5 Best historical books like The Consequences: Stories by Manuel Muñoz

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The Consequences: Stories

By: Manuel Muñoz

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Shimmering stories set in California’s Central Valley, the first book in a decade from a virtuoso s…

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1. Calling for a Blanket Dance

By: Oscar Hokeah

4.25

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

A moving and deeply engaging debut novel about a young Native American man struggling to find stren… read more

Similar categories in Oscar Hokeah's Calling for a Blanket Dance book and Manuel Muñoz's The Consequences: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • race
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"We danced, the way Kiowas danced, when called by our people, by our ancestors, to help each other heal."

-Oscar Hokeah, Calling for a Blanket Dance

"Driving out of Lawton, I laid my hand onto Ever's quilt and traced my fingertips around the edges of the bird pattern. I couldn't help but wonder, tla, couldn't help but worry: Would my grandson ever…"

-Oscar Hokeah, Calling for a Blanket Dance

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2. If I Survive You

By: Jonathan Escoffery

3.69

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

In the 1970s, Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. … read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Escoffery's If I Survive You book and Manuel Muñoz's The Consequences: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • race
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"What does Whiteness feel like?... I imagine it's like walking barefoot…"

-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You

"Why don't stars make any sounds in the winter? What sounds? Ethan said."

-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You

"Every boy deserves to believe him father is good, but if each father were good, we’d be living in a different kind of world."

-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You

"I imagined I could have begged an old girlfriend from college to send money; enough of them had expressed ambivalence about their trust funds that this seemed a plausible path down which I might drag…"

-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You

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3. Blackouts

By: Justin Torres

3.77

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of We the Animals, Blackouts mines lost histories--personal and collect… read more

Similar categories in Justin Torres's Blackouts book and Manuel Muñoz's The Consequences: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
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4. How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

By: Angie Cruz

3.90

Format: 195 pages, Hardcover

Cara Romero thought she would work at the factory of little lamps for the rest of her life. But whe… read more

Similar categories in Angie Cruz's How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water book and Manuel Muñoz's The Consequences: Stories

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"She knew I had to cry until I undrown from the inside."

-Angie Cruz, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

"If you're lucky, you find a man that you don't fall in the hole with."

-Angie Cruz, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

"Lulú talks and talks because she dique knows everything. But when I say something, people listen. This I learned from my father. The less you say, the more the people listen."

-Angie Cruz, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

"Talking reminds me that no matter how difficult my life is, I have always found a solution my problems. When I think about this, I am not afraid. We can do this. I can do this."

-Angie Cruz, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

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5. The Consequences: Stories

By: Manuel Muñoz

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Shimmering stories set in California’s Central Valley, the first book in a decade from a virtuoso s… read more

Similar categories in Manuel Muñoz's The Consequences: Stories book and Manuel Muñoz's The Consequences: Stories

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • race
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
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6. Temple Folk

By: Aaliyah Bilal

3.74

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking debut collection portraying the lived experiences of Black Muslims grappling with … read more

Similar categories in Aaliyah Bilal's Temple Folk book and Manuel Muñoz's The Consequences: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • race
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. Witness: Stories

By: Jamel Brinkley

3.81

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From a National Book Award finalist, Witness is an elegant, insistent narrative of actions taken an… read more

Similar categories in Jamel Brinkley's Witness: Stories book and Manuel Muñoz's The Consequences: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • race
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
"According to the terms of her personal lexicon, a woman was a lady only if she was fascinating and ungovernable, and my mother considered herself nothing if not a lady."

-Jamel Brinkley, Witness: Stories

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8. After the Funeral and Other Stories

By: Tessa Hadley

3.81

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A masterful collection of stories that plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tid… read more

Similar categories in Tessa Hadley's After the Funeral and Other Stories book and Manuel Muñoz's The Consequences: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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9. When We Were Sisters

By: Fatimah Asghar

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An orphan grapples with gender, siblinghood, family, and coming-of-age as a Muslim in America in th… read more

Similar categories in Fatimah Asghar's When We Were Sisters book and Manuel Muñoz's The Consequences: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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10. The Faraway World: Stories

