50 Books like The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls

The Wilderness

by Angela Flournoy

A grandfather's final choice. A sister's lasting silence. Three friends become her only shelter.

3.47

11k+

🎭 Ensemble Cast 💔 Sister Estrangement 🫂 Found Family 👯‍♀️ Female Friendship 🥀 Quiet Grief

The Wilderness 92%

A grandfather's final choice. A sister's lasting silence. Three friends become her only shelter.

by Angela Flournoy 2025

3.47

11k+ ratings

🎭 Ensemble Cast 💔 Sister Estrangement 🫂 Found Family 👯‍♀️ Female Friendship 🥀 Quiet Grief

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers • 2021

A Black woman excavates her Georgia family's past, unearthing centuries of secrets and survival.

4.50

42k+

🏠 Multigenerational Saga 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🎨 Colorism 🕯️ Ancestral Voices 📚 Academic Coming Of Age

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois Summary

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois 92%

A Black woman excavates her Georgia family's past, unearthing centuries of secrets and survival.

by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers 2021

4.50

42k+ ratings

🏠 Multigenerational Saga 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🎨 Colorism 🕯️ Ancestral Voices 📚 Academic Coming Of Age

Home of the American Circus

by Allison Larkin • 2025

A bar worker inherits a decaying house and a niece who needs saving from their broken family.

4.06

16k+

🎭 Family Drama 💔 Generational Trauma 🫂 Found Family 👭 Sister Rivalry 😢 Bittersweet

Home of the American Circus 92%

A bar worker inherits a decaying house and a niece who needs saving from their broken family.

by Allison Larkin 2025

4.06

16k+ ratings

🎭 Family Drama 💔 Generational Trauma 🫂 Found Family 👭 Sister Rivalry 😢 Bittersweet

Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance

by Alison Espach • 2022

A teenager loses her older sister in a crash, then spends years confessing to her ghost.

3.81

41k+

👯 Sister Bond 🪦 Sibling Loss 😔 Survivor's Guilt 🌱 Coming-Of-Age Grief 💔 Complicated Love

Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance Summary

Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance 91%

A teenager loses her older sister in a crash, then spends years confessing to her ghost.

by Alison Espach 2022

3.81

41k+ ratings

👯 Sister Bond 🪦 Sibling Loss 😔 Survivor's Guilt 🌱 Coming-Of-Age Grief 💔 Complicated Love

Without Merit

by Colleen Hoover • 2017

Wanting her twin's boyfriend is just the latest disappointment in Merit's collection.

3.66

330k+

🏚️ Dysfunctional Family 🤫 Family Secrets 👯 Twin Sisters 💔 Sister's Boyfriend 🧠 Mental Health Journey

Without Merit 91%

Wanting her twin's boyfriend is just the latest disappointment in Merit's collection.

by Colleen Hoover 2017

3.66

330k+ ratings

🏚️ Dysfunctional Family 🤫 Family Secrets 👯 Twin Sisters 💔 Sister's Boyfriend 🧠 Mental Health Journey

The Vanishing Half

by Brit Bennett • 2020

Light-skinned twins: Desiree returns to their Black town, Stella disappears into a white life.

4.12

866k+

🎭 Racial Passing 👯 Twin Estrangement 📜 Multi-Generational Saga 🏚️ Jim Crow South 🔐 Family Secrets

The Vanishing Half 91%

Light-skinned twins: Desiree returns to their Black town, Stella disappears into a white life.

by Brit Bennett 2020

4.12

866k+ ratings

🎭 Racial Passing 👯 Twin Estrangement 📜 Multi-Generational Saga 🏚️ Jim Crow South 🔐 Family Secrets

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

by Jessica Guerrieri • 2025

An artist mother drinks to quiet her other self, until her performance of perfect motherhood breaks.

