22 Best historical fiction books like The Refugee Ocean by Pauls Toutonghi

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The Refugee Ocean

By: Pauls Toutonghi

3.96

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

Two refugees find that their lives are inextricably linked—over time and distance—by the perils of …

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Refugee Ocean by Pauls Toutonghi , here is a list of 22 books like this:

1. The Little House

By: Philippa Gregory

4.20

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

A contemporary psychological thriller in the style of Ruth Rendell, from one of today's most versat… read more

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2. The Frozen River

By: Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River book and Pauls Toutonghi's The Refugee Ocean

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. Let Us Descend

By: Jesmyn Ward

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congres… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"You must leap. You must do as your people did. You must sink in order to rise."

-Jesmyn Ward, Let Us Descend

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4. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

By: James McBride

4.00

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more

Similar categories in James McBride's The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store book and Pauls Toutonghi's The Refugee Ocean

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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5. The Great Divide

By: Cristina Henríquez

3.70

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

An epic novel of the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • adult
"Ada had always believed that her mother, in rebuilding the house only three miles from where it had once been, had kept her world piteously small, but maybe what mattered, Ada thought as she gazed at…"

-Cristina Henríquez, The Great Divide

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6. Murder by Degrees

By: Ritu Mukerji

3.68

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Murder by Degrees is a historical mystery set in 19th century Philadelphia, following a pioneering… read more

Similar categories in Ritu Mukerji's Murder by Degrees book and Pauls Toutonghi's The Refugee Ocean

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. The Liberators

By: E.J. Koh

3.46

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

At the height of the military dictatorship in South Korea, Insuk and Sungho are arranged to be marr… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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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
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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9. Wild and Distant Seas

By: Tara Karr Roberts

3.73

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A gorgeous debut, laced through with magic, following four generations of women as they seek to cha… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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10. A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself

By: Katherine Howe

3.73

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Katherine Howe comes a daring first-hand account of one youn… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Howe's A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself book and Pauls Toutonghi's The Refugee Ocean

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. Acts of Forgiveness

By: Maura Cheeks

3.73

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this stirring, tender-hearted debut about ambition and inheritance, a family grapples with how m… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"You can't tour a plantation and come home to 512 Lewaro without understanding its significance. By walking through the front doors of their home, they were rewriting history."

-Maura Cheeks, Acts of Forgiveness

"During moments of national importance, it feels as though bills will be paid and mortgages covered, dreams no longer deferred. It feels as though, maybe, it can be less about money than about honor."

-Maura Cheeks, Acts of Forgiveness

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12. Swift River

By: Essie J. Chambers

3.54

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

10 hours, 30 minutes A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK | A Most Anticipated Book from… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"Your hometown makes you and breaks you and makes you again."

-Essie J. Chambers, Swift River

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13. California Bear

By: Duane Swierczynski

3.94

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A witty new thriller from a "great storyteller" (Michael Connelly), California Bear follows four un… read more

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  • fiction
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14. Mercury

By: Amy Jo Burns

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A roofing family’s bonds of loyalty are tested when they uncover a long-hidden secret at the heart … read more

Similar categories in Amy Jo Burns's Mercury book and Pauls Toutonghi's The Refugee Ocean

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. Ocean's Godori

By: Elaine U. Cho

3.67

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

Ocean Yoon has never felt like much of a Korean, even if she is descended from a long line of haeny… read more

Similar categories in Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori book and Pauls Toutonghi's The Refugee Ocean

  • adult
  • fiction
"She asks, "Do you ever want to go back to Mars?" "It's a weird little place," he replies. "Stuck in its ways. I feel more like a Martian when I'm not there, if that makes sense."

