Books like Shrines of Gaiety
12 books with a reading profile close to Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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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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2
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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3
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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4
Hamilton: The Revolution
history, narrative
Hamilton: The Revolution documents the creation of the hip-hop musical from its inception at the White House to its Broadway premiere.
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5
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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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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Remarkable Creatures
history, narrative
In early nineteenth-century Lyme Regis, Mary Anning and Elizabeth Philpot form an unlikely friendship based on their shared pursuit of fossils along the Jurassic Coast.
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The Women in the Castle
history, narrative
Set in the immediate aftermath of World War II, this novel follows Marianne von Lingenfels, the widow of a German resistance fighter executed for his role in the failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
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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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10
China Dolls
by Lisa See
history, narrative
In 1938 San Francisco, three young women from different backgrounds—Grace, Helen, and Ruby—meet while auditioning for the Forbidden City nightclub.
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The Glassmaker
history, narrative
In 1486, Orsola Rosso is the daughter of a master glassmaker on Murano, the island near Venice where the city's glass is made under strict guild rules.
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