Books like Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

1. 

   Things Fall Apart

   Chinua Achebe · 1958

   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…

2. 

   The Three Musketeers

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

   Because shares tags: historical fiction, france.

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

3. 

   The Outsider

   Stephen King · 2018

   Because shares tags: horror, crime.

   Coach Terry Maitland's DNA and witnesses point to an impossible murder, until Ralph Anderson and Holly Gibney trace it to El Cuco.

4. 

   The Hound of the Baskervilles

   Arthur Conan Doyle · 1902 · Sherlock Holmes #5

   Because shares tags: crime, horror.

   Holmes Watson probe spectral hound killing Baskervilles on Dartmoor.

5. 

   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.

6. 

   Red Dragon

   Thomas Harris · 1981 · Hannibal Lecter #1

   Because shares tags: crime, horror.

   Graham consults Lecter to catch Tooth Fairy Dolarhyde.

7. 

   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.

8. 

   Mexican Gothic

   Silvia Moreno-Garcia · 2020

   Because shares tags: horror, historical fiction.

   In 1950 Mexico, glamorous Noemi Taboada leaves Mexico City for High Place after a desperate letter, to rescue cousin Catalina from the…

9. 

   Madame Bovary

   Gustave Flaubert · 1857

   Because shares tags: literary fiction, france.

   Emma Rouault marries Charles Bovary for romance, then seeks lovers and luxury until debts ruin them both.

10. 

    Homegoing

    Yaa Gyasi · 2016

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, literary fiction.

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

11. 

    Beloved

    Toni Morrison · 1987 · Beloved Trilogy #1

    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.

12. 

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    Erich Maria Remarque · 1929

    Because shares tags: 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.

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