16 Best historical books like The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2) by William Andrews

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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…

If you liked the historical plot in The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2) by William Andrews , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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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

Similar categories in Ann Howard Creel's The Magic of Ordinary Days book and William Andrews's The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"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

Cover of The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds (Malayan #1) by Selina Siak Chin Yoke

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

Similar categories in Selina Siak Chin Yoke's The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds (Malayan #1) book and William Andrews's The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)

  • cultural
  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • asian literature
"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)

Cover of When the Future Comes Too Soon (Malayan #2) by Selina Siak Chin Yoke

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

Similar categories in Selina Siak Chin Yoke's When the Future Comes Too Soon (Malayan #2) book and William Andrews's The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)

  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
Cover of Dragon Seed by Pearl S. Buck

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

Similar categories in Pearl S. Buck's Dragon Seed book and William Andrews's The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)

  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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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

Similar categories in Ruthanne Lum McCunn's Thousand Pieces of Gold book and William Andrews's The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)

  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • asian literature
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6. The Lioness of Morocco

By: Christiane Galvani , Julia Drosten

3.33

Format: 120 pages,

Independent-minded Sibylla Spencer feels trapped in nineteenth-century London, where her strong wil… read more

Similar categories in Christiane Galvani's The Lioness of Morocco book and William Andrews's The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)

  • cultural
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

7. The Moon in the Palace (Empress of Bright Moon, #1)

By: Weina Dai Randel

4.70

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

There is no easy path for a woman aspiring to power. . . . A concubine at the palace learns quickly… read more

Similar categories in Weina Dai Randel's The Moon in the Palace (Empress of Bright Moon, #1) book and William Andrews's The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)

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

Similar categories in James Clavell's Noble House (Asian Saga, #5) book and William Andrews's The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)

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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

Similar categories in James Clavell's Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2) book and William Andrews's The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)

  • adventure
  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
"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)

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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

Similar categories in Michael G. Kramer's A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One book and William Andrews's The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)

  • contemporary
"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

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11. 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

Similar categories in Mark Wightman's Chasing the Dragon: BY NEW BLOOD DAGGER AND SCOTTISH CRIME DEBUT SHORTLISTED AUTHOR (Betancourt Mystery Series Book 2) book and William Andrews's The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)

  • historical fiction
Cover of The Elephant Keeper's Daughter by Julia Drosten

12. 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

Similar categories in Julia Drosten's The Elephant Keeper's Daughter book and William Andrews's The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)

  • cultural
  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2) by William  Andrews

13. 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

Similar categories in William Andrews's The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2) book and William Andrews's The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)

  • cultural
  • dragons
  • adventure
  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • historical fiction
  • novels
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14. 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

Similar categories in Colin Falconer's Silk Road book and William Andrews's The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)

  • adventure
  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"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

Cover of The Girl with the Golden Scissors by Julia Drosten

15. The Girl with the Golden Scissors

By: Julia Drosten

4.11

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Lioness of Morocco and The Elephant Keeper’s Daughter, the story… read more

Similar categories in Julia Drosten's The Girl with the Golden Scissors book and William Andrews's The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)

  • cultural
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. 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

Similar categories in Amanda Roberts's Threads of Silk: A Historical Chinese Fiction Novel book and William Andrews's The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)

  • cultural
  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • asian literature
Cover of The Fragrant Concubine (The Forbidden City #2) by Melissa Addey

17. The Fragrant Concubine (The Forbidden City #2)

By: Melissa Addey

4.42

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Kidnapped. Blackmailed. Now, she must choose the future of the empire. 18th century Kashgar. Hid… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Addey's The Fragrant Concubine (The Forbidden City #2) book and William Andrews's The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)

  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • asian literature
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18. The Cold Palace (The Forbidden City #4)

By: Melissa Addey

4.38

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Chosen against her will. Elevated to Empress. Accused of madness. 18th century China. Ula Nara … read more

Similar categories in Melissa Addey's The Cold Palace (The Forbidden City #4) book and William Andrews's The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)

  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Garden of Perfect Brightness (The Forbidden City #3) by Melissa Addey

19. The Garden of Perfect Brightness (The Forbidden City #3)

By: Melissa Addey

4.44

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

China’s most beautiful garden. The man who built it. The woman who had to leave it. 18th century… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Addey's The Garden of Perfect Brightness (The Forbidden City #3) book and William Andrews's The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)

  • historical fiction
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20. 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

Similar categories in E.V. Thompson's The Blue Dress Girl book and William Andrews's The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)

  • asian literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Opium Lord's Daughter by Robert  Wang

21. The Opium Lord's Daughter

By: Robert Wang

4.08

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

Following the harrowing journey of Lady Lee Su-Mei and her family, Robert Wang's debut novel is a h… read more

Similar categories in Robert Wang's The Opium Lord's Daughter book and William Andrews's The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)

  • asian literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

15 Best fiction books like The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2) by William Andrews

Transform Your Habits

The Magic of Ordinary Days

Ann Howard Creel

3.90

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The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds (Malayan #1)

Selina Siak Chin Yoke

4.15

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When the Future Comes Too Soon (Malayan #2)

Selina Siak Chin Yoke

3.55

Transform Your Habits

Dragon Seed

Pearl S. Buck

5.00

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17 must-read fiction books like The Opium Lord's Daughter by Robert Wang

Transform Your Habits

The Lioness of Morocco

Christiane Galvani , Julia Drosten

3.33

Transform Your Habits

The Other Empress (A Qing Court Novel #1)

Amanda Roberts

4.22

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The Elephant Keeper's Daughter

Julia Drosten

4.12

Transform Your Habits

The Dragon Queen (The Dragon #2)

William Andrews

4.25

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