6 Best historical fiction books like Foregone by Russell Banks

Cover of Foregone by Russell Banks

Foregone

By: Russell Banks

3.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A searing novel about memory, abandonment, and betrayal from the acclaimed and bestselling Russell …

If you liked the historical fiction plot in Foregone by Russell Banks , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of The Children by Ann Leary

1. The Children

By: Ann Leary

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Ann Leary comes the captivating story of a wealthy, but unco… read more

Similar categories in Ann Leary's The Children book and Russell Banks's Foregone

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories by Edward P. Jones

2. All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories

By: Edward P. Jones

3.77

Format: None pages, Hardcover

read more

Similar categories in Edward P. Jones's All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories book and Russell Banks's Foregone

  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

3. The Largesse of the Sea Maiden: Stories

By: Denis Johnson

3.40

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

read more

Similar categories in Denis Johnson's The Largesse of the Sea Maiden: Stories book and Russell Banks's Foregone

4. Erasure

By: Percival Everett

3.62

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

"Thelonious (Monk) Ellison has never allowed race to define his identity. But as both a writer and … read more

Similar categories in Percival Everett's Erasure book and Russell Banks's Foregone

5. I Am Not Sidney Poitier

By: Percival Everett

4.10

Format: 338 pages,

An irresistible comic novel from the master storyteller Percival Everett, and an irreverent take on… read more

Similar categories in Percival Everett's I Am Not Sidney Poitier book and Russell Banks's Foregone

6. The Condition

By: Jennifer Haigh

4.34

Format: 592 pages,

The Conditiontells the story of the McKotches, a proper New England family that comes apart during … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Haigh's The Condition book and Russell Banks's Foregone

Cover of The Passenger (The Passenger #1) by Cormac McCarthy

7. The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.58

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of… read more

Similar categories in Cormac McCarthy's The Passenger (The Passenger #1) book and Russell Banks's Foregone

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
"All of history [is] a rehearsal for its own extinction."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"...do you think if you died drunk you’d sober up before you met Jesus?"

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"The evil has no alternate plan. It is simply incapable of assuming failure"

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"She asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said dead."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

Cover of De la Turquie à la Grèce (L'Odyssée d'Hakim #2) by Fabien Toulmé

8. De la Turquie à la Grèce (L'Odyssée d'Hakim #2)

By: Fabien Toulmé

4.75

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

Suite du récit de l'histoire vraie d'Hakim, réfugié syrien en exil, ce deuxième tome aborde avec ém… read more

Similar categories in Fabien Toulmé's De la Turquie à la Grèce (L'Odyssée d'Hakim #2) book and Russell Banks's Foregone

  • politics
Cover of De la Macédoine à la France (L'Odyssée d'Hakim #3) by Fabien Toulmé

9. De la Macédoine à la France (L'Odyssée d'Hakim #3)

By: Fabien Toulmé

4.81

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

En traversant la mer, Hakim et son fils pensaient avoir échappé au pire. Mais entre centre de réten… read more

Similar categories in Fabien Toulmé's De la Macédoine à la France (L'Odyssée d'Hakim #3) book and Russell Banks's Foregone

  • politics
Cover of L'Epaisseur d'un cheveu by Claire Berest

10. L'Epaisseur d'un cheveu

By: Claire Berest

3.55

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Sélection rentrée littéraire : Les 30 romans préférés des libraires Furet du Nord-Decitre « Il étai… read more

Similar categories in Claire Berest's L'Epaisseur d'un cheveu book and Russell Banks's Foregone

  • fiction
Cover of España: A Brief History of Spain by Giles Tremlett

11. España: A Brief History of Spain

By: Giles Tremlett

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Giles Tremlett traverses the rich and varied history of Spain, from prehistoric … read more

Similar categories in Giles Tremlett's España: A Brief History of Spain book and Russell Banks's Foregone

