Most of Julia Alvarez novels are about the DR - worth mentioning especially In the Time of the Butterflies and In the Name of Salome.
Nelly Santos - Song of the Water Saints is a historical novel about a Dominican family n the 20th century.
Michele Wucker's Why the Cocks Fight is a good historical account.
Drown and Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz, of course.
Mentioned above, Dead Man in Paradise is an outstanding book about the DR.
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