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How to Rule the World Summary
How to Rule the World
A Handbook for the Aspiring Dictator
by André de Guillaume 2002 144 pages
3.67
500+ ratings
Humor
Politics
History
Children of Ash and Elm Summary
Children of Ash and Elm
A History of the Vikings
by Neil Price 2020 656 pages
4.14
9k+ ratings
History
European History
Medieval
Hornet Flight Summary
Hornet Flight
by Ken Follett 2002 518 pages
4.01
29k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Thriller
War
England's Mistress Summary
England's Mistress
The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton
by Kate Williams 2005
3.90
1k+ ratings
History
Biography
Historical
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
Dangerous Games Summary
Dangerous Games
The Uses and Abuses of History
by Margaret MacMillan 2008 208 pages
3.64
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
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
The Indifferent Stars Above Summary
The Indifferent Stars Above
The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
by Daniel James Brown 2009 352 pages
4.25
40k+ ratings
History
Historical
Biography
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
Origin Story Summary
Origin Story
A Big History of Everything
by David Christian 2008 368 pages
4.06
7k+ ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
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 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
Hotel Portofino Summary
Hotel Portofino
by J.P. O'Connell 2021 330 pages
3.31
5k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Italy
Romance
The Plot to Kill Hitler Summary
The Plot to Kill Hitler
Dietrich Bonhoeffer—Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero
by Patricia McCormick 2016 184 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
History
Biography
Middle Grade
The Nazis Summary
The Nazis
A Warning from History
by Laurence Rees 1997 256 pages
4.30
1k+ ratings
History
World War II
War
Happy Land Summary
Happy Land
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2025 368 pages
4.24
10k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
Rules of Civility Summary
Rules of Civility
by Amor Towles 2011 335 pages
4.09
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Courir Summary
Courir
by Jean Echenoz 2008 142 pages
3.80
2k+ ratings
Sports
France
Roman
The Snow Child Summary
The Snow Child
by Eowyn Ivey 2012 423 pages
4.02
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Book Club
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
Possession Summary
Possession
by A.S. Byatt 1990 555 pages
3.90
84k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Classics
Forsaken Summary
Forsaken
by Oliver Bowden 2012 464 pages
3.99
6k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Video Games
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
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 Splendid and the Vile Summary
The Splendid and the Vile
A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
by Erik Larson 2020 585 pages
4.30
100k+ ratings
History
Biography
World War II
Hidden Places Summary
Hidden Places
by Lynn Austin 2001 429 pages
4.41
11k+ ratings
Christian Fiction
Historical Fiction
Christian
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
A Fragile Enchantment Summary
A Fragile Enchantment
by Allison Saft 2024 373 pages
3.47
27k+ ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Young Adult
The Lost Letters of Aisling Summary
The Lost Letters of Aisling
by Cynthia Ellingsen 2024 302 pages
4.31
24k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
River Kings Summary
River Kings
A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road
by Cat Jarman 2021 336 pages
4.04
4k+ ratings
History
Archaeology
Medieval
Mapping the Bones Summary
Mapping the Bones
by Jane Yolen 2018 421 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Holocaust
The Antidote Summary
The Antidote
by Karen Russell 2025 432 pages
3.88
17k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Fantasy
The Invention of Wings Summary
The Invention of Wings
by Sue Monk Kidd 2014 384 pages
4.26
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Heroes Summary
Heroes
Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures
by Stephen Fry 2018 415 pages
4.31
61k+ ratings
Mythology
History
Greek Mythology
El secret de la mare Summary
El secret de la mare
by J.L. Witterick 2013 208 pages
4.20
20k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Holocaust
World War II
The German House Summary
The German House
Indie Next Pick – A Powerful Coming-of-Age Story About a Translator Exposing Family Lies at the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials
by Annette Hess 2018 336 pages
3.68
11k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Germany
Under the Black Flag Summary
Under the Black Flag
The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
by David Cordingly 1995 320 pages
3.67
10k+ ratings
History
Pirates
Historical
Somewhere There Is Still a Sun Summary
Somewhere There Is Still a Sun
A Memoir of the Holocaust
by Michael Gruenbaum 2015 384 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
Holocaust
Memoir
History
1000 Years of Annoying the French Summary
1000 Years of Annoying the French
by Stephen Clarke 2010 685 pages
4.05
4k+ ratings
History
Humor
France
A History of the World in 21 Women Summary
A History of the World in 21 Women
A Personal Selection
by Jenni Murray 2018 304 pages
3.81
3k+ ratings
History
Feminism
Biography
Fake Heroes Summary
Fake Heroes
Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History
by Otto English 2023 495 pages
3.92
500+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Anne Frank Summary
Anne Frank
The Biography
by Melissa Müller 1998 330 pages
4.34
25k+ ratings
Biography
History
Holocaust
A Great and Terrible Beauty Summary
A Great and Terrible Beauty
by Libba Bray 2003 403 pages
3.80
200k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
Undaunted Courage Summary
Undaunted Courage
The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
by Stephen E. Ambrose 1996 592 pages
4.23
68k+ ratings
History
Biography
American History
Žítkovské bohyně Summary
Žítkovské bohyně
by Kateřina Tučková 2012 455 pages
4.02
8k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Czech Literature
Fantasy
Amity Summary
Amity
by Nathan Harris 2025 320 pages
3.78
4k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
African American
Looking for Jane Summary
Looking for Jane
by Heather Marshall 2022 400 pages
4.36
71k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
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