50 Books like Saints and Misfits

Six Truths and a Lie

by Ream Shukairy

On July Fourth, an oil rig explodes and six Muslim teens take the fall.

3.89

1k+

📁 Legal Thriller ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🌙 Islamophobia 🥀 Survivor's Guilt 🤝 Reluctant Allies

Six Truths and a Lie 91%

On July Fourth, an oil rig explodes and six Muslim teens take the fall.

by Ream Shukairy 2024

3.89

1k+ ratings

📁 Legal Thriller ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🌙 Islamophobia 🥀 Survivor's Guilt 🤝 Reluctant Allies

All-American Muslim Girl

by Nadine Jolie Courtney • 2019

A Muslim teen hiding her faith falls for the son of a notorious anti-Muslim pundit.

3.83

4k+

💞 Interfaith Romance 👥 Muslim Girl Friendship 🤲 Exploring Faith 💭 Quiet Contemporary 🏠 Muslim American Family

All-American Muslim Girl 95%

A Muslim teen hiding her faith falls for the son of a notorious anti-Muslim pundit.

by Nadine Jolie Courtney 2019

3.83

4k+ ratings

💞 Interfaith Romance 👥 Muslim Girl Friendship 🤲 Exploring Faith 💭 Quiet Contemporary 🏠 Muslim American Family

A Very Large Expanse of Sea

by Tahereh Mafi • 2018

A guarded hijabi teen and the basketball star determined to know her collide in post-9/11 America.

4.06

68k+

🧕 Hijabi Romance 🏙️ Post-9/11 Setting 💔 Forbidden Love 🤝 Interracial Romance 😤 Angry Heroine

A Very Large Expanse of Sea 94%

A guarded hijabi teen and the basketball star determined to know her collide in post-9/11 America.

by Tahereh Mafi 2018

4.06

68k+ ratings

🧕 Hijabi Romance 🏙️ Post-9/11 Setting 💔 Forbidden Love 🤝 Interracial Romance 😤 Angry Heroine

Burned

by Ellen Hopkins • 2006

Banished to a ranch, a Mormon teen tastes a freedom her brutal father would kill for.

4.25

71k+

📝 Verse Novel ⛪ Religious Trauma 💔 Forbidden First Love 👿 Abusive Patriarch 🌅 Questioning Faith

Burned 92%

Banished to a ranch, a Mormon teen tastes a freedom her brutal father would kill for.

by Ellen Hopkins 2006

4.25

71k+ ratings

📝 Verse Novel ⛪ Religious Trauma 💔 Forbidden First Love 👿 Abusive Patriarch 🌅 Questioning Faith

All My Rage

by Sabaa Tahir • 2022

Sal sells drugs to save his motel, hiding it from Noor, the girl he loves.

4.48

66k+

🌄 Immigrant Dreams 🕌 Pakistani-American 💞 Friends To Lovers 🍺 Parent With Addiction 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

All My Rage 92%

Sal sells drugs to save his motel, hiding it from Noor, the girl he loves.

by Sabaa Tahir 2022

4.48

66k+ ratings

🌄 Immigrant Dreams 🕌 Pakistani-American 💞 Friends To Lovers 🍺 Parent With Addiction 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Abomination

by Robert Swindells • 1998

A bullied girl hides a worse secret: a child imprisoned in her parents' cellar.

3.75

2k+

🕊️ Religious Fundamentalism 💔 Surviving Abuse 🎒 School Bullying 🏚️ Secret In The House 👁️ Dual Perspective

Abomination 91%

A bullied girl hides a worse secret: a child imprisoned in her parents' cellar.

by Robert Swindells 1998

3.75

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Religious Fundamentalism 💔 Surviving Abuse 🎒 School Bullying 🏚️ Secret In The House 👁️ Dual Perspective

Girl Made of Stars

by Ashley Herring Blake • 2018

Mara's twin brother is accused of rape, and her family's fierce denial leaves her standing alone.

4.18

30k+

⚠️ Sexual Assault 👯 Twin Siblings 🫂 Found Family ✊ Feminist Activism 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Questioning

Girl Made of Stars 91%

Mara's twin brother is accused of rape, and her family's fierce denial leaves her standing alone.

by Ashley Herring Blake 2018

4.18

30k+ ratings

⚠️ Sexual Assault 👯 Twin Siblings 🫂 Found Family ✊ Feminist Activism 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Questioning

Badjens

by Delphine Minoui • 2024

In Iran, after a woman dies in custody, an unwanted girl joins the uprising.

