50 Books like Outrun the Moon

If You Could See the Sun

by Ann Liang

A Beijing scholarship kid turns invisible. Her wealthy classmates' secrets become her side hustle.

3.99

60k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Academic Rivals 💸 Rich Boy Poor Girl 😈 Morally Grey Heroine 🏫 Boarding School Drama

If You Could See the Sun 89%

A Beijing scholarship kid turns invisible. Her wealthy classmates' secrets become her side hustle.

by Ann Liang 2022

3.99

60k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Academic Rivals 💸 Rich Boy Poor Girl 😈 Morally Grey Heroine 🏫 Boarding School Drama

The Downstairs Girl

by Stacey Lee • 2019

A Chinese maid's secret column challenges 1890 Atlanta, but discovery would cost her everything.

3.95

41k+

🎭 Hidden Identity 🫂 Found Family 📜 Secret Lineage 💎 Class Divide 🧧 Chinese American Identity

The Downstairs Girl 94%

A Chinese maid's secret column challenges 1890 Atlanta, but discovery would cost her everything.

by Stacey Lee 2019

3.95

41k+ ratings

🎭 Hidden Identity 🫂 Found Family 📜 Secret Lineage 💎 Class Divide 🧧 Chinese American Identity

Luck of the Titanic

by Stacey Lee • 2021

To join the circus with her twin, a Chinese British teen stows away on the Titanic.

3.66

10k+

🚢 Titanic 🧧 Chinese Diaspora 🤹 Circus Acrobats 🎭 Hidden Identity 👯 Twin Bond

Luck of the Titanic 93%

To join the circus with her twin, a Chinese British teen stows away on the Titanic.

by Stacey Lee 2021

3.66

10k+ ratings

🚢 Titanic 🧧 Chinese Diaspora 🤹 Circus Acrobats 🎭 Hidden Identity 👯 Twin Bond

Salt to the Sea

by Ruta Sepetys • 2016

Four refugees fleeing the Red Army board a crowded ship, unaware of the submarines lurking below.

4.35

260k+

🚢 Wartime Evacuation 🌊 Maritime Disaster 🧊 Survival At Sea 👥 Multiple Pov 🎭 Hidden Identity

Salt to the Sea 91%

Four refugees fleeing the Red Army board a crowded ship, unaware of the submarines lurking below.

by Ruta Sepetys 2016

4.35

260k+ ratings

🚢 Wartime Evacuation 🌊 Maritime Disaster 🧊 Survival At Sea 👥 Multiple Pov 🎭 Hidden Identity

Bitter Melon

by Cara Chow • 2010

A Chinese American teen hides her speech trophies from a mother who scripts her entire future.

3.86

2k+

👧 Immigrant Coming Of Age ⛓️ Maternal Control 🎭 Secret Double Life 🏮 Filial Piety 🕯️ Generational Trauma

Bitter Melon 91%

A Chinese American teen hides her speech trophies from a mother who scripts her entire future.

by Cara Chow 2010

3.86

2k+ ratings

👧 Immigrant Coming Of Age ⛓️ Maternal Control 🎭 Secret Double Life 🏮 Filial Piety 🕯️ Generational Trauma

The Joy Luck Club

by Amy Tan • 1989

Four Chinese mothers and their American daughters tell stories they could never tell each other.

3.97

712k+

🧳 Immigrant Fiction 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🪪 Dual Identities 🤫 Family Secrets 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

The Joy Luck Club 90%

Four Chinese mothers and their American daughters tell stories they could never tell each other.

by Amy Tan 1989

3.97

712k+ ratings

🧳 Immigrant Fiction 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🪪 Dual Identities 🤫 Family Secrets 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane

by Lisa See • 2017

To survive her people's law, an Akha girl abandons her baby with only a tea cake.

4.29

128k+

🏡 Multi Generational Saga 🌏 Chinese Diaspora 💔 Mother Daughter Separation 🌍 Transnational Adoption 🌄 Rural China

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane Summary

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane 90%

To survive her people's law, an Akha girl abandons her baby with only a tea cake.

by Lisa See 2017

4.29

128k+ ratings

🏡 Multi Generational Saga 🌏 Chinese Diaspora 💔 Mother Daughter Separation 🌍 Transnational Adoption 🌄 Rural China

Wayward Girls

by Susan Wiggs • 2025

In a 1968 Catholic laundry, lost girls discover their only way out is each other.

