20 best-selling fiction books like Tomb Sweeping by Alexandra Chang

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Tomb Sweeping

By: Alexandra Chang

3.37

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A playful and deeply affective short story collection about the histories, technologies, and genera…

If you liked the fiction plot in Tomb Sweeping by Alexandra Chang , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. The Fury

By: Alex Michaelides

3.38

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

A masterfully paced thriller about a reclusive ex–movie star and her famous friends whose spontaneo… read more

Similar categories in Alex Michaelides's The Fury book and Alexandra Chang's Tomb Sweeping

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Character is fate"

-Alex Michaelides, The Fury

"Love is mutual respect, and constancy- and friendship"

-Alex Michaelides, The Fury

"Do not despair at being different. For that very difference, initially such a source of shame, so humiliating, and painful, will one day become a badge of honor and pride"

-Alex Michaelides, The Fury

"I'd never seen Lana lose control. I won't say it wasn't frightening; but then, uncontained emotion is always distressing to be around, isn't it? Particularly when it's from someone you love."

-Alex Michaelides, The Fury

Cover of Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

2. Margo's Got Money Troubles

By: Rufi Thorpe

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A bold, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartwarming story about one young woman’s attempt to navigate ad… read more

Similar categories in Rufi Thorpe's Margo's Got Money Troubles book and Alexandra Chang's Tomb Sweeping

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I’m just saying,"

-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

"I fell into a state that, if not sleep, was sleep adjacent."

-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

"It really makes you wonder, what kind of truth would require this many lies to tell?"

-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

"Who cared about sex, really? When what you needed was someone to talk to in the dark."

-Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

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3. The Husbands

By: Holly Gramazio

3.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An exuberant debut, The Husbands delights in how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world … read more

Similar categories in Holly Gramazio's The Husbands book and Alexandra Chang's Tomb Sweeping

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. The Fox Wife

By: Yangsze Choo

4.01

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

Some people think foxes are similar to ghosts because we go around collecting qi, or life force, bu… read more

Similar categories in Yangsze Choo's The Fox Wife book and Alexandra Chang's Tomb Sweeping

  • china
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Chinese traditionally consider shadows part of the soul. Harm done to a shadow, whether by pinning it to the ground or stepping on it, was considered spiritual damage to the person. Of course none of…"

-Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife

"Sometimes our wishes come back in the darkest, most twisted ways, like a thorn that pierces and grows through your flesh. A tree that drinks blood and blots out the sun. The sin was mine; I had water…"

-Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife

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5. Interesting Facts about Space

By: Emily R. Austin

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Enid is obsessed with space. She can tell you all about black holes and their ability to spaghettif… read more

Similar categories in Emily R. Austin's Interesting Facts about Space book and Alexandra Chang's Tomb Sweeping

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"It’s actually sort of soothing to think of how massive the universe is, and how I could be snuffed out at any minute. I guess I like tricking my brain into disarming things."

-Emily R. Austin, Interesting Facts about Space

"I hate my voice. I hate the words I choose. I hate my instincts and the way I think. I hate that I am self-absorbed enough to hate myself in detail. I think I am a bad person. I feel self-loathing so…"

-Emily R. Austin, Interesting Facts about Space

"I doubt it's possible to have a baby and not imagine what you want for it. If I were to ever fall pregnant, I would wonder what the sex of the baby is. Celebrations that center expectations around ge…"

-Emily R. Austin, Interesting Facts about Space

"I wear the mask of a well mannered distant relative. A young lady who crosses her legs at the ankles and laughs at banal jokes. That is a new character for me however. I have not mastered her yet. I …"

-Emily R. Austin, Interesting Facts about Space

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6. Tomb Sweeping

By: Alexandra Chang

3.37

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A playful and deeply affective short story collection about the histories, technologies, and genera… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Chang's Tomb Sweeping book and Alexandra Chang's Tomb Sweeping

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • china
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Alexandra Chang's Tomb Sweeping

  • adult fiction
  • literary 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

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8. The Ministry of Time

By: Kaliane Bradley

3.62

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the natu… read more

Similar categories in Kaliane Bradley's The Ministry of Time book and Alexandra Chang's Tomb Sweeping

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"And then when she was given a second chance, she caught the sword and came up singing."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"You'll have lived through heat waves by now, and you'll know that they make time go utterly Dali clocks."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"What was it like, to be the only one who came back? The only one who still had a body to touch, to hurt, to yearn with? The last one still able to die?"

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"He was here, by and with and in my body. He lives in me like trauma does. If you ever fall in love, you’ll be a person who was in love for the rest of your life."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

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9. The Bullet Swallower

By: Elizabeth Gonzalez James

3.79

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling magical realism western in the vein of Cormac McCarthy meets Gabriel García Márquez, The… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Gonzalez James's The Bullet Swallower book and Alexandra Chang's Tomb Sweeping

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. Neighbors and Other Stories

By: Diane Oliver

4.04

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A bold and haunting debut story collection that follows various characters as they navigate the day… read more

Similar categories in Diane Oliver's Neighbors and Other Stories book and Alexandra Chang's Tomb Sweeping

  • literary fiction
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Sometimes I wonder why more of us ain't dead."

