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Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
4.0

An amazing saga, covering many generations and countries, starting in Korea at the beginning of the 20th century during the Japanese occupation, and ending in Japan at the dawn of the 21st century.
This book has an impressive breadth: part family history, part historical fiction, it does not shy away from discussion the 2nd class society Japan created for the people it conquered.