21 Best audiobook books like The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan

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The Storm We Made

By: Vanessa Chan

3.87

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781668015148. A novel about a Malayan mother who becomes an unl…

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1. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made

  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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2. After Annie

By: Anna Quindlen

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are lef… read more

Similar categories in Anna Quindlen's After Annie book and Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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3. The Berry Pickers

By: Amanda Peters

4.14

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mys… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Peters's The Berry Pickers book and Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. The Frozen River

By: Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River book and Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. Let Us Descend

By: Jesmyn Ward

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congres… read more

Similar categories in Jesmyn Ward's Let Us Descend book and Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You must leap. You must do as your people did. You must sink in order to rise."

-Jesmyn Ward, Let Us Descend

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6. James

By: Percival Everett

4.54

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more

Similar categories in Percival Everett's James book and Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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7. Wandering Stars

By: Tommy Orange

3.89

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more

Similar categories in Tommy Orange's Wandering Stars book and Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"

-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars

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8. Real Americans

By: Rachel Khong

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny?… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Khong's Real Americans book and Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"She wasn't normal and so I wasn't either. I resented that part the most."

-Rachel Khong, Real Americans

"It was a habit, with my parents: omitting information, not wanting to worry them unnecessarily. Though they’d raised me so American, I could never manage the sorts of American relationships my friend…"

-Rachel Khong, Real Americans

"With each other they spoke loudly: Their voices periodically rose to excited shouts, and they laughed raucously. In English they were milder mannered, polite. My mother had always spoken English to m…"

-Rachel Khong, Real Americans

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9. The Great Divide

By: Cristina Henríquez

3.70

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

An epic novel of the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived… read more

Similar categories in Cristina Henríquez's The Great Divide book and Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Ada had always believed that her mother, in rebuilding the house only three miles from where it had once been, had kept her world piteously small, but maybe what mattered, Ada thought as she gazed at…"

-Cristina Henríquez, The Great Divide

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10. The Storm We Made

By: Vanessa Chan

3.87

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781668015148. A novel about a Malayan mother who becomes an unl… read more

Similar categories in Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made book and Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • asia
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • asian literature
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. Daughters of Shandong

By: Eve J. Chung

4.50

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An instant USA Today Bestseller! A propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daught… read more

Similar categories in Eve J. Chung's Daughters of Shandong book and Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • asia
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • asian literature
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. We Must Not Think of Ourselves

By: Lauren Grodstein

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A heart-wrenching story of love and defiance set in the Warsaw Ghetto, based on the actual archives… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Grodstein's We Must Not Think of Ourselves book and Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"We had never practiced Judaism before, and I thought myself too old to try believing something new, or to take advantage of an accident of birth to claim some brown patch of desert as my home."

-Lauren Grodstein, We Must Not Think of Ourselves

"Our task is to pay attention... To listen to the stories. We want all political backgrounds, all religious attitudes. The illiterate and the elite. Every ideology. Interview everyone. Learn about the…"

-Lauren Grodstein, We Must Not Think of Ourselves

"There should be another word for this feeling - a sort of sorrowful happiness, or a happiness that only deepens someone's sorrow. The closest I can come to it is the Portuguese word saudade, which ne…"

-Lauren Grodstein, We Must Not Think of Ourselves

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13. All We Were Promised

By: Ashton Lattimore

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A housemaid with a dangerous family secret conspires with a wealthy young abolitionist to help an e… read more

Similar categories in Ashton Lattimore's All We Were Promised book and Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. The Phoenix Crown

By: Kate Quinn

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about … read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Phoenix Crown book and Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. The Bullet Swallower

By: Elizabeth Gonzalez James

3.79

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling magical realism western in the vein of Cormac McCarthy meets Gabriel García Márquez, The… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Gonzalez James's The Bullet Swallower book and Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. Mercury

By: Amy Jo Burns

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A roofing family’s bonds of loyalty are tested when they uncover a long-hidden secret at the heart … read more

Similar categories in Amy Jo Burns's Mercury book and Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xóchitl González

17. Anita de Monte Laughs Last

By: Xóchitl González

3.82

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a mesmerizing novel about a first-gener… read more

Similar categories in Xóchitl González's Anita de Monte Laughs Last book and Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"we're all just here trying to get you to see your own light because it's strong enough to guide you."

-Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last

"You fall for someone, you get so into them your whole world shrinks, and suddenly barely have a life besides them."

-Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last

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18. Shelterwood

By: Lisa Wingate

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children ca… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Wingate's Shelterwood book and Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"What lucky people we readers are that we live not just one life, but many, and diving into yet another is as easy as opening a book."

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"That was a perilous area. . .Graves could be anywhere and undoubtedly are. We walk over history, unaware, every day in all places. We sleep atop it. When we rest our heads at night, we've no way of k…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"The light between them outshines the November day. My heartstrings tug, and I want to call my mother and my grandmother, the women who built me - who implanted the idea that whatever path I chose for…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

"I take a deep breath, lose myself in the healing power of feeling the world breathe, water over stones, wind against trees, last year's dry leaves tumbling along expanses of rock, in the play of clou…"

-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood

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19. The Lion Women of Tehran

By: Marjan Kamali

4.50

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

From the nationally bestselling author of the “powerful, heartbreaking” (Shelf Awareness) The Stati… read more

Similar categories in Marjan Kamali's The Lion Women of Tehran book and Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"When I am surrounded by books, I feel most at peace."

-Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran

"I wanted what Homa had. I wanted her family. Her living father, her kind mother. I wanted her fat, edible baby sister. I wanted the warmth and safety of her home."

-Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran

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20. The God of the Woods

By: Liz Moore

4.27

Format: 490 pages, Kindle Edition

When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide Early morning, Augu… read more

Similar categories in Liz Moore's The God of the Woods book and Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. The Briar Club

By: Kate Quinn

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, D.C. boardinghouse… read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Briar Club book and Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You can't call yourself a proper home without the regular smell of good food..."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"And guilt roiled in his stomach because he wanted to love his mother, and sometimes what pulsed through him came horribly close to hate."

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Be selfish, stick to the plan Claire had clung to since she was 16. Look out for herself and no one else, because love was for suckers and happiness meant a well-stocked bank account and a house you …"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

"Happiness is a choice as much as anything. Or you could choose to be angry, and if you stay angry long enough, it will become comfortable, like an old robe. But eventually you’ll realize that old rob…"

-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

21 must-read fiction books like The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan

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The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

Transform Your Habits

After Annie

Anna Quindlen

4.03

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The Berry Pickers

Amanda Peters

4.14

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The Frozen River

Ariel Lawhon

4.43

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21 best-selling fiction books like Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

Transform Your Habits

James

Percival Everett

4.54

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North Woods

Daniel Mason

4.15

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Wandering Stars

Tommy Orange

3.89

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Real Americans

Rachel Khong

4.04

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