Books like Beloved

1. 

   Things Fall Apart

   Chinua Achebe · 1958

   Because shares tags: classics, historical fiction, literary fiction.

   Proud Igbo wrestler Okonkwo rises in 1890s Umuofia, then loses standing through hard exile, a son's conversion, and British missionaries…

2. 

   Homegoing

   Yaa Gyasi · 2016

   Because shares tags: historical fiction, literary fiction, slavery.

   Half sisters Effia and Esi lines span Ghana to America across centuries.

3. 

   All Quiet on the Western Front

   Erich Maria Remarque · 1929

   Because shares tags: classics, historical fiction, literary fiction.

   Paul Bäumer enlists at nineteen and faces the trenches of World War I in Remarque's 1929 classic, told from the German side of the wire.

4. 

   War and Peace

   Leo Tolstoy · 1869

   Because shares tags: classics, historical fiction.

   Pierre, Natasha, and Andrei search for meaning amid the Napoleonic wars.

5. 

   Their Eyes Were Watching God

   Zora Neale Hurston · 1937

   Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.

   Janie Crawford tells Pheoby about Eatonville life with Logan Killicks, Joe Starks called Jody, and Tea Cake.

6. 

   The Three Musketeers

   Alexandre Dumas · 1844 · The d'Artagnan Romances #1

   Because shares tags: classics, historical fiction.

   Young dArtagnan joins Athos, Porthos and Aramis to recover the queens diamonds and face Milady.

7. 

   The Name of the Rose

   Umberto Eco · 1980

   Because shares tags: historical fiction, classics.

   Friar William and Adso investigate 1327 abbey deaths amid library labyrinth.

8. 

   The Master and Margarita

   Mikhail Bulgakov · 1967

   Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.

   Devil Woland visits 1930s Moscow while Master writes Pilate and Margarita bargains.

9. 

   The Karamazov Brothers

   Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1880

   Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.

   Dmitri, Ivan, and Alyosha Karamazov face their father, murder, faith, and doubt in Dostoevsky's final novel.

10. 

    Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

    Lisa See · 2005

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, literary fiction.

    Footbound Lily and Snow Flower share laotong bond through 19th century Hunan hardship.

11. 

    My Brilliant Friend

    Elena Ferrante · 2011 · Neapolitan Novels #1

    Because shares tags: literary fiction, historical fiction.

    Elena and Lila grow up in 1950s Naples bound by rivalry and love.

12. 

    Mansfield Park

    Jane Austen · 1814

    Because shares tags: classics, literary fiction.

    Fanny Price loves Edmund amid Crawfords theatricals at Mansfield.

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