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by Adriana Trigiani · about this book

Loved The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani? If its historical fiction, immigrant protagonist and emotional hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Pachinko, Middlesex and Cutting for Stone. 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 Shoemaker's Wife: Historical Fiction · Immigrant Protagonist · Emotional · Multigenerational Family · Immigration

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   Pachinko

   Min Jin Lee

   Immigrant Protagonist · Immigration · Multigenerational Family · Historical Fiction · Emotional

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   Middlesex

   Jeffrey Eugenides

   Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Multigenerational Family · Historical Fiction · Emotional

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   Cutting for Stone

   Abraham Verghese

   Immigrant Protagonist · Immigration · Multigenerational Family · Historical Fiction · Emotional

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   Black Cake

   Charmaine Wilkerson

   Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Multigenerational Family · Historical Fiction · Emotional

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   And the Mountains Echoed

   Khaled Hosseini

   Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Multigenerational Family · Historical Fiction · Emotional

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   The Golem and the Jinni

   Helene Wecker

   Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Historical Fiction · Emotional · Cultural Identity

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   The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

   James McBride

   Immigration · Historical Fiction · Emotional · Heartwarming · Cultural Identity

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   The German Wife

   Kelly Rimmer

   Immigrant Protagonist · Immigration · Historical Fiction · Emotional · Character-Driven

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   Nowhere Boy

   Katherine Marsh

   Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Emotional · Heartwarming · Hopeful

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    The Pillars of the Earth

    Ken Follett

    Multigenerational Family · Historical Fiction · Emotional · Rags to Riches · Working-Class Protagonist

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    When the Tides Held the Moon

    Venessa Vida Kelley

    Immigrant Protagonist · Historical Fiction · Emotional · Cultural Identity · Hopeful

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    The Sun Sister

    Lucinda Riley

    Multigenerational Family · Historical Fiction · Emotional · Women's Fiction · Cultural Identity

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    All the Lonely People

    Mike Gayle

    Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Emotional · Heartwarming · Bittersweet

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    On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

    Ocean Vuong

    Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Emotional · Working-Class Protagonist · Cultural Identity

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    The Pearl That Broke Its Shell

    Nadia Hashimi

    Multigenerational Family · Historical Fiction · Emotional · Women's Fiction · Cultural Identity

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    Jade War

    Fonda Lee

    Immigration · Immigrant Protagonist · Multigenerational Family · Character-Driven · Multiple POV

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    The Room on Rue Amelie

    Kristin Harmel

    Immigrant Protagonist · Historical Fiction · Emotional · Character-Driven · Forbidden Love

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    Malas

    Marcela Fuentes

    Multigenerational Family · Historical Fiction · Emotional · Cultural Identity · Bittersweet

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    Life After Life

    Kate Atkinson

    Multigenerational Family · Historical Fiction · Emotional · World War I · Character-Driven

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

    R.F. Kuang

    Immigrant Protagonist · Historical Fiction · Emotional · Character-Driven · Cultural Identity

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