Peach Blossom Spring
By: Melissa Fu
4.18
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A "beautifully rendered" novel about war, migration, and the power of telling our stories, Peach Bl…
Want to Read $ 12.99"What are you scared of?"-Melissa Fu, Peach Blossom Spring
"What are you scared of?"-Melissa Fu, Peach Blossom Spring
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1. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
By: Lisa See
4.36
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
* NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!* An immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woma… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- asia
- fiction
- historical fiction
- asian literature
- china
- adult
- audiobook
2. The River We Remember
By: William Kent Krueger
4.29
Format: 421 pages, Hardcover
In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"Finally, she wrote: The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love."-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"People who make other people happy are generally pretty unhappy themselves," she said."-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"Bluestone said, " Hihanni waste ." "He honnay washtay?" Sam gave him a bewildered half smile. "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Exactly my point," Bluestone said. "I've lived in a white man's world a…"-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"[Scott] heard the clock on the living room mantel strike midnight, and he could no longer lie there suffering. He slipped from his bed, dressed, and so quietly that he might not even have existed--an…"-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
3. Take My Hand
By: Dolen Perkins-Valdez
4.37
Format: 359 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by true events that rocked the nation, a profoundly moving novel about a Black nurse in po… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"There wasn’t any justice for little Black girls, and never had been."-Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Take My Hand
"The world was an enigma. My country was an enigma. Still, she was mine. And I loved every square inch of her."-Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Take My Hand
"The past doesn't work that way. You can't just make it disappear. You can't pretend certain things didn't happen."-Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Take My Hand
"She wore a belted yellow dress that screamed springtime even though it was chilly out. Anybody in a dress that bright had to be doing some good in the world, I decided."-Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Take My Hand
4. 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
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- 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
5. Woman of Light
By: Kali Fajardo-Anstine
3.65
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling epic of betrayal, love, and fate that spans five generations of an Indigenous Chicano fa… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"The fact that the protection she craved from men was mostly to ward off incidents with other men frightened her."-Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Woman of Light
"Mama had once told Luz that being raped was worse than being murdered. And Luz wondered how that could be. To be raped and to live seemed more desirable than to no longer exist. Luz did not want to f…"-Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Woman of Light
6. Hester
By: Laurie Lico Albanese
3.97
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
Isobel Gamble is a young seamstress carrying generations of secrets when she sets sail from Scotlan… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- 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
7. River Sing Me Home
By: Eleanor Shearer
4.01
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
Her search begins with an ending.... The master of the Providence plantation in Barbados gathers… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Every freedom had its price."-Eleanor Shearer, River Sing Me Home
"Freedom mean something different to me. The search, that is freedom."-Eleanor Shearer, River Sing Me Home
"This is why me don't like to do it... Think about the past. The memories too painful. The hope hurt. All I want to do is live the life in front of me, because it's a miracle me make it here."-Eleanor Shearer, River Sing Me Home
8. 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
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- literary fiction
- historical
- asia
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
- asian literature
- adult
- audiobook
9. The Good Left Undone
By: Adriana Trigiani
3.98
Format: 439 pages, Hardcover
From Adriana Trigiani, "a master of visual and palpable detail" (The Washington Post), comes a lush… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
10. Kaikeyi
By: Vaishnavi Patel
4.19
Format: 478 pages, Hardcover
“I was born on the full moon under an auspicious constellation, the holiest of positions—much good … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Because those who are good question themselves. Because those who are good always wonder if there was a better way, a way that could have helped more and hurt less. That feeling is why you are good."-Vaishnavi Patel, Kaikeyi
11. Maame
By: Jessica George
4.06
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Shortlisted for the TikTok Book Awards in the Book of the Year, 2023 and the Goodreads Debut and Fi… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"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
12. Banyan Moon
By: Thao Thai
3.92
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
When Ann Tran gets the call that her fiercely beloved grandmother, Minh, has passed away, her life … read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- asia
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- 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
13. Black Cake
By: Charmaine Wilkerson
4.10
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
We can’t choose what we inherit. But can we choose who we become? In present-day California, Ele… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"But trying to undo the worry is like trying to undo his blackness."-Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake
"More people’s lives have been shaped by violence than we like to think. And more people’s lives have been shaped by silence than we think."-Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake
"Some people think surfing is a relationship with the sea...but surfing is really a relationship between you and yourself. The sea is going to do whatever it wants."-Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake
"Young people had always wanted to do things their own way, and Bert had been no different. Only nowadays, there seemed to be this compulsion to eat up everything that was available to you and to let …"-Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake
14. Four Treasures of the Sky
By: Jenny Tinghui Zhang
4.08
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
Daiyu never wanted to be like the tragic heroine for whom she was named, revered for her beauty and… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- asia
- fiction
- historical fiction
- asian literature
- china
- adult
- audiobook
"In calligraphy, as in life, we do not retouch strokes, Master Wang often said. We must accept that what is done is done."-Jenny Tinghui Zhang, Four Treasures of the Sky
"An entire year has passed. Time is important. This I know now. As in, how much time has to pass for a forgetting to occur."-Jenny Tinghui Zhang, Four Treasures of the Sky
"My life was written for me from the moment the name was given to me. Or it was not. That is the true beauty. That is the intent. We can practice all we want, telling and retelling the same story, but…"-Jenny Tinghui Zhang, Four Treasures of the Sky
"At my most alone, I trace English letters in the dirt floor. Next to them, I write the Chinese characters that match their sounds. The one that puzzles me most is the English letter I, companion soun…"-Jenny Tinghui Zhang, Four Treasures of the Sky
15. 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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- literary fiction
- historical
- asia
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
- asian literature
- adult
- audiobook
"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
16. The Last Russian Doll
By: Kristen Loesch
3.79
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
A novel about betrayal, revenge, and redemption that follows three generations of Russian women, fr… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
17. The Many Daughters of Afong Moy
By: Jamie Ford
3.87
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
Dorothy Moy breaks her own heart for a living. As Washington’s former poet laureate, that’s how sh… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- china
- 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
18. Peach Blossom Spring
By: Melissa Fu
4.18
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A "beautifully rendered" novel about war, migration, and the power of telling our stories, Peach Bl… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- asia
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
- asian literature
- china
- adult
- audiobook
"What are you scared of?"-Melissa Fu, Peach Blossom Spring
19. The Magnolia Palace
By: Fiona Davis
3.88
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue, returns with a tantali… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
20. The Attic Child
By: Lola Jaye
4.37
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
A hauntingly powerful and emotionally charged novel about family secrets, love and loss, identity a… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
21. 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
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- 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
