Books like The Mountains Sing
12 books with a reading profile close to The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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1
I Must Betray You
by Ruta Sepetys
history, narrative
In 1989 Romania, seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu lives under the isolationist regime of dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu.
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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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3
Mudbound
history, narrative
In 1946, Henry McAllan moves his city-bred wife, Laura, to a primitive cotton farm in the Mississippi Delta.
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4
The Last Runaway
history, narrative
In 1850, Honor Bright, a modest Quaker from Dorset, migrates to Ohio to escape a broken engagement.
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
by Dai Sijie
history, narrative
Set during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, the narrative follows two city-bred teenagers, Luo and the unnamed narrator, who are sent to a remote mountain village for forced Maoist re-education.
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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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8
The Marriage of Opposites
history, narrative
Set on the island of Saint Thomas in the early nineteenth century, this novel follows Rachel Pomie, a woman born into a strict Sephardic Jewish community.
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9
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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10
The Lady and the Unicorn
history, narrative
In 1490s Paris, nobleman Jean Le Viste commissions a set of six tapestries to display his status.
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11
A Piece of the World
history, narrative
Set in the coastal town of Cushing, Maine, this novel imagines the life of Christina Olson, the subject of Andrew Wyeth’s painting Christina’s World.
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Betty
history, narrative
Set in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains during the mid-twentieth century, the narrative follows Betty Carpenter, one of eight siblings born to a white mother and a Cherokee father.
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