4.25

2k+

🌱 Political Coming-Of-Age 👭 Female Solidarity 🧕 Hijab Rebellion 🕌 Religious Patriarchy 🇮🇷 Post-Revolution Iran

Badjens 91%

In Iran, after a woman dies in custody, an unwanted girl joins the uprising.

by Delphine Minoui 2024

4.25

2k+ ratings

🌱 Political Coming-Of-Age 👭 Female Solidarity 🧕 Hijab Rebellion 🕌 Religious Patriarchy 🇮🇷 Post-Revolution Iran

Other Words for Home

by Jasmine Warga • 2019

A Syrian girl flees to Ohio and finds her voice on a middle-school stage.

4.40

35k+

📖 Verse Novel 🌏 Culture Shock 🧕 Choosing Hijab 💔 Sibling Separation 🎭 School Play

Other Words for Home 91%

A Syrian girl flees to Ohio and finds her voice on a middle-school stage.

by Jasmine Warga 2019

4.40

35k+ ratings

📖 Verse Novel 🌏 Culture Shock 🧕 Choosing Hijab 💔 Sibling Separation 🎭 School Play

Just Listen

by Sarah Dessen • 2006

A teen model's silence hides a painful secret. A truth-obsessed boy pushes her to speak.

4.05

251k+

🩹 Sexual Assault Survivor 🎙️ Finding Your Voice 🎧 Music As Healing 🏫 High School Loneliness 💬 Truth-Teller Romance

Just Listen 91%

A teen model's silence hides a painful secret. A truth-obsessed boy pushes her to speak.

by Sarah Dessen 2006

4.05

251k+ ratings

🩹 Sexual Assault Survivor 🎙️ Finding Your Voice 🎧 Music As Healing 🏫 High School Loneliness 💬 Truth-Teller Romance

The Wall

by William Sutcliffe • 2013

He crosses under the wall, finds a starving girl, and loses the world he knew.

3.71

1k+

🏚️ Occupied Territory 💔 Forbidden Friendship 🗳️ Political Awakening 🤫 Secret Helper 🕊️ Bridging Divides

The Wall 90%

He crosses under the wall, finds a starving girl, and loses the world he knew.

by William Sutcliffe 2013

3.71

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Occupied Territory 💔 Forbidden Friendship 🗳️ Political Awakening 🤫 Secret Helper 🕊️ Bridging Divides

The Poet X

by Elizabeth Acevedo • 2018

A Dominican teen in Harlem writes secret poems, until her mother finds them and everything changes.

4.36

143k+

📖 Verse Novel ⛪ Strict Religious Home 💕 Secret Romance 🎤 Slam Poetry 🥲 Body Image Struggles

The Poet X 90%

A Dominican teen in Harlem writes secret poems, until her mother finds them and everything changes.

by Elizabeth Acevedo 2018

4.36

143k+ ratings

📖 Verse Novel ⛪ Strict Religious Home 💕 Secret Romance 🎤 Slam Poetry 🥲 Body Image Struggles

Everything Sad Is Untrue

by Daniel Nayeri • 2020

An Iranian refugee boy tells family legends to an Oklahoma school that sees only an outsider.

4.30

44k+

📦 Refugee Narrative 🌱 Immigrant Coming Of Age 🌍 Iranian Diaspora 📖 Storytelling As Survival 🏫 Classroom Outcast

Everything Sad Is Untrue 90%

An Iranian refugee boy tells family legends to an Oklahoma school that sees only an outsider.

by Daniel Nayeri 2020

4.30

44k+ ratings

📦 Refugee Narrative 🌱 Immigrant Coming Of Age 🌍 Iranian Diaspora 📖 Storytelling As Survival 🏫 Classroom Outcast

Mohabat Subh Ka Sitara Hai by Umera Ahmed

by Umera Ahmed • 1998

Abandoned by her Pakistani father, a British woman stumbles toward an unlikely redemption in Islam.

