Currently been disappointed by some historical novels that are set in literal communist revolution that have no characters with political opinions or personal drive to better theirs and their people's lives. I really loved the four winds by Kristen Hannah and I've been chasing that ever since I read it a few years ago. I also love Perchik in fiddler on the roof. These don't have to be historical novels, I'm open to fantasy or a blend as well. TIA!
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Germinal, by Emile Zola, about 19th century coal miners in France.
Joe Hill by Wallace Stegner. I love Stegner. No one else writes about the US West like him. Joe Hill was a Wobbly — the most revolutionary labor union in American history. He was a real person but Stegner’s book is a fictionalized version of his life.
the jungle, oil, grapes of wrath
The Given Day by Dennis Lehane. About the union drive of Boston PD.
Not a historical novel, but about people involved in an anarchist gardening collective – birnam wood by Eleanor catton
Safe Haven -Shankari Chandran