Books like Daughter of Fortune
12 books with a reading profile close to Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
-
1
The Birth of Venus
by Sarah Dunant
narrative, classic literature
Alessandra Cecchi is the daughter of a wealthy cloth merchant in fifteenth-century Florence, a city transitioning from the height of humanist art to the religious fervor of the monk Savonarola.
-
2
Hamlet: Screenplay, Introduction And Film Diary
narrative, classic literature
This volume provides the complete shooting script for Kenneth Branagh’s 1996 film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s tragedy.
-
3
By Any Other Name
by Jodi Picoult
narrative, classic literature
This novel follows two women separated by centuries who both navigate the constraints placed on female authorship.
-
4
Evangeline
narrative, classic literature
Set in 1755 during the Expulsion of the Acadians, this epic poem follows the separation of two lovers, Evangeline Bellefontaine and Gabriel Lajeunesse.
-
5
Tortilla Flat
narrative, classic literature
Set in the hills above Monterey, California, the narrative follows Danny and his circle of paisano friends in the years following World War I.
-
6
Iki Sehrin Hikayesi
narrative, classic literature
Set against the violent backdrop of the French Revolution, this narrative follows Charles Darnay, a French aristocrat seeking to escape his family heritage, and Sydney Carton, a cynical English lawyer.
-
7
The Queen's Gambit
by Walter Tevis
narrative, classic literature
Eight-year-old Beth Harmon enters a Kentucky orphanage following her mother’s death, where she discovers a twin fixation on state-administered sedatives and the game of chess.
-
8
Somebody's Luggage
narrative, classic literature
Christopher the waiter, a career server at a London inn, purchases the abandoned property of a guest who vanished without paying his bill.
-
9
The Palace of Illusions
narrative, classic literature
This retelling of the Mahabharata is narrated by Panchaali, also called Draupadi, who emerges from a sacrificial fire to marry the five Pandava brothers.
-
10
An Ideal Husband
by Oscar Wilde
narrative, classic literature
Sir Robert Chiltern is a rising political star in London whose reputation rests on a foundation of absolute integrity.
-
11
Empire Falls
narrative, classic literature
Miles Roby manages the Empire Grill, a greasy spoon in a decaying Maine logging town owned by the wealthy Whiting family.
-
12
The Marriage Portrait
narrative, classic literature
In sixteenth-century Florence, Lucrezia di Cosimo de' Medici is forced to marry Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, following the sudden death of her older sister.
Get picks matched to your own reading on papr.
Get papr
