9 best-selling queer books like A Country for Dying by Abdellah Taïa

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A Country for Dying

By: Abdellah Taïa

3.66

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

An exquisite novel of North Africans in Paris by "one of the most original and necessary voices in …

If you liked the queer plot in A Country for Dying by Abdellah Taïa , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Trailer Trash

By: Marie Sexton

3.76

Format: 168 pages, ebook

It's 1986, and what should have been the greatest summer of Nate Bradford's life goes sour when his… read more

Similar categories in Marie Sexton's Trailer Trash book and Abdellah Taïa's A Country for Dying

  • contemporary
  • lgbt
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2. O amor dos homens avulsos

By: Victor Heringer

4.00

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

No calor de um suburbio carioca, um garoto cresce em meio a partidas de futebol, conversas sobre te… read more

Similar categories in Victor Heringer's O amor dos homens avulsos book and Abdellah Taïa's A Country for Dying

  • contemporary
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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3. Guapa

By: Saleem Haddad

4.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

A debut novel that tells the story of Rasa, a young gay man coming of age in the Middle East Set ov… read more

Similar categories in Saleem Haddad's Guapa book and Abdellah Taïa's A Country for Dying

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • queer
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4. L'altra figlia

By: Annie Ernaux , Lorenzo Flabbi

3.95

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

In un’assolata domenica d’estate una bambina ascolta per caso una conversazione della madre, e la s… read more

Similar categories in Annie Ernaux's L'altra figlia book and Abdellah Taïa's A Country for Dying

  • france

5. Into the War

By: Italo Calvino , None

2.86

Format: 442 pages, Paperback

These three stories, set during the summer of 1940, draw on Italo Calvino's memories of his own ado… read more

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6. El vampiro de la colonia Roma

By: Luis Zapata

4.18

Format: 368 pages,

La hipotetica presencia de una grabadora, de un interlocutor (o de un "lector") sirve de pauta a un… read more

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7. La mala costumbre

By: Alana S. Portero

4.55

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

Narrada desde una singular y desgarradora voz en primera persona, La mala costumbre recorre la adol… read more

Similar categories in Alana S. Portero's La mala costumbre book and Abdellah Taïa's A Country for Dying

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Cuando reímos con ganas no tenemos edad, lo hacemos igual durante toda nuestra vida y puede adivinarse en nuestra mueca la niña que fuimos o la anciana que seremos."

-Alana S. Portero, La mala costumbre

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8. Bajar es lo peor

By: Mariana Enríquez

3.67

Format: 273 pages, Paperback

Bajar es lo peor, la primera novela de Mariana Enriquez, publicada en 1995, de reciente reaparición… read more

Similar categories in Mariana Enríquez's Bajar es lo peor book and Abdellah Taïa's A Country for Dying

  • contemporary
  • novels
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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9. Monique s'évade

By: Édouard Louis

4.20

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

Une nuit, j’ai reçu un appel de ma mère. Elle pleurait. Elle me disait au téléphone que l’homme ave… read more

Similar categories in Édouard Louis's Monique s'évade book and Abdellah Taïa's A Country for Dying

  • france
  • fiction
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10. A Morte É Um Dia Que Vale a Pena Viver

By: Ana Cláudia Quintana Arantes

4.22

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Um livro que propõe um novo olhar para a vida. A morte é talvez o maior medo de boa parte das pesso… read more

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11. As Pequenas Chances

By: Natalia Timerman

3.86

Format: 211 pages, Paperback

Enquanto aguarda um voo, Natalia encontra o médico de cuidados paliativos que atendeu seu pai Artur… read more

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12. Sex and Lies

By: Leïla Slimani

3.96

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The first work of non-fiction in English from the prize-winning and internationally bestselling aut… read more

Similar categories in Leïla Slimani's Sex and Lies book and Abdellah Taïa's A Country for Dying

  • morocco
  • africa
  • france
  • contemporary
"Devenir une femme est un parcours semé d'humiliations. Face à la police, face à la justice comme dans l'espace public, être une femme est un inconvénient. Comme l'écrivait le romancier turc Livaneli …"

-Leïla Slimani, Sex and Lies

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13. Blessings

By: Chukwuebuka Ibeh

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Moonlight meets Purple Hibiscus in this gay coming-of-age novel from an astonishing young talent, s… read more

Similar categories in Chukwuebuka Ibeh's Blessings book and Abdellah Taïa's A Country for Dying

  • africa
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • queer
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14. God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories

By: Arinze Ifeakandu

4.09

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In nine exhilarating stories of queer love in contemporary Nigeria, God’s Children Are Little Broke… read more

Similar categories in Arinze Ifeakandu's God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories book and Abdellah Taïa's A Country for Dying

  • africa
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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15. De purs hommes

By: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

4.13

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

Tout part d'une vidéo virale, au Sénégal. On y voit comment le cadavre d'un homme est déterré, puis… read more

Similar categories in Mohamed Mbougar Sarr's De purs hommes book and Abdellah Taïa's A Country for Dying

  • africa
  • lgbt
  • france
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • queer
Cover of Estuve aquí y me acordé de nosotros: Una historia sobre turismo, trabajo y clase by Anna Pacheco

16. Estuve aquí y me acordé de nosotros: Una historia sobre turismo, trabajo y clase

By: Anna Pacheco

4.14

Format: 141 pages, Paperback

Una brillante radiografía de las dinámicas laborales en el sector del turismo. El turismo ha cam… read more

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17. Furia

By: Clyo Mendoza

4.07

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

En un desierto salpicado de poblados asolados por la guerra, dos desertores de bandos opuestos desc… read more

Similar categories in Clyo Mendoza's Furia book and Abdellah Taïa's A Country for Dying

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • queer
"Il mercante finì il racconto con una battuta che non c'entrava nulla. Ridendo tra sé disse: è da pazzi credere che il Diavolo vesta sempre in modo elegante."

-Clyo Mendoza, Furia

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18. El Power Ranger rosa

By: Christo Casas

4.45

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Un joven español da tumbos por Berlín. En su teléfono conviven apps para buscar piso, trabajo y sex… read more

Similar categories in Christo Casas's El Power Ranger rosa book and Abdellah Taïa's A Country for Dying

  • contemporary
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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19. A Country for Dying

By: Abdellah Taïa

3.66

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

An exquisite novel of North Africans in Paris by "one of the most original and necessary voices in … read more

Similar categories in Abdellah Taïa's A Country for Dying book and Abdellah Taïa's A Country for Dying

  • morocco
  • africa
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • france
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • queer
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20. La tercera clase

By: Pablo Gutiérrez

4.10

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Una leyenda caería en el tipismo del narco y el agente de aduanas, narco rebelde que se juega la vi… read more

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21. Virus

By: Linda Stupart

4.23

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

Virus is a heady brew of feminist critique of the art world and extreme body horror. It is a homage… read more

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11 Best fiction books like A Country for Dying by Abdellah Taïa

Transform Your Habits

O amor dos homens avulsos

Victor Heringer

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Guapa

Saleem Haddad

4.30

Transform Your Habits

La mala costumbre

Alana S. Portero

4.55

Transform Your Habits

Bajar es lo peor

Mariana Enríquez

3.67

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20 Best fiction books like Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

Transform Your Habits

Born on a Tuesday

Elnathan John

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Henry Henry

Allen Bratton

3.65

Transform Your Habits

Evenings and Weekends

Oisín McKenna

3.96

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Blessings

Chukwuebuka Ibeh

4.20

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