| Read Bryce Courtenay. The best of the best. |
| The Poisonwood Bible is one of my very favorites. Have you read Amy Tan? The Kitchen Gods Wife or The Joy Luck Club. If I remember correctly, they are written in the perspective of multiple characters like Poisonwood Bible. They're also similar in that their depiction of cultural differences. |
| Try Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver and Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood. |