Straw Dogs of the Universe
By: Ye Chun
4.08
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
A harrowing and redemptive immigrant story for readers of Pachinko A Chinese railroad worker and…
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1. Tutta la vita che resta
By: Roberta Recchia
4.51
Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition
Uno strappo che sembrava impossibile da ricucire, una famiglia che nel corso degli anni ritrova la … read more
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- fiction
2. A Grandmother Begins the Story
By: Michelle Porter
3.84
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning author Michelle Porter makes her fiction debut with an enchanting and original story … read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Different ways to tell a story. Some tellers make a noise to announce the coming of the story for get someone else to call everyone's attention. Some wait for people to gather around, for the quiet t…"-Michelle Porter, A Grandmother Begins the Story
"People get themselves ready to die. They start going through their memories and bringing out their stories one by one as if there was a photo album in their head and they've got to get through it bef…"-Michelle Porter, A Grandmother Begins the Story
3. Real Americans
By: Rachel Khong
4.04
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny?… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- family
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
"She wasn't normal and so I wasn't either. I resented that part the most."-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
"It was a habit, with my parents: omitting information, not wanting to worry them unnecessarily. Though they’d raised me so American, I could never manage the sorts of American relationships my friend…"-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
"With each other they spoke loudly: Their voices periodically rose to excited shouts, and they laughed raucously. In English they were milder mannered, polite. My mother had always spoken English to m…"-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
4. Chenneville
By: Paulette Jiles
4.13
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
Consumed with grief, driven by vengeance, a man undertakes an unrelenting odyssey across the lawles… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
5. The Great Divide
By: Cristina Henríquez
3.70
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
An epic novel of the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
"Ada had always believed that her mother, in rebuilding the house only three miles from where it had once been, had kept her world piteously small, but maybe what mattered, Ada thought as she gazed at…"-Cristina Henríquez, The Great Divide
6. The Fox Wife
By: Yangsze Choo
4.01
Format: 390 pages, Hardcover
Some people think foxes are similar to ghosts because we go around collecting qi, or life force, bu… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- china
- adult
"Chinese traditionally consider shadows part of the soul. Harm done to a shadow, whether by pinning it to the ground or stepping on it, was considered spiritual damage to the person. Of course none of…"-Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife
"Sometimes our wishes come back in the darkest, most twisted ways, like a thorn that pierces and grows through your flesh. A tree that drinks blood and blots out the sun. The sin was mine; I had water…"-Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife
7. Straw Dogs of the Universe
By: Ye Chun
4.08
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
A harrowing and redemptive immigrant story for readers of Pachinko A Chinese railroad worker and… read more
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- literary fiction
- 19th century
- historical
- asia
- fiction
- historical fiction
- asian literature
- family
- china
- adult
8. The Liberators
By: E.J. Koh
3.46
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
At the height of the military dictatorship in South Korea, Insuk and Sungho are arranged to be marr… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- asia
- fiction
- historical fiction
- asian literature
- adult
9. The Madstone
By: Elizabeth Crook
4.13
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
With echoes of Lonesome Dove and News of the World, the riveting story of a pregnant young mother, … read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
"Your mother leaned her head on my shoulder. I hardly breathed for having it there. I had certainly never felt so alive and cozy whilst nearly frozen to death."-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone
"Despite I was tired, it was a comfort to stare at the red and brown stripes of the blanket in the lantern light and move my fingers along them. It was a steady, dependable task, as opposed to every o…"-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone
"We had one horse, one mule, and a wagon. We had Horhay with his limp arm and his long past, and Dickie with his hopes for the necklace now dashed and turned to dread of its curse, and me with my ache…"-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone
"Had we been in town amongst people, then we might have been merely interested at the news of having a cursed item in our possession. But out in the midst of no place, shielded by only a scanty wall o…"-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone
10. Norferville
By: Franck Thilliez
3.83
Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition
Dans l'univers hostile du Grand Nord, personne ne vous entend crier.Détective et criminologue à Lyo… read more
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- fiction
11. 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
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- literary fiction
- historical
- asia
- fiction
- historical fiction
- asian literature
- china
- adult
12. Ambos mundos
By: Natsuo Kirino
3.54
Format: 295 pages, Paperback
Una giovane vagabonda, fiera e ribelle, diventa oggetto di contesa sessuale in un gruppo di clochar… read more
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- fiction
13. 8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster
By: Mirinae Lee
3.91
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Joining the acclaimed ranks of Pachinko and A Woman is No Man, a riveting and genre-bending debut o… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- asia
- fiction
- historical fiction
- asian literature
14. A Woman of Pleasure
By: Kiyoko Murata
3.86
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
“Even though A Woman of Pleasure exposes the brutal life of sex workers, a dynamic optimism runs th… read more
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- historical
- asia
- fiction
- historical fiction
- asian literature
- adult
15. Dinner for Six
By: Lu Min
3.89
Format: 370 pages, Paperback
Under the stench of factory skies, two single parents and their four teenaged children gather toget… read more
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- china
- fiction
16. Behind You Is the Sea
By: Susan Muaddi Darraj
4.14
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American communi… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- family
- fiction
17. The Stone Home
By: Crystal Hana Kim
3.64
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A hauntingly poetic family drama and coming-of-age story that reveals a dark corner of South Korean… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- asia
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
- adult
18. Tiananmen Square
By: Lai Wen
4.10
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
An epic, deeply moving coming-of-age novel about young love and lasting friendships forged in the y… read more
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- historical
- asia
- fiction
- historical fiction
- asian literature
- china
- adult
"My father. He was, I realize now, rather small for a man, both lean and compact, but as a small child you inhabit a land of giants. And fathers are the tallest giants of all."-Lai Wen, Tiananmen Square
"As I got older, I thought about aging more, as we all do. I came to think of old age as a fallibility akin to illness, something that left a person weak and in some way less than themselves. But I ne…"-Lai Wen, Tiananmen Square
19. Malas
By: Marcela Fuentes
3.96
Format: 375 pages, Hardcover
A story full of passion and revenge, following one family living on the Texas Mexico border and a c… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
20. Broiler
By: Eli Cranor
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The troubles of two desperate families—one white, one Mexican American—converge in the ruthless und… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
21. Let the Dead Bury the Dead
By: Allison Epstein
3.70
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An urgent, immersive alternate history set in an imperial Russia on the brink of disaster, followin… read more
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- historical
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
