Books like My Brilliant Friend
If you liked My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Because shares tags: historical fiction, friendship, literary fiction.
Footbound Lily and Snow Flower share laotong bond through 19th century Hunan hardship.
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The Kite Runner
Because shares tags: historical fiction, literary fiction, friendship.
Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner retold: Amir and Hassan in Kabul, the alley, the escape to America, and the return to find Sohrab.
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
Because shares tags: historical fiction, friendship, literary fiction.
Splendid Suns retold: Mariam and Laila share Kabul house, war, Rasheed, escape and return.
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Things Fall Apart
Because shares tags: 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…
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The Three Musketeers
Because shares tags: historical fiction, friendship.
Young dArtagnan joins Athos, Porthos and Aramis to recover the queens diamonds and face Milady.
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Homegoing
Because shares tags: historical fiction, literary fiction.
Half sisters Effia and Esi lines span Ghana to America across centuries.
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Because shares tags: historical fiction, italy.
Pino Lella guides Jews over Alps then drives for Nazis in Milan.
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The Giver of Stars
Because shares tags: historical fiction, friendship.
Alice Wright joins Kentucky packhorse librarians with Margery and faces marriage strain and a murder trial.
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Because shares tags: historical fiction, literary fiction.
Born with a perfect nose in 1738 Paris, Grenouille masters perfume craft then murders young women in Grasse to bottle the ultimate scent.
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Orphan Train
Because shares tags: historical fiction, friendship.
Foster teen Molly helps 91-year-old Vivian clear her attic and uncovers a hidden orphan-train childhood.
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Firefly Lane
Because shares tags: friendship, women.
Best friends Tully and Kate grow from teens to adults through careers, love, and loss.
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Beloved
Because shares tags: historical fiction, literary fiction.
Sethe lives with the memory of killing her child to save her from slavery until a young woman named Beloved arrives.
