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