7 must-read historical fiction books like Casa Dividida by Chris Mecer

Casa Dividida

By: Chris Mecer

3.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

Appropriate for level 3 and 4 Spanish classes, José, the son of one of Cuba’s wealthiest tobacco ty…

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1. Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

By: Sheryl Sandberg , Nell Scovell

3.95

Format: 217 pages, Hardcover

Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In is a massive cultural phenomenon and its title has become an instant catc… read more

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"Done is better than perfect."

-Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

"It's a jungle gym, not a ladder."

-Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

"Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder."

-Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

"What would you do if you weren't afraid?"

-Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

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2. Ghosts

By: Raina Telgemeier

4.22

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Catrina and her family are moving to the coast of Northern California because her little sister, Ma… read more

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3. Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began

By: Art Spiegelman

4.42

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Acclaimed as a quiet triumph and a brutally moving work of art, the first volume of Art Spieglman's… read more

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"But here God didn't come. We were all on our own."

-Art Spiegelman, Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began

"No matter what I accomplish, it doesn't seem like much compared to surviving Auschwitz."

-Art Spiegelman, Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began

"Samuel Beckett já disse: "Toda palavra é uma mancha desnecessária no silêncio e no vazio". Por outro lado, ele DISSE isso."

-Art Spiegelman, Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began

"Anja? What is to tell? Everywhere I look I'm seeing Anja... From my good eye, from my glass eye, if they're open or they're close, always I'm thinking on Anja."

-Art Spiegelman, Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began

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4. A Streetcar Named Desire

By: Tennessee Williams

3.98

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

The Pulitzer Prize and Drama Critics Circle Award winning play—reissued with an introduction by Art… read more

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"Never inside, I didn't lie in my heart..."

-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

"And funerals are pretty compared to deaths."

-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

"I think you have a great capacity for devotion,"

-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

"I want to rest. I want to breathe quietly again."

-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

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5. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)

By: Marjane Satrapi , Mattias Ripa

4.26

Format: 153 pages, Paperback

In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from … read more

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"To each his own way of calming down."

-Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)

"Saying goodbye is a little like dying."

-Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)

"My natural optimism just leads me to be skeptical."

-Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)

"I want to be justice, love and the wrath of God all in one."

-Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)

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6. Invisible Man

By: Ralph Ellison

3.91

Format: 581 pages, Paperback

First published in 1952 and immediately hailed as a masterpiece, Invisible Man is one of those rare… read more

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  • historical fiction
"When I discover who I am, I’ll be free."

-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

"You're very insistent, but I'm very busy."

-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

"I could hardly get to sleep for dreaming of revenge."

-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

"They could laugh at him but they couldn't ignore him"

-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

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7. The House on Mango Street

By: Sandra Cisneros

3.31

Format: None pages,

Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schoo… read more

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8. Julius Caesar

By: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill

3.70

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

The Oxford School Shakespeare has become the preferred introduction to the literary legacy of the g… read more

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  • historical fiction
"Et tu, Brute?"

-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

"Beware the ides of March."

-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!"

-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

"Death, a necessary end, will come when it will come"

-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

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9. Hamlet

By: William Shakespeare , Richard Andrews , Rex Gibson

4.02

Format: 289 pages, Paperback

Among Shakespeare's plays, "Hamlet" is considered by many his masterpiece. Among actors, the role o… read more

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  • historical fiction
"Therein lies the rub."

-William Shakespeare, Hamlet

"Brevity is the soul of wit."

-William Shakespeare, Hamlet

"Conscience doth make cowards of us all."

-William Shakespeare, Hamlet

"A knavish speech sleeps in a fool's ear."

-William Shakespeare, Hamlet

10. The Things They Carried

By: Tim O'Brien

4.10

Format: None pages,

They carried malaria tablets, love letters, 28-pound mine detectors, dope, illustrated bibles, each… read more

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11. A Raisin in the Sun

By: Lorraine Hansberry

4.20

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

"Never before, in the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of black peo… read more

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12. How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines

By: Thomas C. Foster

3.17

Format: 319 pages,

What does it mean when a fictional hero takes a journey? Shares a meal? Gets drenched in a sudden r… read more

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13. The Crucible

By: Arthur Miller , Christopher Bigsby

3.60

Format: 137 pages, Paperback

"I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most… read more

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14. Native Son

By: Richard Wright

3.46

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or pet… read more

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15. Fences (The Century Cycle #6)

By: August Wilson

4.23

Format: 690 pages,

Soon to be a Major Motion Picture directed by Denzel Washington, and starring Denzel Washington and… read more

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16. The Captain's Daughter

By: Alexander Pushkin , Robert Chandler

4.44

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Pushkin's version of the historical novel in the style of Walter Scott, this final prose work also … read more

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17. The Poisonwood Bible

By: Barbara Kingsolver

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evan… read more

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18. The Awakening

By: Kate Chopin

3.68

Format: 195 pages, Paperback

When first published in 1899, The Awakening shocked readers with its honest treatment of female mar… read more

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  • historical fiction
"The morning was full of sunlight and hope."