3.88

6k+

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🍷 Alcoholism Recovery 🤰 Motherhood Ambivalence 🪆 Generational Trauma 👯‍♀️ Chosen Sisterhood

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Summary

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 91%

An artist mother drinks to quiet her other self, until her performance of perfect motherhood breaks.

by Jessica Guerrieri 2025

3.88

6k+ ratings

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🍷 Alcoholism Recovery 🤰 Motherhood Ambivalence 🪆 Generational Trauma 👯‍♀️ Chosen Sisterhood

All-Night Pharmacy

by Ruth Madievsky • 2023

When her wild sister vanishes, a young woman claws toward sobriety and a long-buried self.

3.50

8k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Literary Fiction 💊 Addiction And Recovery 👯 Toxic Sisterhood 🔍 Missing Sister 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

All-Night Pharmacy 91%

When her wild sister vanishes, a young woman claws toward sobriety and a long-buried self.

by Ruth Madievsky 2023

3.50

8k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Literary Fiction 💊 Addiction And Recovery 👯 Toxic Sisterhood 🔍 Missing Sister 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Original Daughter

by Jemimah Wei • 2025

Two sisters, a childhood blood oath, and a betrayal that turned private pain into public art.

3.64

7k+

🇸🇬 Singapore Family Drama 👭 Estranged Sisters 🧬 Generational Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets 😢 Emotionally Intense

The Original Daughter 91%

Two sisters, a childhood blood oath, and a betrayal that turned private pain into public art.

by Jemimah Wei 2025

3.64

7k+ ratings

🇸🇬 Singapore Family Drama 👭 Estranged Sisters 🧬 Generational Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets 😢 Emotionally Intense

Big Brother

by Lionel Shriver • 2013

A woman wagers her marriage to rescue her brilliant brother from the grip of catastrophic obesity.

3.47

15k+

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🍔 Food Addiction 👫 Sibling Loyalty 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🖤 Dark Comedy

Big Brother 91%

A woman wagers her marriage to rescue her brilliant brother from the grip of catastrophic obesity.

by Lionel Shriver 2013

3.47

15k+ ratings

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🍔 Food Addiction 👫 Sibling Loyalty 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🖤 Dark Comedy

The Last Romantics

by Tara Conklin • 2019

After their father dies and their mother retreats, four siblings raise themselves in feral freedom.

3.70

49k+

💔 Parental Neglect ⭐ Golden Boy Downfall ✍️ Writer Narrator 🤫 Family Secrets 👵 Elderly Narrator

The Last Romantics 91%

After their father dies and their mother retreats, four siblings raise themselves in feral freedom.

by Tara Conklin 2019

3.70

49k+ ratings

💔 Parental Neglect ⭐ Golden Boy Downfall ✍️ Writer Narrator 🤫 Family Secrets 👵 Elderly Narrator

The House We Grew Up In

by Lisa Jewell • 2013

Four siblings, a hoarded house, and the Easter tragedy that broke them.

3.78

126k+

🏡 Family Saga 🤫 Family Secrets 👩‍👧 Complicated Mothers 💔 Sibling Estrangement 📧 Epistolary Elements

The House We Grew Up In 90%

Four siblings, a hoarded house, and the Easter tragedy that broke them.

by Lisa Jewell 2013

3.78

126k+ ratings

🏡 Family Saga 🤫 Family Secrets 👩‍👧 Complicated Mothers 💔 Sibling Estrangement 📧 Epistolary Elements

Mothers and Daughters

by Erica James • 2022

A seaside widow falls in love again while her daughters wrestle infertility and a controlling man.

4.29

6k+

📖 Family Saga 👭 Sibling Rivalry 🤰 Fertility Struggles 🔗 Generational Trauma 🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survivor

Mothers and Daughters 90%

A seaside widow falls in love again while her daughters wrestle infertility and a controlling man.

by Erica James 2022

4.29

6k+ ratings

📖 Family Saga 👭 Sibling Rivalry 🤰 Fertility Struggles 🔗 Generational Trauma 🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survivor

The Catch

by Yrsa Daley-Ward • 2025

Dead twenty years, her mother enters Selfridges. A writer follows, and her life's story comes apart.

