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by Yaa Gyasi · about this book

Loved Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi? If its multigenerational family, racism and historical fiction hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Pachinko, And the Mountains Echoed and Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution. 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 Homegoing: Multigenerational Family · Racism · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Emotional

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   Pachinko

   Min Jin Lee

   Multigenerational Family · Cultural Identity · Colonialism · Racism · Literary Fiction

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   And the Mountains Echoed

   Khaled Hosseini

   Multigenerational Family · Multiple Timelines · Literary Fiction · Cultural Identity · Emotional

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   Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

   R.F. Kuang

   Cultural Identity · Racism · Tragic · Historical Fiction · Colonialism

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   The Seven Daughters of Dupree

   Nikesha Elise Williams

   Multigenerational Family · Racism · Slavery Depicted · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction

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   Gone with the Wind

   Margaret Mitchell

   Slavery Depicted · Racial Violence · Racism · Tragic · Historical Fiction

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   Edge of Eternity

   Ken Follett

   Multigenerational Family · Racial Violence · Racism · Historical Fiction · Sprawling Epic

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   Middlesex

   Jeffrey Eugenides

   Multigenerational Family · Racial Violence · Cultural Identity · Literary Fiction · Sprawling Epic

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   The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

   James McBride

   Racism · Racial Violence · Literary Fiction · Cultural Identity · Historical Fiction

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   The Stone Sky

   N.K. Jemisin

   Slavery Depicted · Racism · Colonialism · Tragic · Emotional

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    Cloud Cuckoo Land

    Anthony Doerr

    Multiple Timelines · Literary Fiction · Sprawling Epic · Historical Fiction · Emotional

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    The Pearl Sister

    Lucinda Riley

    Multigenerational Family · Colonialism · Historical Fiction · Sprawling Epic · Racism

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    Black Cake

    Charmaine Wilkerson

    Multigenerational Family · Cultural Identity · Literary Fiction · Emotional · Multiple POV

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    There Are Rivers in the Sky

    Elif Shafak

    Multiple Timelines · Literary Fiction · Cultural Identity · Historical Fiction · Sprawling Epic

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    Ship of Magic

    Robin Hobb

    Slavery Depicted · Multigenerational Family · Sprawling Epic · Multiple POV · Emotional

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    The Warmth of Other Suns

    Isabel Wilkerson

    Racial Violence · Racism · Sprawling Epic · Multiple POV · Emotional

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    The Pearl That Broke Its Shell

    Nadia Hashimi

    Multigenerational Family · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Tragic · Emotional

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17. 

    The Secret Life of Bees

    Sue Monk Kidd

    Racial Violence · Racism · Historical Fiction · Emotional · Literary Fiction

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    Written in My Own Heart's Blood

    Diana Gabaldon

    Multigenerational Family · Multiple Timelines · Historical Fiction · Sprawling Epic · Multiple POV

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    Malas

    Marcela Fuentes

    Multigenerational Family · Cultural Identity · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Multiple POV

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    Sabrina & Corina

    Kali Fajardo-Anstine

    Cultural Identity · Literary Fiction · Multigenerational Family · Emotional · Belonging

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