-Elaine U. Cho, Ocean's Godori

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16. The Wildest Sun

By: Asha Lemmie

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Following her New York Times bestselling debut Fifty Words for Rain , Asha Lemmie's next sweeping a… read more

Similar categories in Asha Lemmie's The Wildest Sun book and Pauls Toutonghi's The Refugee Ocean

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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17. The Refugee Ocean

By: Pauls Toutonghi

3.96

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

Two refugees find that their lives are inextricably linked—over time and distance—by the perils of … read more

Similar categories in Pauls Toutonghi's The Refugee Ocean book and Pauls Toutonghi's The Refugee Ocean

  • music
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 20th century
  • novels
  • adult
  • lebanon
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18. Holiday Country

By: İnci Atrek

3.25

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A seductive and lyrical debut following a young woman’s dangerous summer romance during an idyllic … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • novels
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19. Las Madres

By: Esmeralda Santiago

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, best-selling author of When I Was Puerto Rican, a powerful novel of family,… read more

Similar categories in Esmeralda Santiago's Las Madres book and Pauls Toutonghi's The Refugee Ocean

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • adult
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20. The Prospectors

By: Ariel Djanikian

3.67

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping rags-to-riches story of survival and greed across American history following a family tr… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Djanikian's The Prospectors book and Pauls Toutonghi's The Refugee Ocean

  • historical
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"How easy it was to adjust to extravagance."

-Ariel Djanikian, The Prospectors

"Secrets have a way of nudging against their enclosures and bumping playfully against the walls."

-Ariel Djanikian, The Prospectors

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21. The American Daughters

By: Maurice Carlos Ruffin

3.61

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical novel about a spirited young girl who joins a sisterhood of Black women worki… read more

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  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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22. Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

By: Jonathan Blitzer

4.49

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the so… read more

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23. The Memory of Lavender and Sage

By: Aimie K. Runyan

4.09

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Food critic Tempèsta Luddington has always felt like the odd person out in her family, ever since s… read more

Similar categories in Aimie K. Runyan's The Memory of Lavender and Sage book and Pauls Toutonghi's The Refugee Ocean

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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24. The Peach Seed

By: Anita Gail Jones

3.85

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Fletcher Dukes and Altovise Benson reunite after decades apart― and a mountain of secrets―in this d… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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25. Where There Was Fire

By: John Manuel Arias

3.49

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A lush and lyrical debut novel about a Costa Rican family wrestling with a deadly secret, from risi… read more

Similar categories in John Manuel Arias's Where There Was Fire book and Pauls Toutonghi's The Refugee Ocean

  • historical
  • novels
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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26. How We Named the Stars

By: Andrés N. Ordorica

4.04

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Set between the United States and México, Andrés N. Ordorica’s debut novel is a tender and lyrical … read more

Similar categories in Andrés N. Ordorica's How We Named the Stars book and Pauls Toutonghi's The Refugee Ocean

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
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27. Burner

By: Robert Ford

4.17

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

IRIS It’s terrifying how quickly everything can be taken away from you. Iris learns this agonizing… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
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28. What You Leave Behind

By: Wanda M. Morris

3.90

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author Wanda Morris returns with a powerful, haunting thriller following a lawyer who… read more

Similar categories in Wanda M. Morris's What You Leave Behind book and Pauls Toutonghi's The Refugee Ocean

  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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29. Here in Avalon

By: Tara Isabella Burton

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A New York City fairy tale about two sisters that fall under the spell of an underworld cabaret tro… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
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30. 888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers

By: Abraham Chang

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Young Wang has received plenty of wisdom from his beloved uncle: don’t take life too seriously, get… read more

Similar categories in Abraham Chang's 888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers book and Pauls Toutonghi's The Refugee Ocean

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • novels
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31. Goldenseal: A Novel

By: Maria Hummel

3.35

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A Gentleman in Moscow meets My Brilliant Friend in this novel of two estranged friends who reunite … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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Ariel Lawhon

4.43

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Let Us Descend

Jesmyn Ward

3.70

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James McBride

4.00

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3.36

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Tommy Orange

3.89

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Rachel Khong

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