3.24

2k+

🖊️ Autofiction 🔮 Magical Realist Mystery 👯 Estranged Twins 🕳️ Mother Wound 💔 Adoption Trauma

The Catch 90%

Dead twenty years, her mother enters Selfridges. A writer follows, and her life's story comes apart.

by Yrsa Daley-Ward 2025

3.24

2k+ ratings

🖊️ Autofiction 🔮 Magical Realist Mystery 👯 Estranged Twins 🕳️ Mother Wound 💔 Adoption Trauma

Handle with Care

by Jodi Picoult • 2009

Bankrupted by her fragile daughter's bones, a mother sues her best friend for wrongful birth.

4.01

140k+

🏥 Medical Ethics 🦴 Parenting Disability 👤 Invisible Sibling ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 💔 Best Friend Betrayal

Handle with Care 90%

Bankrupted by her fragile daughter's bones, a mother sues her best friend for wrongful birth.

by Jodi Picoult 2009

4.01

140k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Ethics 🦴 Parenting Disability 👤 Invisible Sibling ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 💔 Best Friend Betrayal

Black Cake

by Charmaine Wilkerson • 2022

After her death, a mother's recording reveals a Caribbean escape, a hidden identity, and a sister.

4.08

232k+

📖 Family Saga ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Sibling Estrangement 🎭 Assumed Identity 👤 Long-Lost Sibling

Black Cake 90%

After her death, a mother's recording reveals a Caribbean escape, a hidden identity, and a sister.

by Charmaine Wilkerson 2022

4.08

232k+ ratings

📖 Family Saga ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Sibling Estrangement 🎭 Assumed Identity 👤 Long-Lost Sibling

The White Hot

by Quiara Alegría Hudes • 2025

Eight years after vanishing, a mother writes her daughter a letter explaining why she had to leave.

3.72

3k+

🔥 Inherited Rage 👩‍👧 Disappearing Mother 🩸 Generational Trauma 🌺 Latinx Family Saga ✉️ Epistolary Novel

The White Hot 90%

Eight years after vanishing, a mother writes her daughter a letter explaining why she had to leave.

by Quiara Alegría Hudes 2025

3.72

3k+ ratings

🔥 Inherited Rage 👩‍👧 Disappearing Mother 🩸 Generational Trauma 🌺 Latinx Family Saga ✉️ Epistolary Novel

Sisterland

by Curtis Sittenfeld • 2013

She traded premonitions for PTA, until her twin predicted a disaster on live TV.

3.38

42k+

👯 Twin Bond 🏡 Domestic Drama 🤫 Family Secrets 🏘️ Suburban Anxiety 🤱 Ambivalent Motherhood

Sisterland 91%

She traded premonitions for PTA, until her twin predicted a disaster on live TV.

by Curtis Sittenfeld 2013

3.38

42k+ ratings

👯 Twin Bond 🏡 Domestic Drama 🤫 Family Secrets 🏘️ Suburban Anxiety 🤱 Ambivalent Motherhood

Blue Sisters

by Coco Mellors • 2024

Three sisters reunite after the fourth's overdose. Grief binds them. Secrets could break them.

3.90

336k+

🖤 Sisters In Grief 🏠 Family Drama 🩹 Addiction Recovery 💍 Lesbian Marriage 🔥 Forbidden Affair

Blue Sisters 91%

Three sisters reunite after the fourth's overdose. Grief binds them. Secrets could break them.

by Coco Mellors 2024

3.90

336k+ ratings

🖤 Sisters In Grief 🏠 Family Drama 🩹 Addiction Recovery 💍 Lesbian Marriage 🔥 Forbidden Affair

Hello Beautiful

by Ann Napolitano

A basketball player marries Julia Padavano, then loves her sister, splitting the family for decades.

4.13

556k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 👯‍♀️ Sisters 🌧️ Depression 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Estranged Family

Hello Beautiful 91%

A basketball player marries Julia Padavano, then loves her sister, splitting the family for decades.

by Ann Napolitano 2023

4.13

556k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 👯‍♀️ Sisters 🌧️ Depression 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Estranged Family

Whore

by Tanika Lynch • 2002

Abandoned at fourteen with two siblings, she turns to the streets to keep them alive.

