10 Best fiction books like A Thousand Graces by Karen Hill Anton

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A Thousand Graces

By: Karen Hill Anton

4.57

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

Chie Uchida, a talented student , does not fit the mold of her countryside life and provincial upbr…

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Cover of The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

1. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

By: Shehan Karunatilaka

3.92

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida—war photographer, gambler, and closet queen—has woken up dead in what … read more

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"Even suicide requires perseverance."

-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

"Why should a Creator watch over you? Wasn't creating you enough?"

-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

"You were simply a handsome man who enjoyed beautiful boys. Nothing more, nothing less and no one's business."

-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

"Despair always begins as a snack that you nibble on when bored and then becomes a meal that you have thrice a day."

-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

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2. The House of Doors

By: Tan Twan Eng

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding novel about love and betrayal, colonialism and revolution, storytelling and redempti… read more

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"Money's the sixth sense. If you don't have it, you can't make … the most of the other five."

-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

"I feel that when I travel I can change myself a little, and I return from a journey not quite the same self I was."

-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

"That night, side by side, we drifted among the galaxies of sea-stars, while far, far above us the asterisks of light marked out the footnotes on the page of eternity."

-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

"All of us will be forgotten eventually. Like a wave on the ocean, leaving no trace that it had once existed.' He shook his head. 'We will be remembered through our stories."

-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

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3. The Mountains Sing

By: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

4.32

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Va… read more

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"As long as I have my voice, I am still alive."

-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing

"Whenever humans failed us, it was nature who could help save us."

-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing

"Being a mother is never easy... It’s about failing, learning, and then failing again."

-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing

"History will write itself in people's memories, and as long as those memories live on, we can have faith that we can do better."

-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing

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4. The Promise

By: Damon Galgut

3.86

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

The Promise , winner of the 2021 Booker Prize, charts the crash and burn of a white South African f… read more

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"A smile quickly cut his face and then healed up."

-Damon Galgut, The Promise

"Give him a taboo and he feels the need to break it."

-Damon Galgut, The Promise

"Children still, on the verge of not being children any more."

-Damon Galgut, The Promise

"Her own voice sounds echoey, as if somebody else is speaking."

-Damon Galgut, The Promise

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5. Dust Child

By: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally bestselling author of The Mountains Sing, a suspenseful and moving saga ab… read more

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"Persistence turns a bar of iron into a needle."

-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Dust Child

"With the fire of war burning, it needed more men as firewood."

-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Dust Child

"Everyone came from dust and would one day return to dust. Life is transitory, after all."

-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Dust Child

"For him, poetry was the language of the soul. Writers could hide their feelings behind fiction, but had to bare their soul to poetry."

-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Dust Child

Cover of The Butterfly Café by Diane Hawley Nagatomo

6. The Butterfly Café

By: Diane Hawley Nagatomo

4.59

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

Set in modern-day Tokyo, The Butterfly Café tells the story of American Jessie Yamada. When her emo… read more

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7. Edison's Ghosts: The Untold Weirdness of History’s Greatest Geniuses

By: Katie Spalding

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Overturn everything you knew about history’s greatest minds in this raucous and hilarious book, whe… read more

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8. 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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9. Kanazawa

By: David Joiner

4.06

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

2022 Foreword Indies Book of the Year Finalist (Multicultural) | Included in The Japan Times’ “Exci… read more

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10. The Heron Catchers

By: David Joiner

4.19

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

2024 International Rubery Book Awards Winner | 2023 American Writing Awards Finalist | 2023 Forewor… read more

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11. A Thousand Graces

By: Karen Hill Anton

4.57

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

Chie Uchida, a talented student , does not fit the mold of her countryside life and provincial upbr… read more

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12. Countdown to Decryption

By: DC Palter

4.57

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

In a murdered woman’s email, Ted Hara discovers the plan for a terrorist attack.When Ted hacks into… read more

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13. To Kill a Unicorn

By: DC Palter

4.00

Format: 354 pages, Paperback

A wild, page-turning ride through the crazy, high-tech world of Silicon Valley, where startup found… read more

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G.K. Parks

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