Books like Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
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Genre
What it is about
- Women
- Geishas
Where it happens
- Japan
When it happens
- 20th century
Kind of book
- Novel
Ages
- Adult
About this book
Its Library of Congress subjects: Women, Geishas. It is set in Japan and listed for an audience of adults.
Where this comes from: Library of Congress
Books like this one
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Why: Both are historical fiction books about women.
- Historical fiction
- Women
What both books share
- historical fiction
Memoirs of a Geisha: "Historical fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction" (LoC 655)
The Clan of the Cave Bear: "historical fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction" (LoC 655) - women
Memoirs of a Geisha: "Women" (OL subject); "Women -- Japan -- Fiction" (LoC 650)
The Clan of the Cave Bear: "Women" (OL subject); "Women -- Europe -- Fiction" (LoC 650)
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Why: Both are historical fiction books.
What both books share
- historical fiction
Memoirs of a Geisha: "Historical fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction" (LoC 655)
Outlander: "Historical fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction" (LoC 655)
- historical fiction
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Why: Both are historical fiction books.
What both books share
- historical fiction
Memoirs of a Geisha: "Historical fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction" (LoC 655)
Water for Elephants: "Historical fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction" (LoC 655)
- historical fiction
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What they share, at a glance
Memoirs of a Geisha next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Historical fiction | Women |
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| The Clan of the Cave Bear | shared | shared |
| Outlander | shared | not shared |
| Water for Elephants | shared | not shared |
| The Song of Achilles | shared | not shared |
| The Nightingale | shared | not shared |
| Lord John and the Private Matter | shared | not shared |
| March Violets | shared | not shared |
| The Help | shared | not shared |
| All the Light We Cannot See | shared | not shared |
| Circe | shared | not shared |
| The Twisted Sword | shared | not shared |
| The Angry Tide | shared | not shared |
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Memoirs of a Geisha: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published on September 27, 1997. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Edition checked
- The edition checked here is a 434-page paperback from Vintage Books. Source: Library of Congress, checked November 6, 2026.
0679781587 ... pbk. ... 434 p. ... Vintage Books
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