14 Best fiction books like The African Samurai by Craig Shreve

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The African Samurai

By: Craig Shreve

4.07

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

Set in late 16th-century Africa, India, Portugal, and Japan, The African Samurai is a powerful hist…

If you liked the fiction plot in The African Samurai by Craig Shreve , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2) by Waubgeshig Rice

1. Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

By: Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping sequel to the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow , a br… read more

Similar categories in Waubgeshig Rice's Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2) book and Craig Shreve's The African Samurai

  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes by Cody Cassidy

2. How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes

By: Cody Cassidy

4.06

Format: 195 pages, Paperback

A detailed guide to surviving history’s most challenging threats, from outrunning dinosaurs to maki… read more

Similar categories in Cody Cassidy's How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes book and Craig Shreve's The African Samurai

  • historical
  • audiobook
Cover of A Thief’s Justice (Company of Rogues #2) by Douglas Skelton

3. A Thief’s Justice (Company of Rogues #2)

By: Douglas Skelton

4.35

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1716. Revenge is a dish best served ice cold… The city is caught in the vice-like grip o… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Skelton's A Thief’s Justice (Company of Rogues #2) book and Craig Shreve's The African Samurai

  • historical
  • historical fiction
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4. Study for Obedience

By: Sarah Bernstein

3.05

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A haunting, compressed masterwork from an extraordinary new voice in Canadian fiction. A young w… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Bernstein's Study for Obedience book and Craig Shreve's The African Samurai

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
"I try always to be good."

-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience

"How, I wondered, might a person, a people, take root, roots and rootlessness, the preservation of what little remains of the past, such were thoughts that blew through me on any given morning, standi…"

-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience

"In taking a side, I thought uneasily, perhaps I ought to take the long view, the survival of the species as a whole. That was my problem, I thought, I was always thinking at the level of the individu…"

-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience

"I had hoped that here in the country I would experience the turn of the seasons differently, with less apprehension, I might come to see the form and plan of the world. Not to frame it within systems…"

-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience

Cover of The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2) by Chris Hadfield

5. The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2)

By: Chris Hadfield

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author, astronaut, and fighter pilot Chris Hadfield comes a rivetin… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hadfield's The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2) book and Craig Shreve's The African Samurai

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • canada
  • historical fiction
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6. Queen of Exiles

By: Vanessa Riley

3.77

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed historical novelist Vanessa Riley is back with another novel based on the life of an extr… read more

Similar categories in Vanessa Riley's Queen of Exiles book and Craig Shreve's The African Samurai

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1) by Kate   Hilton

7. Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1)

By: Kate Hilton

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A big-city journalist joins the staff of a small-town paper in cottage country and finds a communit… read more

Similar categories in Kate Hilton's Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1) book and Craig Shreve's The African Samurai

  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of The African Samurai by Craig Shreve

8. The African Samurai

By: Craig Shreve

4.07

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

Set in late 16th-century Africa, India, Portugal, and Japan, The African Samurai is a powerful hist… read more

Similar categories in Craig Shreve's The African Samurai book and Craig Shreve's The African Samurai

  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • canada
  • historical
  • asia
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • japan
  • audiobook
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9. The Jazz Club Spy

By: Roberta Rich

3.60

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the author of the “riveting” ( Chicago Tribune ) The Midwife of Venice , a fresh and sweeping … read more

Similar categories in Roberta Rich's The Jazz Club Spy book and Craig Shreve's The African Samurai

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic by Adam Shoalts

10. Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic

By: Adam Shoalts

4.32

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

From Canada’s most accomplished adventurer and storyteller comes a gripping journey into the vastne… read more

Similar categories in Adam Shoalts's Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic book and Craig Shreve's The African Samurai

  • canada
  • audiobook
Cover of The Future of Us: The Science of What We'll Eat, Where We'll Live, and Who We'll Be by Jay Ingram

11. The Future of Us: The Science of What We'll Eat, Where We'll Live, and Who We'll Be

By: Jay Ingram

3.73

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

A fascinating look at the cutting-edge science and technologies that are on the cusp of changing ev… read more

Similar categories in Jay Ingram's The Future of Us: The Science of What We'll Eat, Where We'll Live, and Who We'll Be book and Craig Shreve's The African Samurai

  • audiobook
Cover of African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan by Thomas Lockley

12. African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan

By: Thomas Lockley

3.77

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

The remarkable life of history's first foreign-born samurai and his astonishing journey from Northe… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Lockley's African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan book and Craig Shreve's The African Samurai

  • africa
  • historical
  • asia
  • japan
  • audiobook
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13. The Secret History of Audrey James

By: Heather Marshall

4.46

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The #1 bestselling author of Looking for Jane returns with a poignant, gripping novel about a piani… read more

Similar categories in Heather Marshall's The Secret History of Audrey James book and Craig Shreve's The African Samurai

  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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14. Sword of the War God

By: Tim Hodkinson

4.39

Format: 620 pages, Kindle Edition

In a world of war and ruin, men and gods collide. 436 AD. The Burgundars are confident of destroyin… read more

Similar categories in Tim Hodkinson's Sword of the War God book and Craig Shreve's The African Samurai

  • historical fiction
Cover of Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi

15. Masquerade

By: O.O. Sangoyomi

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale ex… read more

Similar categories in O.O. Sangoyomi's Masquerade book and Craig Shreve's The African Samurai

  • africa
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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16. Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue

By: Christine Higdon

4.09

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

Four working-class Vancouver sisters, still reeling from the impact of World War I and the pandemic… read more

Similar categories in Christine Higdon's Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue book and Craig Shreve's The African Samurai

  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Fifty-Four Pigs (Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery #1) by Philipp Schott

17. Fifty-Four Pigs (Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery #1)

By: Philipp Schott

3.58

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

For readers of Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a lighthearted … read more

Similar categories in Philipp Schott's Fifty-Four Pigs (Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery #1) book and Craig Shreve's The African Samurai

  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
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18. Shy Creatures

By: Clare Chambers

4.43

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In all failed relationships there is a point that passes unnoticed at the time, which can later be … read more

Similar categories in Clare Chambers's Shy Creatures book and Craig Shreve's The African Samurai

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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19. The Lost Tarot

By: Sarah Henstra

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A lost tarot card is the key to unravelling decades of secrets in this dazzling novel about art and… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Henstra's The Lost Tarot book and Craig Shreve's The African Samurai

  • fiction
  • canada
  • historical fiction
Cover of Undead Samurai by Baptiste Pinson Wu

20. Undead Samurai

By: Baptiste Pinson Wu

4.59

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Japan, 1625 A new Drum Master has risen, and soon the nation will fall to the curse of Izanagi. … read more

Similar categories in Baptiste Pinson Wu's Undead Samurai book and Craig Shreve's The African Samurai

  • historical fiction
Cover of real ones by Katherena Vermette

21. real ones

By: Katherena Vermette

4.10

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of the nationally bestselling Strangers saga comes a heartrending story of two Mich… read more

Similar categories in Katherena Vermette's real ones book and Craig Shreve's The African Samurai

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook

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