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by Rohinton Mistry · about this book

Loved A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry? If its literary fiction, historical fiction and india hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Blood Over Bright Haven, Les Misérables and A Tale of Two Cities. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside A Fine Balance: Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · India · Emotional · Class Struggle

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   Blood Over Bright Haven

   M.L. Wang

   Political Corruption · Class Struggle · Tragic · Economic Inequality · Classism

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   Les Misérables

   Victor Hugo

   Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Class Struggle · Economic Inequality · Tragic

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   A Tale of Two Cities

   Charles Dickens

   Economic Inequality · Literary Fiction · Class Struggle · Historical Fiction · Tragic

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   Of Mice and Men

   John Steinbeck

   Literary Fiction · Economic Inequality · Classism · Bleak · Historical Fiction

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   The Four Winds

   Kristin Hannah

   Class Struggle · Bleak · Economic Inequality · Historical Fiction · Classism

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   The Seamstress

   Frances de Pontes Peebles

   Class Struggle · Tragic · Literary Fiction · Classism · Historical Fiction

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   Animal Farm

   George Orwell

   Literary Fiction · Tragic · Bleak · Class Struggle · Political Corruption

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   Matterhorn

   Karl Marlantes

   Bleak · Tragic · Political Corruption · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction

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9. 

   Human Acts

   Han Kang

   Political Corruption · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Bleak · Tragic

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    Wuthering Heights

    Emily Brontë

    Literary Fiction · Bleak · Classism · Historical Fiction · Tragic

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    The Paris Express

    Emma Donoghue

    Class Struggle · Classism · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Ensemble Cast

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12. 

    The Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

    Economic Inequality · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Tragic · Classism

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13. 

    The Evening and the Morning

    Ken Follett

    Class Struggle · Political Corruption · Historical Fiction · Ensemble Cast · Sexual Assault Content

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14. 

    The Outsiders

    S.E. Hinton

    Class Struggle · Tragic · Literary Fiction · Classism · Historical Fiction

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15. 

    Lush Life

    Richard Price

    Economic Inequality · Literary Fiction · Classism · Bleak · Ensemble Cast

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16. 

    Pachinko

    Min Jin Lee

    Literary Fiction · Classism · Historical Fiction · Tragic · Emotional

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17. 

    Parable of the Talents

    Octavia E. Butler

    Political Corruption · Bleak · Literary Fiction · Emotional · Sexual Assault Content

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18. 

    Shantaram

    Gregory David Roberts

    India · Literary Fiction · Emotional · Torture · Violent

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19. 

    As I Lay Dying

    William Faulkner

    Tragic · Literary Fiction · Bleak · Emotional · Historical Fiction

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20. 

    The Kite Runner

    Khaled Hosseini

    Literary Fiction · Classism · Historical Fiction · Tragic · Emotional

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