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Books Like People of the Book

by Geraldine Brooks · about this book

Loved People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks? If its historical fiction, literary fiction and multiple timelines hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with There Are Rivers in the Sky, The Weight of Ink and The Bewitching. 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 People of the Book: Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Multiple Timelines · Dual Timeline · Rare Books

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   There Are Rivers in the Sky

   Elif Shafak

   Multiple Timelines · Literary Fiction · Cultural Identity · Historical Fiction · Religious Identity

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   The Weight of Ink

   Rachel Kadish

   Dual Timeline · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Bookish · Religious Identity

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   The Bewitching

   Silvia Moreno-Garcia

   Multiple Timelines · Historical Fiction · Bookish · Cultural Identity · Mystery

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   The Things We Cannot Say

   Kelly Rimmer

   Holocaust · Dual Timeline · Historical Fiction · World War II · Female Lead

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   The Pearl That Broke Its Shell

   Nadia Hashimi

   Dual Timeline · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Cultural Identity · Religious Identity

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6. 

   Life After Life

   Kate Atkinson

   Multiple Timelines · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · World War II · Female Lead

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7. 

   Black Cake

   Charmaine Wilkerson

   Dual Timeline · Literary Fiction · Cultural Identity · Historical Fiction · Mystery

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8. 

   Malas

   Marcela Fuentes

   Dual Timeline · Literary Fiction · Cultural Identity · Historical Fiction · Female Lead

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9. 

   The Stolen Queen

   Fiona Davis

   Museums · Dual Timeline · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Female Lead

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10. 

    The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

    James McBride

    Literary Fiction · Religious Identity · Cultural Identity · Historical Fiction · Mystery

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11. 

    The Echo of Old Books

    Barbara Davis

    Dual Timeline · Historical Fiction · Bookish · Mystery · Literary Fiction

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12. 

    All the Broken Places

    John Boyne

    Dual Timeline · World War II · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Female Lead

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13. 

    The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

    V.E. Schwab

    Dual Timeline · Multiple Timelines · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Female Lead

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14. 

    Cloud Cuckoo Land

    Anthony Doerr

    Multiple Timelines · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Bookish · Nonlinear Narrative

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15. 

    The Sun Sister

    Lucinda Riley

    Dual Timeline · World War II · Cultural Identity · Historical Fiction · Female Lead

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16. 

    The Rossetti Letter

    Christi Phillips

    Dual Timeline · Historical Fiction · Bookish · Mystery · Venice

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17. 

    The Book of Speculation

    Erika Swyler

    Dual Timeline · Bookish · Literary Fiction · Mystery · Historical Fiction

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18. 

    Pachinko

    Min Jin Lee

    World War II · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Cultural Identity · Female Lead

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19. 

    The Golem and the Jinni

    Helene Wecker

    Cultural Identity · Historical Fiction · Religious Identity · Literary Fiction · Female Lead

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20. 

    And the Mountains Echoed

    Khaled Hosseini

    Multiple Timelines · Literary Fiction · Cultural Identity · Historical Fiction · Nonlinear Narrative

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