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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
Les Miserables Summary
Immersive
Les Miserables
by Victor Hugo 1862 1376 pages
4.21
800k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Cartel Summary
The Cartel
by Don Winslow 2015 616 pages
4.36
39k+ ratings
Crime
Thriller
Historical Fiction
The Story of the Lost Child Summary
The Story of the Lost Child
by Elena Ferrante 2014 473 pages
4.46
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Italy
Italian Literature
Number the Stars Summary
Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry 1989 137 pages
4.20
600k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Classics
The Secret Life of Bees Summary
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The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd 2001 352 pages
4.10
1.3M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Classics
Yayati Summary
Yayati
A Classic Tale of Lust
by Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar 1963 251 pages
4.13
5k+ ratings
Marathi
Mythology
India
Purple Hibiscus Summary
Purple Hibiscus
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2003 336 pages
4.18
100k+ ratings
Africa
Historical Fiction
Nigeria
Little Women Summary
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Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott 1868 449 pages
4.17
2.4M+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
The Heart's Invisible Furies Summary
The Heart's Invisible Furies
by John Boyne 2017 582 pages
4.51
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
LGBT
How to Stop Time Summary
How to Stop Time
by Matt Haig 2017 339 pages
3.82
200k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Science Fiction
The Great Alone Summary
The Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah 2018 435 pages
4.46
1.2M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Romance
East of Eden Summary
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck 1952 601 pages
4.44
600k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
All the Broken Places Summary
All the Broken Places
by John Boyne 2022 400 pages
4.49
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Slaughterhouse-Five Summary
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1969 275 pages
4.10
1.4M+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
Native Son Summary
Native Son
by Richard Wright 1940 504 pages
4.04
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
The Spook Who Sat by the Door Summary
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
by Sam Greenlee 1969 256 pages
4.34
3k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Race
Classics
My Name Is Emilia del Valle Summary
My Name Is Emilia del Valle
by Isabel Allende 2025 287 pages
3.81
30k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Magical Realism
Before We Were Yours Summary
Before We Were Yours
by Lisa Wingate 2017 342 pages
4.40
700k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Things They Carried Summary
The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien 1990 246 pages
4.15
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
War
Pollyanna Summary
Pollyanna
by Eleanor H. Porter 1913 304 pages
4.02
92k+ ratings
Classics
Childrens
Young Adult
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird Summary
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
by Christopher Sergel 1960 128 pages
4.51
24k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Historical Fiction
The Shadow of the Wind Summary
The Shadow of the Wind
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 2001 487 pages
4.31
700k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
The Rose Code Summary
The Rose Code
by Kate Quinn 2021 656 pages
4.44
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club Summary
The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club
by Martha Hall Kelly 2025 336 pages
3.96
25k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Book Club
The Island of Sea Women Summary
The Island of Sea Women
by Lisa See 2019 374 pages
4.32
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Pompeii Summary
Pompeii
by Robert Harris 2003 274 pages
3.88
54k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Italy
Emma Summary
Immersive
Emma
by Jane Austen 1815 474 pages
4.05
900k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
Husbands & Lovers Summary
Husbands & Lovers
by Beatriz Williams 2024 384 pages
4.09
96k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Book Club
The Alice Network Summary
The Alice Network
by Kate Quinn 2017 503 pages
4.32
600k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel) Summary
The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel)
Volume 4
by Natsu Hyuuga 2015 295 pages
4.57
8k+ ratings
Light Novel
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Catch-22 Summary
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller 1961 453 pages
3.99
800k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Journey to the River Sea Summary
Journey to the River Sea
by Eva Ibbotson 2001 304 pages
4.19
17k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Adventure
Young Adult
The Secret Book of Flora Lea Summary
The Secret Book of Flora Lea
by Patti Callahan Henry 2023 355 pages
4.05
89k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Mystery
The Outsiders Summary
The Outsiders
by S.E. Hinton 1967 208 pages
4.15
1.6M+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
School
Sula Summary
Sula
by Toni Morrison 1973 174 pages
4.06
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
The House of Eve Summary
The House of Eve
by Sadeqa Johnson 2023 384 pages
4.25
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Underground Railroad Summary
The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead 2016 306 pages
4.06
400k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Inferno Summary
Inferno
by Dan Brown 2013 463 pages
3.90
500k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Red Umbrella Summary
The Red Umbrella
by Christina Diaz Gonzalez 2010 284 pages
4.07
5k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
The Museum of Innocence Summary
The Museum of Innocence
by Orhan Pamuk 2008 536 pages
3.78
39k+ ratings
Turkish Literature
Turkish
Romance
White Teeth Summary
White Teeth
by Zadie Smith 2000 448 pages
3.79
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Book Club
The Queen's Gambit Summary
The Queen's Gambit
by Walter Tevis 1983 258 pages
4.18
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Contemporary
Zorba the Greek Summary
Zorba the Greek
by Nikos Kazantzakis 1946 335 pages
4.02
59k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Greece
The City of Brass Summary
The City of Brass
by S.A. Chakraborty 2017 532 pages
4.14
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
The Instrumentalist Summary
The Instrumentalist
by Harriet Constable 2024 336 pages
4.10
10k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Music
Historical
The Beekeeper of Aleppo Summary
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
by Christy Lefteri 2019 317 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
War
Brooklyn Summary
Brooklyn
by Colm Tóibín 2009 262 pages
3.75
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Ireland
What the River Knows Summary
What the River Knows
by Isabel Ibañez 2023 404 pages
3.83
89k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
A Passage to India Summary
A Passage to India
by E.M. Forster 1924 376 pages
3.67
86k+ ratings
Classics
India
Historical Fiction
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