13 best-selling fiction books like Dreams of the Centaur: A Novel by Montserrat Fontes

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Dreams of the Centaur: A Novel

By: Montserrat Fontes

4.09

Format: 349 pages, Paperback

Dreams of the Centaur brings to light for the first time in fiction the tragic enslavement of the Y…

If you liked the fiction plot in Dreams of the Centaur: A Novel by Montserrat Fontes , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Between the World and Me

By: Ta-Nehisi Coates

4.40

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

“This is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live wi… read more

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"Soft or hard, love was an act of heroism."

-Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me

"My work is to give you what I know of my own particular path while allowing you to walk your own."

-Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me

"I would not have you descend into your own dream. I would have you be a conscious citizen of this terrible and beautiful world."

-Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me

"You are growing into consciousness, and my wish for you is that you feel no need to constrict yourself to make other people comfortable."

-Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me

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2. The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad, #2)

By: Tana French

4.06

Format: 466 pages, Paperback

Still traumatised by her brush with a psychopath, Detective Cassie Maddox transfers out of the Murd… read more

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  • fiction
"And then there’s its hair,"

-Tana French, The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad, #2)

"Time works so hard for us, if only we can let it."

-Tana French, The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad, #2)

"I loved him, you know,' she said. 'I would have loved him as hard as he'd let me, for the rest of my life."

-Tana French, The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad, #2)

"We’ve become a nation of defaulters: we buy on credit, and when the bill comes in, we’re so deeply outraged that we refuse even to look at it."

-Tana French, The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad, #2)

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3. Tortilla Flat

By: John Steinbeck

3.72

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"Steinbeck is an artist; and he tells the stories of these lovable thieves and adulterers with a ge… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. The House on Mango Street

By: Sandra Cisneros

3.31

Format: None pages,

Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schoo… read more

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  • fiction
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5. Being Peace (Being Peace, #1)

By: Thich Nhat Hanh , Arnold Kotler

3.66

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

Since its publication in 1987, "Being Peace" has become a classic of contemporary religious literat… read more

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6. The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)

By: Mary Doria Russell

3.77

Format: None pages,

In 2019, humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto Rico… read more

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  • fiction
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7. Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)

By: Michael Connelly

3.54

Format: None pages, Paperback

The vision has haunted him for four years--a young woman lying crumpled in death, her hand outstret… read more

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  • fiction

8. Zoli

By: Colum McCann

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A unique love story, a tale of loss, a parable of Europe, this haunting novel is an examination of … read more

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9. The Things They Carried

By: Tim O'Brien

4.10

Format: None pages,

They carried malaria tablets, love letters, 28-pound mine detectors, dope, illustrated bibles, each… read more

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10. Bel Canto

By: Ann Patchett

4.40

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

In an unnamed South American country, a world-renowned soprano sings at a birthday party in honor o… read more

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11. James

By: Percival Everett

4.54

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. Haven

By: Emma Donoghue

3.42

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the s… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Fog makes an island of every man."

-Emma Donoghue, Haven

"To travel is to turn the pages of the great book of life."

-Emma Donoghue, Haven

"Cormac’s distracted by a slopping sound under the slats. He keeps talking to soothe his nerves. ‘Here’s a saying I’ve heard but don’t understand: Never turn your back on the ocean.’ ‘Even on a calm d…"

-Emma Donoghue, Haven

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13. The Night Watchman

By: Louise Erdrich

4.10

Format: 464 pages, ebook

Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich’s grandfather … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"But every so often the government remembered about Indians and when they did they always tried to solve Indians, thought Thomas. They solve us by getting rid of us. And do they tell us when they plan…"

-Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman

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14. The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket

By: Benjamin Lorr

3.95

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

This book is an investigation into the human lives at the heart of the American grocery store. What… read more

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15. Crossroads

By: Jonathan Franzen

4.06

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

Jonathan Franzen's gift for wedding depth and vividness of character with breadth of social vision … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"She seemed more pitiable than murderable."

-Jonathan Franzen, Crossroads

"I’m the fat little humiliation he’s married to."

-Jonathan Franzen, Crossroads

"How like a mental illness a nation’s economy was!"

-Jonathan Franzen, Crossroads

"I think badness is the fundamental condition of humanity."

-Jonathan Franzen, Crossroads

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16. Cloud Cuckoo Land

By: Anthony Doerr

4.26

Format: 626 pages, Hardcover

When everything is lost, it’s our stories that survive. How do we weather the end of things? Clo… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. Sleepwalk

By: Dan Chaon

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A high speed and darkly comic road trip through a near future America with a big hearted mercenary,… read more

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  • fiction
"There's a rare few that are able to drift through life without being owned by someone."

-Dan Chaon, Sleepwalk

"It was disconcerting to live in a time in which accepting reality required a suspension of disbelief."

-Dan Chaon, Sleepwalk

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18. The Searcher

By: Tana French

3.80

Format: 451 pages, Hardcover

Retired detective Cal Hooper moves to a remote village in rural Ireland. His plans are to fix up th… read more

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  • fiction
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19. Dreams of the Centaur: A Novel

By: Montserrat Fontes

4.09

Format: 349 pages, Paperback

Dreams of the Centaur brings to light for the first time in fiction the tragic enslavement of the Y… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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John Steinbeck

3.72

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Percival Everett

4.54

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Emma Donoghue

3.42

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Louise Erdrich

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4.64

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Anna Quindlen

4.03

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