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A sultry, atmospheric coming-of-age story about outrunning your roots and finding family in the shadows of the French Quarter. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Out of the Easy.
- sultry
- atmospheric
- shadowy
- nostalgic
- 01
The diviners
Libba Bray
A glitzy, jazz-soaked romp through the Roaring Twenties that slowly reveals a terrifying, blood-drenched underbelly.
- 02
The Fountains of Silence
Ruta Sepetys
A sun-drenched but shadow-haunted exploration of love, photography, and the devastating secrets buried beneath a fascist regime.
- 03
Once upon a river
Diane Setterfield
A fog-drenched, folkloric mystery that unfolds like a dark fairy tale told by a roaring fire.
- 04
Between Shades of Gray
Ruta Sepetys
A harrowing but beautifully human testament to finding light and creating art in the darkest, coldest corners of history.
- 05
Tricks
Ellen Hopkins
A raw, rapid-fire descent into the darkest corners of vulnerability, told through fractured, breathless verse.
- 06
Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward
A lush, mythic, and devastatingly tender portrait of a family bracing for the storm of a lifetime.
- 07
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Alan Bradley
A delightfully macabre romp through a decaying English manor, guided by a precocious eleven-year-old with a penchant for poisons.
- 08
The Help
Kathryn Stockett · 2009
A warm, voice-driven story of unlikely alliances and quiet rebellion simmering beneath the stifling heat of the 1960s South.
- 09
Frog music
Emma Donoghue
A feverish, song-laced plunge into the sweltering, grimy underbelly of a nineteenth-century boomtown, driven by a fierce quest for justice.
- 10
A curious beginning
Deanna Raybourn
A spirited romp through Victorian England featuring a fiercely independent heroine, a grumpy natural historian, and a deadly mystery.
- 11
Concrete Rose
Angie Thomas
A gritty yet profoundly tender exploration of Black boyhood, legacy, and the heavy, beautiful burden of choosing your own path.
- 12
City of Orphans
Avi
A gritty, fast-paced historical mystery where scrappy street kids outsmart corrupt adults in the shadows of a bustling metropolis.
