6 Top historical books like The Ardent Swarm by Yamen Manai

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The Ardent Swarm

By: Yamen Manai

4.10

Format: 174 pages, Kindle Edition

From an award-winning Tunisian author comes a stirring allegory about a country in the aftermath of…

"A God that could still console him for the cruelty of man through the gentleness of his bees."

-Yamen Manai, The Ardent Swarm

"A God that could still console him for the cruelty of man through the gentleness of his bees."

-Yamen Manai, The Ardent Swarm

"Most of them hadn’t even chosen their spouses, and now they were meant to choose who would govern them."

-Yamen Manai, The Ardent Swarm

"Most of them hadn’t even chosen their spouses, and now they were meant to choose who would govern them."

-Yamen Manai, The Ardent Swarm

If you liked the historical plot in The Ardent Swarm by Yamen Manai , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of To the Sky Kingdom by None, 唐七公子, Poppy Toland, Tang Qi Gong Zi

1. To the Sky Kingdom

By: None , 唐七公子 , Poppy Toland , Tang Qi Gong Zi

3.84

Format: 460 pages, Kindle Edition

When the immortal Bai Qian finally meets her intended husband, the heir to the Sky Throne, she cons… read more

Similar categories in None's To the Sky Kingdom book and Yamen Manai's The Ardent Swarm

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"The jet-black sky behind him was reflected in this smile, and under the soft candlelight, it seemed to radiate with the brilliance of the whole universe."

-None, To the Sky Kingdom

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2. The Teacher of Cheops

By: Albert Salvadó

3.86

Format: 568 pages, Paperback

This is the history of the time of Pharaoh Snefru and Queen Hetepheres, the parents of Cheops, who … read more

Similar categories in Albert Salvadó's The Teacher of Cheops book and Yamen Manai's The Ardent Swarm

  • contemporary
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

3. Reading the Ceiling

By: None

4.00

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Ayodele has just turned eighteen and has decided, having now reached womanhood, that the time is ri… read more

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4. The Great Passage

By: Shion Miura , None , None

4.14

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A charmingly warm and hopeful story of love, friendship, and the power of human connection. Award-w… read more

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5. Beyond the Rice Fields

By: None , None

3.68

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The first novel from Madagascar ever to be translated into English, Naivo's magisterial Beyond the … read more

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6. The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

By: Shion Miura

3.97

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

From Shion Miura, the award-winning author of The Great Passage, comes a rapturous novel where the … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. The Puma Years

By: Laura Coleman

4.34

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

In this rapturous memoir, writer and activist Laura Coleman shares the story of her liberating jour… read more

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  • animals
"The jungle really seems to listen to everything. I've never felt so vulnerable. It won't stop listening, and I don't know how to tell it that I hate it."

-Laura Coleman, The Puma Years

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8. An Eye for an Eye (Detective Kate Young, #1)

By: Carol Wyer

4.15

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

A killer running rings around the police. A detective spiralling out of control. DI Kate Young i… read more

Similar categories in Carol Wyer's An Eye for an Eye (Detective Kate Young, #1) book and Yamen Manai's The Ardent Swarm

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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9. Where Waters Meet

By: Zhang Ling

3.86

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

A daughter discovers the dramatic history that shaped her mother’s secret life in an emotional and … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
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10. Mother Dear

By: Nova Lee Maier

3.89

Format: 443 pages, Kindle Edition

There’s only one thing worse than doing the unthinkable: what you’re willing to do to hide it.Helen… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. North to Paradise

By: Ousman Umar

4.27

Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition

The inspiring true story of one man’s treacherous boyhood journey from a rural village in Ghana to … read more

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12. A Man

By: Keiichirō Hirano

3.93

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

A man follows another man’s trail of lies in a compelling psychological story about the search for … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"He or she would need countless such anonymous acts of goodwill to safely enter the world and grow up. And he found it comforting to know that he had been able to offer one of them."

-Keiichirō Hirano, A Man

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13. The Other Man

By: Farhad J. Dadyburjor

3.66

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

A heartwarming and transporting romantic comedy about finding happy ever after on your own terms. … read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. Slave Old Man

By: Patrick Chamoiseau

3.89

Format: 154 pages, Hardcover

From one of the most innovative and subversive novelists writing in French, a "writer of exceptiona… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Chamoiseau's Slave Old Man book and Yamen Manai's The Ardent Swarm

  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
Cover of Kamusari Tales Told at Night (Forest, #2) by Shion Miura

15. Kamusari Tales Told at Night (Forest, #2)

By: Shion Miura

4.06

Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition

From Shion Miura, award-winning author of The Easy Life in Kamusari, comes a spirit-lifting novel a… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Ardent Swarm by Yamen Manai

16. The Ardent Swarm

By: Yamen Manai

4.10

Format: 174 pages, Kindle Edition

From an award-winning Tunisian author comes a stirring allegory about a country in the aftermath of… read more

Similar categories in Yamen Manai's The Ardent Swarm book and Yamen Manai's The Ardent Swarm

  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • historical
  • animals
  • tunisia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
"A God that could still console him for the cruelty of man through the gentleness of his bees."

-Yamen Manai, The Ardent Swarm

"Most of them hadn’t even chosen their spouses, and now they were meant to choose who would govern them."

-Yamen Manai, The Ardent Swarm

Cover of The Caiman by Maria Eugenia Manrique

17. The Caiman

By: Maria Eugenia Manrique

4.25

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The unforgettable story of a man and his alligator. When Faoro the clockmaker adopts a baby alligat… read more

Similar categories in Maria Eugenia Manrique's The Caiman book and Yamen Manai's The Ardent Swarm

  • animals
Cover of Where the Desert Meets the Sea by Werner Sonne

18. Where the Desert Meets the Sea

By: Werner Sonne

3.77

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

An illuminating and heart-stirring historical novel set in post-WWII Palestine, where the boundarie… read more

Similar categories in Werner Sonne's Where the Desert Meets the Sea book and Yamen Manai's The Ardent Swarm

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. A Single Swallow

By: Zhang Ling

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

The eagerly awaited English translation of award-winning author Zhang Ling’s epic and intimate nove… read more

Similar categories in Zhang Ling's A Single Swallow book and Yamen Manai's The Ardent Swarm

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of At the End of the Matinee by Keiichirō Hirano

20. At the End of the Matinee

By: Keiichirō Hirano

3.86

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

Bestselling author Keiichiro Hirano offers a timeless ode to love’s fragility and its resilience in… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Return to the Enchanted Island by Johary Ravaloson

21. Return to the Enchanted Island

By: Johary Ravaloson

2.71

Format: 172 pages, Kindle Edition

In this exhilarating prize-winning novel—only the second to be published in English from Madagascar… read more

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  • historical fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary

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None , 唐七公子 , Poppy Toland , Tang Qi Gong Zi

3.84

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Albert Salvadó

3.86

Transform Your Habits

The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)

Shion Miura

3.97

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Carol Wyer

4.15

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You, Me, and the Colors of Life

Noa C. Walker , None , Lisa Reinhardt

4.10

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Tokyo Decadence

Ryū Murakami , Yuko Otake , Marco Fiocca

3.68

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Mieko Kawakami

3.72

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4.01

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