family + historical fiction

16 books tagged both “family” and “historical fiction”.

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Before We Were Yours

Lisa Wingate · 2017

Avery uncovers her family's link to stolen orphans while Rill fights to keep her siblings together in 1939.

2,020-word summary · 9 min read

The Red Tent

Anita Diamant · 1997

Dinah retells Genesis from the women's tent, loving Jacob's wives and surviving Shechem and Egypt.

2,014-word summary · 9 min read

Malibu Rising

Taylor Jenkins Reid · 2021

The Riva siblings throw their famous August 1983 Malibu party as old family wounds surface, in Taylor Jenkins Reid's sunlit story of fame, surf, and starting…

2,587-word summary · 11 min read

The Secret Life of Bees

Sue Monk Kidd · 2001

Lily runs from her father with Rosaleen to Tiburon, finding shelter with beekeeping sisters.

2,207-word summary · 10 min read