15 must-read historical books like Bamboo Road: The Homecoming (Echoes of Empire: A collection of standalone novels set in the Far East during WWII) by Ann Bennett

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Bamboo Road: The Homecoming (Echoes of Empire: A collection of standalone novels set in the Far East during WWII)

By: Ann Bennett

4.26

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

From award-winning author Ann Bennett comes another heart-breaking novel of love, loss and survival…

If you liked the historical plot in Bamboo Road: The Homecoming (Echoes of Empire: A collection of standalone novels set in the Far East during WWII) by Ann Bennett , here is a list of 15 books like this:

1. A Greater World

By: Clare Flynn

3.50

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

When Elizabeth Morton hears her father wants her to travel to the other side of the world to marry … read more

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2. A Gathering of Dust: A Novel Out of Africa

By: Samantha Ford

4.15

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

A Novel Out of Africa Through the mists of a remote and dangerous part of the South African coastli… read more

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3. The House Called Mbabati: A Novel Out of Africa

By: Samantha Ford

4.54

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

This is Samantha Ford's long awaited 2nd novel The House Called Mbabati another story out of Africa… read more

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4. Under A Cerulean Sky

By: Jane Coverdale

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

When high society sisters Isobel and Violet find themselves down on their luck, an unexpected inher… read more

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  • historical fiction
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5. Sunrising: The story of a family who chose Africa as their home - The pioneering generation (The Sunrising Series Book 1)

By: Susan Hubert

4.09

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

The sun was rising when they rode out of the gates and up the dust tracks towards the Umguza River.… read more

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6. The Sardinian Story

By: Francesca Scanacapra

4.16

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

Apennine Mountains, Italy, 1965 Leonora Bacchetti was once a happy child. But at the age of sevente… read more

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7. Night Train to Marrakech (Daughters of War #3)

By: Dinah Jefferies

3.98

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

The final book in the sweeping new historical series from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author.… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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8. An Italian Secret (Daughters of Italy #1)

By: Ella Carey

4.37

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

Tuscany, 1944. Did she fight for the resistance or betray her people? When the Nazis storm into … read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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9. Darjeeling Inheritance (The Colonials)

By: Liz Harris

4.19

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

Darjeeling, 1930 After eleven years in school in England, Charlotte Lawrence returns to Sundar, … read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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10. The Diamond Daughter (The Raj Hotel #3)

By: Janet MacLeod Trotter

4.50

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

In this emotional story set in 1946 post-war India, can a woman’s quest for love survive shocking s… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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11. The Sapphire Child (The Raj Hotel #2)

By: Janet MacLeod Trotter

4.52

Format: 523 pages, Kindle Edition

In the dying days of the Raj, can paths divided by time and circumstance ever find each other again… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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12. Bamboo Road: The Homecoming (Echoes of Empire: A collection of standalone novels set in the Far East during WWII)

By: Ann Bennett

4.26

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

From award-winning author Ann Bennett comes another heart-breaking novel of love, loss and survival… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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13. 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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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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14. The Sapphire Daughter (The Lost Daughters #4)

By: Soraya M. Lane

4.38

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

Lake Geneva, 1951: Delphine looked up at Florian, her fingers grazing his cheek as she pressed her … read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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15. The Cypress Maze

By: Fiona Valpy

4.39

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

In this haunting tale from the bestselling author of The Storyteller of Casablanca, Beatrice kept a… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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16. The Secrets of the Tea Garden (India Tea #4)

By: Janet MacLeod Trotter

4.50

Format: 567 pages, Kindle Edition

She’s gone in search of happy memories. But was her idyllic childhood in India an illusion? After t… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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17. The Lost Boy of Bologna

By: Francesca Scanacapra

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Bologna, Italy, 1929. A newborn baby boy is abandoned by his desperate unmarried mother, who believ… read more

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  • historical fiction
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18. The Venice Secret

By: Anita Chapman

4.18

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

One hidden painting. Two women born centuries apart. A secret uncovered. In 2019, Rachel is stuc… read more

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  • historical fiction
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19. The Paris Affair

By: Victoria Cornwall

4.32

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

Born to a French mother and an English father, Charlotte Bray has always felt like an outsider in h… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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20. Simla Mist

By: Liz Harris

3.89

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

Simla, 1932 Life-long friends, Lilian Hunt and Daisy Chatsworth, whose fathers work for the Brit… read more

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21. Cochin Fall (The Colonials)

By: Liz Harris

3.99

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

British Cochin, 1934. Returning to her home among the palm trees that line the coast of Cochin, … read more

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  • historical fiction
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22. The Secret Photograph

By: Siobhan Curham

4.61

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

Nazi-occupied Paris, 1942. Clarisse clutches her camera as hundreds of police swarm the streets. Th… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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23. The Royal Daughter (The Lost Daughters #3)

By: Soraya M. Lane

4.25

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

“My darling B, my heart, my soul. I only wish we’d had longer. Longer to search for the daughter th… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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24. Secrets of the Italian Island (Sisters of War #1)

By: Barbara Josselsohn

4.37

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

Italy, 1943. A castle once full of love and laughter is left in ruins by the Nazis, as three sister… read more

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  • historical fiction
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25. The Sun is Bright: The story of a family who chose Africa as their home - The post WW2 generation (The Sunrising Series)

By: Susan Hubert

4.17

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

Lily closed her eyes and took a deep breath. And then she felt Oliver Craig next to her, putting on… read more

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26. A Painter in Penang (Penang #3)

By: Clare Flynn

4.22

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

Die sechzehnjährige Jasmine Barrington hasst ihr Leben in Kenia und sehnt sich zurück auf die Insel… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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27. Hanoi Spring (The Colonials)

By: Liz Harris

3.88

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

The French Territory of Hanoi, 1932. Soon after Lucette and Philippe Delon’s arrival in Vietnam, L… read more

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28. Return to Paradiso (Paradiso #2)

By: Francesca Scanacapra

4.40

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

Italy, 1950. The dawn of a new decade brings with it the promise of lasting peace and prosperity as… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Daughter of Paradiso (Paradiso, #3) by Francesca Scanacapra

29. The Daughter of Paradiso (Paradiso, #3)

By: Francesca Scanacapra

4.41

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

A TERRIFIED CHILD. A DESPERATE MOTHER. THE PROMISE OF A NEW LIFE... Italy, 1963. Graziella Bianchi… read more

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  • historical fiction
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30. The Forgotten Children

By: Ann Bennett

4.39

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

Paris, 1941. As we drive down the cobbled street, I take in the red banners with swastikas covering… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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31. A Rose In The Blitz: A sweeping family saga of love, war and betrayal set in London during the Blitz

By: Ann Bennett

4.26

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

Previously published as Kiss From A Rose by Ann BennettA city devastated by the Blitz, a family tor… read more

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  • historical fiction

23 must-read historical fiction books like Bamboo Road: The Homecoming (Echoes of Empire: A collection of standalone novels set in the Far East during WWII) by Ann Bennett

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Under A Cerulean Sky

Jane Coverdale

4.23

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Dinah Jefferies

3.98

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An Italian Secret (Daughters of Italy #1)

Ella Carey

4.37

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Darjeeling Inheritance (The Colonials)

Liz Harris

4.19

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The House Called Mbabati: A Novel Out of Africa

Samantha Ford

4.54

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Liz Harris

4.19

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The Diamond Daughter (The Raj Hotel #3)

Janet MacLeod Trotter

4.50

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The Lake Pavilion

Ann Bennett

4.28

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