novels for when you wish you knew more about what you see on tv

1.
The Immigrant and the Golden Coin (Mike McBride, #3)
The Immigrant and the Golden Coin (Mike McBride, #3) 4.74 avg rating β€” 81 ratings
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating β€” 1,681,650 ratings
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The Beloved Daughter (Whispers of Refuge #1)
The Beloved Daughter (Whispers of Refuge #1) 4.21 avg rating β€” 1,045 ratings
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Number the Stars
Number the Stars 4.19 avg rating β€” 608,413 ratings
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Because of Twilight
Because of Twilight 3.87 avg rating β€” 23 ratings
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In the Time of the Butterflies
In the Time of the Butterflies 4.15 avg rating β€” 77,519 ratings
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Penny from Heaven
Penny from Heaven 4.01 avg rating β€” 9,754 ratings
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The Doodler of Dimashq
The Doodler of Dimashq 4.57 avg rating β€” 58 ratings
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Among the Shrouded
Among the Shrouded 3.96 avg rating β€” 512 ratings
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Girl in Translation
Girl in Translation
by: Jean Kwok
3.99 avg rating β€” 58,176 ratings
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The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating β€” 3,402,007 ratings
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 4.16 avg rating β€” 192,413 ratings
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Twenty and Ten
Twenty and Ten 4.17 avg rating β€” 5,761 ratings
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I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban 4.16 avg rating β€” 612,699 ratings
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The Pearl That Broke Its Shell
The Pearl That Broke Its Shell 4.19 avg rating β€” 51,214 ratings
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Homeless Bird
Homeless Bird 4.01 avg rating β€” 14,718 ratings
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes 4.14 avg rating β€” 28,853 ratings
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Safe & Sound
Safe & Sound 3.84 avg rating β€” 45 ratings
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With Love, The Argentina Family: Memories of Tango and Kugel; Mate with Knishes
With Love, The Argentina Family: Memories of Tango and Kugel; Mate with Knishes 3.93 avg rating β€” 90 ratings
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Silencer (Nick Stone, #15)
Silencer (Nick Stone, #15) 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,947 ratings
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Beneath the Bamboo: A Vietnam War Story
Beneath the Bamboo: A Vietnam War Story 4.25 avg rating β€” 288 ratings
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Stars and Scorpions (After Eden, #2)
Stars and Scorpions (After Eden, #2) 4.46 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
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The Jaguar's Children
The Jaguar's Children 3.73 avg rating β€” 2,111 ratings
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist 3.73 avg rating β€” 82,635 ratings
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Complicity (The CCCCC Conspirators Code #1)
Complicity (The CCCCC Conspirators Code #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
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Gideon's Children
Gideon's Children 3.79 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
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The Syrian Virgin (The Syrian Virgin, #1)
The Syrian Virgin (The Syrian Virgin, #1)
by: Zack Love
3.96 avg rating β€” 439 ratings
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Bamboo People
Bamboo People 3.95 avg rating β€” 3,624 ratings
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Veritas The Pharmacological Endgame
Veritas The Pharmacological Endgame 4.53 avg rating β€” 66 ratings
18.
The Kurdish Bike
The Kurdish Bike 3.90 avg rating β€” 3,551 ratings
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Memories of a Butterfly
Memories of a Butterfly 2.71 avg rating β€” 14 ratings
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The Unenviable: Stories of Psychological Trauma and Hardship among Immigrants and their Families.
The Unenviable: Stories of Psychological Trauma and Hardship among Immigrants and their Families. 4.62 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
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This Shall Be a House of Peace
This Shall Be a House of Peace 4.09 avg rating β€” 80 ratings
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A Wayside Tavern
A Wayside Tavern 4.23 avg rating β€” 364 ratings
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Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices
Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices 4.23 avg rating β€” 17,336 ratings
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Kiss the Dust
Kiss the Dust 3.83 avg rating β€” 754 ratings
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Dead Centre (Nick Stone #14)
Dead Centre (Nick Stone #14) 4.18 avg rating β€” 1,985 ratings
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Kinfolk
Kinfolk 4.36 avg rating β€” 1,657 ratings
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Anissa's Redemption (The Syrian Virgin, #2)
Anissa's Redemption (The Syrian Virgin, #2)
by: Zack Love
4.10 avg rating β€” 184 ratings
40.
