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In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez reads as poignant, defiant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Violeta cover
Violeta
Isabel Allende · 2022
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69% genome match
Collected Stories cover
Collected Stories
Gabriel García Márquez · 1984
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69% genome match
El Señor Presidente cover
El Señor Presidente
Miguel Ángel Asturias · 1948
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69% genome match
Dreaming in Cuban cover
Dreaming in Cuban
Cristina García · 1992
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69% genome match
Malinche cover
Malinche
Laura Esquivel · 2006
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69% genome match
Cantik Itu Luka cover
Cantik Itu Luka
Eka Kurniawan · 2015
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69% genome match
El reino de este mundo cover
El reino de este mundo
Alejo Carpentier · 1957
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69% genome match
Travesuras de la niña mala cover
Travesuras de la niña mala
Mario Vargas Llosa · 2006
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69% genome match
The passion cover
The passion
Jeanette Winterson · 1987
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69% genome match
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The street of crocodiles
Bruno Schulz · 1963
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69% genome match
Crescent cover
Crescent
Diana Abu-Jaber · 2002
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69% genome match
Wizard of the Crow cover
Wizard of the Crow
Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo · 2006
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69% genome match

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