12 Top fiction books like The Color of Air by Gail Tsukiyama

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The Color of Air

By: Gail Tsukiyama

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Women of the Silk and The Samurai's Garden comes a go…

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1. Patchwork

By: Ellen Banda-Aaku

3.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

Winner of the Penguin Prize for African Writing 2010 (fiction). Destined from birth to inhabit two … read more

Similar categories in Ellen Banda-Aaku's Patchwork book and Gail Tsukiyama's The Color of Air

  • literary fiction
  • fiction

2. Here Comes the Sun

By: Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn

3.94

Format: 256 pages,

Capturing the distinct rhythms of Jamaican life and dialect, Nicole Dennis-Benn pens a tender hymn … read more

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3. A Good Fall

By: Ha Jin

3.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In his first book of stories since The Bridegroom was published in 2000 ("Finely wrought . . . Ever… read more

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4. Colony

By: Anne Rivers Siddons

4.14

Format: 438 pages, Paperback

An unforgettable story of love, acceptance, and tradition.When Maude Chambliss first arrives at Ret… read more

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5. Another Country

By: Anjali Joseph

4.00

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

A superb second novel from the author of the multiple-award winning Saraswati Park. "They'd discuss… read more

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6. Midnight at Malabar House (Malabar House #1)

By: Vaseem Khan

4.02

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

Bombay, New Year's Eve, 1949As India celebrates the arrival of a momentous new decade, Inspector Pe… read more

Similar categories in Vaseem Khan's Midnight at Malabar House (Malabar House #1) book and Gail Tsukiyama's The Color of Air

  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Just because a cow stands in a field all day doesn’t make it a philosopher"

-Vaseem Khan, Midnight at Malabar House (Malabar House #1)

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7. My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women

By: Lyse Doucet

4.26

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

"Powerful, profound and deeply moving, new fiction by Afghan women writers will expand your mind an… read more

Similar categories in Lyse Doucet's My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women book and Gail Tsukiyama's The Color of Air

  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • asia
  • fiction
  • adult
"Literature is resilience, a release."

-Lyse Doucet, My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women

"Thank god, I said to myself, that the sun is not someone's property, otherwise I'd have to pay rent for that as well."

-Lyse Doucet, My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women

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8. Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller

By: Nadia Wassef

3.56

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The streets of Cairo make strange music. The echoing calls to prayer; the raging insults hurled bet… read more

Similar categories in Nadia Wassef's Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller book and Gail Tsukiyama's The Color of Air

  • audiobook
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9. 8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster

By: Mirinae Lee

3.91

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Joining the acclaimed ranks of Pachinko and A Woman is No Man, a riveting and genre-bending debut o… read more

Similar categories in Mirinae Lee's 8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster book and Gail Tsukiyama's The Color of Air

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • asian literature
  • audiobook
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10. The Color of Air

By: Gail Tsukiyama

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Women of the Silk and The Samurai's Garden comes a go… read more

Similar categories in Gail Tsukiyama's The Color of Air book and Gail Tsukiyama's The Color of Air

  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • asian literature
  • adult
  • japan
  • audiobook
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11. Ayrılık Çeşmesi Sokağı

By: Selçuk Altun

3.41

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

Ziya Adlan kırk yıldır akademisyenlik yaptığı Cenevre’den dönüp, Ayrılık Çeşmesi Sokağı’ndaki bakım… read more

Similar categories in Selçuk Altun's Ayrılık Çeşmesi Sokağı book and Gail Tsukiyama's The Color of Air

  • literary fiction
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12. The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree: How I Fought to Save Myself, My Sister, and Thousands of Girls Worldwide

By: Nice Leng'ete

4.47

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The "incredibly powerful" (Kirkus Reviews) story of the human rights activist who changed the minds… read more

Similar categories in Nice Leng'ete's The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree: How I Fought to Save Myself, My Sister, and Thousands of Girls Worldwide book and Gail Tsukiyama's The Color of Air

  • audiobook
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13. The Selfless Act of Breathing

By: J.J. Bola

3.59

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Transcendent Kingdom meets A Man Called Ove in this heartwarming novel about a Congolese-British Lo… read more

Similar categories in J.J. Bola's The Selfless Act of Breathing book and Gail Tsukiyama's The Color of Air

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Sometimes it is easier to forget than to heal."

-J.J. Bola, The Selfless Act of Breathing

"Oh, how would we treat the people in our lives if we knew which conversation would be the last? would we act differently? Appreciate every moment? Tell them we love them?"

-J.J. Bola, The Selfless Act of Breathing

"It is in these moments that we are compelled to question the meaning of life, and whether life has any meaning at all; moments when tragedy hits us so unexpectedly, and so sudden. But it is also in t…"

-J.J. Bola, The Selfless Act of Breathing

"Some days, I am just tired. Some days, I'm barely strong enough to carry the burden of my heavy heart, let alone the weight of the world on my shoulders, some days I need space on my own, no internet…"

-J.J. Bola, The Selfless Act of Breathing

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14. A People's History of Heaven

By: Mathangi Subramanian

4.03

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

Heaven is a thirty-year-old slum hidden between brand-new, high-rise apartment buildings and techno… read more

Similar categories in Mathangi Subramanian's A People's History of Heaven book and Gail Tsukiyama's The Color of Air

  • asia
  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
"So what you’re saying is,"

-Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven

"It’s not that I don’t want to be part of something bigger,"

-Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven

"Bravery, she thinks, belongs to girls. But freedom belongs to boys."

-Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven

"You don’t have to light a match to burn a family’s life to the ground."

-Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven

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15. The Map of Salt and Stars

By: Zeyn Joukhadar

3.92

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

Nour es una niña de once años cuyo padre acaba de morir. Su madre, cartógrafa que dibuja los mapas … read more

Similar categories in Zeyn Joukhadar's The Map of Salt and Stars book and Gail Tsukiyama's The Color of Air

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Stories are powerful,"

-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars

"I don’t understand why we were shelled."

-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars

"The sea has a way of showing us ourselves,"

-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars

"Every place you go becomes a part of you. But none more so than home."

-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars

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16. The Glassmaker

By: Tracy Chevalier

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glass… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Chevalier's The Glassmaker book and Gail Tsukiyama's The Color of Air

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"...you never recover from losing someone; you just learn to accommodate the hole it makes in you."

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

"People who make things also have an ambiguous relationship with time. Painters, writers, wood-carvers, knitters, weavers and, yes, glassmakers: creators often enter an absorbed state that psychologis…"

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

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17. Amnesia

By: Michael Ridpath

3.99

Format: 498 pages, Kindle Edition

He woke up to discover he had killed the only woman he ever loved. She discovered it was her grandm… read more

Similar categories in Michael Ridpath's Amnesia book and Gail Tsukiyama's The Color of Air

  • fiction
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18. War Gardens

By: Lalage Snow

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A journey through the most unlikely of the oases of peace people create in the midst of warIn this… read more

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19. Before the Queen Falls Asleep

By: Huzama Habayeb

3.58

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Born a girl to parents who expected a boy, Jihad grows up treated like the eldest son, wearing boy'… read more

Similar categories in Huzama Habayeb's Before the Queen Falls Asleep book and Gail Tsukiyama's The Color of Air

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. The Legend of Charlie Fish

By: Josh Rountree

4.17

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

As an unlikely found-family flees toward Galveston, a psychic young girl bonds with Charlie Fish, a… read more

Similar categories in Josh Rountree's The Legend of Charlie Fish book and Gail Tsukiyama's The Color of Air

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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4.26

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3.82

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3.59

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Michelle Cooper

3.59

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4.50

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K. Ritz

4.33

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