By: Patricia Engel

3.89

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

* A New York Times Editors’ Choice * From Patricia Engel, whose novel Infinite Country was a New… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Engel's The Faraway World: Stories book and Manuel Muñoz's The Consequences: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. Holler, Child: Stories

By: LaToya Watkins

4.14

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary and unforgettable short story collection about community, home, betrayal, and forg… read more

Similar categories in LaToya Watkins's Holler, Child: Stories book and Manuel Muñoz's The Consequences: Stories

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • race
  • short stories
  • fiction
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12. The Islands: Stories

By: Dionne Irving

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Powerful stories that explore the legacy of colonialism, and issues of race, immigration, sexual di… read more

Similar categories in Dionne Irving's The Islands: Stories book and Manuel Muñoz's The Consequences: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • race
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. Gordo

By: Jaime Cortez

4.25

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The first ever collection of short stories by Jaime Cortez, Gordo is set in a migrant workers camp … read more

Similar categories in Jaime Cortez's Gordo book and Manuel Muñoz's The Consequences: Stories

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
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14. Harry Sylvester Bird

By: Chinelo Okparanta

3.24

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Under the Udala Trees and Happiness, Like Water comes a brilliant,… read more

Similar categories in Chinelo Okparanta's Harry Sylvester Bird book and Manuel Muñoz's The Consequences: Stories

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • race
  • fiction
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15. Emergency

By: Kathleen Alcott

3.84

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A woman finds a photograph of her deceased mother in a compromising position on the wall of an art … read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Alcott's Emergency book and Manuel Muñoz's The Consequences: Stories

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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16. What We Fed to the Manticore

By: Talia Lakshmi Kolluri

4.11

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Through nine emotionally vivid stories, all narrated from animal perspectives, Talia Lakshmi Kollur… read more

Similar categories in Talia Lakshmi Kolluri's What We Fed to the Manticore book and Manuel Muñoz's The Consequences: Stories

  • fiction
  • literary fiction
  • short stories
  • anthologies
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17. The Town of Babylon

By: Alejandro Varela

3.96

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

In this contemporary debut novel—an intimate portrait of queer, racial, and class identity —Andrés,… read more

Similar categories in Alejandro Varela's The Town of Babylon book and Manuel Muñoz's The Consequences: Stories

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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18. The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories

By: Jamil Jan Kochai

3.99

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A luminous meditation on sons and fathers, ghosts of war, and living history that moves between mod… read more

Similar categories in Jamil Jan Kochai's The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories book and Manuel Muñoz's The Consequences: Stories

  • fiction
  • literary fiction
  • short stories
  • anthologies
"Why must we always ruin what is beautiful with what is true?"

-Jamil Jan Kochai, The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories

"Agha's one of those OG Pashtuns who'd argue with Allah over the nature of existence."

-Jamil Jan Kochai, The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories

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19. Promises of Gold

By: José Olivarez

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking collection of poems addressing how every kind of love—self, brotherly, romantic, f… read more

Similar categories in José Olivarez's Promises of Gold book and Manuel Muñoz's The Consequences: Stories

  • race
Cover of The People Who Report More Stress by Alejandro  Varela

20. The People Who Report More Stress

By: Alejandro Varela

3.87

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

The People Who Report More Stress is a collection of interconnected stories brimming with the anxie… read more

Similar categories in Alejandro Varela's The People Who Report More Stress book and Manuel Muñoz's The Consequences: Stories

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of The Last Suspicious Holdout: Stories by Ladee Hubbard

21. The Last Suspicious Holdout: Stories

By: Ladee Hubbard

3.68

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

The critically acclaimed author of The Rib King returns with an eagerly anticipated collection of s… read more

Similar categories in Ladee Hubbard's The Last Suspicious Holdout: Stories book and Manuel Muñoz's The Consequences: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • race
  • historical
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

20 Best fiction books like The Consequences: Stories by Manuel Muñoz

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Calling for a Blanket Dance

Oscar Hokeah

4.25

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If I Survive You

Jonathan Escoffery

3.69

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Blackouts

Justin Torres

3.77

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How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

Angie Cruz

3.90

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Family Meal

Bryan Washington

3.56

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Blackouts

Justin Torres

3.77

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The Consequences: Stories

Manuel Muñoz

4.12

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The Late Americans

Brandon Taylor

3.38

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