3.66

590

🖋️ Urdu Literature 🕌 Spiritual Awakening 💔 Father Abandonment 🎨 Art As Redemption 🌍 Cultural Dual Identity

Mohabat Subh Ka Sitara Hai by Umera Ahmed Summary

Mohabat Subh Ka Sitara Hai by Umera Ahmed 90%

Abandoned by her Pakistani father, a British woman stumbles toward an unlikely redemption in Islam.

by Umera Ahmed 1998

3.66

590 ratings

🖋️ Urdu Literature 🕌 Spiritual Awakening 💔 Father Abandonment 🎨 Art As Redemption 🌍 Cultural Dual Identity

The Hate U Give

by Angie Thomas • 2017

A teen witnesses a police shooting and becomes the sole voice for her friend's justice.

4.45

1.0M+

🖤 Racial Injustice ✊ Teen Activism 🔄 Code Switching 🎤 Finding Your Voice 💑 Interracial Romance

The Hate U Give 90%

A teen witnesses a police shooting and becomes the sole voice for her friend's justice.

by Angie Thomas 2017

4.45

1.0M+ ratings

🖤 Racial Injustice ✊ Teen Activism 🔄 Code Switching 🎤 Finding Your Voice 💑 Interracial Romance

Je me regarderai dans les yeux

by Rim Battal • 2025

One cigarette brands a Moroccan girl impure. To keep her family, she must prove her virginity.

4.11

908

🧬 Generational Trauma 🩺 Virginity Testing ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🇲🇦 Contemporary Morocco

Je me regarderai dans les yeux 90%

One cigarette brands a Moroccan girl impure. To keep her family, she must prove her virginity.

by Rim Battal 2025

4.11

908 ratings

🧬 Generational Trauma 🩺 Virginity Testing ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🇲🇦 Contemporary Morocco

Loin des mosquées

by Armel Job • 2012

A solitary undertaker in Belgium gives refuge to a Turkish woman fleeing an honor killing.

3.46

168

📚 Belgian Literature 🛂 Immigrant Narrative ⚖️ Honor Culture 💍 Arranged Marriage 🛡️ Unlikely Protector

Loin des mosquées 90%

A solitary undertaker in Belgium gives refuge to a Turkish woman fleeing an honor killing.

by Armel Job 2012

3.46

168 ratings

📚 Belgian Literature 🛂 Immigrant Narrative ⚖️ Honor Culture 💍 Arranged Marriage 🛡️ Unlikely Protector

Does My Head Look Big In This?

by Randa Abdel-Fattah • 2007

She decides to wear the hijab full-time. Her elite private school decides to weigh in.

3.65

12k+

🕌 Muslim Teen Life 👯 Supportive Girl Squad 🪞 Body Image Struggles 😄 Warm Humor 😞 Everyday Islamophobia

Does My Head Look Big In This? 93%

She decides to wear the hijab full-time. Her elite private school decides to weigh in.

by Randa Abdel-Fattah 2007

3.65

12k+ ratings

🕌 Muslim Teen Life 👯 Supportive Girl Squad 🪞 Body Image Struggles 😄 Warm Humor 😞 Everyday Islamophobia

Love from A to Z

by S.K. Ali • 2019

Two Muslim teens in Doha bond over life's wonders and wrongs, hiding a suspension and a diagnosis.

4.09

24k+

🕌 Muslim Teen Romance 🩺 Chronic Illness 📓 Journal Format ☯️ Opposites Attract 🚫 Confronting Islamophobia

Love from A to Z 93%

Two Muslim teens in Doha bond over life's wonders and wrongs, hiding a suspension and a diagnosis.

by S.K. Ali 2019

4.09

24k+ ratings

🕌 Muslim Teen Romance 🩺 Chronic Illness 📓 Journal Format ☯️ Opposites Attract 🚫 Confronting Islamophobia

Broken. Not a halal love story

by Fatima Bala

A Nigerian student collides with her best friend's brother in Toronto. Their desire tests her faith.

4.06

3k+

🕌 Muslim Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn 🇳🇬 Nigerian Fiction 😢 High Angst

Broken. Not a halal love story 90%

A Nigerian student collides with her best friend's brother in Toronto. Their desire tests her faith.

by Fatima Bala 2023

4.06

3k+ ratings

🕌 Muslim Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn 🇳🇬 Nigerian Fiction 😢 High Angst

Lock and Key

by Sarah Dessen • 2008

When her mother disappears, a guarded teen must start over with the sister she barely knows.

