Books like Dois Irmãos by Milton Hatoum

A Christmas Carol is Charles Dickens’ allegorical novella about Ebenezer Scrooge, whose miserly ways are transformed through visits from Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

Walter Hartright, a drawing master, becomes entangled with Laura Fairlie, Sir Percival Glyde, and the scheming Count Fosco as questions of identity and madness intertwine in 19th‑century England.

A Chilean woman embarks on a quest to find her lover in 1840s California's goldfields, facing numerous challenges and adventures along the way.

The diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus records the harsh realities of a paper‑collector living in São Paulo’s Canindé favela, revealing poverty, gender, and racial inequalities of 1950s Brazil.

Nelson DeMille’s thriller follows Wall‑Street lawyer John Sutter as he confronts a Mafia don on Long Island’s Gold Coast, weaving friendship, seduction and betrayal into a suspenseful legal drama.

If a middle‑aged woman is hanged for murder, who would have known her tragic past? Ruth Rendell’s Barbara Vine novel dissects a family’s buried secrets, exploring the slow descent into violence and control.

Clodagh Brown’s daring climbs—from trees to towering electric pylons—shape her secret world in London’s hidden rooftops, intertwining her love for heights with a gripping murder mystery that questions the cost of freedom.

After decades living as her dead twin, Celeste must confront her hidden past and protect her daughter when her controlling mother remarries, unleashing new threats that demand her survival.

Kit Fielding, a celebrated horse‑racing hero, must safeguard his twin sister’s marriage from scandal, only to find himself entangled in a deadly feud with a ruthless robber baron and a household adversary.

A quiet, unassuming English mother in the 1940s faces subtle domestic pressures that build to a gripping, unresolved climax.

Quanta dor cabe nos olhos? Fabiano, cabra mais bicho que gente, percorre o sertão nordestino no queimar da terra e no arder da alma. As pernas finas da esposa vagam a cair de fome, e os filhos molham a terra com suas lágrimas. Filhos sem nome, sem paradeiro, que dos pais herdam apenas a sina e a miséria. De costelas à mostra e língua de fora, é a cachorra Baleia quem zela pelo bando – e é diante dela que cada um se depara com a própria humanidade em meio a essa busca pela sobrevivência. A edição da Antofágica conta com mais de 60 pinturas de Adriana Coppio e uma carta a Graciliano Ramos assinada por Djavan como texto de apresentação. O premiado crítico e escritor Silviano Santiago traça um panorama das principais obras do autor, entre as quais Vidas secas figura em destaque, e Stephanie Borges, poeta e tradutora, tece um ensaio caudaloso em meio a tanta aridez. Wander Melo Miranda, grande especialista no autor, assina um posfácio e as notas.