4.18

24k+

✝️ Catholic Reform Schools 🍼 Forced Adoption 👯 Found Sisterhood 🔗 Generational Trauma ⚖️ Slow-Burn Justice

Wayward Girls 90%

In a 1968 Catholic laundry, lost girls discover their only way out is each other.

by Susan Wiggs 2025

4.18

24k+ ratings

✝️ Catholic Reform Schools 🍼 Forced Adoption 👯 Found Sisterhood 🔗 Generational Trauma ⚖️ Slow-Burn Justice

The Girl Who Wrote in Silk

by Kelli Estes • 2015

Her family's island estate holds a silk sleeve embroidered with a massacre her ancestor committed.

4.10

34k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Narrative 🔍 Historical Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets 💕 Cross-Cultural Love 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma

The Girl Who Wrote in Silk 90%

Her family's island estate holds a silk sleeve embroidered with a massacre her ancestor committed.

by Kelli Estes 2015

4.10

34k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Narrative 🔍 Historical Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets 💕 Cross-Cultural Love 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma

Dread Nation

by Justina Ireland • 2018

Jane McKeene protects white women from zombies. The real threat is the men who run America.

4.13

36k+

🕰️ Alternate History 🧟 Zombie Apocalypse 🎭 Passing As White 🤝 Enemies To Friends 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Dread Nation 90%

Jane McKeene protects white women from zombies. The real threat is the men who run America.

by Justina Ireland 2018

4.13

36k+ ratings

🕰️ Alternate History 🧟 Zombie Apocalypse 🎭 Passing As White 🤝 Enemies To Friends 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Homeseeking

by Karissa Chen • 2025

When war separates a Shanghai girl from the violinist next door, the silence lasts six decades.

4.20

31k+

🏠 Generational Saga 🌏 Chinese Diaspora 💔 Separated By War 🕯️ First Love Lost 📖 Melancholy Literary

Homeseeking 90%

When war separates a Shanghai girl from the violinist next door, the silence lasts six decades.

by Karissa Chen 2025

4.20

31k+ ratings

🏠 Generational Saga 🌏 Chinese Diaspora 💔 Separated By War 🕯️ First Love Lost 📖 Melancholy Literary

The Fourth Daughter

by Lyn Liao Butler • 2025

A traumatized chef flies to Taiwan seeking her grandmother's lost daughter, given away for bad luck.

4.27

18k+

🏮 Generational Saga 🔍 Lost Child Mystery 🌏 Taiwanese Diaspora 🍜 Healing Through Food 👧 Unwanted Daughter

The Fourth Daughter 90%

A traumatized chef flies to Taiwan seeking her grandmother's lost daughter, given away for bad luck.

by Lyn Liao Butler 2025

4.27

18k+ ratings

🏮 Generational Saga 🔍 Lost Child Mystery 🌏 Taiwanese Diaspora 🍜 Healing Through Food 👧 Unwanted Daughter

Shelterwood

by Lisa Wingate • 2024

Children's skeletons in an Oklahoma cave pull a ranger toward a girl's desperate escape in 1909.

3.85

37k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🫂 Found Family 👭 Sibling Protection ⚠️ Children In Peril 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Shelterwood 90%

Children's skeletons in an Oklahoma cave pull a ranger toward a girl's desperate escape in 1909.

by Lisa Wingate 2024

3.85

37k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🫂 Found Family 👭 Sibling Protection ⚠️ Children In Peril 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Front Lines

by Michael Grant • 2016

1942: women are drafted into combat. Three soldiers face the brutality of the North African front.

4.09

6k+

🕰️ Alternate History 🪖 Women In Combat 🫂 Found Family 🏋️ Military Training 💥 Gritty War Story

Front Lines 90%

1942: women are drafted into combat. Three soldiers face the brutality of the North African front.

by Michael Grant 2016

4.09

6k+ ratings

🕰️ Alternate History 🪖 Women In Combat 🫂 Found Family 🏋️ Military Training 💥 Gritty War Story

The Titanic Sisters

by Patricia Falvey • 2019

Two Irish sisters survive the Titanic's sinking. One takes the other's name and her future.

