Can I get recommendations for Historical Fictions based on Asian cultures?
Can I get recommendations for Historical Fictions based on Asian cultures?
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Can I get recommendations for Historical Fictions based on Asian cultures?
Right off the top of my head I would recommend Buddha in the Attic and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Buddha in the attic sounds brilliant already!
@Janene I loved Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
@Caroline I did too! Much to my surprise.
@Jaimie we’re reading it right now for one of the book clubs i lead. So far, so good.
Shogun
James Clavell’s Shogun series. There are 4 or 5 but if I remember correctly each are self contained stories with a light connection to the others. I remember enjoying these immensely!
The Ash Garden by Dennis Bock. It’s a bit of a slow read sometimes, but the story is beautiful.
The Good Earth.
A Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan
Molokai by Alan Brennert (in top 10 fave of all time)
Shanghai Girls and Dreams of Joy by Lisa See
@Shawna all of lisa Sees books a great.
Diamondhead!!!!
Most books by Lisa See
Pachinko
@Rosemarie I loved Pachinko
me too
The Girl Who Wrote In Silk is set in the US but is historical fiction with an Asian family story line. Also, Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet for the Japanese American experience of being removed from homes and put in camps in the US. Both are great reads.
@Sheila I loved the Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Lisa See and Amy Tan
I love Amy Tans books. Not really historical but a lot of Asian beliefs woven through her stories.
Jade Dragon Mountain by Elsa Hart. White Mirror by Elsa Hart. These books are set in late 17h century & early 18th century China. Any of the Sano Ichiro books by Laura Joh Rowland. These are set in 17th century Japan,
James Clavell Asian saga series
The Red Chamber
Amitav Gosh (various books about India in colonial times)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amitav_Ghosh
Anything by Pearl S. Buck and although not really historical still a great book, “Memoirs of a Geisha”.
Conn Igguldens conqueror series
James Clavell’s Asian Saga, beginning with Shogun.
Memoirs of a geisha
The Orphan masters Son by Adam Johnson. Mind blowing story about North Korea.