5 must-read historical books like Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China by Jung Chang

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Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China

By: Jung Chang

3.89

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

They were the most famous sisters in China. As the country battled through a hundred years of wars,…

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1. Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islam

By: Mark Bowden

4.15

Format: 680 pages, Hardcover

From the best-selling author of Black Hawk Down comes a riveting, definitive chronicle of the Iran … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Like most of the great turning points in history, it was obvious and yet no one saw it coming."

-Mark Bowden, Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islam

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2. Transformation (Hesperus Classics)

By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

3.52

Format: 83 pages, Paperback

Surely never such had existed before—a misshapen dwarf, with squinting eyes, distorted features, an… read more

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"And to my young heart the idea of death came for the first time blended with that of joy."

-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Transformation (Hesperus Classics)

"Revenge! — the word seemed balm to me; I hugged it, caressed it, till, like a serpent, it stung me."

-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Transformation (Hesperus Classics)

"What is there so fearful as the expectation of evil tidings delayed? ... Misery is a more welcome visitant when she comes in her darkest guise and wraps us in perpetual black, for then the heart no l…"

-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Transformation (Hesperus Classics)

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3. Love

By: Elizabeth von Arnim , Terence de Vere Write

3.00

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

Attending a London production of The Immortal Hour, Catherine, a widow in her forties, encounters t… read more

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4. Hons and Rebels

By: Christopher Hitchens , Jessica Mitford

3.97

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Jessica Mitford, the great muckraking journalist, was part of a legendary English aristocratic fami… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
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5. No Stone Unturned: The True Story of the World's Premier Forensic Investigators

By: Steve Jackson

3.90

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

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  • nonfiction
  • history

6. Gabriela, Clavo y Canela

By: Jorge Amado

3.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

Gabriela, clavo y canela es una bella metafora del cambio y el progreso. La historia de Ilheus, peq… read more

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7. Family

By: Ba Jin , Sidney Shapiro

4.11

Format: 288 pages,

An essential work for anyone interested in the society and history of modern China! The first half … read more

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8. China Witness: Voices from a Silent Generation

By: Xinran , Julia Lovell , Esther Tyldesley , Nicky Harman

4.34

Format: 196 pages, Hardcover

This hugely important and ground-breaking book -- an unprecedented oral history -- gives voice to a… read more

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9. Green Island

By: Shawna Yang Ryan

3.89

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A stunning story of love, betrayal, and family, set against the backdrop of a changing Taiwan over … read more

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10. The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End

By: Robert Gerwarth

3.57

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

An epic, groundbreaking account of the ethnic and state violence that followed the end of World War… read more

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11. Själens telegraf

By: Amanda Svensson

3.67

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

”Som de efteråt skulle lära mig på ungdomsvårdsanstalten fanns det antagligen många anledningar til… read more

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12. Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land

By: Jacob Mikanowski

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Eastern Europe is disappearing. Not off the map of course, but as an idea. Today it calls to min… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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13. Döda kvinnor förlåter inte (Sekelskiftesmorden, #1)

By: Katarina Wennstam

4.05

Format: 443 pages, Hardcover

Första delen av Sekelskiftesmorden Fyra kvinnor ur olika samhällsklasser bor alla i samma fastig… read more

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  • historical
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14. China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower

By: Frank Dikötter

3.94

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In China After Mao , award-winning author Frank Dikötter delves into the history of China under the… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • china
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15. In the Dragon's Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century

By: Sebastian Strangio

4.26

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

A timely look at the impact of China’s booming emergence on the countries of Southeast Asia “An ex… read more

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  • history
  • asia
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • china
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16. Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China

By: Jung Chang

3.89

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

They were the most famous sisters in China. As the country battled through a hundred years of wars,… read more

Similar categories in Jung Chang's Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China book and Jung Chang's Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China

  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • asia
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • asian literature
  • womens
  • china
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17. The Bohemians: The Lovers Who Led Germany's Resistance Against the Nazis

By: Norman Ohler

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Harro Schulze-Boysen already had shed blood in the fight against Nazism by the time he and Libertas… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
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18. La araña negra

By: Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

4.06

Format: 1240 pages, Paperback

La habitual destreza para la descripción de los ambientes del escritor valenciano se pone al servic… read more

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19. Irans döttrar

By: Sara Recabarren

3.92

Format: 191 pages, Hardcover

En ung kvinna dödas på grund av sin klädsel. Det är september 2022 i Teheran, och händelsen blir st… read more

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20. Remembering Shanghai: A Memoir of Socialites, Scholars and Scoundrels

By: Isabel Sun Chao

4.30

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

Winner of over 20 awards including Rubery Award BOOK OF THE YEAR and Writer’s Digest GRAND PRIZE .… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • asia
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • china
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21. Algún día, hoy

By: Ángela Becerra

4.10

Format: 816 pages, Kindle Edition

En una noche de tormenta y barro nace una niña bastarda a la que, creyéndola muerta, bautizan con e… read more

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"—Mamá, la vida está cambiando —le dijo—. Las mujeres no podemos seguir siendo las sirvientas del mundo. ¿No te das cuenta de lo que vivimos? ¿Entiendes de lo que te hablo? Somos iguales. No debemos c…"

-Ángela Becerra, Algún día, hoy

"Era pobre pero poseía la riqueza de un espíritu fuerte y libre. Su dignidad, capaz de sobrevolar miserias y dificultades, le regalaba la capacidad de elevarse a unas alturas que para nadie tenían val…"

-Ángela Becerra, Algún día, hoy

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