The Elephant Keeper's Daughter
By: Julia Drosten
4.12
Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition
From the bestselling author of The Lioness of Morocco comes the beguiling novel of a young woman tr…
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1. The Magic of Ordinary Days
By: Ann Howard Creel
3.90
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Olivia Dunne, a studious minister's daughter who dreams of being an archaeologist, never thought th… read more
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- romance
- historical
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- historical fiction
- audiobook
"Sometimes you do find what you're looking for closer than you think"-Ann Howard Creel, The Magic of Ordinary Days
"As a child, when I first heard the story of Creation, I’d closed my eyes and pictured the earth as a ball rolling off the palm of God and into dark space, then drifting around until it found its home…"-Ann Howard Creel, The Magic of Ordinary Days
"In the past, I would’ve listed things such as common interests, mutual attraction, worldliness, and higher education. My freedom above all else. If I had found love, it would have had to be the kind …"-Ann Howard Creel, The Magic of Ordinary Days
"We’d save up a penny or two, bring them down here, and set them on the tracks. When a train comes, it flattens out that penny, leaving it thin as paper and shaped long, like an egg. But it happens so…"-Ann Howard Creel, The Magic of Ordinary Days
2. The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds (Malayan #1)
By: Selina Siak Chin Yoke
4.15
Format: 466 pages, Kindle Edition
Facing challenges in an increasingly colonial world, Chye Hoon, a rebellious young girl, must learn… read more
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- cultural
- historical
- asia
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- historical fiction
"Her ancestors would fight for her spirit, but so too would the white devils who had come to rule. They had taken first our land and then our souls."-Selina Siak Chin Yoke, The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds (Malayan #1)
3. When the Future Comes Too Soon (Malayan #2)
By: Selina Siak Chin Yoke
3.55
Format: 199 pages,
In Japanese-occupied Malaya, lives are shattered and a woman discovers her inner strength in a worl… read more
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- historical
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- fiction
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4. Dragon Seed
By: Pearl S. Buck
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
One of the more political novels from the pen of Pearl Buck, Dragon Seed brings to light the traged… read more
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- historical
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5. Thousand Pieces of Gold
By: Ruthanne Lum McCunn
3.44
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
A reissue of the classic biographical novel that has sold more than 200,000 copies Lalu Nathoy's fa… read more
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8. Noble House (Asian Saga, #5)
By: James Clavell
4.31
Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Librarian's Note: An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found The tai-pan, Ian Dunross, struggl… read more
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9. Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
By: James Clavell
4.30
Format: 732 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong in the 1840s, Tai-Pan is the story of Dirk S… read more
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- asia
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"There can only be one Tai-Pan."-James Clavell, Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
"You live by the lash and you'll die by it."-James Clavell, Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
"Only a real man has the right to stand at the pinnacle."-James Clavell, Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
"Gods are like people. They believe anything if you tell them right way."-James Clavell, Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
10. A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
By: Michael G. Kramer
4.29
Format: 470 pages, ebook
Volume One is mainly about the second Indochina war (Vietnam War) and is set during the period from… read more
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"Navarre asserted, “We have such powerful forces and so strong a defence system that Dien Bien Phu is an impregnable fortress!"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"The Vietnamese soldier said, “Before I spoke to her, I had given her a cooked ration of rice. Instead of her being grateful for the meal, she abused me! What gives with these Kampuchean People?"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"As well, I want our special force commandos to silently slip into Cat Bi and Gia Lam airfields and destroy the aircraft stationed there. That will deal the French forces at Dien Bien Phu a stunning b…"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy i…"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
11. Dust Child
By: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally bestselling author of The Mountains Sing, a suspenseful and moving saga ab… read more
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"Persistence turns a bar of iron into a needle."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Dust Child
"With the fire of war burning, it needed more men as firewood."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Dust Child
"Everyone came from dust and would one day return to dust. Life is transitory, after all."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Dust Child
"For him, poetry was the language of the soul. Writers could hide their feelings behind fiction, but had to bare their soul to poetry."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Dust Child
12. Chasing the Dragon: BY NEW BLOOD DAGGER AND SCOTTISH CRIME DEBUT SHORTLISTED AUTHOR (Betancourt Mystery Series Book 2)
By: Mark Wightman
4.25
Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition
The much-awaited follow up to Waking the Tiger, shortlisted for the 2022 Crime Writers’ Association… read more
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- historical fiction
13. The Elephant Keeper's Daughter
By: Julia Drosten
4.12
Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition
From the bestselling author of The Lioness of Morocco comes the beguiling novel of a young woman tr… read more
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- cultural
- unfinished
- 19th century
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- india
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- audiobook
14. The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)
By: William Andrews
4.25
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
From the bestselling author of Daughters of the Dragon comes the story of one of the most extraordi… read more
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15. Silk Road
By: Colin Falconer
4.27
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Silk Road weaves a spellbinding tale of courage, danger and human frailty onto the vast tapestry of… read more
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- romance
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"They found him in the cloister, lying on his back with ice in his beard. He was half conscious, muttering about a Templar knight, a secret commission from the Pope, and a beautiful woman on a white p…"-Colin Falconer, Silk Road
"His fellow monks carried him back to his cell and laid him on the hard cot that had been his bed for the last twenty years. He was an old man now and there was nothing to be done. His eyes had the co…"-Colin Falconer, Silk Road
16. The Fortune Teller of Kathmandu
By: Ann Bennett
4.36
Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition
A sweeping wartime tale of secrets and love, mystery and redemption, moving from the snow-capped Hi… read more
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17. The Spirit of the Dragon (The Dragon #3)
By: William Andrews
4.58
Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition
From the bestselling author of Daughters of the Dragon comes an epic novel of a star-crossed couple… read more
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18. Threads of Silk: A Historical Chinese Fiction Novel
By: Amanda Roberts
4.15
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
When I was a child, I thought my destiny was to live and die on the banks of the Xiangjiang River a… read more
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19. The Blue Dress Girl
By: E.V. Thompson
4.04
Format: 390 pages, Kindle Edition
China, 1857. She-she, a peasant girl, never wanted to be a concubine. But She-she has caught the ey… read more
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20. The Snow Gypsy
By: Lindsay Jayne Ashford
4.04
Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition
From the bestselling author of The Woman on the Orient Express comes a haunting novel of two women—… read more
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21. The Man with No Borders
By: Richard C. Morais
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
A father comes to terms with his mortality and secrets in a heartrending novel of family and forgiv… read more
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