3.99

153k+

👩‍👩‍👧 Estranged Sisters 🏡 Found Family 💊 Parent Addiction ⚠️ Domestic Abuse 🏠 Boy Next Door

Lock and Key 90%

When her mother disappears, a guarded teen must start over with the sister she barely knows.

by Sarah Dessen 2008

3.99

153k+ ratings

👩‍👩‍👧 Estranged Sisters 🏡 Found Family 💊 Parent Addiction ⚠️ Domestic Abuse 🏠 Boy Next Door

Letters to the Lost

by Brigid Kemmerer • 2017

Two grieving teens bare their souls in anonymous letters, never realizing they clash in real life.

4.31

52k+

✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals 😈 Good Girl Bad Boy 👥 Dual Pov Romance 💔 Shared Grief 🌧️ Melancholy Romance

Letters to the Lost 90%

Two grieving teens bare their souls in anonymous letters, never realizing they clash in real life.

by Brigid Kemmerer 2017

4.31

52k+ ratings

✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals 😈 Good Girl Bad Boy 👥 Dual Pov Romance 💔 Shared Grief 🌧️ Melancholy Romance

A Woman Is No Man

by Etaf Rum • 2019

From Palestine to Brooklyn, a woman marries and obeys in silence. Her daughter is next in line.

4.25

180k+

📖 Multi-Generational Saga 🇵🇸 Palestinian Diaspora 💍 Arranged Marriage 🕯️ Intergenerational Trauma 🤐 Silenced Women

A Woman Is No Man 90%

From Palestine to Brooklyn, a woman marries and obeys in silence. Her daughter is next in line.

by Etaf Rum 2019

4.25

180k+ ratings

📖 Multi-Generational Saga 🇵🇸 Palestinian Diaspora 💍 Arranged Marriage 🕯️ Intergenerational Trauma 🤐 Silenced Women

Say a Little Prayer

by Jenna Voris • 2025

Banished to church camp, a bisexual teen turns the seven deadly sins into a weeklong rebellion.

3.96

5k+

✝️ Religious Rebellion 💕 Best Friends To Lovers 💔 Queer Religious Trauma 🌈 Coming Out Journey 🤝 Enemies To Allies

Say a Little Prayer 90%

Banished to church camp, a bisexual teen turns the seven deadly sins into a weeklong rebellion.

by Jenna Voris 2025

3.96

5k+ ratings

✝️ Religious Rebellion 💕 Best Friends To Lovers 💔 Queer Religious Trauma 🌈 Coming Out Journey 🤝 Enemies To Allies

The Way I Used to Be

by Amber Smith • 2016

After her brother's best friend assaults her, a freshman buries the secret and loses herself.

4.14

237k+

🎗️ Rape Survivor 🩹 Trauma Recovery 👯 Female Friendship 🤐 Hidden Trauma 👫 Sibling Conflict

The Way I Used to Be 90%

After her brother's best friend assaults her, a freshman buries the secret and loses herself.

by Amber Smith 2016

4.14

237k+ ratings

🎗️ Rape Survivor 🩹 Trauma Recovery 👯 Female Friendship 🤐 Hidden Trauma 👫 Sibling Conflict

Mauvaise connexion

by Jo Witek • 2012

A lonely teen creates an online self and meets a photographer whose attention becomes her prison.

3.63

282

🖥️ Online Grooming 🎭 Secret Online Identity 💔 Mother Daughter Rift 🗣️ Breaking The Silence 🌑 Dark Psychological

Mauvaise connexion 90%

A lonely teen creates an online self and meets a photographer whose attention becomes her prison.

by Jo Witek 2012

3.63

282 ratings

🖥️ Online Grooming 🎭 Secret Online Identity 💔 Mother Daughter Rift 🗣️ Breaking The Silence 🌑 Dark Psychological

A Moment of Silence

by Sister Souljah • 2015

Midnight kills a predator to save his sister. In jail, his only weapon is silence.

4.32

2k+

🏙️ Street Justice ⚖️ Legal Drama 🔫 Crime Family 🎭 Secret Identity 🤫 Strategic Silence

A Moment of Silence 90%

Midnight kills a predator to save his sister. In jail, his only weapon is silence.

by Sister Souljah 2015

4.32

2k+ ratings

🏙️ Street Justice ⚖️ Legal Drama 🔫 Crime Family 🎭 Secret Identity 🤫 Strategic Silence

The Liar's Daughter

by Megan Cooley Peterson • 2019

Rescued from a cult, a teenager discovers her entire identity was built on a kidnapping.

