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by Michael Chabon · about this book

Loved The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon? If its new york city, historical fiction and literary fiction hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Golem and the Jinni, Cutting for Stone 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 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay: New York City · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Superheroes · Sprawling Epic

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   The Golem and the Jinni

   Helene Wecker

   New York City · Immigration · Cultural Identity · Immigrant Protagonist · Historical Fiction

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   Cutting for Stone

   Abraham Verghese

   Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Sprawling Epic · Friendship and Betrayal · Literary Fiction

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   Pachinko

   Min Jin Lee

   World War II · Immigration · Literary Fiction · Immigrant Protagonist · Sprawling Epic

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   Middlesex

   Jeffrey Eugenides

   Immigrant Protagonist · Immigration · Sprawling Epic · Cultural Identity · Literary Fiction

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   When the Tides Held the Moon

   Venessa Vida Kelley

   New York City · Immigrant Protagonist · Cultural Identity · Historical Fiction · Lyrical Prose

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   The Kite Runner

   Khaled Hosseini

   Immigration · Friendship and Betrayal · Immigrant Protagonist · Literary Fiction · Cultural Identity

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   Memoirs of a Geisha

   Arthur Golden

   World War II · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Friendship and Betrayal · Bittersweet

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   Martyr!

   Kaveh Akbar

   Immigrant Protagonist · Artist Protagonist · Literary Fiction · LGBTQ+ Protagonist · Cultural Identity

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   Lair of Dreams

   Libba Bray

   New York City · Immigration · Historical Fiction · Cultural Identity · LGBTQ+ Protagonist

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    Black Cake

    Charmaine Wilkerson

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

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    The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

    V.E. Schwab

    New York City · Artist Protagonist · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · LGBTQ+ Protagonist

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    The Last Rose of Shanghai

    Weina Dai Randel

    World War II · Immigration · Historical Fiction · Bittersweet · Cultural Identity

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    Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

    Gabrielle Zevin

    Artist Protagonist · Friendship and Betrayal · Literary Fiction · Cultural Identity · Bittersweet

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    The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

    James McBride

    Immigration · Literary Fiction · Cultural Identity · Historical Fiction · Bittersweet

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

    R.F. Kuang

    Friendship and Betrayal · Immigrant Protagonist · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Cultural Identity

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    Malas

    Marcela Fuentes

    Literary Fiction · Cultural Identity · Lyrical Prose · Bittersweet · Historical Fiction

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    On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

    Ocean Vuong

    Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Literary Fiction · Cultural Identity · LGBTQ+ Protagonist

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    Menewood

    Nicola Griffith

    Sprawling Epic · Literary Fiction · Lyrical Prose · Historical Fiction · LGBTQ+ Protagonist

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    The German Wife

    Kelly Rimmer

    World War II · Immigrant Protagonist · Immigration · Historical Fiction · Emotional

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    Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All

    Laura Ruby

    World War II · Historical Fiction · Bittersweet · Lyrical Prose · Emotional

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