CANTORAS by Carolina De Robertis - Book Riot 'The Best Historical Fiction Books of the Century So Far'

Book Riot | April 9, 2026

De Robertis has achieved something exceptional with Cantoras by writing about what it was like to live in Uruguay’s dictatorship through the lives of five gay women who are looking for family, solace, love, safety, and freedom. Reading this during the current downfall of democracy in the U.S. was alarming but also hopeful. There is a beautiful spirit woven throughout the entire novel about creating family, enduring, finding/making a refuge, and what the future can be. Very few books have left me holding them as if to hug them into my body forever the way Cantoras did. And for all the sprinkles on top, De Robertis beautifully narrates the audiobook.

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