Books like The Underground Railroad
If you liked The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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The Three Musketeers
Because shares tags: adventure, historical fiction.
Young dArtagnan joins Athos, Porthos and Aramis to recover the queens diamonds and face Milady.
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Homegoing
Because shares tags: historical fiction, slavery.
Half sisters Effia and Esi lines span Ghana to America across centuries.
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Dragonfly in Amber
Because shares tags: historical fiction, adventure.
Claire 1968 recalls Jacobite Paris with Jamie to stop Culloden.
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Beloved
Because shares tags: historical fiction, slavery.
Sethe lives with the memory of killing her child to save her from slavery until a young woman named Beloved arrives.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Because shares tags: adventure, historical fiction.
Huck Finn fakes his death, floats the Mississippi with the runaway Jim, and tears up the letter that would betray him. Twain's river…
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War and Peace
Because shares tag: historical fiction.
Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei search for meaning amid the Napoleonic wars.
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
Because shares tag: adventure.
Mortenson fails K2 builds schools in Pakistan after Korphe kindness.
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Things Fall Apart
Because shares tag: historical fiction.
Proud Igbo wrestler Okonkwo rises in 1890s Umuofia, then loses standing through hard exile, a son's conversion, and British missionaries…
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The Thorn Birds
Because shares tag: historical fiction.
Meggie loves priest Ralph across decades on Drogheda sheep station.
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The Name of the Rose
Because shares tag: historical fiction.
Friar William and Adso investigate 1327 abbey deaths amid library labyrinth.
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The Last Wish
Because shares tag: adventure.
Geralt hunts strigas genies and golden dragons while Law of Surprise binds Ciri.
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The Horse and His Boy
Because shares tag: adventure.
Shasta and Bree flee Calormen to Narnia with Aravis and Hwin.
