10 books for fans of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
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Homegoing
by Yaa Gyasi
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Two family branches—one sold into slavery, one complicit in selling—unfold across three centuries from 18th-century Ghana to contemporary America.
★ 4.47 Goodreads (410.6K ratings) - 2
The Things We Cannot Say
by Kelly Rimmer
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Rimmer weaves together a Polish woman's wartime survival story with her granddaughter's modern family struggles, including caring for an autistic child. The parallel narratives explore how family secrets across generations can both wound and ultimately heal.
★ 4.54 Goodreads (284.0K ratings) - 3
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
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Young Liesel steals books to cope with wartime Germany while her foster family hides a Jewish refugee. Zusak uses Death as narrator to explore how stories and words become acts of resistance and love.
★ 4.39 Goodreads (2.9M ratings) - 4
Where the Sky Begins
Constable Evan Mystery
by Rhys Bowen
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Blitz victim Josie Banks loses her London home and discovers her husband's betrayal, then finds unexpected purpose evacuating children to the countryside. Bowen explores women's resilience during World War II's home front battles.
★ 4.34 Goodreads (34.4K ratings) - 5
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The Song of Achilles
by Madeline Miller
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Patroclus narrates his devotion to godlike Achilles from their boyhood friendship through the brutal siege that will claim them both.
★ 4.30 Goodreads (2.0M ratings) - 7
Bring Up The Bodies
Thomas Cromwell • Book 2
by Hilary Mantel, Unknown Author
★ 4.30 Goodreads (105.7K ratings) - 8
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The Colonel's Daughter: Prequel to the Senator's Wife
The Senator's Wife • Book 4
by Jen Lyon
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Before becoming the powerful Catharine Cleveland, Cate Brooks was a scholar and rower at Oxford who fell in love, her privileged youth spanning from ancient halls to French vineyards.
★ 4.74 Goodreads (674 ratings) - 10
Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure
Constable Evan Mystery
by Rhys Bowen
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After thirty years of marriage, Ellie Endicott's husband demands a divorce in 1938 England—giving her the perfect excuse to finally live for herself.
★ 4.46 Goodreads (25.5K ratings)