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The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Help

Kathryn Stockett

451 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0bookgeek's review
fiction historical literary emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Empress Orchid by Anchee Min

Empress Orchid

Empress Orchid #1

Anchee Min

336 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0bookgeek's review
fiction historical romance informative mysterious tense medium-paced
March by Geraldine Brooks

March

Geraldine Brooks

320 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0bookgeek's review
fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Red Azalea by Anchee Min

Red Azalea

Anchee Min

306 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0bookgeek's review
nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Last Empress by Anchee Min

The Last Empress

Empress Orchid #2

Anchee Min

308 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0bookgeek's review
fiction historical challenging informative slow-paced
Katherine by Anchee Min

Katherine

Anchee Min

224 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0bookgeek's review
fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Dai Sijie

184 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0bookgeek's review
fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
City of Women by David R. Gillham

City of Women

David R. Gillham

392 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0bookgeek's review
fiction historical emotional sad tense fast-paced
The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran

The Heretic Queen

Michelle Moran

383 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0bookgeek's review
fiction historical romance emotional informative tense medium-paced
Mary: Mrs. A. Lincoln by Janis Cooke Newman

Mary: Mrs. A. Lincoln

Janis Cooke Newman

620 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0bookgeek's review
fiction historical emotional informative reflective medium-paced