18 books like Bless Me, Ultima

What to read after Bless Me, Ultima — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Cry, The Beloved Country Alan Paton · 1940 · ★ 3.9 · 258p · ≈ 8h · Moderate This book is the most famous and important novel in South Africa's history, and an immediate worldwide bestseller when it was published in 1948. Alan Paton's impassioned novel about a black man's country under white man's law is a work of searing beauty. The eminent literary critic Lewis Gannett wrote, " We have had many novels from statesmen and reformers, almost all bad; many novels from… Shares Textbooks for foreign speakers, Open_syllabus_project, English language

Marge Piercy Marge Piercy · 1976 · ★ 4.2 · 381p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Onetime college girl, loving mother, pickpocket, and unmarried mourning wife Consuelo Ramos, imprisoned in a New York mental hospital for assaulting a pimp, hovers between a future of life dominant and an endless present of neuroelectric experimentation Shares Mexican Americans, Open_syllabus_project

Bitter Recoil

Bitter Recoil Steven F. Havill · 2010 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Second book in the Posadas County Mystery Series"Havill delivers an evocative tale of hard lives on the edge of society. His portly detective is a genuine low-key pleasure."—Publishers WeeklyWhen Undersheriff Bill Gastner heads to New Mexico's mountains for some respite, the last thing he expects to find is a dead body. But he's a cop through-and-through, and he can't let a criminal walk…Aging… Shares New Mexico

The House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros · 1983 · ★ 4.0 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Moderate NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A coming-of-age classic, acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the world—from the winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero, a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for… Shares Mexican Americans, Modern Literature, Open_syllabus_project

The Pearl Angela Elwell Hunt · 2003 · 328p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Mother and child, Family relationships with this book.

The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway · 1930 · ★ 4.1 · 672p · ≈ 22h · Challenging Forty-nine stories reflect much of the intensity of Hemingway's own life and environment. Shares Modern Literature, Open_syllabus_project

Living Life at the Top

Living Life at the Top Paul Clark · 2013 Shares Religion with this book.

Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare Edith Nesbit · 1907 · 140p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Shares Textbooks for foreign speakers, English language with this book.

The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia William Alexander Craigie · 1906 · 65p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Shares Religion with this book.

La casa de los espíritus Isabel Allende · 1982 · ★ 4.3 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Primera novela de Isabel Allende. *La casa de los espíritus* narra la saga de una poderosa familia de terratenientes latinoamericanos. El despótico patriarca Esteban Trueba ha construido, con mano de hierro, un imperio privado que empieza a tambalearse a raíz del paso del tiempo y de un entorno social explosivo. Finalmente, la decadencia personal del patriarca arrastrará a los Trueba a una… Shares Modern Literature, Open_syllabus_project

Business Basics David Grant · 1995 · 92p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Shares Textbooks for foreign speakers, English language with this book.

All the conspirators Christopher Isherwood · 1928 · 255p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Mother and child with this book.

Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides · 2002 · ★ 4.0 · 544p · ≈ 18h · Moderate A unique coming of age story. While the main character in this novel is dealing with gender identity issues the main focus of this brilliantly written story is the confusion we all face as we grow into the person we were meant to be. The reader finds himself identifying with the main character's experiences. This is a brilliantly written story. The prose is honest in a way that few authors dare… Shares Modern Literature, Open_syllabus_project

1984

1984 George Orwell · 2003 · ★ 4.3 · 80p · ≈ 2h · Light Winston Smith lives in a society where the government controls people every second of the day. He fights this world with love. But it's dangerous: love for another person can be punished by death - and Big Brother is always watching. Orwell's classic story shows that there is no freedom unless ideas and beliefs can be questioned. This is as true today as when it was written, more than fifty… Shares Textbooks for foreign speakers, English language

One-Way Ticket - Short Stories Rowena Akinyemi · 2000 · ★ 4.4 · 64p · ≈ 2h · Light Shares Textbooks for foreign speakers, English language with this book.

Romeo and Juliet, 1750 William Shakespeare · 1750 · ★ 4.0 · 108p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. Shares Textbooks for foreign speakers, English language

Short stories Oscar Wilde · 1910 · 271p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Nine tales include "The Remarkable Rocket," "The Nightingale and the Rose," and "The Selfish Giant." Shares Modern Literature

Parrot in the Oven Victor Martinez · 1996 · ★ 3.4 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Manny relates his coming of age experiences as a member of a poor Mexican American family in which the alcoholic father only adds to everyone's struggle. Shares Mexican Americans, Family relationships

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