
by Mario Vargas Llosa 1981 568 pages
4.25
12k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
Novels
Ajaya Summary
Ajaya
Roll of the Dice
by Anand Neelakantan 2013 456 pages
4.05
5k+ ratings
Mythology
Historical Fiction
Indian Literature
A Short Walk Through a Wide World Summary
A Short Walk Through a Wide World
by Douglas Westerbeke 2024 400 pages
3.53
21k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
The German Girl Summary
The German Girl
by Armando Lucas Correa 2016 360 pages
3.81
39k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
Map of Bones Summary
Map of Bones
by James Rollins 2005 523 pages
4.08
63k+ ratings
Thriller
Adventure
Mystery
The Girl Who Knew Too Much Summary
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
by Amanda Quick 2017 368 pages
3.83
11k+ ratings
Romance
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Lord Jim Summary
Lord Jim
by Joseph Conrad 1900 455 pages
3.61
33k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Adventure
The Custom of the Country Summary
The Custom of the Country
by Edith Wharton 1913 370 pages
4.07
16k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The King's Messenger Summary
The King's Messenger
by Susanna Kearsley 2024 352 pages
4.10
6k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical
We the Living Summary
We the Living
by Ayn Rand 1936 464 pages
3.96
30k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Historical Fiction
Dentes de Dragão Summary
Dentes de Dragão
by Michael Crichton 2017 304 pages
3.86
49k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Westerns
Adventure
Case Study Summary
Case Study
by Graeme Macrae Burnet 2021 278 pages
3.56
12k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Mystery
The Patron Saint of Liars Summary
The Patron Saint of Liars
by Ann Patchett 1992 352 pages
3.90
70k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Midnight’s Children Summary
Midnight’s Children
by Salman Rushdie 1981 647 pages
3.97
100k+ ratings
Magical Realism
Classics
India
Year of Wonders Summary
Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks 2001 304 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Nurse's Secret Summary
The Nurse's Secret
by Amanda Skenandore 2022 362 pages
4.14
35k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Book Club
The Immortalists Summary
The Immortalists
by Chloe Benjamin 2018 346 pages
3.71
200k+ ratings
Book Club
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Angle of Repose Summary
Angle of Repose
by Wallace Stegner 1971 569 pages
4.24
62k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Book Club
The Mists of Avalon Summary
The Mists of Avalon
by Marion Zimmer Bradley 1982 1009 pages
4.13
200k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Arthurian
Great Circle Summary
Great Circle
by Maggie Shipstead 2021 608 pages
4.09
83k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Maldita Roma Summary
Maldita Roma
La conquista del poder de Julio César
by Santiago Posteguillo 2023 896 pages
4.68
8k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Spanish Literature
Kidnapped Summary
Kidnapped
by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 288 pages
3.79
68k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Historical Fiction
Tortilla Flat Summary
Tortilla Flat
by John Steinbeck 1935 256 pages
3.83
64k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
El hombre que calculaba Summary
El hombre que calculaba
by Malba Tahan 1938 227 pages
4.10
6k+ ratings
Mathematics
Classics
Novels
Lady Chatterley’s Lover Summary
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
by D.H. Lawrence 1928 376 pages
3.50
100k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Literature
Kaleidoscope Summary
Kaleidoscope
by Danielle Steel 1987 403 pages
3.99
17k+ ratings
Romance
Chick Lit
Drama
Eye of the Needle Summary
Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett 1978 368 pages
4.22
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Thriller
Mystery
Sounder Summary
Sounder
by William H. Armstrong 1969 116 pages
3.97
31k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Young Adult
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