Novels and Memoirs About Surviving Cultural and Political Upheaval

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Dr. Zhivago
Dr. Zhivago 4.01 avg rating β€” 101,117 ratings
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All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,904,852 ratings
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A Gentleman in Moscow
A Gentleman in Moscow 4.32 avg rating β€” 637,024 ratings
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating β€” 1,681,909 ratings
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The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating β€” 304,675 ratings
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Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,258,072 ratings
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Daughters of Shandong
Daughters of Shandong 4.48 avg rating β€” 14,007 ratings
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating β€” 120,297 ratings
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Long Sixties: From 1960 to Barack Obama
Long Sixties: From 1960 to Barack Obama 3.85 avg rating β€” 26 ratings
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Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating β€” 386,319 ratings
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Civil Rights and Wrongs: A Memoir of Race and Politics, 1944-1996
Civil Rights and Wrongs: A Memoir of Race and Politics, 1944-1996 4.25 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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Eleni
Eleni 4.42 avg rating β€” 2,724 ratings
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Original Zinn: Conversations on History and Politics
Original Zinn: Conversations on History and Politics 4.10 avg rating β€” 295 ratings
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Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948
Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 4.03 avg rating β€” 8,267 ratings
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A Free Life
A Free Life
by: Ha Jin
3.71 avg rating β€” 3,053 ratings
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Waiting
Waiting
by: Ha Jin
3.54 avg rating β€” 23,309 ratings
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The Crazed
The Crazed
by: Ha Jin
3.52 avg rating β€” 2,475 ratings
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A Fool's Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump
A Fool's Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump 4.32 avg rating β€” 396 ratings
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Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1) 4.39 avg rating β€” 365,622 ratings
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I Lived to Tell the World: Stories from Survivors of Holocaust, Genocide, and the Atrocities of War
I Lived to Tell the World: Stories from Survivors of Holocaust, Genocide, and the Atrocities of War 4.37 avg rating β€” 19 ratings
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Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus, #2)
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus, #2) 4.42 avg rating β€” 156,039 ratings
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Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement
Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement 4.60 avg rating β€” 3,777 ratings
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March: Book One (March, #1)
March: Book One (March, #1) 4.35 avg rating β€” 56,873 ratings
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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World 4.20 avg rating β€” 87,496 ratings
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To the Mountaintop: My Journey Through the Civil Rights Movement
To the Mountaintop: My Journey Through the Civil Rights Movement 3.87 avg rating β€” 61 ratings
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Anu: The Raj Years
Anu: The Raj Years 4.36 avg rating β€” 11 ratings
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Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating β€” 176,481 ratings
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The Best We Could Do
The Best We Could Do
by: Thi Bui
4.36 avg rating β€” 38,830 ratings
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Anu: The Yo-Yo Years
Anu: The Yo-Yo Years it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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This Strange Eventful History
This Strange Eventful History 3.58 avg rating β€” 4,955 ratings
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Anu: The Tug-of-War Years
Anu: The Tug-of-War Years 4.75 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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Peach Blossom Spring
Peach Blossom Spring 4.18 avg rating β€” 19,429 ratings
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Anu: The Nomad Years
Anu: The Nomad Years 4.43 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
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War Trash
War Trash
by: Ha Jin
3.81 avg rating β€” 4,149 ratings
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Anu: The Celtic Years
Anu: The Celtic Years it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut: Misadventures in Counter-Culture
Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut: Misadventures in Counter-Culture 4.05 avg rating β€” 146 ratings
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Pachinko
Pachinko 4.34 avg rating β€” 582,801 ratings
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The Mountains Sing
The Mountains Sing 4.31 avg rating β€” 57,512 ratings
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Finding Ireland: A Poet's Explorations of Irish Literature and Culture
Finding Ireland: A Poet's Explorations of Irish Literature and Culture liked it 3.00 avg rating β€” 34 ratings
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Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating β€” 401,558 ratings
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Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls, #1)
Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls, #1)
by: Lisa See
3.92 avg rating β€” 160,776 ratings
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Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes
Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes
by: Tim Brady
3.98 avg rating β€” 9,001 ratings
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I Will Tell No War Stories: What Our Fathers Left Unsaid about World War II
I Will Tell No War Stories: What Our Fathers Left Unsaid about World War II 3.96 avg rating β€” 48 ratings
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The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 3.89 avg rating β€” 274,979 ratings
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The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan
The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan 4.11 avg rating β€” 13,994 ratings
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I Will Show You How It Was: The Story of Wartime Kyiv
I Will Show You How It Was: The Story of Wartime Kyiv 4.27 avg rating β€” 410 ratings
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Muslims of the Heartland: How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest
Muslims of the Heartland: How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest 3.74 avg rating β€” 38 ratings
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Drafted: An Illustrated Memoir of a Veteran’s Service During the War in Vietnam
Drafted: An Illustrated Memoir of a Veteran’s Service During the War in Vietnam 3.58 avg rating β€” 112 ratings
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Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America's Misguided Wars
Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America's Misguided Wars 4.33 avg rating β€” 147 ratings
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It's in the Action: Memories of a Nonviolent Warrior
It's in the Action: Memories of a Nonviolent Warrior 4.29 avg rating β€” 28 ratings
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The Florida of the Inca
The Florida of the Inca 4.07 avg rating β€” 43 ratings