4.47

2k+

📖 Street Lit 🏙️ Inner City 🏠 Found Family 🛟 Rescuer Romance 💔 Mother Wound

Whore 90%

Abandoned at fourteen with two siblings, she turns to the streets to keep them alive.

by Tanika Lynch 2002

4.47

2k+ ratings

📖 Street Lit 🏙️ Inner City 🏠 Found Family 🛟 Rescuer Romance 💔 Mother Wound

Little Cruelties

by Liz Nugent • 2020

Two brothers bury the third, each knowing the other could have saved him.

3.76

17k+

🍀 Irish Family Drama 💔 Sibling Rivalry 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator ⭐ Fame And Downfall 🔗 Generational Trauma

Little Cruelties 90%

Two brothers bury the third, each knowing the other could have saved him.

by Liz Nugent 2020

3.76

17k+ ratings

🍀 Irish Family Drama 💔 Sibling Rivalry 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator ⭐ Fame And Downfall 🔗 Generational Trauma

Before I Forget

by Tory Henwood Hoen • 2025

A wayward daughter returns to care for her father, whose dementia brings unsettling prophecy.

4.18

27k+

🫂 Parental Caregiving 👯 Sisterhood ✨ Quiet Magical Realism 🏘️ Small Town Revival 🌱 Late Coming Of Age

Before I Forget 90%

A wayward daughter returns to care for her father, whose dementia brings unsettling prophecy.

by Tory Henwood Hoen 2025

4.18

27k+ ratings

🫂 Parental Caregiving 👯 Sisterhood ✨ Quiet Magical Realism 🏘️ Small Town Revival 🌱 Late Coming Of Age

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

The Trouble Up North

by Travis Mulhauser • 2025

One botched arson, one dead man, one Michigan family forced to choose who takes the fall.

3.63

799

🏚️ Rural Noir 🌲 Ancestral Land 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔗 Generational Trauma 🍂 Addiction And Recovery

The Trouble Up North 90%

One botched arson, one dead man, one Michigan family forced to choose who takes the fall.

by Travis Mulhauser 2025

3.63

799 ratings

🏚️ Rural Noir 🌲 Ancestral Land 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔗 Generational Trauma 🍂 Addiction And Recovery

Maame

by Jessica George • 2023

A London caretaker daughter leaves home; then her father dies and she must discover herself.

4.05

128k+

🌍 Diaspora Fiction 🏠 Caregiver Daughter 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Rift 🫂 Chosen Family 🌸 Late Bloomer

Maame 90%

A London caretaker daughter leaves home; then her father dies and she must discover herself.

by Jessica George 2023

4.05

128k+ ratings

🌍 Diaspora Fiction 🏠 Caregiver Daughter 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Rift 🫂 Chosen Family 🌸 Late Bloomer

The Latecomer

by Jean Hanff Korelitz • 2022

An art collector's guilt haunts his family until his youngest child uncovers what he buried.

4.01

38k+

🏠 Family Saga 💔 Estranged Siblings 🙊 Hidden Family Secrets 🎨 Art World 🩹 Inherited Trauma

The Latecomer 90%

An art collector's guilt haunts his family until his youngest child uncovers what he buried.

by Jean Hanff Korelitz 2022

4.01

38k+ ratings

🏠 Family Saga 💔 Estranged Siblings 🙊 Hidden Family Secrets 🎨 Art World 🩹 Inherited Trauma

The Alternatives

by Caoilinn Hughes • 2024

When their eldest sister disappears, three women search rural Ireland and their own fractured past.

3.35

4k+

👩‍👩‍👩‍👩 Sisterhood Saga 🪨 Sibling Caretaker 🗣️ Multiple Narrators 🌍 Climate Grief 🖤 Darkly Comic

The Alternatives 90%

When their eldest sister disappears, three women search rural Ireland and their own fractured past.

by Caoilinn Hughes 2024

3.35

4k+ ratings

👩‍👩‍👩‍👩 Sisterhood Saga 🪨 Sibling Caretaker 🗣️ Multiple Narrators 🌍 Climate Grief 🖤 Darkly Comic

Maud Martha

by Gwendolyn Brooks • 1953

Overlooked by her husband and her city, a Black woman in Chicago finds beauty anyway.

