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Explore 24 books like Obasan by Joy Kogawa — a handpicked selection united by Cultural Heritage, Literary, and Historical.

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The Colonial Conquest The Confines of the Shadow Volume I — Alessandro Spina

The Colonial Conquest The Confines of the Shadow Volume I

Alessandro Spina

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Literary • Historical

Roads of Destiny — O. Henry

Roads of Destiny

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Literary • Historical

Evil Eye A Novel — Etaf Rum

Evil Eye A Novel

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Literary • Historical

Daughters of the River Huong Stories of a Vietnamese Royal Concubine and Her Descendants — Như Nguyện Dương

Daughters of the River Huong Stories of a Vietnamese Royal Concubine and Her Descendants

Như Nguyện Dương

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Literary • Historical

A Council of Dolls A Novel — Mona Susan Power

A Council of Dolls A Novel

Mona Susan Power

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Literary • Historical

Banyan Moon A Novel — Thao Thai

Banyan Moon A Novel

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Literary • Historical

Are You God Or His Mailman — Chibuzor Obasi

Are You God Or His Mailman

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Literary • Historical

Elizabeth Street — Laurie Fabiano

Elizabeth Street

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Literary • Historical

The New Earth A Novel — Jess Row

The New Earth A Novel

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Literary • Historical

The Book of Everlasting Things A Novel — Aanchal Malhotra

The Book of Everlasting Things A Novel

Aanchal Malhotra

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Literary • Historical

Banyan Moon A Read with Jenna Pick — Thao Thai

Banyan Moon A Read with Jenna Pick

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Literary • Historical

Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions A Novel in Interlocking Stories — Omolola Ogunyemi

Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions A Novel in Interlocking Stories

Omolola Ogunyemi

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Literary • Historical

Ulysses — James Joyce

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Literary • Historical

The Blue Between Sky and Water — Susan Abulhawa

The Blue Between Sky and Water

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Literary • Historical

Ramadan Ramsey A Novel — Louis Edwards

Ramadan Ramsey A Novel

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Literary • Historical

Half a Life A Novel — V. S. Naipaul

Half a Life A Novel

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Literary • Historical

Noontime in Yenisehir — Sevgi Soysal

Noontime in Yenisehir

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Literary • Historical

Long Island (Oprah’s Book Club) — Colm Toibin

Long Island (Oprah’s Book Club)

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Literary • Historical

Arrow of God — Chinua Achebe

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Literary • Historical

The Book of Echoes — Rosanna Amaka

The Book of Echoes

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Literary • Historical

Ridley Road — Jo Bloom

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Literary • Historical

Künstlers in Paradise — Cathleen Schine

Künstlers in Paradise

Cathleen Schine

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Literary • Historical

Golden Poppies — Laila Ibrahim

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Literary • Historical

A Grain of Wheat — Ngugi wa Thiong’o

A Grain of Wheat — Ngugi wa Thiong’o

Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Literary • Historical

Fans of Obasan by Joy Kogawa will find 24 titles here, all united by Cultural Heritage, Literary, Historical. Authors represented include Alessandro Spina, O. HENRY, Etaf Rum, Như Nguyện Dương, and others.

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