9 must-read lgbt books like The Sons of El Rey by Alex Espinoza

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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 …

If you liked the lgbt plot in The Sons of El Rey by Alex Espinoza , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Fire Exit

By: Morgan Talty

3.79

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

The blood that came out of me was blood that ran through her veins. It’s strange: all blood looks t… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Talty's Fire Exit book and Alex Espinoza's The Sons of El Rey

  • literary fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"...what's more sacred than laughter at the dinner table?"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"That's my life, though--not knowing, but wishing. [Charles Lamosway]"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"We are made of stories, and if we don't know them--the ones that make us--how can we ever be fully realized? How can we ever be who we really are?"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"...I was thinking and thinking about how, in just the past year, I had just started to know her, but then I began to unknow her, getting farther and farther away like watching a boat drift from the s…"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

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2. Kittentits

By: Holly Wilson

3.19

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A feral, heart-busting, absurdist debut about Molly, a rambunctious and bawdy ten-year-old searchin… read more

Similar categories in Holly Wilson's Kittentits book and Alex Espinoza's The Sons of El Rey

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees

By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders, a lyrical book of short essays abou… read more

Similar categories in Aimee Nezhukumatathil's Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees book and Alex Espinoza's The Sons of El Rey

  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. 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 Alex Espinoza's The Sons of El Rey

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Alex Espinoza's The Sons of El Rey

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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6. 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 Alex Espinoza's The Sons of El Rey

  • audiobook
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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7. Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

By: Emily Raboteau

4.15

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author and critic Emily Raboteau uses the lens of motherhood to craft a powerfully mo… read more

Similar categories in Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse" book and Alex Espinoza's The Sons of El Rey

  • audiobook
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8. Housemates

By: Emma Copley Eisenberg

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Two young housemates embark on a road trip to discover themselves in a fractured America in this sp… read more

Similar categories in Emma Copley Eisenberg's Housemates book and Alex Espinoza's The Sons of El Rey

  • audiobook
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
"Teaching? When it’s good? A marvel. A fucking miracle. They live, and then they turn to you to tell you about it."

-Emma Copley Eisenberg, Housemates

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9. Four Squares

By: Bobby Finger

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved author of The Old Place comes a tender, funny, and fresh novel spanning the 1990s … read more

Similar categories in Bobby Finger's Four Squares book and Alex Espinoza's The Sons of El Rey

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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10. House of Bone and Rain

By: Gabino Iglesias

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In the latest from Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of THE DEVIL TAKES YOU HOME… read more

Similar categories in Gabino Iglesias's House of Bone and Rain book and Alex Espinoza's The Sons of El Rey

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Alex Espinoza's The Sons of El Rey

  • audiobook
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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12. Cuckoo

By: Gretchen Felker-Martin

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Cuckoo is a searing new novel from Manhunt author Gretchen Felker-Martin, where a motley crew of ki… read more

Similar categories in Gretchen Felker-Martin's Cuckoo book and Alex Espinoza's The Sons of El Rey

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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13. 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 Alex Espinoza's The Sons of El Rey

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Catalina

By: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

3.65

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulne… read more

Similar categories in Karla Cornejo Villavicencio's Catalina book and Alex Espinoza's The Sons of El Rey

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. Little Rot

By: Akwaeke Emezi

3.67

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new novel from the bestselling, award-winning Akwaeke Emezi, about five friends trying … read more

Similar categories in Akwaeke Emezi's Little Rot book and Alex Espinoza's The Sons of El Rey

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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16. The Future Was Color

By: Patrick Nathan

3.74

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling novel about making art, desire, and the inextricable link between the personal and the p… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Nathan's The Future Was Color book and Alex Espinoza's The Sons of El Rey

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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17. Hombrecito

By: Santiago Jose Sanchez

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A novel by a brilliant new voice, Hombrecito is a queer coming-of-age story about a young immigrant… read more

Similar categories in Santiago Jose Sanchez's Hombrecito book and Alex Espinoza's The Sons of El Rey

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of The Rich People Have Gone Away by Regina Porter

18. The Rich People Have Gone Away

By: Regina Porter

3.57

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Brooklyn, 2020. Theo Harper and his pregnant wife Darla head upstate to their summer cottage to wai… read more

Similar categories in Regina Porter's The Rich People Have Gone Away book and Alex Espinoza's The Sons of El Rey

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

19. The Seventh Veil of Salome

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A young woman wins the role of a lifetime in a film about a legendary heroine — but the real drama … read more

Similar categories in Silvia Moreno-Garcia's The Seventh Veil of Salome book and Alex Espinoza's The Sons of El Rey

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. The Rent Collectors: Exploitation, Murder, and Redemption in Immigrant LA

By: Jesse Katz

4.37

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

TATTOOS ON THE HEART meets GHETTOSIDE in this gripping true story about a botched gang murder set i… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Katz's The Rent Collectors: Exploitation, Murder, and Redemption in Immigrant LA book and Alex Espinoza's The Sons of El Rey

  • audiobook
Cover of Tías and Primas: On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez

21. Tías and Primas: On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us

By: Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez

4.41

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the author of For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts, a celebration of the women a… read more

Similar categories in Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez's Tías and Primas: On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us book and Alex Espinoza's The Sons of El Rey

  • queer

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Holly Wilson

3.19

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3.52

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R.O. Kwon

3.24

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