What to Read After When I was Puerto Rican
Readers who loved When I was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where When I was Puerto Rican is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after When I was Puerto Rican
How the García girls lost their accents
Down These Mean Streets
In the Time of the Butterflies
Caramelo
Dreaming in Cuban
Bodega dreams
The House on Mango Street
The house on the lagoon
So Far from God
Almost a woman
Silent dancing
Something to declare
Harvest of Empire
Breaking Through
The Turkish lover
America's dream
Yo!
Nobody's Son: Notes from an American Life
Waiting for Snow in Havana
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Dirty Girls Social Club
Under the feet of Jesus
The farming of bones
Drown