18 must-read fiction books like Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto

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Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

By: Megan Kamalei Kakimoto

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From major new storytelling talent Megan Kamalei Kakimoto, a blazing, bodily, raucous journey throu…

If you liked the fiction plot in Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto , here is a list of 18 books like this:

1. The Book of Unknown Americans

By: Cristina Henríquez

3.17

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling, heartbreaking page-turner destined for breakout status: a novel that gives voice to mil… read more

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2. 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 Megan Kamalei Kakimoto's Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • indigenous
"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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3. Dearborn

By: Ghassan Zeineddine

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Spanning several decades, Ghassan Zeineddine’s debut collection examines the diverse range and comp… read more

Similar categories in Ghassan Zeineddine's Dearborn book and Megan Kamalei Kakimoto's Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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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 Megan Kamalei Kakimoto's Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • indigenous
"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. Under the Rainbow

By: Celia Laskey

3.73

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

When a group of social activists arrive in a small town, the lives and beliefs of residents and out… read more

Similar categories in Celia Laskey's Under the Rainbow book and Megan Kamalei Kakimoto's Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"It was a soft kiss that only lasted for about two seconds, but I felt something in my stomach rev, like an old car trying to start. I wanted to see what it would feel like for the engine to turn over."

-Celia Laskey, Under the Rainbow

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6. The Fetishist

By: Katherine Min

3.71

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this hilariously savage, poignant novel by acclaimed author Katherine Min, a grieving daughter’s… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Min's The Fetishist book and Megan Kamalei Kakimoto's Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

  • feminism
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. Your Utopia

By: Bora Chung

3.65

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

By the internationally acclaimed author of Cursed Bunny, in another thrilling translation from the … read more

Similar categories in Bora Chung's Your Utopia book and Megan Kamalei Kakimoto's Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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8. With Teeth

By: Kristen Arnett

3.49

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the New York Times-bestselling sensation Mostly Dead Things a surprising and mov… read more

Similar categories in Kristen Arnett's With Teeth book and Megan Kamalei Kakimoto's Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"She wasn't sure if ghosts were real, but she believed in magic. Wasn't motherhood a sleight of hand?"

-Kristen Arnett, With Teeth

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9. Land of Milk and Honey

By: C Pam Zhang

3.54

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold returns with a rapturous and revelatory… read more

Similar categories in C Pam Zhang's Land of Milk and Honey book and Megan Kamalei Kakimoto's Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
" Real food is whatever cooks are proud to make. "

-C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey

"We all die. We have only the choice, if we are privileged, of whether death comes with a whimper or a bang; of what worlds we taste before we go."

-C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey

"My employer was attuned to patterns of human behavior in which he could not take part; because he failed to be swept up in their currents, he could, from his remove, map the tides."

-C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey

"What sustains in the end are doomed romances, and nicotine, and crappy peanut butter, damn the additives and cholesterol because life is finite and not all nourishment can be measured."

-C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey

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10. Hula

By: Jasmin Iolani Hakes

3.96

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Set in Hilo, Hawai'i, a sweeping saga of tradition, culture, family, history, and connection that u… read more

Similar categories in Jasmin Iolani Hakes's Hula book and Megan Kamalei Kakimoto's Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • indigenous
"We used to grow taro, bananas, sweet potato. Now we grew headstones. The only remaining place where Hawaiians were still a majority was in the cemetery. We were a species on the brink of extinction."

-Jasmin Iolani Hakes, Hula

"In Hilo, we are the `āina. Its mist is our breath, its rain our tears, its waters our blood. Our veins run deep, our song louder than their noise. Roots too deep to extract. That’s the thing about hu…"

-Jasmin Iolani Hakes, Hula

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11. Green Frog: Stories

By: Gina Chung

4.14

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A short story collection that explores Korean American womanhood, bodies, animals, and transformati… read more

Similar categories in Gina Chung's Green Frog: Stories book and Megan Kamalei Kakimoto's Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

  • short stories
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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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 Megan Kamalei Kakimoto's Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

  • literary fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. Tauhou

By: Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall

4.03

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An inventive exploration of Indigenous families, womanhood, and alternate post-colonial realities b… read more

Similar categories in Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall's Tauhou book and Megan Kamalei Kakimoto's Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • indigenous
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • queer
"Each no-dig hāngi we make in the oven with cabbage leaves sutures a different part of me back together. Every time we collect and cook something together with love and joy makes up for every time I a…"

-Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall, Tauhou

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14. The Night Parade

By: Jami Nakamura Lin

4.28

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In the groundbreaking tradition of In the Dream House and The Collected Schizophrenias, a gorgeousl… read more

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15. Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil

By: Ananda Lima

3.52

Format: 181 pages, Hardcover

At a Halloween party in 1999, a writer slept with the devil. She sees him again and again throughou… read more

Similar categories in Ananda Lima's Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil book and Megan Kamalei Kakimoto's Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

  • literary fiction
  • magical realism
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
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16. Woke Up No Light

By: Leila Mottley

4.22

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, rousing debut book of poetry, full of life, from the former Youth Poet Laureate of Oakl… read more

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17. 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 Megan Kamalei Kakimoto's Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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18. They Fell Like Stars from the Sky & Other Stories

By: Sheikha Helawy

3.81

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

They Fell Like Stars from the Sky and Other Stories is a collection of eighteen short stories celeb… read more

Similar categories in Sheikha Helawy's They Fell Like Stars from the Sky & Other Stories book and Megan Kamalei Kakimoto's Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

  • literary fiction
  • feminism
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

By: Megan Kamalei Kakimoto

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From major new storytelling talent Megan Kamalei Kakimoto, a blazing, bodily, raucous journey throu… read more

Similar categories in Megan Kamalei Kakimoto's Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare book and Megan Kamalei Kakimoto's Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

  • literary fiction
  • magical realism
  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • indigenous
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • queer
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20. Women! In! Peril!

By: Jessie Ren Marshall

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In this brash and unputdownable collection, award-winning playwright Jessie Ren Marshall invites us… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Ren Marshall's Women! In! Peril! book and Megan Kamalei Kakimoto's Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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21. 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 Megan Kamalei Kakimoto's Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer

16 Top contemporary books like Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto

Transform Your Habits

Calling for a Blanket Dance

Oscar Hokeah

4.25

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Dearborn

Ghassan Zeineddine

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Wandering Stars

Tommy Orange

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Under the Rainbow

Celia Laskey

3.73

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19 must-read fiction books like Behind You Is the Sea by Susan Muaddi Darraj

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The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

Shubnum Khan

3.87

Transform Your Habits

James

Percival Everett

4.54

Transform Your Habits

Memory Piece

Lisa Ko

3.22

Transform Your Habits

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Tommy Orange

3.89

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