5 must-read history books like Puerto Rico Strong by Hazel Newlevant

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Puerto Rico Strong

By: Hazel Newlevant

4.15

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Puerto Rico Strong is a comics anthology that explores what it means to be Puerto Rican and the div…

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Cover of War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America's Colony by Nelson A. Denis

1. War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America's Colony

By: Nelson A. Denis

4.55

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In 1950, after over fifty years of military occupation and colonial rule, the Nationalist Party of … read more

Similar categories in Nelson A. Denis's War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America's Colony book and Hazel Newlevant's Puerto Rico Strong

  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice

2. When I Was Puerto Rican

By: Esmeralda Santiago

4.11

Format: 500 pages, Paperback

Esmeralda Santiago's story begins in rural Puerto Rico, where her childhood was full of both tender… read more

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3. The House on the Lagoon

By: Rosario Ferré

3.85

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The House on the Lagoonis the story of Isabel Monfort and her husband Quintin Mendizabal--the histo… read more

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4. Superman: Space Age

By: Mark Russell

4.20

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Uniting the critically acclaimed writer Mark Russell (One-Star Squadron and The Flintstones) and Ei… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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5. Roaming

By: Jillian Tamaki

3.77

Format: 443 pages, Paperback

Spring break, 2009. High school best friends Zoe and Dani are now freshman college students, meetin… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
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6. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

Similar categories in Pedro Martín's Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir book and Hazel Newlevant's Puerto Rico Strong

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

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7. Mera: Tidebreaker

By: Danielle Paige

3.37

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Princess Mera is teenage royalty and heir to the throne of Xebel, a penal colony ruled by the other… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Paige's Mera: Tidebreaker book and Hazel Newlevant's Puerto Rico Strong

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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8. Boys Run the Riot, Vol. 1

By: Keito Gaku

4.34

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

A transgender teen finds an escape from the expectations and anxieties of his daily life in the wor… read more

Similar categories in Keito Gaku's Boys Run the Riot, Vol. 1 book and Hazel Newlevant's Puerto Rico Strong

  • graphic novels
  • comics
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9. The Story Collector (The Story Collector #1)

By: Kristin O'Donnell Tubb

3.84

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of E. L. Konisburg, this middle-grade mystery adventure is inspired by the real li… read more

Similar categories in Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's The Story Collector (The Story Collector #1) book and Hazel Newlevant's Puerto Rico Strong

  • historical
"Nervous people make poor listeners."

-Kristin O'Donnell Tubb, The Story Collector (The Story Collector #1)

"Behind her, the lamp turned back on."

-Kristin O'Donnell Tubb, The Story Collector (The Story Collector #1)

"She firmly believed that fears were best fought head-on. Courage being fear stuffed with hope and whatnot."

-Kristin O'Donnell Tubb, The Story Collector (The Story Collector #1)

"Picture books build readers, Mr. Leon. Two missing books from our collection is like two missing bricks from a cathedral."

-Kristin O'Donnell Tubb, The Story Collector (The Story Collector #1)

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10. ¡Ay, Mija!: My Bilingual Summer in Mexico

By: Christine Suggs

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

"An absolutely heartwarming and vibrant story of belonging, family, and the meaning of home. This b… read more

Similar categories in Christine Suggs's ¡Ay, Mija!: My Bilingual Summer in Mexico book and Hazel Newlevant's Puerto Rico Strong

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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11. Running

By: Natalia Sylvester

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When fifteen-year-old Cuban American Mariana Ruiz’s father runs for president, Mari starts to see h… read more

Similar categories in Natalia Sylvester's Running book and Hazel Newlevant's Puerto Rico Strong

  • politics
  • social justice
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12. Behind You Is the Sea

By: Susan Muaddi Darraj

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American communi… read more

Similar categories in Susan Muaddi Darraj's Behind You Is the Sea book and Hazel Newlevant's Puerto Rico Strong

  • short stories
Cover of What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jiménez

13. What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez

By: Claire Jiménez

3.53

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A deeply powerful, raw debut novel of a Puerto Rican family in Staten Island who discovers their lo… read more

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"Irene was my mom's 60 year old church friend who blew her hair out like Whitney Houston from the Bodyguard days and still rocked her rum raisin lipstick like it was 1992."

