8 must-read short stories books like Holler, Child: Stories by LaToya Watkins

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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…

If you liked the short stories plot in Holler, Child: Stories by LaToya Watkins , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The End of Drum-Time

By: Hanna Pylväinen

3.94

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An epic love story in the vein of Cold Mountain and The Great Circle, about a young reindeer herder… read more

Similar categories in Hanna Pylväinen's The End of Drum-Time book and LaToya Watkins's Holler, Child: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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2. Night Watch

By: Jayne Anne Phillips

3.79

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

In 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, re… read more

Similar categories in Jayne Anne Phillips's Night Watch book and LaToya Watkins's Holler, Child: Stories

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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3. Let Us Descend

By: Jesmyn Ward

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congres… read more

Similar categories in Jesmyn Ward's Let Us Descend book and LaToya Watkins's Holler, Child: Stories

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • race
  • fiction
  • african american
  • audiobook
"You must leap. You must do as your people did. You must sink in order to rise."

-Jesmyn Ward, Let Us Descend

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4. Wandering Stars

By: Tommy Orange

3.89

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more

Similar categories in Tommy Orange's Wandering Stars book and LaToya Watkins's Holler, Child: Stories

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"

-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars

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5. 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 LaToya Watkins's Holler, Child: Stories

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. How to Say Babylon

By: Safiya Sinclair

4.47

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

With echoes of Educated and Born a Crime, How to Say Babylon is the stunning story of the author’s … read more

Similar categories in Safiya Sinclair's How to Say Babylon book and LaToya Watkins's Holler, Child: Stories

  • audiobook
"As I grew older, I knew I would never be his perfect Rasta daughter. I was too headstrong, too curious. Too much of myself, and not enough of him."

-Safiya Sinclair, How to Say Babylon

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7. Coleman Hill

By: Kim Coleman Foote

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Coleman Hill is the exhilarating story of two American families whose fates become intertwined in t… read more

Similar categories in Kim Coleman Foote's Coleman Hill book and LaToya Watkins's Holler, Child: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • race
  • fiction
  • african american
  • audiobook
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8. 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 LaToya Watkins's Holler, Child: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • race
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african american
  • audiobook
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9. 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 LaToya Watkins's Holler, Child: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • race
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african american
  • audiobook
"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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10. A Council of Dolls

By: Mona Susan Power

4.04

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited, profoundly moving, and unforgettable new novel from PEN Award–winning Native Amer… read more

Similar categories in Mona Susan Power's A Council of Dolls book and LaToya Watkins's Holler, Child: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Shame invades one's thoughts like a parasite, twists them like wet laundry until all sense is wrung out."

-Mona Susan Power, A Council of Dolls

"When Winona whispered her memories to me in later years, she said that Whitestone Hill was the day the world ended. I never asked what she meant, how the world could be gone when the sun was still in…"

-Mona Susan Power, A Council of Dolls

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11. When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era

By: Donovan X. Ramsey

4.36

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A kaleidoscopic account of the crack cocaine era and a community’s ultimate resilience, told throug… read more

Similar categories in Donovan X. Ramsey's When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era book and LaToya Watkins's Holler, Child: Stories

  • race
  • audiobook
Cover of Holler, Child: Stories by LaToya Watkins

12. 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 LaToya Watkins's Holler, Child: Stories

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • race
  • realistic fiction
  • short stories
  • essays
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african american
  • audiobook
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13. Neighbors and Other Stories

By: Diane Oliver

4.04

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A bold and haunting debut story collection that follows various characters as they navigate the day… read more

Similar categories in Diane Oliver's Neighbors and Other Stories book and LaToya Watkins's Holler, Child: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • race
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • african american
  • audiobook
"Sometimes I wonder why more of us ain't dead."

-Diane Oliver, Neighbors and Other Stories

"He loved them, he had to. After all, they were his, but sometimes loving became a burden. And if he had met them at the bus station, perhaps they would have become that to him."

-Diane Oliver, Neighbors and Other Stories

"By giving woman the exalted position, the man takes away her freedom. By treating her like a goddess, he forces her to act like a goddess... but the man is then free to act like a human being."

-Diane Oliver, Neighbors and Other Stories

"He's going to wonder why, and how are we going to tell him we're afraid of them?" Her father's hand clutched the coffee cup. "He's going to be fighting them the rest of his life. He's got to start so…"

-Diane Oliver, Neighbors and Other Stories

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14. Ordinary Notes

By: Christina Sharpe

4.55

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

A singular achievement, Ordinary Notes explores profound questions about loss and the shapes of Bla… read more

Similar categories in Christina Sharpe's Ordinary Notes book and LaToya Watkins's Holler, Child: Stories

  • race
  • african american
  • essays
  • audiobook
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15. Company

By: Shannon Sanders

3.92

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

A richly detailed, brilliantly woven debut collection about the lives and lore of one Black family … read more

Similar categories in Shannon Sanders's Company book and LaToya Watkins's Holler, Child: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • race
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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16. Loot

By: Tania James

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding historical novel set in the eighteenth century - a hero’s quest, a love story, the s… read more

Similar categories in Tania James's Loot book and LaToya Watkins's Holler, Child: Stories

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"She is reading; he loves the lost expression on her face when she reads."

-Tania James, Loot

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17. This Is Salvaged

By: Vauhini Vara

3.70

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

Stories of uncanny originality from a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction Pushing intimacy t… read more

Similar categories in Vauhini Vara's This Is Salvaged book and LaToya Watkins's Holler, Child: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. When Trying to Return Home: Stories

By: Jennifer Maritza McCauley

3.55

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling debut collection spanning a century of Black American and Afro-Latino life in Puerto Ric… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Maritza McCauley's When Trying to Return Home: Stories book and LaToya Watkins's Holler, Child: Stories

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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19. Ponyboy

By: Eliot Duncan

3.64

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

An evocative debut novel of trans-masculinity, addiction, and the pain and joy of becoming. In t… read more

Similar categories in Eliot Duncan's Ponyboy book and LaToya Watkins's Holler, Child: Stories

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. Good Women

By: Halle Hill

3.96

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

In her dynamic debut, Halle Hill’s Good Women delves into the lives of twelve Black women across th… read more

Similar categories in Halle Hill's Good Women book and LaToya Watkins's Holler, Child: Stories

  • contemporary
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook

17 Best fiction books like Holler, Child: Stories by LaToya Watkins

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The End of Drum-Time

Hanna Pylväinen

3.94

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Jayne Anne Phillips

3.79

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Let Us Descend

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3.70

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Tommy Orange

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Anne Enright

3.55

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Andrew McMillan

3.71

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Kaveh Akbar

4.24

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Kate Christensen

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