13 best-selling historical books like The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford

If you liked the historical plot in The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Jamie Ford's The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

• audiobook
• historical
• fiction
• historical fiction

"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

Similar categories in Amanda Peters's The Berry Pickers book and Jamie Ford's The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

• literary fiction
• historical
• fiction
• historical fiction
• audiobook

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River book and Jamie Ford's The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

• audiobook
• historical
• fiction
• historical fiction

Similar categories in Lisa See's Lady Tan’s Circle of Women book and Jamie Ford's The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

• literary fiction
• historical
• fiction
• historical fiction
• china
• audiobook

Similar categories in Ann Patchett's Tom Lake book and Jamie Ford's The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

• audiobook
• literary fiction
• fiction
• historical fiction

"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

Similar categories in Jeannette Walls's Hang the Moon book and Jamie Ford's The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

• audiobook
• historical
• fiction
• historical fiction

Similar categories in Geraldine Brooks's Horse book and Jamie Ford's The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

• literary fiction
• historical
• fiction
• historical fiction
• audiobook

"I don't rightly know who was my great-grandfather, much less his father. How come you know that about a horse?"

-Geraldine Brooks, Horse

"She felt a little clandestine, as if she were ten years old again, sneaking a dead rat past her mother so she could articulate a Rattus norvegicus domestica for her bedroom display."

-Geraldine Brooks, Horse

"You have to know that bigots are unwittingly handing you an edge. By thinking you're lesser than they are, they underestimate you. Lean on that. Learn to use it, and you'll get the upper hand."

-Geraldine Brooks, Horse

Similar categories in James McBride's The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store book and Jamie Ford's The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

• literary fiction
• historical
• fiction
• historical fiction
• audiobook

Similar categories in Ann Napolitano's Hello Beautiful book and Jamie Ford's The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

• audiobook
• literary fiction
• fiction
• historical fiction

"The child inside Julia lay wide-eyed in the dark, knowing that she was Jo, but only because Sylvie was Beth."

-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful

"You and your sisters have so many reference points, such a dense history," William said. "I never get used to it."

-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful

"She was Julia's wild hair, she was the lake her husband had once been carried out of, and no matter what happened next, she was love."

-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful

"You’re depressed, not crazy. It’s not insane to be depressed in this world. It’s more sane than being happy. I never trust those upbeat individuals who grin no matter what’s going on. Those are the o…"

-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful

Similar categories in Rachel Khong's Real Americans book and Jamie Ford's The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

• literary fiction
• magical realism
• historical
• fiction
• historical fiction
• 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

Similar categories in Patti Callahan Henry's The Secret Book of Flora Lea book and Jamie Ford's The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

• historical
• fiction
• historical fiction
• fantasy
• audiobook

"The heart can hold much joy and great sorrow at the same time. It's a mystery. And it's also true."

-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea

"What a fairy tale is meant to do," she said, "if it's meant to do anything at all, Tolkien says, is give us new perspective on our world, the consolation of a happy ending. A recovery of sorts. Like …"

-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea

Similar categories in Dani Shapiro's Signal Fires book and Jamie Ford's The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

• literary fiction
• historical
• fiction
• historical fiction
• audiobook

"How long will molecular traces of the Wilfs remain inside 18 Division Street?"

-Dani Shapiro, Signal Fires

"It wasn't scary. I mean, it was scary being in the dark and cold and everything, but when the lady, Mrs. Wilf, died, it was like everything had no beginning, and no end. Like we were lightyears away …"

-Dani Shapiro, Signal Fires

Similar categories in Katy Hays's The Cloisters book and Jamie Ford's The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

• fantasy
• fiction
• audiobook

"Life after parents is like a clean slate. [Rachel Mondray]"

-Katy Hays, The Cloisters

"...time made it possible to revisit even the hardest places. [Ann Stilwell]"

-Katy Hays, The Cloisters

"And I searched my memory -- that thin, imperfect archive -- for where might have seen it before. [Ann Stilwell]"

-Katy Hays, The Cloisters

"Era difícil no notar el peso del pasado a nuestro alrededor. Al fin de cuentas, ¿los museos no eran en realidad mausoleos?"