3.94

8k+

🍀 Irish Diaspora 🚢 Titanic Survival 👯 Sister Rivalry 🎭 Identity Swap 👩‍🏫 Governess Romance

The Titanic Sisters 90%

Two Irish sisters survive the Titanic's sinking. One takes the other's name and her future.

by Patricia Falvey 2019

3.94

8k+ ratings

🍀 Irish Diaspora 🚢 Titanic Survival 👯 Sister Rivalry 🎭 Identity Swap 👩‍🏫 Governess Romance

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

by Lisa See • 2005

A Chinese widow rereads a lifetime of secret messages from the friend she loved and wronged.

4.09

389k+

👯 Sworn Sisterhood 🖋️ Secret Women's Script 👣 Footbinding ⚖️ Friends Across Class 🕯️ Elegiac Reflection

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan 90%

A Chinese widow rereads a lifetime of secret messages from the friend she loved and wronged.

by Lisa See 2005

4.09

389k+ ratings

👯 Sworn Sisterhood 🖋️ Secret Women's Script 👣 Footbinding ⚖️ Friends Across Class 🕯️ Elegiac Reflection

The Black Kids

by Christina Hammonds Reed • 2020

When the Rodney King verdict ignites LA, a Black teen's private-school act goes up in flames.

4.02

11k+

🗣️ Code-Switching 🖤 Racial Reckoning 🗯️ High School Rumor 💔 Toxic Friendships 😔 Guilt And Amends

The Black Kids 90%

When the Rodney King verdict ignites LA, a Black teen's private-school act goes up in flames.

by Christina Hammonds Reed 2020

4.02

11k+ ratings

🗣️ Code-Switching 🖤 Racial Reckoning 🗯️ High School Rumor 💔 Toxic Friendships 😔 Guilt And Amends

The Island of Sea Women

by Lisa See • 2019

Two haenyeo divers share a bond deeper than the sea until a massacre tears them apart.

4.32

174k+

🧜‍♀️ Haenyeo Divers 💔 Broken Friendship 🕯️ Political Massacre 👩‍👩‍👧 Matrifocal Culture 🌱 Generational Healing

The Island of Sea Women 89%

Two haenyeo divers share a bond deeper than the sea until a massacre tears them apart.

by Lisa See 2019

4.32

174k+ ratings

🧜‍♀️ Haenyeo Divers 💔 Broken Friendship 🕯️ Political Massacre 👩‍👩‍👧 Matrifocal Culture 🌱 Generational Healing

Riding Freedom

by Pam Muñoz Ryan • 1998

An orphan girl cuts her hair and becomes a boy, chasing a life of horses and freedom.

4.18

9k+

🏚️ Orphan Narrative 🐴 Horse Girl Story 🎭 Girl Living As Boy 🌄 Westward Expansion 🤝 Found Family

Riding Freedom 89%

An orphan girl cuts her hair and becomes a boy, chasing a life of horses and freedom.

by Pam Muñoz Ryan 1998

4.18

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Orphan Narrative 🐴 Horse Girl Story 🎭 Girl Living As Boy 🌄 Westward Expansion 🤝 Found Family

Five Little Indians

by Michelle Good • 2020

Five Indigenous teens survive a residential school, then step into a city built to erase them.

4.46

47k+

🏫 Residential Schools 💝 Chosen Family 🕯️ Generational Trauma 👯 Female Friendship 💔 Emotionally Raw

Five Little Indians 89%

Five Indigenous teens survive a residential school, then step into a city built to erase them.

by Michelle Good 2020

4.46

47k+ ratings

🏫 Residential Schools 💝 Chosen Family 🕯️ Generational Trauma 👯 Female Friendship 💔 Emotionally Raw

Beyond the Bright Sea

by Lauren Wolk • 2017

A twelve-year-old outcast risks a shuttered leper colony to uncover where she came from.

4.08

17k+

🏡 Found Family 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🪙 Hidden Treasure 🏚️ Leper Colony 🔎 Mysterious Origins

Beyond the Bright Sea 89%

A twelve-year-old outcast risks a shuttered leper colony to uncover where she came from.

by Lauren Wolk 2017

4.08

17k+ ratings

🏡 Found Family 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🪙 Hidden Treasure 🏚️ Leper Colony 🔎 Mysterious Origins

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women

by Lisa See • 2023

In Ming China, a healer's granddaughter enters a marriage that forbids her from practicing medicine.