4.10

4k+

🧩 Vignette Novel 🎨 Colorism 👯 Sister Rivalry 💔 Unhappy Marriage 🌼 Ordinary Beauty

Maud Martha 90%

Overlooked by her husband and her city, a Black woman in Chicago finds beauty anyway.

by Gwendolyn Brooks 1953

4.10

4k+ ratings

🧩 Vignette Novel 🎨 Colorism 👯 Sister Rivalry 💔 Unhappy Marriage 🌼 Ordinary Beauty

Lake Effect

by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney • 2026

A restless wife, her neighbor, and a choice that will echo through two families for decades.

3.85

20k+

🏘️ Suburban Family Saga 💋 Secret Affair 🚪 Closeted Husband 👯‍♀️ Sister Dynamics 🕰️ 1970s Suburbia

Lake Effect 90%

A restless wife, her neighbor, and a choice that will echo through two families for decades.

by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney 2026

3.85

20k+ ratings

🏘️ Suburban Family Saga 💋 Secret Affair 🚪 Closeted Husband 👯‍♀️ Sister Dynamics 🕰️ 1970s Suburbia

The Corrections

by Jonathan Franzen • 2001

Her husband fading, her children scattered, a mother stakes everything on one last family Christmas.

3.85

200k+

🏠 Family Saga 💔 Dysfunctional Family 👴 Aging Parents 😰 Domestic Anxiety 🌽 American Midwest

The Corrections 90%

Her husband fading, her children scattered, a mother stakes everything on one last family Christmas.

by Jonathan Franzen 2001

3.85

200k+ ratings

🏠 Family Saga 💔 Dysfunctional Family 👴 Aging Parents 😰 Domestic Anxiety 🌽 American Midwest

Wreck

by Catherine Newman • 2025

An anxious mother's mysterious rash and a fatal train crash upend one family.

3.74

50k+

🏠 Domestic Literary 😰 Anxious Narrator 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🩺 Medical Mystery 💔 Community Tragedy

Wreck 90%

An anxious mother's mysterious rash and a fatal train crash upend one family.

by Catherine Newman 2025

3.74

50k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Literary 😰 Anxious Narrator 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🩺 Medical Mystery 💔 Community Tragedy

The Girls Who Grew Big

by Leila Mottley • 2025

Banished to Florida, a pregnant teen finds home among the mothers she was warned to avoid.

3.99

29k+

👶 Teen Motherhood 🤲 Found Family ✍️ Lyrical Prose 🏚️ Rural Poverty 🌈 Queer Awakening

The Girls Who Grew Big 90%

Banished to Florida, a pregnant teen finds home among the mothers she was warned to avoid.

by Leila Mottley 2025

3.99

29k+ ratings

👶 Teen Motherhood 🤲 Found Family ✍️ Lyrical Prose 🏚️ Rural Poverty 🌈 Queer Awakening

Dava Shastri's Last Day

by Kirthana Ramisetti • 2021

A billionaire reads her own obituaries, then gathers her fractured family on an island to confess.

3.47

11k+

🔥 Family Saga 👑 Controlling Matriarch ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🌏 Immigrant Success Story 🔒 Family Secrets

Dava Shastri's Last Day 90%

A billionaire reads her own obituaries, then gathers her fractured family on an island to confess.

by Kirthana Ramisetti 2021

3.47

11k+ ratings

🔥 Family Saga 👑 Controlling Matriarch ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🌏 Immigrant Success Story 🔒 Family Secrets

Grown Women

by Sarai Johnson

Four Black women, one unspoken wound, and the daughter who finally asks what happened.

4.29

5k+

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🌿 American South 👩🏿 Black Women's Fiction

Grown Women 90%

Four Black women, one unspoken wound, and the daughter who finally asks what happened.

by Sarai Johnson 2024

4.29

5k+ ratings

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🌿 American South 👩🏿 Black Women's Fiction

Favourite Daughter

by Morgan Dick • 2025

A teacher's inheritance forces therapy, where her therapist is the half-sister she never knew.