3.89

6k+

🏚️ Cult Survivor Story 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Kidnapped Child 🚧 Isolated Compound 💔 Forbidden Romance

The Liar's Daughter 90%

Rescued from a cult, a teenager discovers her entire identity was built on a kidnapping.

by Megan Cooley Peterson 2019

3.89

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Cult Survivor Story 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Kidnapped Child 🚧 Isolated Compound 💔 Forbidden Romance

Speak

by Laurie Halse Anderson • 1999

Branded a snitch after a summer party, a freshman hides a trauma she cannot name.

4.05

635k+

🩹 Sexual Assault Recovery 🎨 Art As Healing 🗣️ Finding Your Voice 👤 High School Outcast 😏 Sarcastic Narrator

Speak 90%

Branded a snitch after a summer party, a freshman hides a trauma she cannot name.

by Laurie Halse Anderson 1999

4.05

635k+ ratings

🩹 Sexual Assault Recovery 🎨 Art As Healing 🗣️ Finding Your Voice 👤 High School Outcast 😏 Sarcastic Narrator

Scars Like Wings

by Erin Stewart • 2019

A fire orphaned her. Her scars made her a spectacle. High school demands she be seen.

4.05

7k+

🩹 Visible Difference 🎭 School Theater 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🤝 Reluctant Friendship 🏠 Chosen Family

Scars Like Wings 90%

A fire orphaned her. Her scars made her a spectacle. High school demands she be seen.

by Erin Stewart 2019

4.05

7k+ ratings

🩹 Visible Difference 🎭 School Theater 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🤝 Reluctant Friendship 🏠 Chosen Family

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 90%

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

A Thousand Perfect Notes

by C.G. Drews • 2018

Beck plays piano to survive his mother's rage. August teaches him to play for himself.

4.16

5k+

🎹 Musical Prodigy 😰 Abusive Parent 🩹 Child Abuse Recovery ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family

A Thousand Perfect Notes 90%

Beck plays piano to survive his mother's rage. August teaches him to play for himself.

by C.G. Drews 2018

4.16

5k+ ratings

🎹 Musical Prodigy 😰 Abusive Parent 🩹 Child Abuse Recovery ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family

Furia

by Yamile Saied Méndez • 2020

Camila's fútbol genius must stay hidden. Her famous ex's return threatens the double life she built.

4.14

15k+

🎭 Sports Drama ⚽ Girls In Sports 💕 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🤫 Secret Life 💔 Abusive Parent

Furia 89%

Camila's fútbol genius must stay hidden. Her famous ex's return threatens the double life she built.

by Yamile Saied Méndez 2020

4.14

15k+ ratings

🎭 Sports Drama ⚽ Girls In Sports 💕 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🤫 Secret Life 💔 Abusive Parent

My Wattpad Love

by Ariana Godoy • 2012

A shy teen clashes with a brooding poet online, sparking an obsession she can't shake.

3.54

23k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💻 Online Romance 💔 Traumatized Hero 🌧️ Angsty Romance ✍️ Writing Community

My Wattpad Love 89%

A shy teen clashes with a brooding poet online, sparking an obsession she can't shake.

by Ariana Godoy 2012

3.54

23k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💻 Online Romance 💔 Traumatized Hero 🌧️ Angsty Romance ✍️ Writing Community

A House Without Windows

by Nadia Hashimi

Her husband is dead, blood covers her hands, but this Afghan mother stays silent.

4.00

16k+

🏔️ Afghan Women 🔗 Prison Sisterhood 🤫 Protective Silence 🪬 Folk Magic ✈️ Diaspora Return

A House Without Windows 89%

Her husband is dead, blood covers her hands, but this Afghan mother stays silent.

by Nadia Hashimi 2016

4.00

16k+ ratings

🏔️ Afghan Women 🔗 Prison Sisterhood 🤫 Protective Silence 🪬 Folk Magic ✈️ Diaspora Return

An Emotion of Great Delight

by Tahereh Mafi • 2021

Numb from grief and America's scrutiny, a Muslim teen rediscovers feeling through a forbidden love.