4.35

214k+

📜 Real Historical Figure 👩‍⚕️ Female Physician 🤝 Cross-Class Friendship 👯 Female Solidarity 🔍 Family Secrets

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women 89%

In Ming China, a healer's granddaughter enters a marriage that forbids her from practicing medicine.

by Lisa See 2023

4.35

214k+ ratings

📜 Real Historical Figure 👩‍⚕️ Female Physician 🤝 Cross-Class Friendship 👯 Female Solidarity 🔍 Family Secrets

Hattie Big Sky

by Kirby Larson • 2006

An orphan inherits a Montana claim in 1918 and must survive brutal prairie and war prejudice.

4.03

20k+

🏡 Female Homesteader 🎖️ WWI Home Front 🔥 Wartime Hysteria 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👧 Orphan Protagonist

Hattie Big Sky 89%

An orphan inherits a Montana claim in 1918 and must survive brutal prairie and war prejudice.

by Kirby Larson 2006

4.03

20k+ ratings

🏡 Female Homesteader 🎖️ WWI Home Front 🔥 Wartime Hysteria 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👧 Orphan Protagonist

A House of Tailors

by Patricia Reilly Giff • 2004

Trading Breisach's war for Brooklyn's tenements, Dina must stitch a life from homesickness and hope.

3.96

1k+

🇺🇸 Immigrant Journey 🧵 Sewing And Tailoring ✉️ Letters From Home 📜 Quiet Historical 🏚️ Tenement Life

A House of Tailors 89%

Trading Breisach's war for Brooklyn's tenements, Dina must stitch a life from homesickness and hope.

by Patricia Reilly Giff 2004

3.96

1k+ ratings

🇺🇸 Immigrant Journey 🧵 Sewing And Tailoring ✉️ Letters From Home 📜 Quiet Historical 🏚️ Tenement Life

Elephant Run

by Roland Smith • 2007

Occupied Burma: a boy escapes through hidden corridors and braves the jungle to rescue his father.

4.09

7k+

🐅 Jungle Adventure 🌊 Pacific Theater 🐘 Working Elephants 🚪 Hidden Passageways 🏃 Escaping Captivity

Elephant Run 89%

Occupied Burma: a boy escapes through hidden corridors and braves the jungle to rescue his father.

by Roland Smith 2007

4.09

7k+ ratings

🐅 Jungle Adventure 🌊 Pacific Theater 🐘 Working Elephants 🚪 Hidden Passageways 🏃 Escaping Captivity

Fever 1793

by Laurie Halse Anderson • 2000

1793 Philadelphia: a teen must survive the fever and rebuild her family's coffeehouse.

3.93

134k+

🦠 Epidemic Fiction 🫂 Found Family 🏥 Historical Survival 🌱 Crisis Coming Of Age 🏛️ 18th Century America

Fever 1793 91%

1793 Philadelphia: a teen must survive the fever and rebuild her family's coffeehouse.

by Laurie Halse Anderson 2000

3.93

134k+ ratings

🦠 Epidemic Fiction 🫂 Found Family 🏥 Historical Survival 🌱 Crisis Coming Of Age 🏛️ 18th Century America

Under a Painted Sky

by Stacey Lee • 2015

Two girls disguise as boys and ride west: one flees a killing, the other slavery.

3.98

12k+

🔥 Oregon Trail 🎭 Passing As Male 🫂 Found Family 🏃 Fugitives On The Run 💕 Slow-Burn Romance

Under a Painted Sky 91%

Two girls disguise as boys and ride west: one flees a killing, the other slavery.

by Stacey Lee 2015

3.98

12k+ ratings

🔥 Oregon Trail 🎭 Passing As Male 🫂 Found Family 🏃 Fugitives On The Run 💕 Slow-Burn Romance

Filthy Rich Vampire

by Geneva Lee

A vampire prince and a broke cellist fake love. One forbidden night would chain them forever.

3.81

52k+

🏰 Vampire Royalty 🤝 Fake Relationship 💫 Fated Mates 💎 Billionaire Romance 🌸 Virgin Heroine

Filthy Rich Vampire 89%

A vampire prince and a broke cellist fake love. One forbidden night would chain them forever.

by Geneva Lee 2022

3.81

52k+ ratings

🏰 Vampire Royalty 🤝 Fake Relationship 💫 Fated Mates 💎 Billionaire Romance 🌸 Virgin Heroine

Angel of Greenwood

by Randi Pink • 2021

Two Black teens in 1921 Tulsa find first love on the eve of a massacre.

