The Red Tent
Dinah retells Genesis from the women's tent, loving Jacob's wives and surviving Shechem and Egypt.
2,014-word summary · 9 min read
Tag: historical fiction
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Before We Were Yours
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 Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris retells the years of Lale Sokolov as tattooist at Auschwitz Birkenau, his love for Gita Furman, and the food trades and quiet risks that kept…
2,442-word summary · 11 min read
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Addie trades her soul for freedom in 1714 France and lives forgotten for 300 years, until a Brooklyn bookseller remembers her name.
3,480-word summary · 15 min read
Outlander
Nurse Claire Randall slips through Craigh na Dun from 1945 to 1743 Scotland, torn between Frank and Jamie Fraser as clan politics, war and witch trials close…
2,190-word summary · 10 min read
Malibu Rising
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
Gone with the Wind
Scarlett O'Hara schemes through the Civil War and Reconstruction, from Tara to burning Atlanta, chasing Ashley while Rhett waits and watches.
2,049-word summary · 9 min read
Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants retold: Jacob on a circus train, Marlena and Rosie, Prohibition era dust.
1,925-word summary · 9 min read
The Song of Achilles
Song of Achilles retold: Patroclus and Achilles from boys to Troy, love and war in Miller prose.
1,925-word summary · 9 min read
The Secret Life of Bees
Lily runs from her father with Rosaleen to Tiburon, finding shelter with beekeeping sisters.
2,207-word summary · 10 min read
The Nightingale
Nightingale retold: Vianne and Isabelle in occupied France, hide children, run routes, trials.
1,950-word summary · 9 min read
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner retold: Amir and Hassan in Kabul, the alley, the escape to America, and the return to find Sohrab.
2,584-word summary · 11 min read
The Help
Kathryn Stockett's The Help retold: Aibileen, Minny and Skeeter in 1962 Jackson, the interviews, and the book that breaks the town open.
2,592-word summary · 12 min read
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak's The Book Thief retold: Liesel in Molching, Hans and Rosa, Max in the basement, and Death as narrator.
2,560-word summary · 11 min read
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Huck Finn fakes his death, floats the Mississippi with the runaway Jim, and tears up the letter that would betray him. Twain's river classic, its cons and…
2,605-word summary · 12 min read
Memoirs of a Geisha
Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha retold: Chiyo to Sayuri in Gion, Mameha, Hatsumomo, and the Chairman.
2,567-word summary · 11 min read
Daisy Jones & The Six
Daisy Jones and The Six retold: band oral history, fame, songs, breakup after final show.
1,902-word summary · 8 min read
All the Light We Cannot See
Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See retold: blind Marie-Laure, Werner the radio boy, and Saint-Malo.
1,962-word summary · 9 min read
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Splendid Suns retold: Mariam and Laila share Kabul house, war, Rasheed, escape and return.
1,957-word summary · 9 min read
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid's The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo explained: the seven marriages, old Hollywood, Celia and John, and the twist in Monique's story.
2,239-word summary · 10 min read