Books like Look Who's Back
12 books with a reading profile close to Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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Shrines of Gaiety
history, narrative
Set in 1926 London, the narrative centers on Nellie Coker, a ruthless matriarch who operates a profitable empire of underground nightclubs in Soho.
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Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
history, narrative
Natalie Haynes re-examines the foundations of Western mythology by tracking how female figures were systematically marginalized or vilified through centuries of translation and artistic interpretation.
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Washington Black
by Esi Edugyan
history, narrative
Eleven-year-old George Washington Black, known as Wash, is a field hand on a brutal Barbados sugar plantation until he is selected as a laboratory assistant for Christopher Wilde.
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The 19th Wife
history, narrative
This novel weaves together two timelines to examine the history and modern reality of polygamy in the American West.
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The Great Divide
history, narrative
The story reconstructs the construction of the Panama Canal through the intersecting lives of marginalized laborers and local residents.
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Marvels
by Kurt Busiek
history, narrative
Phil Sheldon, a news photographer, witnesses the emergence of the superhero era in mid-twentieth-century New York.
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The Architect's Apprentice
by Elif Shafak
history, narrative
Jahan arrives in sixteenth-century Constantinople as a boy from India, bringing a white elephant named Chota as a gift for Sultan Suleiman.
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Caleb's Crossing
history, narrative
Set in the 1660s on Martha's Vineyard, then called Great Harbor, the novel follows Bethia Mayfield, a minister’s daughter who forms a secret friendship with Caleb, the son of a Wampanoag chieftain.
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In the Company of the Courtesan
by Sarah Dunant
history, narrative
The story begins in 1527 during the Sack of Rome, as the luxury-loving prostitute Fiammetta Bianchini and her companion, the dwarf Bucino Teodoldi, escape the city’s destruction.
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Skeletons at the Feast
history, narrative
In January 1945, as the Red Army advances toward East Prussia, the Emmerich family, who run an estate, decide to flee west.
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Horse
history, narrative
Geraldine Brooks tracks the history of Lexington, a record-breaking 19th-century Thoroughbred, across three distinct timelines.
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