  • politics
Cover of Loire by Étienne Davodeau

12. Loire

By: Étienne Davodeau

3.74

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

Quand Louis reçoit cette invitation d’Agathe, il est un peu ému. Et intrigué. Il y a si longtemps. … read more

Similar categories in Étienne Davodeau's Loire book and Russell Banks's Foregone

  • fiction
Cover of Dead in Long Beach, California by Venita Blackburn

13. Dead in Long Beach, California

By: Venita Blackburn

3.16

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

"This book rewired my brain; it's a bonafide knockout." ―Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth "Y… read more

Similar categories in Venita Blackburn's Dead in Long Beach, California book and Russell Banks's Foregone

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry

14. The Heart in Winter

By: Kevin Barry

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning writer Kevin Barry’s first novel set in America, a savagely funny and achingly romant… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Barry's The Heart in Winter book and Russell Banks's Foregone

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"... the morning was starkly lit under a migraine - white and vast opening sky."

-Kevin Barry, The Heart in Winter

Cover of Los divagantes by Guadalupe Nettel

15. Los divagantes

By: Guadalupe Nettel

3.87

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Ocho potentes relatos sobre personajes confrontados con lo desconocido y con sus propios miedos. En… read more

Similar categories in Guadalupe Nettel's Los divagantes book and Russell Banks's Foregone

  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Horse by Willy Vlautin

16. The Horse

By: Willy Vlautin

4.26

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Willy Vlautin explores loneliness, art, addiction, regret, love, and hard-won … read more

Similar categories in Willy Vlautin's The Horse book and Russell Banks's Foregone

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Actress by Anne Enright

17. Actress

By: Anne Enright

3.44

Format: 265 pages, Hardcover

Katherine O’Dell is an Irish theater legend. As her daughter Norah retraces her mother’s celebrated… read more

Similar categories in Anne Enright's Actress book and Russell Banks's Foregone

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
Cover of Pelican Girls by Julia  Malye

18. Pelican Girls

By: Julia Malye

3.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping epic in the vein of Philipp Meyer’s The Son and Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko and inspired by a… read more

Similar categories in Julia Malye's Pelican Girls book and Russell Banks's Foregone

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Foregone by Russell Banks

19. Foregone

By: Russell Banks

3.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A searing novel about memory, abandonment, and betrayal from the acclaimed and bestselling Russell … read more

Similar categories in Russell Banks's Foregone book and Russell Banks's Foregone

  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • politics
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Great Britain?: The must-read Sunday Times bestseller on How We Get Our Future Back by Torsten Bell

20. Great Britain?: The must-read Sunday Times bestseller on How We Get Our Future Back

By: Torsten Bell

4.37

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

Thrilling and essential campaign reading from one of our most influential and profound economists'T… read more

Similar categories in Torsten Bell's Great Britain?: The must-read Sunday Times bestseller on How We Get Our Future Back book and Russell Banks's Foregone

  • politics
  • audiobook
Cover of Le Tailleur de Relizane by Olivia Elkaim

21. Le Tailleur de Relizane

By: Olivia Elkaim

4.06

Format: 352 pages, ebook

Relizane, pendant la guerre d’Algérie. Lorsqu’en pleine nuit, on frappe à la porte, Marcel, le gran… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Elkaim's Le Tailleur de Relizane book and Russell Banks's Foregone

  • fiction

13 best-selling fiction books like Foregone by Russell Banks

Transform Your Habits

The Children

Ann Leary

3.78

Transform Your Habits

All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories

Edward P. Jones

3.77

Transform Your Habits

The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

Cormac McCarthy

3.58

Transform Your Habits

L'Epaisseur d'un cheveu

Claire Berest

3.55

View all the books

15 Top fiction books like Pelican Girls by Julia Malye

Transform Your Habits

Katie

Michael McDowell

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Veiller sur elle

Jean-Baptiste Andrea

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Du même bois

Marion Fayolle

3.83

Transform Your Habits

Monique s'évade

Édouard Louis

4.20

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.