Zero Hour (Nick Stone, #13)
Zero Hour (Nick Stone, #13) 4.04 avg rating β€” 1,642 ratings
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Friendswood
Friendswood 3.24 avg rating β€” 1,055 ratings
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Zoli
Zoli 3.69 avg rating β€” 4,164 ratings
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Gleam and Glow
Gleam and Glow 4.34 avg rating β€” 554 ratings
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Exit Wound (Nick Stone #12)
Exit Wound (Nick Stone #12) 4.04 avg rating β€” 1,789 ratings
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Mirages of the Mind
Mirages of the Mind 4.35 avg rating β€” 477 ratings
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And the Mountains Echoed
And the Mountains Echoed 4.08 avg rating β€” 395,444 ratings
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Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo
Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo 3.76 avg rating β€” 12,197 ratings
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Crossfire (Nick Stone #10)
Crossfire (Nick Stone #10) 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,952 ratings
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Working with Sharks: Countering Sexual Harassment in Our Lives
Working with Sharks: Countering Sexual Harassment in Our Lives 3.81 avg rating β€” 47 ratings
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Brute Force (Nick Stone, #11)
Brute Force (Nick Stone, #11) 4.05 avg rating β€” 2,011 ratings
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Windows on the World
Windows on the World 3.63 avg rating β€” 4,345 ratings
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Snow Treasure
Snow Treasure 4.01 avg rating β€” 7,874 ratings
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Recoil (Nick Stone, #9)
Recoil (Nick Stone, #9) 3.99 avg rating β€” 1,726 ratings
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Disgraced
Disgraced 3.85 avg rating β€” 4,217 ratings
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Return to Sender
Return to Sender 3.78 avg rating β€” 4,015 ratings
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Aggressor (Nick Stone #8)
Aggressor (Nick Stone #8) 3.94 avg rating β€” 2,628 ratings
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The Crow Eaters
The Crow Eaters 3.78 avg rating β€” 1,700 ratings
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Deep Black (Nick Stone, #7)
Deep Black (Nick Stone, #7) 3.95 avg rating β€” 2,470 ratings
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Cal
Cal 3.55 avg rating β€” 3,121 ratings
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How the GarcΓ­a Girls Lost Their Accents
How the GarcΓ­a Girls Lost Their Accents 3.62 avg rating β€” 32,112 ratings
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Dark Winter (Nick Stone #6)
Dark Winter (Nick Stone #6) 4.02 avg rating β€” 2,562 ratings
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Harbor
Harbor 3.31 avg rating β€” 408 ratings
63.
Letters from Rifka
Letters from Rifka 3.92 avg rating β€” 11,146 ratings
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Liberation Day (Nick Stone, #5)
Liberation Day (Nick Stone, #5) 3.95 avg rating β€” 2,727 ratings
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Jinnah of Pakistan
Jinnah of Pakistan 4.26 avg rating β€” 1,104 ratings
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Timothy of the Cay (The Cay, #2)
Timothy of the Cay (The Cay, #2) 3.84 avg rating β€” 2,565 ratings
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Last Light (Nick Stone, #4)
Last Light (Nick Stone, #4) 3.87 avg rating β€” 2,988 ratings
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Train to Pakistan
Train to Pakistan 3.94 avg rating β€” 31,229 ratings
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The Cay (The Cay, #1)
The Cay (The Cay, #1) 3.79 avg rating β€” 37,822 ratings
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Firewall (Nick Stone, #3)
Firewall (Nick Stone, #3) 3.90 avg rating β€” 3,682 ratings
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Crisis Four: (Nick Stone Book 2)
Crisis Four: (Nick Stone Book 2) 3.90 avg rating β€” 3,973 ratings
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In the Name of Honour - A Memoir
In the Name of Honour - A Memoir 3.90 avg rating β€” 2,403 ratings
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Escape from Warsaw
Escape from Warsaw 4.02 avg rating β€” 9,178 ratings
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Remote Control
Remote Control 3.90 avg rating β€” 6,390 ratings
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In the Line of Fire: A Memoir
In the Line of Fire: A Memoir 3.31 avg rating β€” 2,043 ratings
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The Pakistani Bride
The Pakistani Bride 3.50 avg rating β€” 1,410 ratings
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Taboo!: The Hidden Culture of a Red Light Area, with an additional Epilogue
Taboo!: The Hidden Culture of a Red Light Area, with an additional Epilogue 3.89 avg rating β€” 282 ratings
78.
The Arrival
The Arrival
by: Shaun Tan
4.35 avg rating β€” 59,073 ratings
78.
Holy Skirts: A Novel of a Flamboyant Woman Who Risked All for Art
Holy Skirts: A Novel of a Flamboyant Woman Who Risked All for Art 3.65 avg rating β€” 439 ratings
80.
American Pastoral
American Pastoral 3.95 avg rating β€” 86,071 ratings
81.
A Day's Work
A Day's Work 4.17 avg rating β€” 823 ratings
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One Day We Had to Run
One Day We Had to Run 4.21 avg rating β€” 14 ratings