John Steinbeck • 1939
The Grapes of Wrath
The Joad family joins thousands fleeing the Dust Bowl for California, only to find exploitation and broken promises.
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Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction
Stories set in pivotal moments of history
8 books
Charles Dickens • 1859
A Tale of Two Cities
During the French Revolution, a dissolute lawyer finds redemption through sacrifice in both London and Paris.
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Victor Hugo • 1862
Les Misérables
An ex-convict struggles to redeem himself while pursued by a relentless lawman through decades of French history.
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Margaret Mitchell • 1936
Gone with the Wind
Scarlett O'Hara survives the Civil War and Reconstruction through sheer will, manipulation, and her obsession with Ashley Wilkes.
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Ernest Hemingway • 1929
A Farewell to Arms
An American ambulance driver and a British nurse fall in love during WWI, but war and fate conspire against them.
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Ernest Hemingway • 1940
For Whom the Bell Tolls
An American demolitions expert joins Spanish guerrillas to blow up a bridge, falling in love and facing death over four days.
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Leo Tolstoy • 1869
War and Peace
Russian aristocrats experience love, loss, and war during Napoleon's invasion across 1,200 pages of epic storytelling.
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Markus Zusak • 2005
The Book Thief
Death narrates the story of a young girl stealing books in Nazi Germany while hiding a Jewish refugee in her basement.
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