Books like The Sleeper in the Sands by Tom Holland

A young orphan girl from Canada makes her way to a Prince Edward Island farm and becomes a cherished member of a family there, all while proving she has a talent for making friends and learning languages.

In 1893 Chicago, Erik Larson weaves the story of visionary architect Daniel Burnham and the cunning serial killer H.H. Holmes, whose crimes unfolded against the backdrop of the World’s Columbian Exposition.

A family sent to the Belgian Congo in 1959 to spread evangelical faith faces cultural clash, disaster, and eventual rebirth over three decades as the brutal realities of colonialism reshape their faith and lives.

Anne Shirley: A Teacher's Inspiration in Prince Edward Island, Canada

David Grann’s investigative narrative unravels the mystery of British explorer Percy Fawcett’s 1925 disappearance while he sought the legendary Lost City of Z beneath the Amazon’s dense jungle.

Anne Shirley embarks on a new adventure as she leaves her old life in Prince Edward Island for college in Kingsport, Nova Scotia.

An engaging exploration of the 1854 London cholera outbreak and how Dr. John Snow’s mapping of the epidemic transformed public health, urban planning, and the science of disease transmission.

An 80‑year‑old widowed woman in northern India confronts loss and the legacy of Partition, defying expectations and inspiring her bohemian daughter to reconsider tradition and identity.

A detailed account of the Near East in late antiquity, tracing the political and cultural shifts that led to the rise of Islam.

In 88 B.C., Rome, Greece and Egypt teeter on war’s brink. 22‑year‑old Gordianus, a detective in Alexandria, must rescue his kidnapped slave Bethesda and navigate political intrigue before a looting raid threatens the city.

When a young writer discovers his grandfather’s tale of a military deserter risking life in wartime Leningrad, he learns how they gathered hard‑to‑find ingredients for a wedding cake destined for a powerful colonel’s daughter.

"In 1939, a team of workers beneath the Vatican unearthed an early Christian grave. This surprising discovery launched a secret quest that would last decades -- a quest to discover the long-lost burial place of the apostle Peter. From earliest times, Christian tradition held that Peter -- a lowly fisherman from Galilee, whom Christ made leader of his Church -- was executed in Rome by Emperor Nero and buried on Vatican Hill. But his tomb had been lost to history. Now, funded anonymously by a wealthy American, a small army of workers embarked on the dig of a lifetime. The incredible sometimes shocking, story of the seventy-five-year search and its key players has never been fully told -- until now. The quest would pit one of the twentieth century's most talented archaeologists -- a woman -- against top Vatican insiders. The Fisherman's Tomb is a story of the triumph of faith and genius against all odds"--Page [4] of cover.