Suggest me Historical Friction (no WW2, it feels really overdone)
As the title says, I’d love a historical fiction that is about a rarely discussed bit of history.
I need a break from European centred, world war stories.
a mercy by toni morrison. takes place in the colonial us at the end of the 17th century, less than 200 pages, and has a really fleshed out cast of characters.
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The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers – deals with behind the scenes of covering up tobacco’s harmful effects in 1950s.
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate – deals with children being stolen in early 1900s and put up for adoption. 5 star read IMO!
Truths I Never Told You by Kelly Rimmer – deals with pregnancy in 1950’s, women’s rights, depression. 5 star read IMO!
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Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch by Rivka Galchen
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Historical friction, L O L
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How about non-fiction? Try Thunderstruck or Issac’s Storm by Erik Larson.
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Human Acts, *Han Kang*. The Gwangju Uprising/Massacre and its aftermath. It focuses on a single person’s death and its effects and doesn’t go into the political overview. It’s devastating.
*The Night Watchman*, Louise Erdrich. The fight against Native American dispossession in the 1950s. With a dash of Mormons trying to convert Native Americans.
*Pachinko*, Min Jin Lee. A multi-generational epic about a Korean family that emigrates to Japan. Part of it does occur during WWII, but it’s not European-centric and focuses more on how Koreans were treated and the challenges they faced.
*Wandering Stars,* Tommy Orange. It’s a follow up to his previous book, *There There* (which includes scenes from the Native American occupation of Alcatraz) and contains elements of the Sand Creek Massacre and Carlisle Indian Industrial School.
*The Underground Railroad*, Colson Whitehead. While it adds an element that there was a literal underground railroad, it’s about a woman escaping slavery.
*The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao*, Junot Diaz. Contains quite a bit about the Dominican Republic under Trujillo and the Dominican-American experience.
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The physician by Noah Gordon,
The red tent,
The long ships by Bengtsson,
The king must die and Bull From the Sea by Renault,
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Empire of the Moghul.
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Hashish: A Smuggler’s Tale by Frenchman Henry De Monfreid. Technically non-fiction, but c’mon, buddy was a noble pirate.
Maybe Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell
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Empires of Sand by David Ball
I don’t know anyone else who has read this one, but it’s one of my favorites
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Atlantic Creoles in the age of revolutions by Jane Jane g. Landers.
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a mercy by toni morrison. takes place in the colonial us at the end of the 17th century, less than 200 pages, and has a really fleshed out cast of characters.
The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers – deals with behind the scenes of covering up tobacco’s harmful effects in 1950s.
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate – deals with children being stolen in early 1900s and put up for adoption. 5 star read IMO!
Truths I Never Told You by Kelly Rimmer – deals with pregnancy in 1950’s, women’s rights, depression. 5 star read IMO!
Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch by Rivka Galchen
Historical friction, L O L
How about non-fiction? Try Thunderstruck or Issac’s Storm by Erik Larson.
Human Acts, *Han Kang*. The Gwangju Uprising/Massacre and its aftermath. It focuses on a single person’s death and its effects and doesn’t go into the political overview. It’s devastating.
*The Night Watchman*, Louise Erdrich. The fight against Native American dispossession in the 1950s. With a dash of Mormons trying to convert Native Americans.
*Pachinko*, Min Jin Lee. A multi-generational epic about a Korean family that emigrates to Japan. Part of it does occur during WWII, but it’s not European-centric and focuses more on how Koreans were treated and the challenges they faced.
*Wandering Stars,* Tommy Orange. It’s a follow up to his previous book, *There There* (which includes scenes from the Native American occupation of Alcatraz) and contains elements of the Sand Creek Massacre and Carlisle Indian Industrial School.
*The Underground Railroad*, Colson Whitehead. While it adds an element that there was a literal underground railroad, it’s about a woman escaping slavery.
*The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao*, Junot Diaz. Contains quite a bit about the Dominican Republic under Trujillo and the Dominican-American experience.
The physician by Noah Gordon,
The red tent,
The long ships by Bengtsson,
The king must die and Bull From the Sea by Renault,
Empire of the Moghul.
Hashish: A Smuggler’s Tale by Frenchman Henry De Monfreid. Technically non-fiction, but c’mon, buddy was a noble pirate.
Maybe Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell
Empires of Sand by David Ball
I don’t know anyone else who has read this one, but it’s one of my favorites
Atlantic Creoles in the age of revolutions by Jane Jane g. Landers.
Pillars of the earth by Ken follett