4.18

3k+

🖤 Black Historical Fiction 👥 Dual Pov 💕 First Love 📖 Bookish Heroine 💔 Bittersweet Romance

Angel of Greenwood 89%

Two Black teens in 1921 Tulsa find first love on the eve of a massacre.

by Randi Pink 2021

4.18

3k+ ratings

🖤 Black Historical Fiction 👥 Dual Pov 💕 First Love 📖 Bookish Heroine 💔 Bittersweet Romance

Mare's War

by Tanita S. Davis • 2009

Two sisters, one road trip, and a grandmother whose segregated WWII past is surfacing.

3.84

1k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 👵 Intergenerational Story 🪖 Women In Wartime 🚗 Road Trip Framing 👯 Sister Bond

Mare's War 89%

Two sisters, one road trip, and a grandmother whose segregated WWII past is surfacing.

by Tanita S. Davis 2009

3.84

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 👵 Intergenerational Story 🪖 Women In Wartime 🚗 Road Trip Framing 👯 Sister Bond

The Mountains Sing

by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai • 2020

A grandmother in Vietnam tells her granddaughter the story of a family that refused to break.

4.31

65k+

🏮 Vietnamese History 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multigenerational Saga ⚔️ Women In Wartime 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 📖 Family Storytelling

The Mountains Sing 89%

A grandmother in Vietnam tells her granddaughter the story of a family that refused to break.

by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai 2020

4.31

65k+ ratings

🏮 Vietnamese History 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multigenerational Saga ⚔️ Women In Wartime 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 📖 Family Storytelling

Real Americans

by Rachel Khong • 2024

A wish made on a stolen lotus seed reshapes three generations of a Chinese American family.

3.94

98k+

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 🧧 Chinese American Identity 💰 Class Divide Romance 🔍 Family Secrets ⏳ Time Slips

Real Americans 89%

A wish made on a stolen lotus seed reshapes three generations of a Chinese American family.

by Rachel Khong 2024

3.94

98k+ ratings

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 🧧 Chinese American Identity 💰 Class Divide Romance 🔍 Family Secrets ⏳ Time Slips

Words on Fire

by Jennifer A. Nielsen • 2019

A Lithuanian girl must smuggle banned books to save her culture after Cossacks arrest her parents.

4.28

15k+

📦 Book Smuggling 🚫 Forbidden Books 🇷🇺 Russian Occupation 🐛 Reluctant Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Words on Fire 89%

A Lithuanian girl must smuggle banned books to save her culture after Cossacks arrest her parents.

by Jennifer A. Nielsen 2019

4.28

15k+ ratings

📦 Book Smuggling 🚫 Forbidden Books 🇷🇺 Russian Occupation 🐛 Reluctant Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Escape

by Robert Muchamore • 2009

A twelve-year-old orphan escapes into occupied France, where a spy's mission makes him a target.

4.12

6k+

🏚️ Occupied France 🕵️ Child Spies 🔍 Wwii Espionage 🧒 Orphan Hero 👫 Siblings At War

The Escape 89%

A twelve-year-old orphan escapes into occupied France, where a spy's mission makes him a target.

by Robert Muchamore 2009

4.12

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Occupied France 🕵️ Child Spies 🔍 Wwii Espionage 🧒 Orphan Hero 👫 Siblings At War

A Crane Among Wolves

by June Hur • 2024

To ransom her sister from a brutal Korean tyrant, a girl hunts a serial killer the king fears.

3.95

17k+

🕵️ Historical Mystery 👑 Palace Intrigue 👭 Estranged Sisters 💕 Slow-Burn Romance ⚔️ Vigilante Justice

A Crane Among Wolves 89%

To ransom her sister from a brutal Korean tyrant, a girl hunts a serial killer the king fears.

by June Hur 2024

3.95

17k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Mystery 👑 Palace Intrigue 👭 Estranged Sisters 💕 Slow-Burn Romance ⚔️ Vigilante Justice

The Ring of Earth

by Chris Bradford • 2010

A hunted English samurai finds refuge among ninja whose trust he must earn to survive.

4.42

4k+

🏯 Feudal Japan 🥷 Ninja Adventure ⚔️ Samurai Training 🏘️ Hidden Village 🤝 Enemies To Allies

The Ring of Earth 89%

A hunted English samurai finds refuge among ninja whose trust he must earn to survive.

by Chris Bradford 2010

4.42

4k+ ratings

🏯 Feudal Japan 🥷 Ninja Adventure ⚔️ Samurai Training 🏘️ Hidden Village 🤝 Enemies To Allies

Making Bombs for Hitler

by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch • 2012

A Ukrainian girl builds bombs for the Nazis while searching for the sister torn from her.