-Kate Chopin, The Awakening

"She had resolved to never take another step backward."

-Kate Chopin, The Awakening

"She wanted to destroy something. The crash and clatter were what she wanted to hear."

-Kate Chopin, The Awakening

"She felt that her speech was voicing the incoherency her thoughts, and stopped abruptly."

-Kate Chopin, The Awakening

19. Every Last Word

By: Tamara Ireland Stone

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

If you could read my mind, you wouldn't be smiling. Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of… read more

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20. Sisters (Smile #2)

By: Raina Telgemeier

4.32

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

Three weeks. Two sisters. One car. A True Story Raina can’t wait to be a big sister. But once Am… read more

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21. Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)

By: Chinua Achebe

3.73

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

A simple story of a "strong man" whose life is dominated by fear and anger, Things Fall Apart is wr… read more

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  • historical fiction
"Let us not reason like cowards,"

-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)

"There is no story that is not true."

-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)

"عندما يضئ القمر يشعر الكسيح برغبة قوية إلى المشي"

-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)

"إذا نظر امرؤ إلى فم ملك, ظن أنه لم يرضع قط من ثدي أمه"

-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)

22. Twelve Angry Men

By: David Mamet , Reginald Rose

4.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

A landmark American drama that inspired a classic film and a Broadway revival--featuring an introdu… read more

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23. Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

3.87

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

This is a previously-published edition of ISBN 9780143131847. Mary Shelley's seminal novel of t… read more

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"I am malicious because I am miserable"

-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

"One wondering thought pollutes the day"

-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

"If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!"

-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

"I looked upon the sea, it was to be my grave"

-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

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24. Macbeth

By: William Shakespeare

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

What he hears will change everything. Egged on by his wife, he decides to kill in order to gain the… read more

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  • historical fiction
"What, you egg?"

-William Shakespeare, Macbeth

"What's done, is done"

-William Shakespeare, Macbeth

"What's done cannot be undone."

-William Shakespeare, Macbeth

"What, you egg? / [He stabs him.]"

-William Shakespeare, Macbeth

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25. The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games, #3)

By: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

4.12

Format: 400 pages, ebook

Avery’s fortune, life, and loves are on the line in the game that everyone will be talking about. … read more

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"Beauty was expected,"

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games, #3)

"I moved on from Emily,"

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games, #3)

"You hated the idea of me."

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games, #3)

"Grayson told me. “I wanted her to be you."

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games, #3)

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26. Guts (Smile, #3)

By: Raina Telgemeier

4.31

Format: 144 pages, None

Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just… read more

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"Thoughts can exist... feelings can exist... but words do not always exist."

-Raina Telgemeier, Guts (Smile, #3)

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27. Clap When You Land

By: Elizabeth Acevedo

4.24

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In a novel-in-verse that brims with grief and love, National Book Award-winning and New York Times … read more

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"Who knew death must be so damn polite?"

-Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land

"All these lies that we've all swallowed, they're probably rotting in our stomachs."

-Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land

"A queen offers her hand to be kissed, & can form it into a fist while smiling the whole damn time."

-Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land

"I have my fingerprints all over you. & I don't need the world to see them to know that they're there."

-Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land

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28. The Summer of Broken Rules

By: K.L. Walther

3.91

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

Meredith Fox has been going to Martha's Vineyard for the summer as long as she can remember. But th… read more

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"Your wicked,"

-K.L. Walther, The Summer of Broken Rules

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29. Noche de Oro

By: Kristy Placido

2.98

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Now a college student, Makenna Parker returns to Costa Rica for a new ecological adventure. As a vo… read more

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30. Casa Dividida

By: Chris Mecer

3.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

Appropriate for level 3 and 4 Spanish classes, José, the son of one of Cuba’s wealthiest tobacco ty… read more

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  • spanish literature
  • historical fiction

31. Tezcatlipoca

By: Chris Roberts

3.78

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

This book is strategically written for English speakers that are at an advanced-beginner proficienc… read more

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