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Les Misérables Summary
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo 1862 1463 pages
4.21
800k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
France
Atonement Summary
Atonement
by Ian McEwan 2001 351 pages
3.94
500k+ ratings
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Classics
Romance
Rules of Civility Summary
Rules of Civility
by Amor Towles 2011 335 pages
4.08
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
New York
The Rose Code Summary
The Rose Code
by Kate Quinn 2021 624 pages
4.45
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
World War II
Heidi Summary
Heidi
by Johanna Spyri 1880 352 pages
4.03
200k+ ratings
Classics
Childrens
Young Adult
Stalking Jack the Ripper Summary
Stalking Jack the Ripper
by Kerri Maniscalco 2016 337 pages
3.93
100k+ ratings
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Mystery
Young Adult
The Palace of Illusions Summary
The Palace of Illusions
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 2008 360 pages
4.20
58k+ ratings
Mythology
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Fall of Giants Summary
Fall of Giants
by Ken Follett 2010 985 pages
4.32
300k+ ratings
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Historical
War
World Without End Summary
World Without End
by Ken Follett 2007 1237 pages
4.32
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Medieval
The Red Badge of Courage Summary
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane 1895 149 pages
3.29
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
The Briar Club Summary
The Briar Club
by Kate Quinn 2024 432 pages
4.31
100k+ ratings
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Mystery
Historical
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
The Sympathizer Summary
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015 371 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Asia
A History of Modern Iran Summary
A History of Modern Iran
by Ervand Abrahamian 2008 228 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
History
Iran
Politics
Answer to History Summary
Answer to History
by Mohammed Reza Pahlavi 1979 204 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
History
Politics
Biography
The Light Between Oceans Summary
The Light Between Oceans
by M.L. Stedman 2012 362 pages
4.04
400k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
The Remains of the Day Summary
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro 1989 258 pages
4.14
300k+ ratings
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Classics
Literary Fiction
The Persian Boy Summary
The Persian Boy
by Mary Renault 1972 420 pages
4.18
10k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
LGBT
The Girl You Left Behind Summary
The Girl You Left Behind
by Jojo Moyes 2012 480 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
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Romance
Historical
The Lion Women of Tehran Summary
The Lion Women of Tehran
by Marjan Kamali 2024 327 pages
4.50
51k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Iran
Persians Summary
Persians
The Age of the Great Kings
by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones 2022 448 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
History
Ancient History
Iran
The Island of Sea Women Summary
The Island of Sea Women
by Lisa See 2019 374 pages
4.32
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
All the Light We Cannot See Summary
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr 2014 544 pages
4.31
1.8M+ ratings
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Historical
War
Lessons in Chemistry Summary
Lessons in Chemistry
by Bonnie Garmus 2022 390 pages
4.29
1.5M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Feminism
Historical
The Shah Summary
The Shah
by Abbas Milani 2007 496 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
History
Iran
Biography
بیست و سه سال Summary
بیست و سه سال
۲۳ سال
by Ali Dashti 1973 400 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Religion
History
Islam
John Adams Summary
John Adams
by David McCullough 2001 751 pages
4.08
300k+ ratings
History
Biography
American History
The German House Summary
The German House
by Annette Hess 2018 336 pages
3.68
11k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Germany
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Summary
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by Lisa See 2005 269 pages
4.09
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
China
Historical
Hamnet Summary
Hamnet
by Maggie O'Farrell 2020 372 pages
4.19
200k+ ratings
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Historical
Literary Fiction
The Dutch House Summary
The Dutch House
by Ann Patchett 2019 337 pages
4.10
400k+ ratings
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Literary Fiction
Contemporary
The Great Alone Summary
The Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah 2018 435 pages
4.44
900k+ ratings
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Romance
Historical
Suite Française Summary
Suite Française
by Irène Némirovsky 2004 431 pages
3.86
76k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
France
World War II
The Marriage Portrait Summary
The Marriage Portrait
by Maggie O'Farrell 2022 355 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Italy
The Seven Sisters Summary
The Seven Sisters
by Lucinda Riley 2014 460 pages
4.19
100k+ ratings
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Romance
Historical
Black Cake Summary
Black Cake
by Charmaine Wilkerson 2022 385 pages
4.09
200k+ ratings
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Contemporary
Mystery
The Beekeeper of Aleppo Summary
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
by Christy Lefteri 2019 317 pages
4.17
100k+ ratings
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War
Contemporary
The Covenant of Water Summary
The Covenant of Water
by Abraham Verghese 2023 724 pages
4.43
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
India
Historical
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women Summary
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
by Lisa See 2023 352 pages
4.35
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
China
A Thousand Splendid Suns Summary
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini 2007 372 pages
4.44
1.6M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Classics
A Peace to End All Peace Summary
A Peace to End All Peace
The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
by David Fromkin 1989 635 pages
4.21
9k+ ratings
Politics
War
World History
Beloved Summary
Beloved
by Toni Morrison 1987 325 pages
3.97
400k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Table for Two Summary
Table for Two
by Amor Towles 2024 451 pages
4.22
49k+ ratings
Short Stories
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
The Red Tent Summary
The Red Tent
by Anita Diamant 1997 324 pages
4.20
600k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Religion
The Poppy War Summary
The Poppy War
by R.F. Kuang 2018 545 pages
4.17
300k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Adult
A Gentleman in Moscow Summary
A Gentleman in Moscow
by Amor Towles 2016 462 pages
4.33
600k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Russia
Prayers for Sale Summary
Prayers for Sale
by Sandra Dallas 1997 305 pages
3.87
18k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Adult Fiction
The Book of Longings Summary
The Book of Longings
by Sue Monk Kidd 2020 416 pages
4.23
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Religion
Beneath a Scarlet Sky Summary
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
by Mark T. Sullivan 2017 509 pages
4.43
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
World War II
Historical
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Summary
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith 1943 496 pages
4.30
400k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Young Adult
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