11 Top contemporary books like After the Hurricane by Leah Franqui

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After the Hurricane

By: Leah Franqui

3.50

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

Reminiscent of Gabriela Garcia's Of Women and Salt, Leah Franqui brings us an engrossing, deeply pe…

If you liked the contemporary plot in After the Hurricane by Leah Franqui , here is a list of 11 books like this:

1. Lotería

By: Mario Alberto Zambrano

4.23

Format: 11 pages, Hardcover

A young girl tells the story of her family's tragic demise using a deck of cards of the eponymous M… read more

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2. Conquistadora

By: Esmeralda Santiago

2.56

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

An epic novel of love, discovery, and adventure by the author of the best-selling memoir When I Was… read more

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3. Bodega Dreams

By: Ernesto Quiñonez

2.00

Format: 28 pages, Paperback

"A new and authentic voice of the urban Latino experience." --Esmeralda Santiago, author of When I … read more

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4. Commitment

By: Mona Simpson

3.62

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A masterful and engrossing novel about a single mother's collapse and the fate of her family after … read more

Similar categories in Mona Simpson's Commitment book and Leah Franqui's After the Hurricane

  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
"He respected architecture less than he once had. Some buildings were true art. A few more worked like machines for living. But when he looked at most new buildings, what he saw was ego. So many peopl…"

-Mona Simpson, Commitment

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5. Banyan Moon

By: Thao Thai

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When Ann Tran gets the call that her fiercely beloved grandmother, Minh, has passed away, her life … read more

Similar categories in Thao Thai's Banyan Moon book and Leah Franqui's After the Hurricane

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Through her, I understood that another mother's horror could touch us in the darkest of places, even a world away."

-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon

"Grief is a lake of perilously thin ice. You never know when you'll fall through it, or when you will fight your way back to the surface."

-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon

"My morning swims have centered me and calmed the storm inside my mind. In the water, my memories lose their sharp edges, like river stones forced smooth."

-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon

"I wonder if you can inherit evil.' 'Maybe. Or maybe it's not something you inherit, but something that runs through you, another person's trauma, their violence. It sits below the skin until you name…"

-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon

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6. A Council of Dolls

By: Mona Susan Power

4.04

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited, profoundly moving, and unforgettable new novel from PEN Award–winning Native Amer… read more

Similar categories in Mona Susan Power's A Council of Dolls book and Leah Franqui's After the Hurricane

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Shame invades one's thoughts like a parasite, twists them like wet laundry until all sense is wrung out."

-Mona Susan Power, A Council of Dolls

"When Winona whispered her memories to me in later years, she said that Whitestone Hill was the day the world ended. I never asked what she meant, how the world could be gone when the sun was still in…"

-Mona Susan Power, A Council of Dolls

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7. Carmen and Grace

By: Melissa Coss Aquino

3.90

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An emotionally riveting coming-of-age drama, the story of two cousins lured into the underground dr… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Coss Aquino's Carmen and Grace book and Leah Franqui's After the Hurricane

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
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8. Navigating Autism: 9 Mindsets For Helping Kids on the Spectrum

By: Temple Grandin

4.11

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Empowering strategies for anyone who works with children and teens on the spectrum. International b… read more

Similar categories in Temple Grandin's Navigating Autism: 9 Mindsets For Helping Kids on the Spectrum book and Leah Franqui's After the Hurricane

  • audiobook
  • mental health
"A common source of disappointment and frustration for parents is the letdown that happens soon after diagnosis. Parents seek diagnostic evaluations both to better understand their child and also to h…"

-Temple Grandin, Navigating Autism: 9 Mindsets For Helping Kids on the Spectrum

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9. The Taste of Sugar

By: Marisel Vera

3.89

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

Marisel Vera emerges as a major voice of contemporary fiction with a heart- wrenching novel set in … read more

Similar categories in Marisel Vera's The Taste of Sugar book and Leah Franqui's After the Hurricane

  • adult fiction
  • novels
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. House Woman

By: Adorah Nworah

3.34

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

When Ikemefuna is put on a plane from Lagos to Texas, she anticipates her newly arranged All-Americ… read more

