10 must-read adult books like A Hundred Suns by Karin Tanabe

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A Hundred Suns

By: Karin Tanabe

3.82

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An evocative historical novel set in 1930's Indochine, about the American wife of a Michelin heir w…

"Brains are more effective than beauty. Only the world tries to make women forget it. They don't want us to be too smart ... They're scared that if they encourage it, we'll end up more intelligent than the men. With the secret being ... that we already are."

-Karin Tanabe, A Hundred Suns

"Brains are more effective than beauty. Only the world tries to make women forget it. They don't want us to be too smart ... They're scared that if they encourage it, we'll end up more intelligent than the men. With the secret being ... that we already are."

-Karin Tanabe, A Hundred Suns

If you liked the adult plot in A Hundred Suns by Karin Tanabe , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of The Other by Ryszard Kapuściński, Neal Ascherson, Antonia Lloyd-Jones

1. The Other

By: Ryszard Kapuściński , Neal Ascherson , Antonia Lloyd-Jones

3.71

Format: 100 pages, Hardcover

In this distillation of reflections accumulated from a lifetime of travel, Ryszard Kapuscinski take… read more

Similar categories in Ryszard Kapuściński's The Other book and Karin Tanabe's A Hundred Suns

"When man meets an obstacle he can't destroy, he destroys himself"

-Ryszard Kapuściński, The Other

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2. The Obituary Writer

By: Ann Hood

3.73

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

On the day John F. Kennedy is inaugurated, Claire, a young wife and mother obsessed with the glamor… read more

Similar categories in Ann Hood's The Obituary Writer book and Karin Tanabe's A Hundred Suns

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"If you want to feel like ginger ale Claire, drink a ginger ale."

-Ann Hood, The Obituary Writer

"This was how to help a family who has just lost their child. Wash the clothes, make soup. Don't ask them what they need, bring them what they need. Keep them warm. Listen to them rant, and cry, and t…"

-Ann Hood, The Obituary Writer

"On April 18, 1906, when that earthquake hit San Francisco and took David from her, Vivien began to speak the language of grief. She understood that grief is not neat and orderly; it does not follow a…"

-Ann Hood, The Obituary Writer

Cover of Deviations: A Detectives Seagate and Miner Mystery (Detectives Seagate and Miner Mysteries, #2) by Mike Markel

3. Deviations: A Detectives Seagate and Miner Mystery (Detectives Seagate and Miner Mysteries, #2)

By: Mike Markel

3.26

Format: 212 pages,

Former police detective Karen Seagate is drinking herself to oblivion and having dangerous sex with… read more

Similar categories in Mike Markel's Deviations: A Detectives Seagate and Miner Mystery (Detectives Seagate and Miner Mysteries, #2) book and Karin Tanabe's A Hundred Suns

  • mystery
  • thriller
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4. The Diary

By: Eileen Goudge

4.20

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

When the two grown daughters of Elizabeth Marshall discover an old diary of their mother's in her a… read more

Similar categories in Eileen Goudge's The Diary book and Karin Tanabe's A Hundred Suns

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. Dragon Springs Road

By: Janie Chang

4.44

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the author of Three Soulscomes a vividly imagined and haunting new novel set in early 20th cen… read more

Similar categories in Janie Chang's Dragon Springs Road book and Karin Tanabe's A Hundred Suns

  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult

6. An Atlas of Impossible Longing

By: Anuradha Roy

5.00

Format: 229 pages,

On the outskirts of a small town in Bengal, a family lives in solitude in their vast new house. Her… read more

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7. Finding Casey

By: Jo-Ann Mapson

3.32

Format: 240 pages,

Glory Vigil, newly married, unexpectedly pregnant at forty-one, is nesting in the home she and her … read more

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8. The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope

By: Rhonda Riley

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Enchanted Life of Adam Hopeis an unconventional and passionately romantic love story that is as… read more

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9. 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

Similar categories in Alice McDermott's Absolution book and Karin Tanabe's A Hundred Suns

  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Sweet Blue Distance

By: Sara Donati

4.31

Format: 800 pages, Hardcover

In 1857 a young midwife braves the perilous journey west from New York City to Santa Fe, New Mexico… read more

Similar categories in Sara Donati's The Sweet Blue Distance book and Karin Tanabe's A Hundred Suns

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Karin Tanabe's A Hundred Suns

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. The Porcelain Moon

By: Janie Chang

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

France, 1918. In the final days of the First World War, a young Chinese woman, Pauline Deng, runs a… read more

Similar categories in Janie Chang's The Porcelain Moon book and Karin Tanabe's A Hundred Suns

  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. The Phoenix Crown

By: Kate Quinn

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about … read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Phoenix Crown book and Karin Tanabe's A Hundred Suns

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Queens of London

By: Heather Webb

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

"Looting, lying, and the letter of the  Queens of London delivers a rollicking ride through the cri… read more

Similar categories in Heather Webb's Queens of London book and Karin Tanabe's A Hundred Suns

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. Cold Victory

By: Karl Marlantes

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Karl Marlantes comes a propulsive and sweeping novel in whic… read more

Similar categories in Karl Marlantes's Cold Victory book and Karin Tanabe's A Hundred Suns

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. On Swift Horses

By: Shannon Pufahl

3.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. Named a Most Anticipated Book of Fall by The New York… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Pufahl's On Swift Horses book and Karin Tanabe's A Hundred Suns

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of King of the Armadillos by Wendy Chin-Tanner

17. 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

Similar categories in Wendy Chin-Tanner's King of the Armadillos book and Karin Tanabe's A Hundred Suns

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of A Hundred Suns by Karin Tanabe

18. A Hundred Suns

By: Karin Tanabe

3.82

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An evocative historical novel set in 1930's Indochine, about the American wife of a Michelin heir w… read more

Similar categories in Karin Tanabe's A Hundred Suns book and Karin Tanabe's A Hundred Suns

  • cultural
  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • asian literature
  • thriller
  • adult
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Brains are more effective than beauty. Only the world tries to make women forget it. They don't want us to be too smart ... They're scared that if they encourage it, we'll end up more intelligent tha…"

-Karin Tanabe, A Hundred Suns

Cover of Owner of a Lonely Heart by Eva Carter

19. Owner of a Lonely Heart

By: Eva Carter

3.83

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

From the author of How to Save a Life comes a heartfelt story of two people finding the courage to … read more

Similar categories in Eva Carter's Owner of a Lonely Heart book and Karin Tanabe's A Hundred Suns

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of In the Shadow of War (The Three Fry Sisters, #3) by Adrienne Chinn

20. In the Shadow of War (The Three Fry Sisters, #3)

By: Adrienne Chinn

4.31

Format: 435 pages, Kindle Edition

‘An emotive and engaging read’ Bestselling author Rosanna LeyOne war may be over, but their fight f… read more

Similar categories in Adrienne Chinn's In the Shadow of War (The Three Fry Sisters, #3) book and Karin Tanabe's A Hundred Suns

  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Women of Jersey Island: A WW2 Historical Fiction Novel (Unforgettable World War 2 Stories) by Rachael Dymski

21. The Women of Jersey Island: A WW2 Historical Fiction Novel (Unforgettable World War 2 Stories)

By: Rachael Dymski

4.28

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

When the Nazis invade their home, they will need each other to survive.Jersey, 1940. In the quiet o… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Dymski's The Women of Jersey Island: A WW2 Historical Fiction Novel (Unforgettable World War 2 Stories) book and Karin Tanabe's A Hundred Suns

  • historical fiction

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