3.66

12k+

🕌 Muslim American Life 🏙️ Post-9/11 America 💔 Forbidden Romance 😢 Sibling Grief 😔 Survivor's Guilt

An Emotion of Great Delight 92%

Numb from grief and America's scrutiny, a Muslim teen rediscovers feeling through a forbidden love.

by Tahereh Mafi 2021

3.66

12k+ ratings

🕌 Muslim American Life 🏙️ Post-9/11 America 💔 Forbidden Romance 😢 Sibling Grief 😔 Survivor's Guilt

Internment

by Samira Ahmed • 2019

A Muslim teen writes from inside an internment camp, risking all to expose the truth.

3.86

21k+

🏚️ Dystopian America 📹 Surveillance State ❤️ Interfaith Romance ✍️ Writing As Resistance ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

Internment 92%

A Muslim teen writes from inside an internment camp, risking all to expose the truth.

by Samira Ahmed 2019

3.86

21k+ ratings

🏚️ Dystopian America 📹 Surveillance State ❤️ Interfaith Romance ✍️ Writing As Resistance ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

You'd Be Home Now

by Kathleen Glasgow • 2021

When a fatal crash exposes her brother's addiction, she becomes the family's invisible caretaker.

4.13

82k+

💊 Sibling Addiction 🤫 Secret Relationship 📢 Slut-Shaming 💉 Opioid Crisis 🕊️ Survivor Guilt

You'd Be Home Now 89%

When a fatal crash exposes her brother's addiction, she becomes the family's invisible caretaker.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2021

4.13

82k+ ratings

💊 Sibling Addiction 🤫 Secret Relationship 📢 Slut-Shaming 💉 Opioid Crisis 🕊️ Survivor Guilt

Boys Don't Cry

by Malorie Blackman • 2010

On exam results day, his ex arrives with a baby he never knew existed, then disappears.

4.04

12k+

🍼 Teen Parenthood 🏳️‍🌈 Hate Crime Survival 💪 Challenging Masculinity 🇬🇧 Contemporary London 👥 Sibling Bond

Boys Don't Cry 89%

On exam results day, his ex arrives with a baby he never knew existed, then disappears.

by Malorie Blackman 2010

4.04

12k+ ratings

🍼 Teen Parenthood 🏳️‍🌈 Hate Crime Survival 💪 Challenging Masculinity 🇬🇧 Contemporary London 👥 Sibling Bond

How Not to Disappear

by Clare Furniss • 2015

A pregnant teen drives her great-aunt across England to outrun dementia and unearth family secrets.

4.08

2k+

🏠 Generational Drama 🤰 Teen Pregnancy 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🚗 Road Trip Journey

How Not to Disappear 89%

A pregnant teen drives her great-aunt across England to outrun dementia and unearth family secrets.

by Clare Furniss 2015

4.08

2k+ ratings

🏠 Generational Drama 🤰 Teen Pregnancy 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🚗 Road Trip Journey

How to Save a Life

by Emma Scott • 2016

Two outcast teens in small-town Iowa: her scar, his visions, a love that makes them targets.

4.01

7k+

🌹 Scarred Heroine 🔮 Prophetic Dreams 🏠 Foster Kids 💔 New Adult Angst ⛓️ Imprisoned Hero

How to Save a Life 89%

Two outcast teens in small-town Iowa: her scar, his visions, a love that makes them targets.

by Emma Scott 2016

4.01

7k+ ratings

🌹 Scarred Heroine 🔮 Prophetic Dreams 🏠 Foster Kids 💔 New Adult Angst ⛓️ Imprisoned Hero

Breathe and Count Back from Ten

by Natalia Sylvester • 2022

A Peruvian American teen hides her dream of becoming a mermaid performer from her immigrant parents.

3.82

4k+

🏡 Boy Next Door 👨‍👩‍👧 Strict Parents 🎭 Performing Arts 💔 Chronic Illness 💕 First Love

Breathe and Count Back from Ten 89%

A Peruvian American teen hides her dream of becoming a mermaid performer from her immigrant parents.

by Natalia Sylvester 2022

3.82

4k+ ratings

🏡 Boy Next Door 👨‍👩‍👧 Strict Parents 🎭 Performing Arts 💔 Chronic Illness 💕 First Love

Push

by Sapphire • 1996

A pregnant, illiterate Harlem girl finds a classroom teaching her to read and reclaim her future.

