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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Mary (25 Lists)



Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Art & Artists in Fiction
969 books — 1,132 voters
The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey
WORLD WAR ll -LOVE AND ADVENTURE
77 books — 54 voters

A Lily in the Light by Kristin Fields
Amazon March 2019 First Reads
6 books — 3 voters
Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji
Historical Fiction - Middle East
132 books — 82 voters

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,096 books — 1,004 voters
The Girl They Left Behind by Roxanne Veletzos
Historical Fiction - Central/Eastern Europe
248 books — 123 voters

Song of a Captive Bird by Jasmin Darznik
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2018
262 books — 290 voters
A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline
Newsweek Best Books February 21, 2017
17 books — 11 voters

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
Notable American Women (Historical Fiction)
91 books — 20 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,435 books — 7,406 voters

Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji
Fiction About Life In The Middle East
80 books — 61 voters
Pavilion of Women by Pearl S. BuckA House Divided by Pearl S. BuckEast Wind by Pearl S. Buck
Best Novels That Take Place in China
431 books — 1,103 voters

Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
Fiction from the Chinese Mainland
132 books — 137 voters
Girl in Translation by Jean KwokThe Painter from Shanghai by Jennifer Cody Epstein
Great Chinese Historical Fiction
219 books — 278 voters

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Diasporic Fiction
20 books — 17 voters
The Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriSister of My Heart by Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniMay You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons by Elisabeth BumillerThe Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
The India Reading List
659 books — 571 voters

The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Best Historical Fiction
7,914 books — 26,317 voters
Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji
Around the World in Books
246 books — 54 voters

Partitions by Amit Majmudar
Books about the Indian Subcontinental Partition (fiction and nonfiction)
99 books — 110 voters
Tiger Hills by Sarita Mandanna
A Good Book To Take Me Away
623 books — 122 voters

An Atlas of Impossible Longing by Anuradha Roy
Immigrant Voices (fiction)
384 books — 289 voters
Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,068 books — 1,773 voters

The Space Between Us by Thrity UmrigarThe Hungry Tide by Amitav GhoshSister of My Heart by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Best Indian Fiction Books
931 books — 2,461 voters
The Hero's Walk by Anita Rau BadamiRooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji
Best South Asian Fiction
752 books — 1,929 voters

The Vine Of Desire by Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniThe Unknown Errors of Our Lives by Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniArranged Marriage by Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniA Good Indian Wife by Anne CherianUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Desi Chick Lit (fiction)
256 books — 347 voters