8 Top historical fiction books like We, Jane by Aimee Wall

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We, Jane

By: Aimee Wall

3.41

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A remarkable debut about intergenerational female relationships and resistance found in the unlikel…

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1. The Son of the House

By: Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

SHORTLISTED for the Scotiabank Giller Prize 2021 • FINALIST for the Nigeria Prize for Literature 20… read more

Similar categories in Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia's The Son of the House book and Aimee Wall's We, Jane

  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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2. We, Jane

By: Aimee Wall

3.41

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A remarkable debut about intergenerational female relationships and resistance found in the unlikel… read more

Similar categories in Aimee Wall's We, Jane book and Aimee Wall's We, Jane

  • audiobook
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • literature
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • womens
  • historical fiction
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3. Shut Up You're Pretty

By: Téa Mutonji

3.57

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

In Téa Mutonji's disarming debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions du… read more

Similar categories in Téa Mutonji's Shut Up You're Pretty book and Aimee Wall's We, Jane

  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Her sadness was overwhelming. Her sadness was an illusion. She'd pretend to be fine but then wash the same dish for twenty minutes"

-Téa Mutonji, Shut Up You're Pretty

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4. What Strange Paradise

By: Omar El Akkad

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

More bodies have washed up on the shores of a small island. Another overfilled, ill-equipped, dilap… read more

Similar categories in Omar El Akkad's What Strange Paradise book and Aimee Wall's We, Jane

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Today you are the only boy in the world and tomorrow it will be as though you never existed."

-Omar El Akkad, What Strange Paradise

"And what do you think the prerequisite for kindness is? Have you ever tried to be kind to someone better off than you?"

-Omar El Akkad, What Strange Paradise

"Farther out, the water sheds its sandy complexion and turns a turquoise of such clarity that the tourists’ sailboats seem to float atop their own shadows."

-Omar El Akkad, What Strange Paradise

"Because that's how we take the future from them," Walid said, animated now. "Look at Stockholm, look at Munich, look at New York-- who's picking up the garbage, cleaning the toilets? Who's doing the …"

-Omar El Akkad, What Strange Paradise

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5. Hotline

By: Dimitri Nasrallah

4.15

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

A vivid love letter to the 1980s and one woman’s struggle to overcome the challenges of immigration… read more

Similar categories in Dimitri Nasrallah's Hotline book and Aimee Wall's We, Jane

  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Here i am on my own, because of him, maybe free from a life that was turning into a prison, but cast away like a bad-luck omen too. Now I must give myself to others to survive. The world has judged t…"

-Dimitri Nasrallah, Hotline

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6. Astra

By: Cedar Bowers

4.21

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

If you could see yourself as others saw you, would you be any closer to the truth of who you really… read more

Similar categories in Cedar Bowers's Astra book and Aimee Wall's We, Jane

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. The Good Women of Safe Harbour

By: Bobbi French

4.39

Format: 304 pages, ebook

An unforgettable, life-affirming novel about a woman living on her own terms at last and reclaiming… read more

Similar categories in Bobbi French's The Good Women of Safe Harbour book and Aimee Wall's We, Jane

  • adult fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. Indians on Vacation

By: Thomas King

3.77

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Meet Bird and Mimi in this brilliant new novel from one of Canada’s foremost authors. Inspired by a… read more

Similar categories in Thomas King's Indians on Vacation book and Aimee Wall's We, Jane

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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9. This Is How We Love

By: Lisa Moore

3.79

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the celebrated author of February and Caught comes an exhilarating new novel that asks: What m… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Moore's This Is How We Love book and Aimee Wall's We, Jane

  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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10. The Sleeping Car Porter

By: Suzette Mayr

3.46

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

When a mudslide strands a train, Baxter, a queer Black sleeping car porter, must contend with the p… read more

Similar categories in Suzette Mayr's The Sleeping Car Porter book and Aimee Wall's We, Jane

  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Desperate feelings can swivel into loathing."

-Suzette Mayr, The Sleeping Car Porter

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11. We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies

By: Tsering Yangzom Lama

4.08

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the wake of China's invasion of Tibet throughout the 1950s, Lhamo and her younger sister, Tenkyi… read more

Similar categories in Tsering Yangzom Lama's We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies book and Aimee Wall's We, Jane

  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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12. All the Colour in the World

By: C.S. Richardson

3.74

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The story of the restorative power of art in one man's life, set against the sweep of the twentieth… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Richardson's All the Colour in the World book and Aimee Wall's We, Jane

  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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13. The Story of Us

By: Catherine Hernandez

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of Canada Reads finalist Scarborough, a stunning new novel about the unbreakable bo… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Hernandez's The Story of Us book and Aimee Wall's We, Jane

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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14. Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada

By: Michelle Good

4.44

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

Abold, provocative collection of essays exploring the historical and contemporary Indigenous experi… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Good's Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada book and Aimee Wall's We, Jane

  • canada
  • audiobook
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15. All the Quiet Places

By: Brian Thomas Isaac

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Brian Isaac's powerful debut novel All the Quiet Places is the coming-of-age story of Eddie Toma, a… read more

Similar categories in Brian Thomas Isaac's All the Quiet Places book and Aimee Wall's We, Jane

  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Listeners

By: Jordan Tannahill

3.42

Format: 304 pages, ebook

A propulsive literary page-turner about a family torn apart by a mother’s obsession with a sound th… read more

Similar categories in Jordan Tannahill's The Listeners book and Aimee Wall's We, Jane

  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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17. Junie

By: Chelene Knight

3.78

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

Longlisted for the 2023 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction A riveting exploration of the complexity w… read more

Similar categories in Chelene Knight's Junie book and Aimee Wall's We, Jane

  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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18. Swimming Back to Trout River

By: Linda Rui Feng

3.87

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

FINALIST FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE How many times in life can we start over with… read more

Similar categories in Linda Rui Feng's Swimming Back to Trout River book and Aimee Wall's We, Jane

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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19. Stray Dogs: Stories

By: Rawi Hage

3.25

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZEFrom the internationally acclaimed author of the no… read more

Similar categories in Rawi Hage's Stray Dogs: Stories book and Aimee Wall's We, Jane

  • adult fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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20. Albatross

By: Terry Fallis

3.70

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

NATIONAL BESTSELLER From two-time Leacock Medal winner Terry Fallis comes a funny and smart new… read more

Similar categories in Terry Fallis's Albatross book and Aimee Wall's We, Jane

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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21. All I Ask

By: Eva Crocker

2.83

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A little before seven in the morning, Stacey wakes to the police pounding on her door. They search … read more

Similar categories in Eva Crocker's All I Ask book and Aimee Wall's We, Jane

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

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