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Books Like The Bonesetter's Daughter

by Amy Tan · about this book

Loved The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan? If its literary fiction, mother and daughter and multigenerational family hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Black Cake, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and Malas. 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 Bonesetter's Daughter: Literary Fiction · Mother and Daughter · Multigenerational Family · Imperial China · Historical Fiction

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   Black Cake

   Charmaine Wilkerson

   Multigenerational Family · Immigration · Literary Fiction · Cultural Identity · Dual Timeline

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   Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

   Rebecca Wells

   Mother and Daughter · Multigenerational Family · Women's Fiction · Dual Timeline · Literary Fiction

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   Malas

   Marcela Fuentes

   Multigenerational Family · Literary Fiction · Cultural Identity · Mother and Daughter · Family Secrets

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   Pachinko

   Min Jin Lee

   Multigenerational Family · Immigration · Literary Fiction · Cultural Identity · Family Secrets

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   And the Mountains Echoed

   Khaled Hosseini

   Multigenerational Family · Immigration · Literary Fiction · Cultural Identity · Family Secrets

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   Middlesex

   Jeffrey Eugenides

   Multigenerational Family · Immigration · Cultural Identity · Literary Fiction · Family Secrets

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   The Seven Daughters of Dupree

   Nikesha Elise Williams

   Multigenerational Family · Mother and Daughter · Dual Timeline · Literary Fiction · Family Secrets

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   The Moon Sister

   Lucinda Riley

   Multigenerational Family · Women's Fiction · Cultural Identity · Dual Timeline · Family Secrets

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   The Pearl That Broke Its Shell

   Nadia Hashimi

   Multigenerational Family · Women's Fiction · Literary Fiction · Cultural Identity · Dual Timeline

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    Homecoming

    Kate Morton

    Multigenerational Family · Mother and Daughter · Literary Fiction · Dual Timeline · Emotional

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    The Echo of Old Books

    Barbara Davis

    Women's Fiction · Family Secrets · Dual Timeline · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction

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    Cutting for Stone

    Abraham Verghese

    Immigration · Multigenerational Family · Literary Fiction · Family Secrets · Historical Fiction

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    Looking for Jane

    Heather Marshall

    Women's Fiction · Mother and Daughter · Dual Timeline · Family Secrets · Emotional

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14. 

    The Unmaking of June Farrow

    Adrienne Young

    Multigenerational Family · Dual Timeline · Mother and Daughter · Family Secrets · Emotional

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    Wreck

    Catherine Newman

    Women's Fiction · Multigenerational Family · Mother and Daughter · Literary Fiction · Emotional

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    The Things We Cannot Say

    Kelly Rimmer

    Multigenerational Family · Women's Fiction · Family Secrets · Dual Timeline · Historical Fiction

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17. 

    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

    Taylor Jenkins Reid

    Dual Timeline · Cultural Identity · Family Secrets · Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction

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    Sabrina & Corina

    Kali Fajardo-Anstine

    Literary Fiction · Multigenerational Family · Mother and Daughter · Cultural Identity · Emotional

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19. 

    The Personal Librarian

    Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray

    Mother and Daughter · Family Secrets · Cultural Identity · Literary Fiction · Emotional

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    All the Broken Places

    John Boyne

    Mother and Daughter · Literary Fiction · Family Secrets · Dual Timeline · Emotional

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