-Diane Oliver, Neighbors and Other Stories

"He loved them, he had to. After all, they were his, but sometimes loving became a burden. And if he had met them at the bus station, perhaps they would have become that to him."

-Diane Oliver, Neighbors and Other Stories

"By giving woman the exalted position, the man takes away her freedom. By treating her like a goddess, he forces her to act like a goddess... but the man is then free to act like a human being."

-Diane Oliver, Neighbors and Other Stories

"He's going to wonder why, and how are we going to tell him we're afraid of them?" Her father's hand clutched the coffee cup. "He's going to be fighting them the rest of his life. He's got to start so…"

-Diane Oliver, Neighbors and Other Stories

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11. Shark Heart

By: Emily Habeck

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

For Lewis and Wren, their first year of marriage is also their last. A few weeks after their weddin… read more

Similar categories in Emily Habeck's Shark Heart book and Alexandra Chang's Tomb Sweeping

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"What if magic is just mislabeled peace?"

-Emily Habeck, Shark Heart

"What a privilege it was to mark time with the sun."

-Emily Habeck, Shark Heart

"Lewis, you've told me so much about Wren, sometimes I think I miss her, too."

-Emily Habeck, Shark Heart

"What a tragedy it is, being a woman. I would rather be a million other things."

-Emily Habeck, Shark Heart

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12. Mercury

By: Amy Jo Burns

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A roofing family’s bonds of loyalty are tested when they uncover a long-hidden secret at the heart … read more

Similar categories in Amy Jo Burns's Mercury book and Alexandra Chang's Tomb Sweeping

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. Annie Bot

By: Sierra Greer

3.83

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

Annie Bot was created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner, Doug. Designed to satisfy h… read more

Similar categories in Sierra Greer's Annie Bot book and Alexandra Chang's Tomb Sweeping

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xóchitl González

14. 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 Alexandra Chang's Tomb Sweeping

  • adult fiction
  • 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

Cover of Again and Again by Jonathan Evison

15. Again and Again

By: Jonathan Evison

3.75

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

From one of America’s greatest, most creative novelists comes Again and Again , a poignant and endl… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Evison's Again and Again book and Alexandra Chang's Tomb Sweeping

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. Middletide

By: Sarah Crouch

3.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping and intensely atmospheric debut, disquiet descends on a small town after the suspi… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Crouch's Middletide book and Alexandra Chang's Tomb Sweeping

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. Here After

By: Amy Lin

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Here After is an intimate story of deep love followed by dizzying loss; a stunning, taut memoir fro… read more

Similar categories in Amy Lin's Here After book and Alexandra Chang's Tomb Sweeping

  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. Honey

By: Isabel Banta

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age story that follows the meteoric rise of singer Amber Young as she navigates fame in… read more

Similar categories in Isabel Banta's Honey book and Alexandra Chang's Tomb Sweeping

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The truth is my dad was always singing […]"

-Isabel Banta, Honey

"I wasn’t good enough—what a mortifying thing to discover about yourself."

-Isabel Banta, Honey

"[…] she remains enigmatic, unbreachable; she unlocks herself only for certain people."

-Isabel Banta, Honey

"Mike wants me to say I’m a normal girl. But I’m not, I never was. I always felt I had to prove I was better."

-Isabel Banta, Honey

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19. Volume 0: Issue One

By: Juliet Escoria

3.31

Format: 131 pages, Paperback

Darker. Edgier. Strang-er We like our stories intense, offbeat, and fun in the slightly naughty … read more

Similar categories in Juliet Escoria's Volume 0: Issue One book and Alexandra Chang's Tomb Sweeping

  • short stories
  • fiction
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20. Five-Star Stranger

By: Kat Tang

3.36

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In Kat Tang’s exciting and resonant debut, a “Rental Stranger”—a companion hired under various guis… read more

Similar categories in Kat Tang's Five-Star Stranger book and Alexandra Chang's Tomb Sweeping

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. Volume 0: Issue Two

By: Marian Crotty

3.55

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

We've always loved short stories. We see many great ones in our literary pursuits, and we want t… read more

Similar categories in Marian Crotty's Volume 0: Issue Two book and Alexandra Chang's Tomb Sweeping

  • short stories
  • fiction

15 must-read contemporary books like Tomb Sweeping by Alexandra Chang

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The Fury

Alex Michaelides

3.38

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Margo's Got Money Troubles

Rufi Thorpe

3.97

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The Husbands

Holly Gramazio

3.53

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Interesting Facts about Space

Emily R. Austin

3.85

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Margo's Got Money Troubles

Rufi Thorpe

3.97

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Holly Gramazio

3.53

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Rachel Khong

4.04

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Christina Lauren

4.14

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