Similar categories in Adorah Nworah's House Woman book and Leah Franqui's After the Hurricane

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. My Name Is Iris

By: Brando Skyhorse

3.37

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

Brando Skyhorse, the PEN/Hemingway Award—winning author of The Madonnas of Echo Park, returns with … read more

Similar categories in Brando Skyhorse's My Name Is Iris book and Leah Franqui's After the Hurricane

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky

By: Emma Hooper

3.62

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An epic, boundary-pushing tale of five young women rapt in rebellion against an era that relies on … read more

Similar categories in Emma Hooper's We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky book and Leah Franqui's After the Hurricane

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. The Evening Hero

By: Marie Myung-Ok Lee

3.82

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping, lyrical novel following a Korean immigrant pursuing the American dream who must confron… read more

Similar categories in Marie Myung-Ok Lee's The Evening Hero book and Leah Franqui's After the Hurricane

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
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14. The Displacements

By: Bruce Holsinger

3.97

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

To all appearances, the Larsen-Hall family has everything: healthy children, a stable marriage, a l… read more

Similar categories in Bruce Holsinger's The Displacements book and Leah Franqui's After the Hurricane

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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15. Long After We Are Gone

By: Terah Shelton Harris

3.88

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

An explosive and emotional story of four siblings—each fighting their own personal battle—who retur… read more

Similar categories in Terah Shelton Harris's Long After We Are Gone book and Leah Franqui's After the Hurricane

  • audiobook
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. The Girls in Queens

By: Christine Kandic Torres

3.69

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A writer brimming with talent makes her exciting literary debut with a tale of two Latinx women com… read more

Similar categories in Christine Kandic Torres's The Girls in Queens book and Leah Franqui's After the Hurricane

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. Mademoiselle Revolution

By: Zoe Sivak

3.54

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, engrossing story of a biracial heiress who escapes to Paris when the Haitian Revolution… read more

Similar categories in Zoe Sivak's Mademoiselle Revolution book and Leah Franqui's After the Hurricane

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
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18. Little Pieces of Me

By: Alison Hammer

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Following her acclaimed debut novel, You and Me and Us, Alison Hammer offers a deeply moving story … read more

Similar categories in Alison Hammer's Little Pieces of Me book and Leah Franqui's After the Hurricane

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The only blank pages in your life story are the ones yet to be written." ~Helen, chptr 44"

-Alison Hammer, Little Pieces of Me

"She can't help. No one can. I rest my head in my hands and let the flood of hot angry tears fall. I can't even begin to wrap my head around the enormity of it all. She lied to me, probably lied to my…"

-Alison Hammer, Little Pieces of Me

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19. Confessions of the Other Sister

By: Beth Harbison

3.40

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Beth Harbison, New York Times bestselling author of The Cookbook Club,  has written her strongest … read more

Similar categories in Beth Harbison's Confessions of the Other Sister book and Leah Franqui's After the Hurricane

  • audiobook
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. After the Hurricane

By: Leah Franqui

3.50

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

Reminiscent of Gabriela Garcia's Of Women and Salt, Leah Franqui brings us an engrossing, deeply pe… read more

Similar categories in Leah Franqui's After the Hurricane book and Leah Franqui's After the Hurricane

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. A Touch of Moonlight

By: Yaffa S. Santos

3.36

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the author of A Taste of Sage comes another charming and engrossing novel in which a young wom… read more

Similar categories in Yaffa S. Santos's A Touch of Moonlight book and Leah Franqui's After the Hurricane

  • fiction
  • audiobook

17 Top fiction books like After the Hurricane by Leah Franqui

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Commitment

Mona Simpson

3.62

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Banyan Moon

Thao Thai

3.92

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A Council of Dolls

Mona Susan Power

4.04

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Carmen and Grace

Melissa Coss Aquino

3.90

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10 must-read adult fiction books like The Taste of Sugar by Marisel Vera

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The Great Divide

Cristina Henríquez

3.70

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Olga Dies Dreaming

Xóchitl González

3.98

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Pleasantview

Celeste Mohammed

4.28

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Familia

Lauren E. Rico

4.10

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