9 must-read novels books like Tropicália by Harold Rogers

Cover of Tropicália by Harold  Rogers

Tropicália

By: Harold Rogers

3.74

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In the heady days before a New Year’s Eve party on the bustling sands of Brazil’s Copacabana Beach,…

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Cover of Memory Piece by Lisa Ko

1. Memory Piece

By: Lisa Ko

3.22

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the early 1980s, Giselle Chin, Jackie Ong, and Ellen Ng are three teenagers drawn together by th… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Ko's Memory Piece book and Harold Rogers's Tropicália

  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"The physicality of making things, the performance, temporarily displaced how stuck she felt, in this particular body, family, town, time."

-Lisa Ko, Memory Piece

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2. 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 Harold Rogers's Tropicália

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • 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

Cover of Evil Eye by Etaf Rum

3. Evil Eye

By: Etaf Rum

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of A Woman Is No Man returns with a striking explor… read more

Similar categories in Etaf Rum's Evil Eye book and Harold Rogers's Tropicália

  • literary fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"(...) she shrugged to articulate her feelings, even to herself. Words diluted things, made them smaller."

-Etaf Rum, Evil Eye

"Her family had always been told to classify themselves as white because of their Middle Eastern origins. But Yara had never considered herself white or been viewed as white by anyone else, and markin…"

-Etaf Rum, Evil Eye

Cover of Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo

4. 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 Harold Rogers's Tropicália

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. Ghost Girl, Banana

By: Wiz Wharton

4.04

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Set between the last years of the "Chinese Windrush" in 1966 and Hong Kong's Handover to China in 1… read more

Similar categories in Wiz Wharton's Ghost Girl, Banana book and Harold Rogers's Tropicália

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. Victim

By: Andrew Boryga

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

There’s a fine line between bending the truth and telling bald-faced lies, and Javier Perez is will… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Boryga's Victim book and Harold Rogers's Tropicália

  • literary fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Harold Rogers's Tropicália

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Las Madres by Esmeralda Santiago

8. 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 Harold Rogers's Tropicália

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil by Ananda Lima

9. 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 Harold Rogers's Tropicália

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. King of the Armadillos

By: Wendy Chin-Tanner

3.89

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A transcendent debut novel about family, love, and belonging, set against the backdrops of 1950s Ne… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Chin-Tanner's King of the Armadillos book and Harold Rogers's Tropicália

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. The Lookback Window

By: Kyle Dillon Hertz

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A fearless debut novel of resilience, transcendence, and the elusive promise of justice. Growing… read more

Similar categories in Kyle Dillon Hertz's The Lookback Window book and Harold Rogers's Tropicália

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The great shame of your life is that you weren't raised Catholic," James said to me. "You've got suffering, but you don't have the aesthetic."

-Kyle Dillon Hertz, The Lookback Window

"Some people talk about their PTSD as if it's a badge of honor, and I roll my fucking eyes. I'm not trying to be the PDST-esy of them all. I ignored it for a really long time. I overdosed at seventeen…"

-Kyle Dillon Hertz, The Lookback Window

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12. 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 Harold Rogers's Tropicália

  • audiobook
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Oye by Melissa Mogollon

13. 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 Harold Rogers's Tropicália

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto

14. 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 Harold Rogers's Tropicália

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. Speech Team

By: Tim Murphy

3.68

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive, witty, and moving novel starring four precocious Gen X teens–turned–twenty-first-cent… read more

Similar categories in Tim Murphy's Speech Team book and Harold Rogers's Tropicália

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Dona Cleanwell Leaves Home: Stories by Ana Castillo

16. Dona Cleanwell Leaves Home: Stories

By: Ana Castillo

3.72

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

 “Ana Castillo is an American treasure. Fearless, compassionate, and flat-out brilliant—she is the … read more

Similar categories in Ana Castillo's Dona Cleanwell Leaves Home: Stories book and Harold Rogers's Tropicália

  • fiction
Cover of See: Loss. See Also: Love. by Yukiko Tominaga

17. See: Loss. See Also: Love.

By: Yukiko Tominaga

3.64

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A tender, slyly comical, and shamelessly honest debut novel following a Japanese widow raising her … read more

Similar categories in Yukiko Tominaga's See: Loss. See Also: Love. book and Harold Rogers's Tropicália

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. 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 Harold Rogers's Tropicália

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Making of Yolanda la Bruja by Lorraine Avila

19. The Making of Yolanda la Bruja

By: Lorraine Avila

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Yolanda Alvarez is having a good year. She’s starting to feel at home Julia De Burgos High, her sch… read more

Similar categories in Lorraine Avila's The Making of Yolanda la Bruja book and Harold Rogers's Tropicália

  • audiobook
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Mamá Teté has a saying: “Al que no le gusta el caldo, que le den dos tazas."

-Lorraine Avila, The Making of Yolanda la Bruja

"I wish I would’ve never internalized the need to put the needs of others over my own."

-Lorraine Avila, The Making of Yolanda la Bruja

"Mamá Teté comes to my mind: “Our powers exist so we can preserve our power and take back and protect what is ours."

-Lorraine Avila, The Making of Yolanda la Bruja

"Right above the mirror is the Julia De Burgos quote I’ve learned to love: “Don’t let the hand you hold, hold you down."

-Lorraine Avila, The Making of Yolanda la Bruja

Cover of Tropicália by Harold  Rogers

20. Tropicália

By: Harold Rogers

3.74

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In the heady days before a New Year’s Eve party on the bustling sands of Brazil’s Copacabana Beach,… read more

Similar categories in Harold Rogers's Tropicália book and Harold Rogers's Tropicália

  • cultural
  • literary fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • brazil
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Linh Ly is Doing Just Fine by Thao  Votang

21. Linh Ly is Doing Just Fine

By: Thao Votang

3.53

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Told with deadpan humor and brutal honesty, this debut novel follows Vietnamese-American Linh Ly’s … read more

Similar categories in Thao Votang's Linh Ly is Doing Just Fine book and Harold Rogers's Tropicália

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook

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Lisa Ko

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Cristina Henríquez

3.70

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3.95

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Family Lore

Elizabeth Acevedo

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Shubnum Khan

3.87

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Percival Everett

4.54

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Tommy Orange

3.89

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