Books like Memoirs of a Geisha

1. 

   The Kite Runner

   Khaled Hosseini · 2003

   Because shares tags: historical fiction, coming of age, drama.

   Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner retold: Amir and Hassan in Kabul, the alley, the escape to America, and the return to find Sohrab.

2. 

   The Thorn Birds

   Colleen McCullough · 1977

   Because shares tags: historical fiction, drama.

   Meggie loves priest Ralph across decades on Drogheda sheep station.

3. 

   The Other Boleyn Girl

   Philippa Gregory · 2001

   Because shares tags: historical fiction, drama.

   Mary Boleyn tells how she and sister Anne loved Henry VIII and paid for ambition at the Tudor court.

4. 

   The Light Between Oceans

   M.L. Stedman · 2012

   Because shares tags: historical fiction, drama.

   Lighthouse keeper Tom Sherbourne and Isabel raise a boat baby on Janus Rock and face her true mother on shore.

5. 

   Kafka on the Shore

   Haruki Murakami · 2002

   Because shares tags: japan, coming of age.

   Fifteen year old Kafka Tamura flees Tokyo while old Nakata, who talks to cats, drifts toward the same library town in Shikoku in parallel.

6. 

   Firefly Lane

   Kristin Hannah · 2008 · Firefly Lane #1

   Because shares tags: drama, coming of age.

   Best friends Tully and Kate grow from teens to adults through careers, love, and loss.

7. 

   All Quiet on the Western Front

   Erich Maria Remarque · 1929

   Because shares tags: historical fiction, coming of age.

   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.

8. 

   Pachinko

   Min Jin Lee · 2017

   Because shares tags: historical fiction, japan.

   Four generations of a Korean family in Japan, from Sunja's fall and brave marriage to pachinko parlors, discrimination, and sons who choose…

9. 

   Norwegian Wood

   Haruki Murakami · 1987

   Because shares tags: coming of age, japan.

   Toru recalls 1969 Tokyo, torn between fragile Naoko and lively Midori after a friend's suicide.

10. 

    The Tattooist of Auschwitz

    Heather Morris · 2018 · The Tattooist of Auschwitz #1

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, biographical fiction.

    Heather Morris retells the years of Lale Sokolov as tattooist at Auschwitz Birkenau, his love for Gita Furman, and the food trades and…

11. 

    Water for Elephants

    Sara Gruen · 2006

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, drama.

    Water for Elephants retold: Jacob on a circus train, Marlena and Rosie, Prohibition era dust.

12. 

    The Secret Life of Bees

    Sue Monk Kidd · 2001

    Because shares tags: historical fiction, coming of age.

    Lily runs from her father with Rosaleen to Tiburon, finding shelter with beekeeping sisters.

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