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Books Like The Boston Girl

by Anita Diamant · about this book

Loved The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant? If its female lead, historical fiction and first person narrator hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Pearl That Broke Its Shell, Little Women and The Secret Life of Bees. 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 Boston Girl: Female Lead · Historical Fiction · First Person Narrator · Frame Story · Immigrant Protagonist

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   The Pearl That Broke Its Shell

   Nadia Hashimi

   Historical Fiction · Coming of Age · Cultural Identity · Feminism · Hopeful

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   Little Women

   Louisa May Alcott

   Feminism · Historical Fiction · Female Friendship · Hopeful · Coming of Age

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   The Secret Life of Bees

   Sue Monk Kidd

   Historical Fiction · Female Friendship · First Person Narrator · Coming of Age · Hopeful

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   Middlesex

   Jeffrey Eugenides

   Immigrant Protagonist · Cultural Identity · Coming of Age · First Person Narrator · Historical Fiction

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   The Bookbinder

   Pip Williams

   Female Friendship · Historical Fiction · Feminism · First Person Narrator · Hopeful

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   The Kite Runner

   Khaled Hosseini

   Immigrant Protagonist · Cultural Identity · Coming of Age · Historical Fiction · First Person Narrator

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   The Ten Thousand Doors of January

   Alix E. Harrow

   Frame Story · Coming of Age · First Person Narrator · Historical Fiction · Hopeful

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   The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

   Taylor Jenkins Reid

   Frame Story · Historical Fiction · Feminism · Cultural Identity · Female Lead

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   The Other Bennet Sister

   Janice Hadlow

   Historical Fiction · Coming of Age · Feminism · Hopeful · Female Lead

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    Malas

    Marcela Fuentes

    Cultural Identity · Female Friendship · Coming of Age · Historical Fiction · Female Lead

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    Bindle Punk Bruja

    Desideria Mesa

    Cultural Identity · Historical Fiction · Immigrant Protagonist · Feminism · First Person Narrator

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    Cutting for Stone

    Abraham Verghese

    Immigrant Protagonist · Coming of Age · Historical Fiction · First Person Narrator · Immigration

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    The Golem and the Jinni

    Helene Wecker

    Immigrant Protagonist · Cultural Identity · Historical Fiction · Female Lead · Immigration

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    The Weight of Ink

    Rachel Kadish

    Immigrant Protagonist · Historical Fiction · Feminism · Female Lead · Plague

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    Pachinko

    Min Jin Lee

    Immigrant Protagonist · Cultural Identity · Historical Fiction · Female Lead · Immigration

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16. 

    Memoirs of a Geisha

    Arthur Golden

    Frame Story · Coming of Age · Historical Fiction · First Person Narrator · Female Lead

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17. 

    The Personal Librarian

    Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray

    Cultural Identity · Feminism · Historical Fiction · First Person Narrator · Female Lead

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    On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

    Ocean Vuong

    Immigrant Protagonist · Cultural Identity · Coming of Age · First Person Narrator · Immigration

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    Jane Eyre

    Charlotte Bronte

    Feminism · Historical Fiction · First Person Narrator · Hopeful · Female Lead

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    The Room on Rue Amelie

    Kristin Harmel

    Immigrant Protagonist · Frame Story · Female Friendship · Historical Fiction · Female Lead

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