21 Top fiction books like Where There Was Fire by John Manuel Arias

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Where There Was Fire

By: John Manuel Arias

3.49

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A lush and lyrical debut novel about a Costa Rican family wrestling with a deadly secret, from risi…

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1. 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 John Manuel Arias's Where There Was Fire

  • adult fiction
  • magical realism
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 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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2. 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 John Manuel Arias's Where There Was Fire

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"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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3. Martyr!

By: Kaveh Akbar

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves… read more

Similar categories in Kaveh Akbar's Martyr! book and John Manuel Arias's Where There Was Fire

  • audiobook
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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4. The Great Divide

By: Cristina Henríquez

3.70

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

An epic novel of the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived… read more

Similar categories in Cristina Henríquez's The Great Divide book and John Manuel Arias's Where There Was Fire

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
"Ada had always believed that her mother, in rebuilding the house only three miles from where it had once been, had kept her world piteously small, but maybe what mattered, Ada thought as she gazed at…"

-Cristina Henríquez, The Great Divide

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5. The Liberators

By: E.J. Koh

3.46

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

At the height of the military dictatorship in South Korea, Insuk and Sungho are arranged to be marr… read more

Similar categories in E.J. Koh's The Liberators book and John Manuel Arias's Where There Was Fire

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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6. Family Lore

By: Elizabeth Acevedo

3.53

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling, National Book Award-winning author Elizabeth Acevedo comes her first novel for ad… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Acevedo's Family Lore book and John Manuel Arias's Where There Was Fire

  • adult fiction
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. The Cemetery of Untold Stories

By: Julia Alvarez

3.68

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

Literary icon Julia Alvarez returns with an inventive and emotional novel about storytelling itself… read more

Similar categories in Julia Alvarez's The Cemetery of Untold Stories book and John Manuel Arias's Where There Was Fire

  • adult fiction
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. The Wildest Sun

By: Asha Lemmie

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Following her New York Times bestselling debut Fifty Words for Rain , Asha Lemmie's next sweeping a… read more

Similar categories in Asha Lemmie's The Wildest Sun book and John Manuel Arias's Where There Was Fire

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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9. Flores and Miss Paula

By: Melissa Rivero

3.34

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A wry, tender novel about a Peruvian immigrant mother and a millennial daughter who have one final … read more

Similar categories in Melissa Rivero's Flores and Miss Paula book and John Manuel Arias's Where There Was Fire

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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10. Las Madres

By: Esmeralda Santiago

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, best-selling author of When I Was Puerto Rican, a powerful novel of family,… read more

Similar categories in Esmeralda Santiago's Las Madres book and John Manuel Arias's Where There Was Fire

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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11. Anita de Monte Laughs Last

By: Xóchitl González

3.82

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a mesmerizing novel about a first-gener… read more

Similar categories in Xóchitl González's Anita de Monte Laughs Last book and John Manuel Arias's Where There Was Fire

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"we're all just here trying to get you to see your own light because it's strong enough to guide you."

-Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last

"You fall for someone, you get so into them your whole world shrinks, and suddenly barely have a life besides them."

-Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last

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12. Vanishing Maps

By: Cristina García

3.59

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Dreaming in Cuban a follow-up novel that tracks four generations of th… read more

Similar categories in Cristina García's Vanishing Maps book and John Manuel Arias's Where There Was Fire

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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13. After a Dance: Selected Stories

By: Bridget O'Connor

3.21

Format: 122 pages, Kindle Edition

'These are some of the wildest, arresting, just plain brilliant short stories I've read in a long t… read more

Similar categories in Bridget O'Connor's After a Dance: Selected Stories book and John Manuel Arias's Where There Was Fire

  • fiction
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14. Where There Was Fire

By: John Manuel Arias

3.49

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A lush and lyrical debut novel about a Costa Rican family wrestling with a deadly secret, from risi… read more

Similar categories in John Manuel Arias's Where There Was Fire book and John Manuel Arias's Where There Was Fire

  • audiobook
  • adult fiction
  • magical realism
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • drama
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15. How We Named the Stars

By: Andrés N. Ordorica

4.04

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Set between the United States and México, Andrés N. Ordorica’s debut novel is a tender and lyrical … read more

Similar categories in Andrés N. Ordorica's How We Named the Stars book and John Manuel Arias's Where There Was Fire

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. Oye

By: Melissa Mogollon

3.68

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age comedy. A telenovela-worthy drama. A moving family saga. All in a phone call you wo… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Mogollon's Oye book and John Manuel Arias's Where There Was Fire

  • audiobook
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. Like Happiness

By: Ursula Villarreal-Moura

3.83

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A searing debut about the complexities of gender, power, and fame, told through the story of a youn… read more

Similar categories in Ursula Villarreal-Moura's Like Happiness book and John Manuel Arias's Where There Was Fire

  • audiobook
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. The Volcano Daughters

By: Gina María Balibrera

3.66

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A saucy, searingly original debut about two sisters raised in the shadow of El Salvador’s brutal di… read more

Similar categories in Gina María Balibrera's The Volcano Daughters book and John Manuel Arias's Where There Was Fire

  • adult fiction
  • magical realism
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. The Sons of El Rey

By: Alex Espinoza

3.90

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the American Book Award­–winning author comes a multi-generational epic spanning 1960s Mexico … read more

Similar categories in Alex Espinoza's The Sons of El Rey book and John Manuel Arias's Where There Was Fire

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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20. Malas

By: Marcela Fuentes

3.96

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

A story full of passion and revenge, following one family living on the Texas Mexico border and a c… read more

Similar categories in Marcela Fuentes's Malas book and John Manuel Arias's Where There Was Fire

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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21. Candelaria

By: Melissa Lozada-Oliva

3.85

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Your granddaughters are lost, Candelaria. Bianca, the brainy archaeologist, had to forfeit her life… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Lozada-Oliva's Candelaria book and John Manuel Arias's Where There Was Fire

  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook

17 Top contemporary books like Where There Was Fire by John Manuel Arias

Transform Your Habits

Wandering Stars

Tommy Orange

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Great Divide

Cristina Henríquez

3.70

Transform Your Habits

The Liberators

E.J. Koh

3.46

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21 best-selling fiction books like Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

Transform Your Habits

James

Percival Everett

4.54

Transform Your Habits

North Woods

Daniel Mason

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Wandering Stars

Tommy Orange

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Real Americans

Rachel Khong

4.04

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