6 Best history books like The Exile by Pearl S. Buck

The Exile

By: Pearl S. Buck

3.10

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

The biography of the mother of Pearl S. Buck, a portrait of an American woman in China.

If you liked the history plot in The Exile by Pearl S. Buck , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. A Lost Lady

By: Willa Cather , A.S. Byatt

3.72

Format: 167 pages, Paperback

Marian Forrester is the symbolic flower of the Old American West. She draws her strength from that … read more

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  • literature
"Tears flashed into her eyes. "That's very dear of you. It's sweet to be remembered when one is away." In her voice there was the heart-breaking sweetness one sometimes hears in lovely, gentle old son…"

-Willa Cather, A Lost Lady

"Under the bluffs that overhung the marsh he came upon thickets of wild roses, with flaming buds, just beginning to open. Where they had opened, their petals were stained with that burning rose-colour…"

-Willa Cather, A Lost Lady

"He had seen the end of an era, the sunset of the pioneer. He had come upon it when already its glory was nearly spent. So in the buffalo times a traveller used to come upon the embers of a hunter's f…"

-Willa Cather, A Lost Lady

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2. Appalachian Daughter

By: Mary Jane Salyers

4.03

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

“Appalachian Daughter grabbed me Friday afternoon, and except for the time for sleeping and necessa… read more

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3. Sevdalinka

By: Ayşe Kulin

3.90

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

Ayni irktan, kim bilir belki de ayni soydan geliyorlardi. Ayni yaslarda, ayni boylardaydilar. Ayni … read more

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4. Night over Water

By: Ken Follett

3.90

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

September 1939. England is at war with Nazi Germany. In Southampton, the world’s most luxurious air… read more

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5. Kristin Lavransdatter (Kristin Lavransdatter, #1-3)

By: Tiina Nunnally , Brad Leithauser , Sigrid Undset

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

In her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureat… read more

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  • literature
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6. Tortured for Christ N/E

By: Richard Wurmbrand

4.82

Format: 224 pages,

Richard Wurmbrand endured months of solitary confinement, years of periodic physical torture, const… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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7. Collected Poems

By: Czesław Miłosz

4.42

Format: 718 pages, Paperback

To find my home in one sentence, concise, as if hammered in metal. No to enchant anybody. Not to ea… read more

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8. The Exile

By: Pearl S. Buck

3.10

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

The biography of the mother of Pearl S. Buck, a portrait of an American woman in China. read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • literature
  • asia
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • china
Cover of Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age by Modris Eksteins

9. Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age

By: Modris Eksteins

3.98

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

A rare and remarkable cultural history of World War I that unearths the roots of modernism Dazzling… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

10. God's Little Acre

By: Lewis Nordan , Erskine Caldwell

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Like Tobacco Road, this novel chronicles the final decline of a poor white family in rural Georgia.… read more

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  • literature
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11. And No Birds Sang

By: Farley Mowat , Robert MacNeil , Charles Martin Smith

3.70

Format: None pages, Paperback

In July 1942, Farley Mowat was an eager young infantryman bound for Europe and impatient for combat… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

12. Desert Solitaire

By: Edward Abbey

4.00

Format: None pages,

When Desert Solitairewas first published in 1968, it became the focus of a nationwide cult. Rude an… read more

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13. A Place Called Freedom

By: Ken Follett

4.05

Format: None pages, Paperback

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER Scotland, 1766. Sentenced to a life of misery in the brutal coal mines, tw… read more

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14. A Little Exercise for Young Theologians

By: Helmut Thielicke , None

3.92

Format: None pages, Paperback

Introduction by Martin E. Marty A veteran theologian and minister offers his wise counsel to beginn… read more

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15. The Physician (Cole Family Trilogy, #1)

By: Noah Gordon

4.53

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In the 11th century, Rob Cole left poor, disease-ridden London to make his way across the land, hus… read more

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16. On the Holy Spirit

By: David Anderson , Basil the Great

0.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

This classic exposition of Trinitarian doctrine eloquently sets forth the distinction yet perpetual… read more

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17. The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)

By: Raymond Chandler

4.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

Chandler's 5th novel has Philip Marlowe going to Hollywood as he explores the underworld of glitter… read more

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18. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

By: Henry Winkler

4.14

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

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19. The Fire and the Ore

By: Olivia Hawker

4.07

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

Three spirited wives in nineteenth-century Utah. One husband. A compelling novel of family, sisterh… read more

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20. The Taste of Ginger

By: Mansi Shah

3.99

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

In Mansi Shah’s stunning debut novel, a family tragedy beckons a first-generation immigrant to the … read more

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"Had I lost my culture? I felt like I was constantly reminded that I was Indian—at work, at a store, when talking to white friends—some part of me was always aware that I wasn’t like the other people …"

-Mansi Shah, The Taste of Ginger

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21. 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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  • literature
  • asia
  • china
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22. Wild, Beautiful, and Free

By: Sophfronia Scott

4.31

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Born the daughter of an enslaved woman and a Louisiana plantation owner, Jeannette Bébinn is raised… read more

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23. Veda

By: Ellen Gardner

4.18

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

If Veda’s mama hadn’t pounded religion into her “the way she pounded the dirt out of Papa’s overall… read more

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24. Colors of Truth

By: Paula Paul

4.39

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

Colors of Truth follows the stories of Caroline and Pearlie, two teenage girls growing up in Texas … read more

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25. The Direction of the Wind

By: Mansi Shah

4.09

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

A heartfelt story that spans continents and generations, about a young woman who searches for answe… read more

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26. The Spirit of the Dragon (The Dragon #3)

By: William Andrews

4.58

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of Daughters of the Dragon comes an epic novel of a star-crossed couple… read more

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  • asia
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27. The Memory Keeper of Kyiv

By: Erin Litteken

4.46

Format: 373 pages, Kindle Edition

Perfect for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The Beekeeper of Aleppo. In the 1930s, Stalin… read more

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28. Thomas Cranmer of Canterbury

By: Charles Williams

3.62

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

William's play, published in 1936, depicts the life of Thomas Cranmer, a leader of the English Refo… read more

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29. Ranching Like a 12-Year-Old: Ranching that is simple, easy, and fun!

By: Tom Krawiec

3.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Looking to improve your ranch and save time and money? In Ranching Like a 12- Ranching that is Simp… read more

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Cover of Heaven on Earth: The Gifts of Christ in the Divine Service by Arthur A. Just Jr.

30. Heaven on Earth: The Gifts of Christ in the Divine Service

By: Arthur A. Just Jr.

4.40

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

Heaven on Earth will deepen your understanding of the Divine Service and why it remains the Church'… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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31. Ragged: Spiritual Disciplines for the Spiritually Exhausted

By: Gretchen Ronnevik

4.43

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

When we mistake spiritual disciplines for to-dos, time slots on our schedule, or Instagram-able mom… read more

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  • nonfiction

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Willa Cather , A.S. Byatt

3.72

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Kristin Lavransdatter (Kristin Lavransdatter, #1-3)

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4.12

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3.10

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3.66

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3.56

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4.24

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Diane C. McPhail

3.79

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