Books like…

Books Like Brooklyn

by Colm Toibin · about this book

Loved Brooklyn by Colm Toibin? If its female lead, historical fiction and immigrant protagonist hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Golem and the Jinni, The Other Bennet Sister and Pachinko. 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 Brooklyn: Female Lead · Historical Fiction · Immigrant Protagonist · Leaving Home · Immigration

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   The Golem and the Jinni

   Helene Wecker

   Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Belonging · New York City · Historical Fiction

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   The Other Bennet Sister

   Janice Hadlow

   Self-Discovery · Belonging · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven · Slow-Paced

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   Pachinko

   Min Jin Lee

   Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Belonging · Cultural Identity · Literary Fiction

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   Middlesex

   Jeffrey Eugenides

   Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Self-Discovery · Cultural Identity · Coming of Age

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   Sabrina & Corina

   Kali Fajardo-Anstine

   Leaving Home · Literary Fiction · Belonging · Cultural Identity · Character-Driven

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   The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

   V.E. Schwab

   New York City · Bittersweet · Belonging · Character-Driven · Slow-Paced

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7. 

   And the Mountains Echoed

   Khaled Hosseini

   Immigration · Literary Fiction · Bittersweet · Immigrant Protagonist · Belonging

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8. 

   Tess of the Road

   Rachel Hartman

   Leaving Home · Self-Discovery · Coming of Age · Character-Driven · Slow-Paced

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9. 

   The Secret Life of Bees

   Sue Monk Kidd

   Leaving Home · Belonging · Coming of Age · Self-Discovery · Historical Fiction

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10. 

    The Bookbinder

    Pip Williams

    Self-Discovery · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven · Literary Fiction · Bittersweet

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11. 

    On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

    Ocean Vuong

    Immigrant Protagonist · Immigration · Coming of Age · Cultural Identity · Literary Fiction

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12. 

    Beautyland

    Marie-Helene Bertino

    Belonging · Character-Driven · New York City · Literary Fiction · Bittersweet

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13. 

    The Other Side of the Bridge

    Mary Lawson

    Coming of Age · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Sparse Prose · Bittersweet

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14. 

    The Catcher in the Rye

    Jerome David Salinger

    New York City · Belonging · Literary Fiction · Coming of Age · Character-Driven

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15. 

    To the Moon and Back

    Eliana Ramage

    Cultural Identity · Coming of Age · Literary Fiction · Sisters · Character-Driven

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16. 

    Black Cake

    Charmaine Wilkerson

    Cultural Identity · Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Literary Fiction · Bittersweet

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17. 

    The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

    James McBride

    Immigration · Belonging · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Cultural Identity

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18. 

    Cutting for Stone

    Abraham Verghese

    Immigrant Protagonist · Immigration · Literary Fiction · Bittersweet · Coming of Age

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19. 

    The Personal Librarian

    Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray

    New York City · Belonging · Cultural Identity · Historical Fiction · Character-Driven

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20. 

    Gather

    Kenneth M. Cadow

    Self-Discovery · Coming of Age · Character-Driven · Bittersweet · Slow-Paced

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