King of the Armadillos
By: Wendy Chin-Tanner
3.89
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A transcendent debut novel about family, love, and belonging, set against the backdrops of 1950s Ne…
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1. The Berry Pickers
By: Amanda Peters
4.14
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mys… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
2. Happiness Falls
By: Angie Kim
3.75
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
When a father goes missing, his family's desperate search leads them to question everything they kn… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"I lost a World - the other day! Has Anybody found? - Emily Dickinson, 1896"-Angie Kim, Happiness Falls
3. 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
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
4. The River We Remember
By: William Kent Krueger
4.29
Format: 421 pages, Hardcover
In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh… read more
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- audiobook
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Finally, she wrote: The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love."-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"People who make other people happy are generally pretty unhappy themselves," she said."-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"Bluestone said, " Hihanni waste ." "He honnay washtay?" Sam gave him a bewildered half smile. "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Exactly my point," Bluestone said. "I've lived in a white man's world a…"-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
"[Scott] heard the clock on the living room mantel strike midnight, and he could no longer lie there suffering. He slipped from his bed, dressed, and so quietly that he might not even have existed--an…"-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember
5. 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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- race
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"You must leap. You must do as your people did. You must sink in order to rise."-Jesmyn Ward, Let Us Descend
6. James
By: Percival Everett
4.54
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more
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- race
- historical
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- historical fiction
- audiobook
7. North Woods
By: Daniel Mason
4.15
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
8. 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
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
9. Wandering Stars
By: Tommy Orange
3.89
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars
10. Absolution
By: Alice McDermott
3.81
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War. In Saigon in 1963, two yo… read more
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- audiobook
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
11. Mrs. Plansky's Revenge
By: Spencer Quinn
3.72
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Mrs. Loretta Plansky, a recent widow in her seventies, is settling into retirement in Florida while… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
12. The Museum of Failures
By: Thrity Umrigar
4.13
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
An immersive story about family secrets and the power of forgiveness from the bestselling author of… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Because, ultimately everybody's story was written in scars."-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures
"He had often thought of Bombay as the museum of failures, an exhibit hall filled with thwarted dreams and broken promises."-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures
"Of course, there were unhappy people everywhere on earth, and if you catalogued all their griefs and disappointments, every place could be considered a museum of failures. One could argue that this w…"-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures
13. 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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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"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
14. Straw Dogs of the Universe
By: Ye Chun
4.08
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
A harrowing and redemptive immigrant story for readers of Pachinko A Chinese railroad worker and… read more
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- historical
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
15. 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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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
16. Coleman Hill
By: Kim Coleman Foote
3.83
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Coleman Hill is the exhilarating story of two American families whose fates become intertwined in t… read more
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- race
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
17. 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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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
18. Banyan Moon
By: Thao Thai
3.92
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
When Ann Tran gets the call that her fiercely beloved grandmother, Minh, has passed away, her life … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Through her, I understood that another mother's horror could touch us in the darkest of places, even a world away."-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon
"Grief is a lake of perilously thin ice. You never know when you'll fall through it, or when you will fight your way back to the surface."-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon
"My morning swims have centered me and calmed the storm inside my mind. In the water, my memories lose their sharp edges, like river stones forced smooth."-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon
"I wonder if you can inherit evil.' 'Maybe. Or maybe it's not something you inherit, but something that runs through you, another person's trauma, their violence. It sits below the skin until you name…"-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon
19. 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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- race
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"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
20. A Council of Dolls
By: Mona Susan Power
4.04
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited, profoundly moving, and unforgettable new novel from PEN Award–winning Native Amer… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Shame invades one's thoughts like a parasite, twists them like wet laundry until all sense is wrung out."-Mona Susan Power, A Council of Dolls
"When Winona whispered her memories to me in later years, she said that Whitestone Hill was the day the world ended. I never asked what she meant, how the world could be gone when the sun was still in…"-Mona Susan Power, A Council of Dolls
21. King of the Armadillos
By: Wendy Chin-Tanner
3.89
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A transcendent debut novel about family, love, and belonging, set against the backdrops of 1950s Ne… read more
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- new york
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- historical
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- historical fiction
- adult
- disability
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