-Katy Hays, The Cloisters

Similar categories in Laurie Lico Albanese's Hester book and Jamie Ford's The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

• literary fiction
• historical
• fiction
• historical fiction
• audiobook

"The letter A is red,"

-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester

"Isobel, you're in my veins now--you know it, don't you? You're in my blood."

-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester

"...history isn't what's written or told. History is hidden away in dark corners and shadows..."

-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester

"But there's another kind of strength we've got...It comes from knowing the difference between who you are and who they think you are."

-Laurie Lico Albanese, Hester

Similar categories in Jessica George's Maame book and Jamie Ford's The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

• audiobook
• literary fiction
• fiction
• mental health

"A white person can date a Black person and still be racist."

-Jessica George, Maame

"I can't comprehend living to work, but then I'm afraid of working just to live."

-Jessica George, Maame

"A white person can date a Black person and still be racist. Because there’s levels to that sh*t. Like a lasagna."

-Jessica George, Maame

"It's about what love is. Which is trust, commitment, empathy, and respect. It means really giving a shit about the other person."

-Jessica George, Maame

Similar categories in Thao Thai's Banyan Moon book and Jamie Ford's The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

• literary fiction
• historical
• fiction
• historical fiction
• audiobook

"Through her, I understood that another mother's horror could touch us in the darkest of places, even a world away."

-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon

"Grief is a lake of perilously thin ice. You never know when you'll fall through it, or when you will fight your way back to the surface."

-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon

"My morning swims have centered me and calmed the storm inside my mind. In the water, my memories lose their sharp edges, like river stones forced smooth."

-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon

"I wonder if you can inherit evil.' 'Maybe. Or maybe it's not something you inherit, but something that runs through you, another person's trauma, their violence. It sits below the skin until you name…"

-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon

Similar categories in Celeste Ng's Our Missing Hearts book and Jamie Ford's The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

• science fiction
• literary fiction
• fiction
• audiobook

"Succulents would grow anew from a broken-off leaf, pushing roots out into the air, then down into the soil: a piece of its own body, transformed into its child."

-Celeste Ng, Our Missing Hearts

"Evidence of his mother, out there, elsewhere, so worried about somebody else's children though she'd left her own behind. The irony of it leached into his veins."

-Celeste Ng, Our Missing Hearts

"Why did I tell you so many stories? Because I wanted the world to make sense to you. I wanted to make sense of the world, for you. I wanted the world to make sense."

-Celeste Ng, Our Missing Hearts

"And we need their generosity to keep this place open. Or, just as likely, someone got nervous and got rid of it preemptively. Us public libraries--a lot of us just can't take the risk."

-Celeste Ng, Our Missing Hearts

Similar categories in Nikki Erlick's The Measure book and Jamie Ford's The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

• magical realism
• fiction
• science fiction
• fantasy
• audiobook

Similar categories in Jamie Ford's The Many Daughters of Afong Moy book and Jamie Ford's The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

• literary fiction
• magical realism
• historical
• mental health
• fiction
• historical fiction
• science fiction
• china
• fantasy
• audiobook

"Don't change. Instead change the world."

-Jamie Ford, The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

"We don't have to grieve only those we know. Sometimes we grieve for that which was lost. That which was never allowed to be."

-Jamie Ford, The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

"The bandleader sang 'Every time I see a crowd of people, just like a fool, I stop and stare. It's really not the proper thing to do, but maybe you'll be there."

-Jamie Ford, The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

"Karma is more like a suitcase. You have to be unafraid to open it up and look at what's inside, to unpack the things you do not need. Karma is the climate of the past which shapes how much leeway we …"

-Jamie Ford, The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

Similar categories in Carolyn Huynh's The Fortunes of Jaded Women book and Jamie Ford's The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

• literary fiction
• magical realism
• fiction
• fantasy
• audiobook

Similar categories in Sarah Addison Allen's Other Birds book and Jamie Ford's The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

• magical realism
• fantasy
• fiction

"This grown-up thing isn’t for sissies."

-Sarah Addison Allen, Other Birds

"There is no bigger snoop than a writer."

-Sarah Addison Allen, Other Birds

"Maybe some stories aren’t meant to be told."

-Sarah Addison Allen, Other Birds

"There are some stories that shouldn't be told."

-Sarah Addison Allen, Other Birds