-Claire Jiménez, What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez

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14. The Taste of Sugar

By: Marisel Vera

3.89

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

Marisel Vera emerges as a major voice of contemporary fiction with a heart- wrenching novel set in … read more

Similar categories in Marisel Vera's The Taste of Sugar book and Hazel Newlevant's Puerto Rico Strong

  • historical
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15. Puerto Rico Strong

By: Hazel Newlevant

4.15

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Puerto Rico Strong is a comics anthology that explores what it means to be Puerto Rican and the div… read more

Similar categories in Hazel Newlevant's Puerto Rico Strong book and Hazel Newlevant's Puerto Rico Strong

  • history
  • graphic novels comics
  • historical
  • politics
  • graphic novels
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • comics
  • social justice
Cover of Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca    Hall

16. Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts

By: Rebecca Hall

4.30

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Part graphic novel, part memoir, Wake is an imaginative tour-de-force that tells the story of women… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Hall's Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts book and Hazel Newlevant's Puerto Rico Strong

  • history
  • graphic novels comics
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
"You think you are reading an accurate chronicle written at the time, but if we are and what we care about are deemed irrelevant, it won't be in there."

-Rebecca Hall, Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts

"History written by the victors always erases the resistance. And those of us who live in the wake/ruins learn that we're inferior and needed to be conquered and enslaved. This is the afterlife of sla…"

-Rebecca Hall, Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts

"Quantitative historians who use statistical tools to study big-picture historical trends, created a vast database of research on more than 36,000 slave ship voyages that took place over four hundred …"

-Rebecca Hall, Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts

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17. You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

By: Kel McDonald

3.84

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Death—the one aspect of life we all have in common—is waiting for everyone, yet our practices, beli… read more

Similar categories in Kel McDonald's You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife book and Hazel Newlevant's Puerto Rico Strong

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • comics
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18. The Authority (1999-2002): Book One

By: Warren Ellis

4.23

Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the Authority. Pay allegiance, or get your head kicked in. Whether they’re up against an in… read more

Similar categories in Warren Ellis's The Authority (1999-2002): Book One book and Hazel Newlevant's Puerto Rico Strong

  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Well, This Is Exhausting by Sophia Benoit

19. Well, This Is Exhausting

By: Sophia Benoit

3.44

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From Bustle columnist and Twitter sensation Sophia Benoit, this “charming and often laugh-out-loud … read more

Similar categories in Sophia Benoit's Well, This Is Exhausting book and Hazel Newlevant's Puerto Rico Strong

  • short stories
  • nonfiction
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20. Woman, Life, Freedom

By: Marjane Satrapi

4.49

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

An urgent, groundbreaking and visually stunning new collection of graphic story-telling about the p… read more

Similar categories in Marjane Satrapi's Woman, Life, Freedom book and Hazel Newlevant's Puerto Rico Strong

  • history
  • graphic novels comics
  • politics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Ricanstruction: Reminiscing & Rebuilding Puerto Rico by Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez

21. Ricanstruction: Reminiscing & Rebuilding Puerto Rico

By: Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez

4.05

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Reminiscing & Rebuiliding Puerto Rico is an anthology featuring contributions from writers and art… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • history

5 best-selling historical books like Puerto Rico Strong by Hazel Newlevant

Transform Your Habits

War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America's Colony

Nelson A. Denis

4.55

Transform Your Habits

The Story Collector (The Story Collector #1)

Kristin O'Donnell Tubb

3.84

Transform Your Habits

The Taste of Sugar

Marisel Vera

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Puerto Rico Strong

Hazel Newlevant

4.15

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The Eyes and the Impossible

Dave Eggers

4.25

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Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

Nicholas Day

4.15

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Katherine Marsh

4.50

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