Mecca

By Susan Straight,

Book cover of Mecca

Book description

One of The Washington Post's Ten Best Books of 2022. Finalist for the 2022 Kirkus Prize and the 2023 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. One of the New York Times' 10 Best California Books of 2022 and one of NPR's Best Books of 2022. A New York Times Book Review Editors'…

Shepherd is reader supported. When you buy books, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Why read it?

1 author picked Mecca as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Among my favorite authors, Susan Straight portrays a contemporary multiethnic Southern California through fully realized characters in a unique, dynamic, often shattering story of their lives.

The cinematic movement throughout the novel begins with an amazing journey with Johnny Frias, an Hispanic motorcycle cop, and swells with epic fury in the depiction of indigenous race, cultural history, and family.

Want books like Mecca?

Our community of 11,000+ authors has personally recommended 70 books like Mecca.

Browse books like Mecca

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in Mecca, California, and New York City?

Mecca 9 books
California 395 books
New York City 1,132 books