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The Cold Cold Ground Summary
The Cold Cold Ground
by Adrian McKinty 2012 11 pages
3.91
16k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Ireland
Written in My Own Heart's Blood Summary
Written in My Own Heart's Blood
by Diana Gabaldon 2014 825 pages
4.55
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Fantasy
The Magnolia Palace Summary
The Magnolia Palace
by Fiona Davis 2022 340 pages
3.87
83k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
Wandering Stars Summary
Wandering Stars
by Tommy Orange 2024 315 pages
3.81
38k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Indigenous
Literary Fiction
The Last Jew Summary
The Last Jew
by Noah Gordon 1999 348 pages
4.16
10k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Spain
Gods of Jade and Shadow Summary
Gods of Jade and Shadow
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2019 338 pages
3.88
78k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Mythology
Anita de Monte Laughs Last Summary
Anita de Monte Laughs Last
by Xóchitl González 2024 342 pages
3.78
47k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Mystery
Gravity’s Rainbow Summary
Gravity’s Rainbow
by Thomas Pynchon 1973 776 pages
4.02
48k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Science Fiction
Elephant Run Summary
Elephant Run
by Roland Smith 2007 318 pages
4.09
6k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Adventure
My Evil Mother Summary
My Evil Mother
by Margaret Atwood 2022 32 pages
3.86
91k+ ratings
Short Stories
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
El señor presidente Summary
El señor presidente
by Miguel Ángel Asturias 1946 432 pages
3.97
6k+ ratings
Classics
Nobel Prize
Spanish Literature
Hornet Flight Summary
Hornet Flight
by Ken Follett 2002 518 pages
4.01
29k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Thriller
War
Child 44 Summary
Child 44
by Tom Rob Smith 2008 509 pages
4.11
90k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Thriller
Mystery
Doomsday Book Summary
Doomsday Book
by Connie Willis 1992 578 pages
4.03
65k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Time Travel
Historical Fiction
The Book of Longings Summary
The Book of Longings
by Sue Monk Kidd 2020 416 pages
4.23
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Real Americans Summary
Real Americans
by Rachel Khong 2024 416 pages
3.95
94k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Dreaming in Cuban Summary
Dreaming in Cuban
by Cristina García 1992 274 pages
3.67
12k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Book Club
The Man from St. Petersburg Summary
The Man from St. Petersburg
by Ken Follett 1982 320 pages
3.95
37k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Thriller
Mystery
In the First Circle Summary
In the First Circle
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1968 742 pages
4.26
10k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
From Here to Eternity Summary
From Here to Eternity
by James Jones 1951 816 pages
4.08
18k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
The Bear and the Nightingale Summary
The Bear and the Nightingale
by Katherine Arden 2017 319 pages
4.08
200k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
The Phantom of the Opera Summary
The Phantom of the Opera
by Gaston Leroux 1910 360 pages
3.96
200k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
Hotel Portofino Summary
Hotel Portofino
by J.P. O'Connell 2021 330 pages
3.31
5k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Italy
Romance
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
Cloud Cuckoo Land Summary
Cloud Cuckoo Land
by Anthony Doerr 2021 626 pages
4.25
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Book Club
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Summary
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain 1885 327 pages
3.83
1.3M+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
Wellness Summary
Wellness
by Nathan Hill 2023 611 pages
3.97
83k+ ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
All the Pretty Horses Summary
All the Pretty Horses
by Cormac McCarthy 1992 302 pages
4.06
100k+ ratings
Westerns
Historical Fiction
Classics
Rules of Civility Summary
Rules of Civility
by Amor Towles 2011 335 pages
4.09
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English Summary
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
by Noor Naga 2022 186 pages
3.93
13k+ ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Romance
Happy Land Summary
Happy Land
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2025 368 pages
4.24
10k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
The Painted Bird Summary
The Painted Bird
by Jerzy Kosiński 1965 234 pages
3.90
28k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Horror
The Snow Child Summary
The Snow Child
by Eowyn Ivey 2012 423 pages
4.02
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Book Club
Clockwork Prince Summary
Clockwork Prince
by Cassandra Clare 2011 498 pages
4.42
500k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Possession Summary
Possession
by A.S. Byatt 1990 555 pages
3.90
84k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Classics
The Viscount Who Loved Me Summary
The Viscount Who Loved Me
by Julia Quinn 2000 480 pages
3.99
500k+ ratings
Romance
Historical Romance
Historical Fiction
The Warm Hands of Ghosts Summary
The Warm Hands of Ghosts
by Katherine Arden 2024 325 pages
3.96
31k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Historical
Forsaken Summary
Forsaken
by Oliver Bowden 2012 464 pages
3.99
6k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Video Games
Sometimes a Great Notion Summary
Sometimes a Great Notion
by Ken Kesey 1964 628 pages
4.26
24k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Good Muslim Summary
The Good Muslim
by Tahmima Anam 2011 304 pages
3.71
2k+ ratings
Bangladesh
Historical Fiction
Asia
Shadow of Night Summary
Shadow of Night
by Deborah Harkness 2012 584 pages
4.08
200k+ ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Historical Fiction
All the Forgivenesses Summary
All the Forgivenesses
by Elizabeth Hardinger 2019 371 pages
4.25
20k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
The World Played Chess Summary
The World Played Chess
by Robert Dugoni 2021 400 pages
4.44
40k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Coming Of Age
The Comfort of Ghosts Summary
The Comfort of Ghosts
by Jacqueline Winspear 2024 342 pages
4.40
16k+ ratings
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Historical
The Boys from Biloxi Summary
The Boys from Biloxi
by John Grisham 2022 464 pages
4.05
95k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Historical Fiction
Life and Fate Summary
Life and Fate
by Vasily Grossman 1960 864 pages
4.46
15k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Historical Fiction
The Golem and the Jinni Summary
The Golem and the Jinni
by Helene Wecker 2013 486 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Hidden Places Summary
Hidden Places
by Lynn Austin 2001 429 pages
4.41
11k+ ratings
Christian Fiction
Historical Fiction
Christian
Mrs. March Summary
Mrs. March
by Virginia Feito 2021 304 pages
3.25
28k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Historical Fiction
If Beale Street Could Talk Summary
If Beale Street Could Talk
by James Baldwin 1974 197 pages
4.27
84k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
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