Books like The time is noon by Pearl S. Buck

At Pirriwee Public, a beachside school, a routine trivia night spirals into chaos when a parent dies—raising questions of murder, accidental death, or toxic truths. Parents discover how small lies can become deadly.

In Benjamin P. Gibson’s return to his community after a 10‑year imprisonment, the village of St. Michael’s faces the harsh reality of post‑war survivor “crisis,” as family and tradition vie for survival.

Susannah Nelson, 50, returns to the garden she loved as a teenager, but the past she's trying to escape is still there, leading her to question everything about her life and relationships with her loved ones.

Penelope Keeling reflects on a bohemian childhood, wartime romance, and a priceless family portrait as her children debate its future.

D. H. Lawrence’s 1933 novel follows the Morel family in a Nottinghamshire coal town, exploring love, ambition, and the Oedipal tension that shapes a working‑class mother‑son relationship.

"Wang Lung lay dying." Thus the action of *SONS* begins immediately after that of the last chapter of *THE GOOD EARTH*. This new novel carries on the saga of the house of Wang, of Pear Blossom and the aging Lotus, of the three sons of Wang Lung, their wives and their children. The chief character is the youngest son, Wang The Tiger, leader of men, who through raids and sieges and pitched battles comes to power and fame as a war lord and revolutionary general. "A distinguished successor."—Lewis Gannett, New York Herald Tribune. "When any novel by a new writer wins the extraordinary acclaim that was accorded *THE GOOD EARTH* the question always arises, is the author a one book writer? *SONS* is the answer. Mrs. Buck is not; emphatically not."— Nathaniel Peffer, New York Herald Tribune. "A fine full-blooded tale, which bears inevitably along the course set by the theme of *THE GOOD EARTH*."—New York Times

The Exile is a memoir/biography about Pearl Buck's mother, Caroline Stulting Sydenstricker (1857–1921), describing her life growing up in West Virginia and life in China as the wife of the Presbyterian missionary Absalom Sydenstricker.

The Living Reed traces four generations of the Kim family as they navigate Korea’s turbulent history, from royal advisors to secret resistance fighters during Japanese occupation.

A collection of short stories that follows Nigerian women both at home and in the United States, exploring longing, faith, love, and the challenges of staying or leaving, with vivid depictions of family life and cultural identity.

A contemplative portrait of two sisters growing from the 1950s to today, charting their quests to find purpose and authenticity amid America’s social shifts.

In Anita Brookner’s *A Family Romance*, Jane Manning confronts the arrival of her glamorous aunt Dolly into her modest family circle, exposing the shifting attitudes toward identity, gender and family power.

A concise biography of Pearl Buck, Pulitzer and Nobel laureate praised for her lifelong commitment to the welfare of needy children.

A Naked Knight with Golden Eyes... Hawk Dysart spotted the swimmer first, and then the shark's fin. Racing from his Barbados condo, he got there in time to pull the figure onto his water scooter and escape the danger...only to tumble headlong onto the beach with an astonishingly beautiful and furious woman. Bahira Massoud was Eve and Venus rolled into one magnificently exotic creature, Hawk noted, but she was more than annoyed at being rescued from a diving flag, not a shark, by this fierce brute whose gaze could melt coral. When her eyes flashed, Hawk knew he must possess this sea goddess, but could a siren who smelled of lemon and cinnamon be the spice that his life had been missing? Bahira's body ached for this powerful stranger who made her feel cherished, but did she dare surrender to this master of seduction? Hawk was the risk she'd always feared taking, the desire she yearned to taste, but would loving him mean losing control over her life?

Twelve‑year‑old CeeCee Honeycutt becomes a lone caretaker after her mother’s tragic death, only to be rescued by her eccentric great‑aunt Tootie and a circle of fierce Southern women who teach her resilience and the power of community.

The story of a North American missionary, the author's father, who travelled the roads of China for more than fifty years.

When Jonathan finally proposes, Rosie agrees to move across the country, only to return home with her grandmother and a chaotic new caregiver, Tony. She faces an unexpected pregnancy, complex family truths, and the possibility of a new love.