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Explore 24 books like Angels by Denis Johnson — a handpicked selection united by Urban & Street Lit and Literary.

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A Home at the End of the World A Novel — Michael Cunningham

A Home at the End of the World A Novel

Michael Cunningham

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Waxwings A Novel — Jonathan Raban

Waxwings A Novel

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Two Cities — John Edgar Wideman

John Edgar Wideman

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Mumbo Jumbo — Ishmael Reed

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Nightcrawling A novel — Leila Mottley

Nightcrawling A novel

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The Authenticity Project — Clare Pooley

The Authenticity Project

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Mrs. Dalloway — Virginia Woolf

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The Walls of Jericho — Rudolph Fisher

The Walls of Jericho

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The Cartel 7: Illuminati Roundtable of Bosses — JaQuavis

The Cartel 7: Illuminati Roundtable of Bosses

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Stories I Wouldn’t Tell Nobody But God Out of Fear Nobody But God Would Understand — Rasheed Clark

Stories I Wouldn’t Tell Nobody But God Out of Fear Nobody But God Would Understand

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Glow A Novel — Ned Beauman

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Metropolis A Novel — Elizabeth Gaffney

Metropolis A Novel

Elizabeth Gaffney

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The Debt to Pleasure A Novel — John Lanchester

The Debt to Pleasure A Novel

John Lanchester

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The Jungle — Upton Sinclair

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Palace of Desire The Cairo Trilogy, Volume 2 — Naguib Mahfouz

Palace of Desire The Cairo Trilogy, Volume 2

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My Coney Island Baby A Novel — Billy O’Callaghan

My Coney Island Baby A Novel — Billy O’Callaghan

Billy O'Callaghan

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Power — Joy Deja King

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Only the Strong — Jabari Asim

Only the Strong

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Go Tell it on the Mountain — James Baldwin

Go Tell it on the Mountain

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Parade — Shuichi Yoshida

Shuichi Yoshida

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Open Water — Caleb Azumah Nelson

Caleb Azumah Nelson

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The Lost and Found Bookshop A Novel — Susan Wiggs

The Lost and Found Bookshop A Novel

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The Commitments — Roddy Doyle

The Commitments

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Nightshade — Annalena McAfee

Annalena McAfee

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A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Angels by Denis Johnson — spanning Urban & Street Lit, Literary and featuring authors such as Michael Cunningham, Jonathan Raban, John Edgar Wideman, Ishmael Reed, and others.

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