Like historical fiction and world literature?

Our volunteer Lizzie Gray pulled together some suggestions for us on the topic of non-U.S./Britain historical fiction. Click on the titles to go to the catalog records and request holds.

 

Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan)

– And the Mountains Echoed

 

Allison Pataki (Austro-Hungarian Empire)

– The Accidental Empress

 

Vaddey Ratner (Cambodia)

– In the Shadow of the Banyan

 

Anchee Min (China)

– Becoming Madame Mao

– Empress Orchid

– The Last Empress

– Pearl of China

 

Naguib Mahfouz (Egypt)

– Palace Walk (#1)

– Palace of Desire (#2)

– Sugar Street (#3)

 

Yaa Gyasi (Ghana)

– Homegoing

 

Amitav Ghosh (India/Mauritius)

– Sea of Poppies (#1)

– River of Smoke (#2)

– Flood of Fire (#3)

 

David Mitchell (Japan)

– The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

 

Min Jin Lee (Korea)

– Pachinko

 

Eugenia Kim (Korea)

– The Calligrapher’s Daughter

 

-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria)

– Half of a Yellow Sun

 

Vyvyane Loh (Singapore)

– Breaking the Tongue

 

Kenneth Bonert (South Africa)

– The Lion Seeker

 

Wilbur Smith (South Africa)

– Rage

 

Viet Thanh Nguyen (Vietnam)

– The Sympathizer