8 Best adult fiction books like Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1) by Lisa See

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Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1)

By: Lisa See

4.00

Format: 126 pages, Hardcover

Pearl and May are sisters, living carefree lives in Shanghai, the Paris of Asia. But when Japanese …

If you liked the adult fiction plot in Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1) by Lisa See , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The Kitchen God's Wife

By: Amy Tan

3.73

Format: 238 pages,

Winnie and Helen have kept each other's worst secrets for more than fifty years. Now, because she b… read more

Similar categories in Amy Tan's The Kitchen God's Wife book and Lisa See's Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • asian literature
  • china
Cover of Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1) by Lisa See

2. Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1)

By: Lisa See

4.00

Format: 126 pages, Hardcover

Pearl and May are sisters, living carefree lives in Shanghai, the Paris of Asia. But when Japanese … read more

Similar categories in Lisa See's Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1) book and Lisa See's Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • asian literature
  • china
  • adult
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3. Cutting for Stone

By: Abraham Verghese

4.21

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable journey into one man's remarkable life, and an epic story about the power, intimac… read more

Similar categories in Abraham Verghese's Cutting for Stone book and Lisa See's Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1)

  • fiction
  • historical fiction

4. The Bonesetter's Daughter

By: Amy Tan

3.43

Format: 232 pages,

Ruth Young and her widowed mother, LuLing, have always had a tumultuous relationship. Now, before s… read more

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5. The Kitchen House

By: Kathleen Grissom

4.14

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

When a white servant girl violates the order of plantation society, she unleashes a tragedy that ex… read more

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6. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

By: Jamie Ford

3.71

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Set during one of the most conflicted and volatile times in American history - the internment of Am… read more

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7. The Valley of Amazement

By: Amy Tan

3.96

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A sweeping, evocative epic of two women's intertwined fates and their search for identity, that mov… read more

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8. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Lisa See's Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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9. 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

Similar categories in Amanda Peters's The Berry Pickers book and Lisa See's Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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10. 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

Similar categories in Ariel Lawhon's The Frozen River book and Lisa See's Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1)

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. Tom Lake

By: Ann Patchett

3.99

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more

Similar categories in Ann Patchett's Tom Lake book and Lisa See's Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1)

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"

-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

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12. 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

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's The River We Remember book and Lisa See's Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1)

  • 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

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13. The Covenant of Water

By: Abraham Verghese

4.45

Format: 724 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial ep… read more

Similar categories in Abraham Verghese's The Covenant of Water book and Lisa See's Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James   McBride

14. 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

Similar categories in James McBride's The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store book and Lisa See's Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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15. Hello Beautiful

By: Ann Napolitano

4.16

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

An emotionally layered and engrossing story of a family that asks: Can love make a broken person wh… read more

Similar categories in Ann Napolitano's Hello Beautiful book and Lisa See's Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1)

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"The child inside Julia lay wide-eyed in the dark, knowing that she was Jo, but only because Sylvie was Beth."

-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful

"You and your sisters have so many reference points, such a dense history," William said. "I never get used to it."

-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful

"She was Julia's wild hair, she was the lake her husband had once been carried out of, and no matter what happened next, she was love."

-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful

"You’re depressed, not crazy. It’s not insane to be depressed in this world. It’s more sane than being happy. I never trust those upbeat individuals who grin no matter what’s going on. Those are the o…"

-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful

Cover of The Perfumist of Paris (The Jaipur Trilogy, #3) by Alka Joshi

16. The Perfumist of Paris (The Jaipur Trilogy, #3)

By: Alka Joshi

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Paris, 1974. Radha is now thirty-two and living in Paris with her husband, Pierre, and their two da… read more

Similar categories in Alka Joshi's The Perfumist of Paris (The Jaipur Trilogy, #3) book and Lisa See's Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1)

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I've given my best, but I've been used. Delphine said I have to move past it. Lakshmi moved past her betrayals. So did Victorine. Isn't that the look she's giving us in Manet's paining? There will al…"

-Alka Joshi, The Perfumist of Paris (The Jaipur Trilogy, #3)

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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

Similar categories in Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made book and Lisa See's Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • asian literature
  • adult
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18. The House of Eve

By: Sadeqa Johnson

4.26

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Yellow Wife, a daring and redemptive novel set in 1950s Philadelph… read more

Similar categories in Sadeqa Johnson's The House of Eve book and Lisa See's Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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19. Daughters of Shandong

By: Eve J. Chung

4.50

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An instant USA Today Bestseller! A propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daught… read more

Similar categories in Eve J. Chung's Daughters of Shandong book and Lisa See's Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • asian literature
  • china
  • adult
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20. 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 Lisa See's Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1)

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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21. Snowflower and the Secret Fan-Deluxe Edition

By: Lsa Se

4.40

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

None read more

Similar categories in Lsa Se's Snowflower and the Secret Fan-Deluxe Edition book and Lisa See's Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls #1)

  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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