Books like Tales of innocence and experience by Eva Figes

In post‑war New York, Newland Archer faces a dilemma when his fiancée’s cousin, the rebellious Ellen Olenska, challenges his elite society’s expectations and his own loyalty.

Four short stories and two big novellas in Anthony Doerr’s second story collection explore the world from Alzheimer’s in South Africa to infertility in Wyoming and endangered sturgeon in Lithuania.

"In the Third Reich young Wolfgang Samuel and his family are content but alone. The father, a Luftwaffe officer, is away fighting the Allies in the West. In 1945 as Berlin and nearby communities crumble, young Wolfgang, his mother Hedy, and his little sister Ingrid flee the advancing Russian army. They have no inkling of the chaos ahead. The boy and his mother must prevail over hunger and despair, or die.". "In Strasburg, a small town north of Berlin where they find refuge, Wolfgang begins to comprehend the evils the Nazi regime has brought to Germany. As the Reich collapses, mother, son, and little sister flee again just ahead of the Russian charge.". "In the chaos of defeat they struggle to find food and shelter. Death stalks the primitive camps that are their temporary havens, and the child becomes the family provider. Although this is a time of deepest despair, Wolfgang hangs on to the thinnest thread of hope. In June 1948 with the arrival of the Americans flying the Berlin Airlift, Wolfgang begins a new journey."--BOOK JACKET.

A married woman faces temptation at an art show when a flamboyant prince offers her a driver’s ride, turning a simple night into a cruel twist of fate.

A House Unlocked is a reflective memoir that uses the family home in Somerset as a lens to trace 20th‑century English country life, exploring changing customs, social attitudes, and the influence of historic events on everyday domestic life.

A quiet, powerful tale of Henry Townsend, a former slave who rises to become a plantation owner in antebellum Virginia, and the turbulent world of his estate and the wider South as slavery persists and challenges surface.

Martin Amis reflects candidly on his life, his relationship with his father Kingsley, and the literary world that shaped them.

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A story of forbidden love and societal expectations in 1870s New York.