11 Top literary fiction books like The Sweetest Fruits by Monique Truong

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The Sweetest Fruits

By: Monique Truong

3.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"A sublime, many-voiced novel of voyage and reinvention" (Anthony Marra) "[Truong] imagines the ex…

If you liked the literary fiction plot in The Sweetest Fruits by Monique Truong , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. The Fourth Protocol

By: Frederick Forsyth

4.05

Format: 443 pages, Paperback

Professional thief Jim Rawlings breaks into the apartment of a senior civil servant, and unintentio… read more

Similar categories in Frederick Forsyth's The Fourth Protocol book and Monique Truong's The Sweetest Fruits

  • fiction
"It is the politicians who dream their dreams - sometimes dangerous dreams, (...). A top intelligence officer has to be harder-headed than the toughest businessman. One has to trim to the reality, (..…"

-Frederick Forsyth, The Fourth Protocol

Cover of Vanessa and Her Sister by Priya Parmar

2. Vanessa and Her Sister

By: Priya Parmar

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Paris Wifeand Loving Frankcomes a captivating novel that offers an intimate glimpse… read more

Similar categories in Priya Parmar's Vanessa and Her Sister book and Monique Truong's The Sweetest Fruits

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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3. What Belongs to You

By: Garth Greenwell

4.29

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

On an unseasonably warm autumn day, an American teacher enters a public bathroom beneath Sofia's Na… read more

Similar categories in Garth Greenwell's What Belongs to You book and Monique Truong's The Sweetest Fruits

  • literary fiction
  • fiction

4. Redemption Road

By: John Hart

4.44

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

Over 2 million copies of his books in print. The first and only author to win back-to-back Edgars f… read more

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5. 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 Monique Truong's The Sweetest Fruits

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"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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6. The Rabbit Hutch

By: Tess Gunty

3.52

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

Blandine isn't like the other residents of her building. An online obituary writer. A young moth… read more

Similar categories in Tess Gunty's The Rabbit Hutch book and Monique Truong's The Sweetest Fruits

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"On the opposite end of the sidewalk, a large woman in her sixties collapsed. Immediately, two people rushed to the woman's side, gingerly tending to her, touching her shoulders and face, speaking to …"

-Tess Gunty, The Rabbit Hutch

"· Las calles por las que caminas, el alimento que comes, el trabajo que haces, el medio de transporte que eliges, los productos de belleza que compras, los programas que ves, los enlaces en los que p…"

-Tess Gunty, The Rabbit Hutch

"Acaba de ponerse a llover. Estamos encantados de que se quede un rato más, si quiere. Milagroso. Joan recuerda que existen los perros, las tiendas de manualidades, los analgésicos, las bibliotecas pú…"

-Tess Gunty, The Rabbit Hutch

"—Estoy harta —dice Blandine— de la violencia contra las mujeres disfrazada de validación. —Lo siento —murmura James de manera automática, pero tiene el gesto de la mascota reprendida que no sabe qué …"

-Tess Gunty, The Rabbit Hutch

Cover of The Patron Saint of Second Chances by Christine Simon

7. The Patron Saint of Second Chances

By: Christine Simon

3.59

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The self-appointed mayor of a tiny Italian village is determined to save his hometown no matter the… read more

Similar categories in Christine Simon's The Patron Saint of Second Chances book and Monique Truong's The Sweetest Fruits

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
"I am just saying, no one can be here forever. And that is why it matters what you choose to do if God gives you the chance."

-Christine Simon, The Patron Saint of Second Chances

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8. 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 Monique Truong's The Sweetest Fruits

  • adult
  • fiction
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9. Who's Afraid of Gender?

By: Judith Butler

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politi… read more

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"Imagine if you were Jewish and someone tells you that you are not. Imagine if you are lesbian and someone laughs in your face and says you are confused since you are really heterosexual. Imagine if y…"

-Judith Butler, Who's Afraid of Gender?

Cover of What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough by Chidera Eggerue

10. What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough

By: Chidera Eggerue

3.77

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes it's not easy to find self-worth in a world that seems obsessed with telling us we're not… read more

Similar categories in Chidera Eggerue's What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough book and Monique Truong's The Sweetest Fruits

  • adult
"You are allowed to outgrow people, and people are allowed to outgrow you."

-Chidera Eggerue, What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough

"Anytime you find yourself in an environment that dilutes your self-esteem, picture four-year-old you and try your best to be her hero."

-Chidera Eggerue, What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough

"Boredom is the ideal breeding ground for bad decisions. A lot of regrettable scenarios can be avoided if you just buckle down, focus on your goals, and try not to give in to temporary temptations tha…"

-Chidera Eggerue, What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough

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11. Normal Women

By: Ainslie Hogarth

3.01

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In this darkly comic story about how we value female labor—and don’t—a new mother becomes embroiled… read more

Similar categories in Ainslie Hogarth's Normal Women book and Monique Truong's The Sweetest Fruits

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
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12. Walking Practice

By: Dolki Min

3.59

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Squid Game meets The Left Hand of Darkness meets Under the Skin in this radical literary sensation … read more

Similar categories in Dolki Min's Walking Practice book and Monique Truong's The Sweetest Fruits

  • adult
  • fiction
"I’ve invested close to ten years of my time figuring out what exactly their criteria are. My conclusion is that there are no such criteria."

