11 Top fantasy books like Candelaria by Melissa Lozada-Oliva

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Candelaria

By: Melissa Lozada-Oliva

3.85

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Your granddaughters are lost, Candelaria. Bianca, the brainy archaeologist, had to forfeit her life…

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Cover of Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

1. Monstrilio

By: Gerardo Sámano Córdova

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A literary horror debut about a boy who transforms into a monster, a monster who tries to be a man,… read more

Similar categories in Gerardo Sámano Córdova's Monstrilio book and Melissa Lozada-Oliva's Candelaria

  • literary fiction
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The world was scary. Worse, I was scary in it."

-Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Monstrilio

"I wanted him to snap, to finally and absolutely lose it. To break. He was withering. To wither is not the same as to break; to break is to have pieces to put back together, and to wither is to dry up…"

-Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Monstrilio

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2. Creep: Accusations and Confessions

By: Myriam Gurba

4.37

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

A ruthless and razor-sharp essay collection that tackles the pervasive, creeping oppression and tox… read more

Similar categories in Myriam Gurba's Creep: Accusations and Confessions book and Melissa Lozada-Oliva's Candelaria

  • adult
  • audiobook
"Embedded within these systems of family, friendship, and community, these creepy men may appear harmless, their evil obscured by a benign collective presence, a fog of sorts. This softness swaddles a…"

-Myriam Gurba, Creep: Accusations and Confessions

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3. City of Laughter

By: Temim Fruchter

3.78

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A rich and riveting debut spanning four generations of Eastern European Jewish women bound by blood… read more

Similar categories in Temim Fruchter's City of Laughter book and Melissa Lozada-Oliva's Candelaria

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. Martyr!

By: Kaveh Akbar

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves… read more

Similar categories in Kaveh Akbar's Martyr! book and Melissa Lozada-Oliva's Candelaria

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Melissa Lozada-Oliva's Candelaria

  • literary fiction
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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6. Chicano Frankenstein

By: Daniel A. Olivas

3.61

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

A modern retelling of the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley classic that addresses issues of belonging an… read more

Similar categories in Daniel A. Olivas's Chicano Frankenstein book and Melissa Lozada-Oliva's Candelaria

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • horror
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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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 Melissa Lozada-Oliva's Candelaria

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
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8. You Dreamed of Empires

By: Álvaro Enrigue

3.85

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From a visionary Mexican author, a hallucinatory, revelatory, colonial revenge story that reimagine… read more

Similar categories in Álvaro Enrigue's You Dreamed of Empires book and Melissa Lozada-Oliva's Candelaria

  • literary fiction
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • novels
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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9. The Book of Love

By: Kelly Link

3.50

Format: 628 pages, Hardcover

The Book of Love showcases Kelly Link at the height of her powers, channeling potent magic and attu… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Link's The Book of Love book and Melissa Lozada-Oliva's Candelaria

  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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10. Thirst

By: Marina Yuszczuk

3.58

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Across two different time periods, two women confront fear, loneliness, mortality, and a haunting y… read more

Similar categories in Marina Yuszczuk's Thirst book and Melissa Lozada-Oliva's Candelaria

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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11. Organ Meats

By: K-Ming Chang

3.35

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Two girls are bound by red string and canine heritage in this vivid tale about female companionship… read more

Similar categories in K-Ming Chang's Organ Meats book and Melissa Lozada-Oliva's Candelaria

  • literary fiction
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
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12. Anita de Monte Laughs Last

By: Xóchitl González

3.82

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a mesmerizing novel about a first-gener… read more

Similar categories in Xóchitl González's Anita de Monte Laughs Last book and Melissa Lozada-Oliva's Candelaria

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"we're all just here trying to get you to see your own light because it's strong enough to guide you."

-Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last

"You fall for someone, you get so into them your whole world shrinks, and suddenly barely have a life besides them."

-Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last

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13. Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind

By: Molly McGhee

3.50

Format: 304 pages, None

Jonathan Abernathy is drowning in debt. If he can appear to be competent at his new job, he might h… read more

Similar categories in Molly McGhee's Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind book and Melissa Lozada-Oliva's Candelaria

  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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14. 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 Melissa Lozada-Oliva's Candelaria

  • literary fiction
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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15. 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 Melissa Lozada-Oliva's Candelaria

  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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16. Like Happiness

By: Ursula Villarreal-Moura

3.83

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A searing debut about the complexities of gender, power, and fame, told through the story of a youn… read more

Similar categories in Ursula Villarreal-Moura's Like Happiness book and Melissa Lozada-Oliva's Candelaria

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. Mouth: Stories

By: Puloma Ghosh

4.05

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

BESTIARY MEETS THE DANGERS OF SMOKING IN BED IN THIS COLLECTION OF 11 EERIE, UNCANNY, AND SURREAL S… read more

Similar categories in Puloma Ghosh's Mouth: Stories book and Melissa Lozada-Oliva's Candelaria

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
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18. Whoever You Are, Honey

By: Olivia Gatwood

3.74

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This darkly brilliant debut novel explores how women build themselves—beneath the gaze of love, fri… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Gatwood's Whoever You Are, Honey book and Melissa Lozada-Oliva's Candelaria

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
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19. 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 Melissa Lozada-Oliva's Candelaria

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. 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 Melissa Lozada-Oliva's Candelaria

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Candelaria by Melissa Lozada-Oliva

21. Candelaria

By: Melissa Lozada-Oliva

3.85

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Your granddaughters are lost, Candelaria. Bianca, the brainy archaeologist, had to forfeit her life… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Lozada-Oliva's Candelaria book and Melissa Lozada-Oliva's Candelaria

  • literary fiction
  • magical realism
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

20 Top fiction books like Candelaria by Melissa Lozada-Oliva

Transform Your Habits

Monstrilio

Gerardo Sámano Córdova

4.14

Transform Your Habits

City of Laughter

Temim Fruchter

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Family Lore

Elizabeth Acevedo

3.53

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18 best-selling fiction books like City of Laughter by Temim Fruchter

Transform Your Habits

Exhibit

R.O. Kwon

3.24

Transform Your Habits

City of Laughter

Temim Fruchter

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Worry

Alexandra Tanner

3.36

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Memory Piece

Lisa Ko

3.22

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