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by Isabel Allende · about this book

Loved Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende? If its historical fiction, female lead and immigration hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Golem and the Jinni, Pachinko and The Kite Runner. 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 Daughter of Fortune: Historical Fiction · Female Lead · Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Literary Fiction

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   The Golem and the Jinni

   Helene Wecker

   Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Cultural Identity · Historical Fiction · Self-Discovery

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   Pachinko

   Min Jin Lee

   Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Literary Fiction · Classism · Historical Fiction

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   The Kite Runner

   Khaled Hosseini

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

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   Middlesex

   Jeffrey Eugenides

   Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Cultural Identity · Literary Fiction · Forbidden Love

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   Black Cake

   Charmaine Wilkerson

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

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   The Pearl Sister

   Lucinda Riley

   Women's Fiction · Historical Fiction · Racism · Sprawling Epic · Self-Discovery

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   The Pearl That Broke Its Shell

   Nadia Hashimi

   Women's Fiction · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Coming of Age · Cultural Identity

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8. 

   Bindle Punk Bruja

   Desideria Mesa

   Cultural Identity · Historical Fiction · Racism · Hidden Identity · Immigrant Protagonist

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9. 

   The Last Rose of Shanghai

   Weina Dai Randel

   Immigration · Racism · Historical Fiction · Cultural Identity · Classism

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    Memoirs of a Geisha

    Arthur Golden

    Classism · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Coming of Age · Forbidden Love

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    The City of Brass

    S.A. Chakraborty

    Cultural Identity · Racism · Hidden Identity · Sprawling Epic · Female Lead

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12. 

    The Seamstress

    Frances de Pontes Peebles

    Literary Fiction · Classism · Feminism · Historical Fiction · Sprawling Epic

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    The Weight of Ink

    Rachel Kadish

    Immigrant Protagonist · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Feminism · Forbidden Love

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14. 

    Jane Eyre

    Charlotte Bronte

    Literary Fiction · Classism · Historical Fiction · Feminism · Self-Discovery

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    Cutting for Stone

    Abraham Verghese

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

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    The Personal Librarian

    Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray

    Feminism · Historical Fiction · Cultural Identity · Forbidden Love · Racism

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    The Listeners

    Maggie Stiefvater

    Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Classism · Forbidden Love · Racism

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18. 

    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

    Taylor Jenkins Reid

    Historical Fiction · Feminism · Cultural Identity · Racism · Literary Fiction

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    The Other Bennet Sister

    Janice Hadlow

    Historical Fiction · Coming of Age · Feminism · Classism · Self-Discovery

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    Lair of Dreams

    Libba Bray

    Immigration · Historical Fiction · Cultural Identity · Racism · Sprawling Epic

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