Books like Samurai's Daughter by Sujata Massey

A historical novel that follows a young woman’s journey from a fishing village into the refined, yet perilous world of Japanese geishas, exploring the rituals, social pressures, and personal ambitions that shape her life.

In the isolated trading post of Dejima in 1799, Dutch clerk Jacob de Zoet seeks fortune and love, but an encounter with the enigmatic Aibagawa shatters his plans, entangling him in a web of intrigue that crosses cultural borders.

A Japanese folk tale of courage and family, following the brave daughter of a samurai warrior as she embarks on a journey to reunite with her exiled father.

With a New Afterword. As a prizewinning foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, Geraldine Brooks spent six years covering the Middle East through wars, insurrections, and the volcanic upheaval of resurgent fundamentalism. Yet for her, headline events were only the backdrop to a less obvious but more enduring drama: the daily life of Muslim women. Nine Parts of Desire is the story of Brooks' intrepid journey toward an understanding of the women behind the veils, and of the often contradictory political, religious, and cultural forces that shape their lives. Defying our stereotypes about the Muslim world, Brooks' acute analysis of the world's fastest growing religion deftly illustrates how Islam's holiest texts have been misused to justify repression of women, and how male pride and power have warped the original message of a once liberating faith. From the Trade Paperback edition.

In 1930s Calcutta, a young peasant woman from West Bengal is torn between forbidden romance and the rising Indian independence movement, navigating the tensions of British colonial society.

Rei Shimura, a freelance operative with a Washington, D.C., alphabet agency, infiltrates a Tokyo department store to gather intelligence—only to find her cover blown and a killer on the loose.