Books like World Without End
If you liked World Without End by Ken Follett, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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The Pillars of the Earth
Because same series (Kingsbridge #1); also by Ken Follett; shares tag: epic.
A priory, a builder, and a town raise a cathedral through war and fire.
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Fall of Giants
Because also by Ken Follett; shares tag: historical fiction.
Five families from Wales to Russia live through World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the fight for women's votes.
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Weyward
Because shares tag: historical fiction.
Three Weyward women across centuries heal with herbs while accused.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Because shares tag: historical fiction.
Enslaved Tom, Eliza, and George face sale and escape under Southern law.
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The Shadow Rising
Because shares tag: epic.
Rand the Dragon heads for Rhuidean with the Aiel, while Perrin defends the Two Rivers and Elayne and Nynaeve hunt trouble in Tanchico.
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The Priory of the Orange Tree
Because shares tag: epic.
Mage guard Ead, rider Tané, and lord Loth circle a waking wyrm.
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The Good Earth
Because shares tag: historical fiction.
Wang Lung, a poor farmer in 1920s China, rises with his wife O-lan through famine and wealth, holding to land above all else.
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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Because shares tag: historical fiction.
Blue skinned Cussy rides Kentucky hollers delivering books in the 1930s.
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Rules of Civility
Because shares tag: historical fiction.
In 1938 Manhattan, working girl Katey Kontent meets Tinker Grey and Eve Ross, and one bright year of jobs and parties remakes her life.
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Life After Life
Because shares tag: historical fiction.
Ursula Todd dies and restarts through wars, flus, and bad marriages.
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Kindred
Because shares tag: historical fiction.
Dana pulled from 1976 to slave Maryland must save Rufus who owns her kin.
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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
Because shares tag: historical fiction.
Two magicians bring magic back to Napoleonic England, one by books and one by daring.