4.33

13k+

🏭 Forced Labor Camp 🧒 Child Survivor 🤝 Found Family 🕯️ Quiet Resistance 🧳 Postwar Displacement

Making Bombs for Hitler 89%

A Ukrainian girl builds bombs for the Nazis while searching for the sister torn from her.

by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch 2012

4.33

13k+ ratings

🏭 Forced Labor Camp 🧒 Child Survivor 🤝 Found Family 🕯️ Quiet Resistance 🧳 Postwar Displacement

Code Talker

by Joseph Bruchac • 2005

A Navajo boy's forbidden language becomes the Marines' secret weapon in the Pacific.

3.91

19k+

📚 Ya Historical Fiction 🏫 Indigenous Boarding Schools 🏜️ Navajo Language And Culture 🌊 Pacific Theater Wwii 🔐 Wartime Cryptography

Code Talker 89%

A Navajo boy's forbidden language becomes the Marines' secret weapon in the Pacific.

by Joseph Bruchac 2005

3.91

19k+ ratings

📚 Ya Historical Fiction 🏫 Indigenous Boarding Schools 🏜️ Navajo Language And Culture 🌊 Pacific Theater Wwii 🔐 Wartime Cryptography

The Great Divide

by Cristina Henríquez • 2024

To save her sister, a teen stows away to the Panama Canal, where ambition carves through lives.

3.66

31k+

🏛️ Historical Epic 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters ⚒️ Labor Exploitation 🥀 Quietly Devastating 🌊 Caribbean Diaspora

The Great Divide 89%

To save her sister, a teen stows away to the Panama Canal, where ambition carves through lives.

by Cristina Henríquez 2024

3.66

31k+ ratings

🏛️ Historical Epic 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters ⚒️ Labor Exploitation 🥀 Quietly Devastating 🌊 Caribbean Diaspora

Room to Dream

by Kelly Yang • 2021

A corporation wants her family's motel. Seventh-grader Mia Tang has a column and something to prove.

4.37

6k+

🧳 Immigrant Experience 🌏 Cultural Identity 💔 Shifting Friendships 📰 Girl Reporter ✊ Community Resistance

Room to Dream 89%

A corporation wants her family's motel. Seventh-grader Mia Tang has a column and something to prove.

by Kelly Yang 2021

4.37

6k+ ratings

🧳 Immigrant Experience 🌏 Cultural Identity 💔 Shifting Friendships 📰 Girl Reporter ✊ Community Resistance

Galway Bay

by Mary Pat Kelly • 2009

Galway Bay starves. Honora sails to Chicago, where a fisherman's daughter must become a dynasty.

4.16

5k+

🍀 Irish Family Saga 🚢 Immigrant Epic 🥔 Famine Survival 👯 Sisterly Bond 💪 Matriarchal Resilience

Galway Bay 89%

Galway Bay starves. Honora sails to Chicago, where a fisherman's daughter must become a dynasty.

by Mary Pat Kelly 2009

4.16

5k+ ratings

🍀 Irish Family Saga 🚢 Immigrant Epic 🥔 Famine Survival 👯 Sisterly Bond 💪 Matriarchal Resilience

The Phoenix Crown

by Kate Quinn • 2024

In 1906 San Francisco, three women track a vanished artist into a charming patron's private asylum.

3.86

51k+

🔍 Historical Mystery 💕 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👯 Female Friendship 🕰️ Edwardian Era

The Phoenix Crown 89%

In 1906 San Francisco, three women track a vanished artist into a charming patron's private asylum.

by Kate Quinn 2024

3.86

51k+ ratings

🔍 Historical Mystery 💕 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👯 Female Friendship 🕰️ Edwardian Era

Not Our Kind

by Kitty Zeldis • 2018

A car crash pulls a Jewish teacher into a WASP home, where hiding her identity is survival.

3.76

6k+

🤝 Cross-Class Friendship 🗽 Postwar New York 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Forbidden Romance 🩹 Trauma And Healing

Not Our Kind 89%

A car crash pulls a Jewish teacher into a WASP home, where hiding her identity is survival.

by Kitty Zeldis 2018

3.76

6k+ ratings

🤝 Cross-Class Friendship 🗽 Postwar New York 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Forbidden Romance 🩹 Trauma And Healing

City of Orphans

by Avi • 2011

With a homeless girl, a newsboy hunts the real thief who framed his sister.

