The Vanishing Half is sweeping generational novel that follows identical twins Stella and Desiree, who grew up in a Louisiana town so small it isn’t even on the map. But after they run away from home as teenagers, their paths diverge. Desiree marries a man with dark skin against her mother’s wishes and eventually returns home with her young daughter. But Stella, after passing as white to get a job, realizes the power passing can give her and disappears to a new life in another town. As their lives grow farther apart, Desiree’s daughter seeks to find the aunt she never met. There are many aspects of this book that may inspire you to add more books to your TBR. Generational sagas, complicated sister relationships, historical fiction about racial identity, and narratives around passing may all be a good fit for books like The Vanishing Half. In the list below, I provide a brief description of each book and the reason why it may appeal to readers of this bestselling novel.
Books Like The Vanishing Half
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