3.88

60k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery 📚 Teacher-Student Bond 📖 Literacy As Liberation 🏙️ Harlem Setting

Push 89%

A pregnant, illiterate Harlem girl finds a classroom teaching her to read and reclaim her future.

by Sapphire 1996

3.88

60k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery 📚 Teacher-Student Bond 📖 Literacy As Liberation 🏙️ Harlem Setting

One Half from the East

by Nadia Hashimi • 2016

A Kabul girl turned boy to bring luck finds a friend who shares the disguise.

3.98

3k+

🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy 👯‍♀️ Sibling Solidarity 🩹 Injured Parent 🏔️ Rural Afghanistan 🌈 Magical Thinking

One Half from the East 89%

A Kabul girl turned boy to bring luck finds a friend who shares the disguise.

by Nadia Hashimi 2016

3.98

3k+ ratings

🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy 👯‍♀️ Sibling Solidarity 🩹 Injured Parent 🏔️ Rural Afghanistan 🌈 Magical Thinking

Call It What You Want

by Brigid Kemmerer • 2019

He carries his father's crimes. She hides her disgrace. A calculus project forces them together.

4.01

18k+

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 📝 Forced Proximity 💔 Social Outcasts 🫂 Found Family 🌧️ Teen Angst

Call It What You Want 89%

He carries his father's crimes. She hides her disgrace. A calculus project forces them together.

by Brigid Kemmerer 2019

4.01

18k+ ratings

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 📝 Forced Proximity 💔 Social Outcasts 🫂 Found Family 🌧️ Teen Angst

Evil Eye

by Etaf Rum • 2023

A Palestinian-American mother reckons with the silence her family has carried for generations.

3.93

25k+

🕳️ Generational Trauma 💭 Mother Daughter Rift 💔 Unhappy Marriage 🌏 Immigrant Daughter 🥀 Quietly Devastating

Evil Eye 89%

A Palestinian-American mother reckons with the silence her family has carried for generations.

by Etaf Rum 2023

3.93

25k+ ratings

🕳️ Generational Trauma 💭 Mother Daughter Rift 💔 Unhappy Marriage 🌏 Immigrant Daughter 🥀 Quietly Devastating

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles (2008) Paperback

by Simone Elkeles • 2007

He's back from juvie. She still limps. Their small town can't hold the secret between them.

3.99

44k+

💕 Ya Contemporary Romance 😈 Bad Reputation Hero 🩹 Scarred Heroine 🔒 Forced Proximity 💢 Enemies To Lovers

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles (2008) Paperback Summary

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles (2008) Paperback 89%

He's back from juvie. She still limps. Their small town can't hold the secret between them.

by Simone Elkeles 2007

3.99

44k+ ratings

💕 Ya Contemporary Romance 😈 Bad Reputation Hero 🩹 Scarred Heroine 🔒 Forced Proximity 💢 Enemies To Lovers

The Female of the Species

by Mindy McGinnis • 2016

She killed her sister's murderer. Now she hides it while falling for the golden boy.

4.14

39k+

🖤 Anti-Heroine 🔪 Female Rage 🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🚫 Rape Culture 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Female of the Species 89%

She killed her sister's murderer. Now she hides it while falling for the golden boy.

by Mindy McGinnis 2016

4.14

39k+ ratings

🖤 Anti-Heroine 🔪 Female Rage 🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🚫 Rape Culture 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Moroccan Daughter

by Deborah Rodriguez • 2021

A Moroccan woman hides an American husband from the father arranging her marriage.

3.64

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🕌 Moroccan Family Saga 💕 Cross-Cultural Romance 🤫 Secret Marriage 🤰 Hidden Pregnancy 🫂 Found Family

The Moroccan Daughter 89%

A Moroccan woman hides an American husband from the father arranging her marriage.

by Deborah Rodriguez 2021

3.64

1k+ ratings

🕌 Moroccan Family Saga 💕 Cross-Cultural Romance 🤫 Secret Marriage 🤰 Hidden Pregnancy 🫂 Found Family

Big Girl Small

by Rachel DeWoskin • 2011

A teen singer with dwarfism enters an arts school. One boy sees her, not her size.

3.34

3k+

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Big Girl Small 89%

A teen singer with dwarfism enters an arts school. One boy sees her, not her size.

by Rachel DeWoskin 2011

3.34

3k+ ratings

🎭 Performing Arts School 💔 First Love Gone Wrong 📱 Public Shaming 🌑 Dark Coming Of Age 🗣️ Witty Narrator

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