3.97

4k+

🏠 Found Family 🔍 Kid Detectives 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🗽 Street Kids 🏛️ Gilded Age

City of Orphans 89%

With a homeless girl, a newsboy hunts the real thief who framed his sister.

by Avi 2011

3.97

4k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🔍 Kid Detectives 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🗽 Street Kids 🏛️ Gilded Age

The Gift of Rain

by Tan Twan Eng • 2007

A Eurasian outcast bonds with a Japanese diplomat in colonial Penang; occupation makes it a trap.

4.28

19k+

🌴 Colonial Malaya 🪖 Japanese Occupation ⚔️ Mentor Student Bond 💔 Collaboration Guilt 🥋 Martial Arts Philosophy

The Gift of Rain 89%

A Eurasian outcast bonds with a Japanese diplomat in colonial Penang; occupation makes it a trap.

by Tan Twan Eng 2007

4.28

19k+ ratings

🌴 Colonial Malaya 🪖 Japanese Occupation ⚔️ Mentor Student Bond 💔 Collaboration Guilt 🥋 Martial Arts Philosophy

Orphan Train

by Christina Baker Kline • 2013

An elderly woman shares her orphan-train past with the foster teen assigned to clean her attic.

4.20

466k+

📜 Dual Timeline 🚂 Orphan Train History 👵 Intergenerational Friendship 🏡 Found Family 🧑‍⚖️ Foster Care System

Orphan Train 89%

An elderly woman shares her orphan-train past with the foster teen assigned to clean her attic.

by Christina Baker Kline 2013

4.20

466k+ ratings

📜 Dual Timeline 🚂 Orphan Train History 👵 Intergenerational Friendship 🏡 Found Family 🧑‍⚖️ Foster Care System

Chains

by Laurie Halse Anderson • 2008

Sold to a Loyalist couple in Revolutionary New York, an enslaved girl turns spy to save her sister.

4.10

59k+

🗽 American Revolution 🔗 Enslaved Narrator 👭 Sister Protection 🕵️ Unlikely Spy 💔 Emotionally Intense

Chains 89%

Sold to a Loyalist couple in Revolutionary New York, an enslaved girl turns spy to save her sister.

by Laurie Halse Anderson 2008

4.10

59k+ ratings

🗽 American Revolution 🔗 Enslaved Narrator 👭 Sister Protection 🕵️ Unlikely Spy 💔 Emotionally Intense

The Japanese Lover

by Isabel Allende • 2015

Polish refugee and Japanese gardener's son keep a secret love across decades of war and separation.

3.89

98k+

👪 Multigenerational Saga 🌹 Wartime Romance ⏳ Lifelong Affair ✉️ Letters Across Time 🏘️ Found Family

The Japanese Lover 89%

Polish refugee and Japanese gardener's son keep a secret love across decades of war and separation.

by Isabel Allende 2015

3.89

98k+ ratings

👪 Multigenerational Saga 🌹 Wartime Romance ⏳ Lifelong Affair ✉️ Letters Across Time 🏘️ Found Family

The Phoenix Pencil Company

by Allison King • 2025

A granddaughter's search for a lost cousin uncovers a magical family secret hidden in pencils.

3.49

21k+

✨ Magical Historical Fiction ⏳ Dual Timeline 💕 Sapphic Slow Burn 🔍 Family Secrets 🌿 Inherited Magic

The Phoenix Pencil Company 89%

A granddaughter's search for a lost cousin uncovers a magical family secret hidden in pencils.

by Allison King 2025

3.49

21k+ ratings

✨ Magical Historical Fiction ⏳ Dual Timeline 💕 Sapphic Slow Burn 🔍 Family Secrets 🌿 Inherited Magic

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

by Kim Michele Richardson • 2019

A blue-skinned packhorse librarian in 1930s Kentucky delivers books while a preacher plots her ruin.

4.21

268k+

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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek Summary

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek 89%

A blue-skinned packhorse librarian in 1930s Kentucky delivers books while a preacher plots her ruin.

by Kim Michele Richardson 2019

4.21

268k+ ratings

🏔️ 1930s Appalachia 📚 Pack Horse Librarian 🏠 Found Family 👁️ Small-Town Prejudice 📖 Books As Refuge

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