11 must-read historical books like The Liberators by E.J. Koh

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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…

If you liked the historical plot in The Liberators by E.J. Koh , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Let Us Descend

By: Jesmyn Ward

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congres… read more

Similar categories in Jesmyn Ward's Let Us Descend book and E.J. Koh's The Liberators

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You must leap. You must do as your people did. You must sink in order to rise."

-Jesmyn Ward, Let Us Descend

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2. The New Naturals

By: Gabriel Bump

2.88

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the Ernest J. Gaines Award-winning author of Everywhere You Don't Belong, a touching, timely n… read more

Similar categories in Gabriel Bump's The New Naturals book and E.J. Koh's The Liberators

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. Wandering Stars

By: Tommy Orange

3.89

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more

Similar categories in Tommy Orange's Wandering Stars book and E.J. Koh's The Liberators

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"

-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars

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4. Martyr!

By: Kaveh Akbar

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves… read more

Similar categories in Kaveh Akbar's Martyr! book and E.J. Koh's The Liberators

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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5. Fire Exit

By: Morgan Talty

3.79

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

The blood that came out of me was blood that ran through her veins. It’s strange: all blood looks t… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Talty's Fire Exit book and E.J. Koh's The Liberators

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"...what's more sacred than laughter at the dinner table?"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"That's my life, though--not knowing, but wishing. [Charles Lamosway]"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"We are made of stories, and if we don't know them--the ones that make us--how can we ever be fully realized? How can we ever be who we really are?"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"...I was thinking and thinking about how, in just the past year, I had just started to know her, but then I began to unknow her, getting farther and farther away like watching a boat drift from the s…"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

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6. 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

Similar categories in E.J. Koh's The Liberators book and E.J. Koh's The Liberators

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. Same Bed Different Dreams

By: Ed Park

3.77

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A wild, sweeping novel that imagines an alternate secret history of Korea and the traces it leaves … read more

Similar categories in Ed Park's Same Bed Different Dreams book and E.J. Koh's The Liberators

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. 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 E.J. Koh's The Liberators

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • asian literature
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. Land of Milk and Honey

By: C Pam Zhang

3.54

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold returns with a rapturous and revelatory… read more

Similar categories in C Pam Zhang's Land of Milk and Honey book and E.J. Koh's The Liberators

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
" Real food is whatever cooks are proud to make. "

-C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey

"We all die. We have only the choice, if we are privileged, of whether death comes with a whimper or a bang; of what worlds we taste before we go."

-C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey

"My employer was attuned to patterns of human behavior in which he could not take part; because he failed to be swept up in their currents, he could, from his remove, map the tides."

-C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey

"What sustains in the end are doomed romances, and nicotine, and crappy peanut butter, damn the additives and cholesterol because life is finite and not all nourishment can be measured."

-C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey

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10. Green Frog: Stories

By: Gina Chung

4.14

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A short story collection that explores Korean American womanhood, bodies, animals, and transformati… read more

Similar categories in Gina Chung's Green Frog: Stories book and E.J. Koh's The Liberators

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • asian literature
  • contemporary
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11. Parasol Against the Axe

By: Helen Oyeyemi

3.22

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The prize-winning, bestselling author of Peaces and Gingerbread returns with a novel about competit… read more

Similar categories in Helen Oyeyemi's Parasol Against the Axe book and E.J. Koh's The Liberators

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. The Wildest Sun

By: Asha Lemmie

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Following her New York Times bestselling debut Fifty Words for Rain , Asha Lemmie's next sweeping a… read more

Similar categories in Asha Lemmie's The Wildest Sun book and E.J. Koh's The Liberators

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. 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

Similar categories in Crystal Hana Kim's The Stone Home book and E.J. Koh's The Liberators

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. The Apology

By: Jimin Han

3.47

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

This sweeping intergenerational saga tells the story of a pampered and defiant South Korean matriar… read more

Similar categories in Jimin Han's The Apology book and E.J. Koh's The Liberators

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. Thunder Song: Essays

By: Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

4.45

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The winner of the 2023 Pacific Northwest Book Award for her memoir, Red Paint , Sasha taqʷšəblu LaP… read more

Similar categories in Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe's Thunder Song: Essays book and E.J. Koh's The Liberators

  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial

By: Viet Thanh Nguyen

4.35

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

With insight, humor, formal invention, and lyricism, in A Man of Two Faces Viet Thanh Nguyen rewind… read more

Similar categories in Viet Thanh Nguyen's A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial book and E.J. Koh's The Liberators

  • asian literature
  • historical
  • asia
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17. Jewel Box

By: E. Lily Yu

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A luminous collection of short fiction by award-winning writer E. Lily Yu, Jewel Box showcases inca… read more

Similar categories in E. Lily Yu's Jewel Box book and E.J. Koh's The Liberators

  • adult
  • fiction
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18. Above the Salt

By: Katherine Vaz

3.72

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An irresistible and sweeping love story that follows two Portuguese refugees who flee religious vio… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Vaz's Above the Salt book and E.J. Koh's The Liberators

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"John thought that the greatest thing about America was its generosity, with spirit and hope and faith, but also with land and objects and inventions, a culture of magnanimity he would mourn if it wer…"

-Katherine Vaz, Above the Salt

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19. Like Happiness

By: Ursula Villarreal-Moura

3.83

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A searing debut about the complexities of gender, power, and fame, told through the story of a youn… read more

Similar categories in Ursula Villarreal-Moura's Like Happiness book and E.J. Koh's The Liberators

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. The Funeral Cryer

By: Wenyan Lu

3.49

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Debut novelist Wenyan Lu brings us this witty yet profound story about one woman’s mid-life reawake… read more

Similar categories in Wenyan Lu's The Funeral Cryer book and E.J. Koh's The Liberators

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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21. Let's Go Let's Go Let's Go

By: Cleo Qian

3.94

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The electric, unsettling, and often surreal stories in Let's Go Let's Go Let's Go explore the alien… read more

Similar categories in Cleo Qian's Let's Go Let's Go Let's Go book and E.J. Koh's The Liberators

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • adult

11 must-read historical fiction books like The Liberators by E.J. Koh

Transform Your Habits

Let Us Descend

Jesmyn Ward

3.70

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Wandering Stars

Tommy Orange

3.89

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The Liberators

E.J. Koh

3.46

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Same Bed Different Dreams

Ed Park

3.77

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17 best-selling fiction books like Let's Go Let's Go Let's Go by Cleo Qian

Transform Your Habits

Loving Day

Mat Johnson

3.54

Transform Your Habits

Wednesday's Child: Stories

Yiyun Li

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Bliss Montage

Ling Ma

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Exhibit

R.O. Kwon

3.24

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