-Dolki Min, Walking Practice

"Criteria are like glass. As long as they are respected and held without dropping them, they’ll stay solid and won’t break. I made myself complicit in humanity’s scam and adapted myself to the local e…"

-Dolki Min, Walking Practice

"Do I exist in the same physical space as other people? Can I really seek joy and pleasure together with them? Why does the path become narrower the further I walk down it? Why is every place I go to …"

-Dolki Min, Walking Practice

"He’s a real fucking dog. Ah, forgive me. I’ve accidentally lumped dogs in with the likes of him. I would like to give a sincere apology to all the dogs of Earth. I can almost hear their complaints no…"

-Dolki Min, Walking Practice

Cover of What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J. A. Chancy

13. What Storm, What Thunder

By: Myriam J. A. Chancy

3.98

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

At the end of a long, sweltering day, as markets and businesses begin to close for the evening, an … read more

Similar categories in Myriam J. A. Chancy's What Storm, What Thunder book and Monique Truong's The Sweetest Fruits

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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14. Bone China

By: Laura Purcell

3.65

Format: 433 pages, Hardcover

Consumption has ravaged Louise Pinecroft's family, leaving her and her father alone and heartbroken… read more

Similar categories in Laura Purcell's Bone China book and Monique Truong's The Sweetest Fruits

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein

By: Anne Eekhout

3.37

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A novel of innocence, young love, and gothic mystery that is a sapphic reimagining of Mary Shelley’… read more

Similar categories in Anne Eekhout's Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein book and Monique Truong's The Sweetest Fruits

  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. Three Fires

By: Denise Mina

3.73

Format: 141 pages, Kindle Edition

From the award-winning master of crime fiction, Denise Mina re-imagines the "Bonfire of the Vanitie… read more

Similar categories in Denise Mina's Three Fires book and Monique Truong's The Sweetest Fruits

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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17. Enter the Aardvark

By: Jessica Anthony

3.62

Format: 183 pages, Hardcover

A young congressman discovers a mysterious stuffed aardvark on his doorstep and sets out on a rip-r… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Anthony's Enter the Aardvark book and Monique Truong's The Sweetest Fruits

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"... explained to him how nature is not criminal. How common it was for certain African men on expedition to engage in what might be called "reciprocal sex." How it was common for these men to declare…"

-Jessica Anthony, Enter the Aardvark

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18. Vigil Harbor

By: Julia Glass

3.68

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the National Book Award winner, a symphonic communal novel about a small coastal town where cl… read more

Similar categories in Julia Glass's Vigil Harbor book and Monique Truong's The Sweetest Fruits

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of The Sweetest Fruits by Monique Truong

19. The Sweetest Fruits

By: Monique Truong

3.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"A sublime, many-voiced novel of voyage and reinvention" (Anthony Marra) "[Truong] imagines the ex… read more

Similar categories in Monique Truong's The Sweetest Fruits book and Monique Truong's The Sweetest Fruits

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • female authors
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • asian literature
  • adult
  • ireland
  • japan
Cover of When Brooklyn Was Queer by Hugh Ryan

20. When Brooklyn Was Queer

By: Hugh Ryan

4.31

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

The groundbreaking, never-before-told story of Brooklyn’s vibrant and forgotten queer history, from… read more

Similar categories in Hugh Ryan's When Brooklyn Was Queer book and Monique Truong's The Sweetest Fruits

  • historical
Cover of The Forgotten Botanist: Sara Plummer Lemmon's Life of Science and Art by Wynne Brown

21. The Forgotten Botanist: Sara Plummer Lemmon's Life of Science and Art

By: Wynne Brown

4.15

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

The Forgotten Botanist is the account of an extraordinary woman who, in 1870, was driven by ill hea… read more

Similar categories in Wynne Brown's The Forgotten Botanist: Sara Plummer Lemmon's Life of Science and Art book and Monique Truong's The Sweetest Fruits

16 must-read fiction books like The Sweetest Fruits by Monique Truong

Transform Your Habits

The Fourth Protocol

Frederick Forsyth

4.05

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Vanessa and Her Sister

Priya Parmar

3.69

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What Belongs to You

Garth Greenwell

4.29

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Let Us Descend

Jesmyn Ward

3.70

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17 Top audiobook books like Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler

Transform Your Habits

The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise

Olivia Laing

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

Naomi Klein

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar

Cynthia Carr

4.27

Transform Your Habits

I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

Lucy Sante

3.70

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