3.58

9k+

👭 Estranged Sisters 🤫 Family Secrets 💰 Inheritance Drama 🍸 Alcoholic Protagonist 🛋️ Therapy Subplot

Favourite Daughter 91%

A teacher's inheritance forces therapy, where her therapist is the half-sister she never knew.

by Morgan Dick 2025

3.58

9k+ ratings

👭 Estranged Sisters 🤫 Family Secrets 💰 Inheritance Drama 🍸 Alcoholic Protagonist 🛋️ Therapy Subplot

How to Make Friends with the Dark

by Kathleen Glasgow • 2019

After her mother dies, a teen in foster care must trust a half-sister she's never met.

4.07

43k+

🖤 Grief And Loss 🏠 Foster Care 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 👭 Sister Bond 🤝 Found Family

How to Make Friends with the Dark Summary

How to Make Friends with the Dark 91%

After her mother dies, a teen in foster care must trust a half-sister she's never met.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2019

4.07

43k+ ratings

🖤 Grief And Loss 🏠 Foster Care 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 👭 Sister Bond 🤝 Found Family

Crooked Plow

by Itamar Vieira Junior • 2019

A childhood accident mutes one sister, their silent language a refuge on a Brazilian plantation.

4.43

32k+

🏡 Family Saga 👭 Sister Bond 🤫 Silent Protagonist 🇧🇷 Afro-Brazilian Culture 🌍 Land Rights Struggle

Crooked Plow 90%

A childhood accident mutes one sister, their silent language a refuge on a Brazilian plantation.

by Itamar Vieira Junior 2019

4.43

32k+ ratings

🏡 Family Saga 👭 Sister Bond 🤫 Silent Protagonist 🇧🇷 Afro-Brazilian Culture 🌍 Land Rights Struggle

Honour

by Elif Shafak • 2011

A mother's forbidden love in London puts her son's loyalty to honour to a deadly test.

4.15

28k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga ⚖️ Honour And Shame 🎭 Mistaken Identity 💔 Forbidden Love 👯 Twin Sisters

Honour 90%

A mother's forbidden love in London puts her son's loyalty to honour to a deadly test.

by Elif Shafak 2011

4.15

28k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga ⚖️ Honour And Shame 🎭 Mistaken Identity 💔 Forbidden Love 👯 Twin Sisters

More or Less Maddy

by Lisa Genova • 2025

Maddy is a comedian. Maddy is bipolar. Her family wants her stable. She wants the mic.

4.18

33k+

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 😅 Darkly Funny 👩‍👧 Overbearing Mother 👭 Sister Bonds

More or Less Maddy 90%

Maddy is a comedian. Maddy is bipolar. Her family wants her stable. She wants the mic.

by Lisa Genova 2025

4.18

33k+ ratings

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 🎤 Stand-Up Comedy 😅 Darkly Funny 👩‍👧 Overbearing Mother 👭 Sister Bonds

Girl, Woman, Other

by Bernardine Evaristo • 2019

Twelve Black British women, teenage to ninety-three, forge lives on their own terms.

4.26

268k+

🖤 Black British Fiction 🎭 Polyphonic Narrative 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters 🤝 Found Family 👵 Intergenerational Saga

Girl, Woman, Other 90%

Twelve Black British women, teenage to ninety-three, forge lives on their own terms.

by Bernardine Evaristo 2019

4.26

268k+ ratings

🖤 Black British Fiction 🎭 Polyphonic Narrative 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters 🤝 Found Family 👵 Intergenerational Saga

La Dernière Allumette

by Marie Vareille • 2024

Zoé loves a man haunted by his father's violence. Her sister marries it.

4.61

7k+

👻 Posthumous Narrator 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse 🏚️ Domestic Violence 🧬 Generational Trauma 👫 Sibling Trauma

La Dernière Allumette 90%

Zoé loves a man haunted by his father's violence. Her sister marries it.

by Marie Vareille 2024

4.61

7k+ ratings

👻 Posthumous Narrator 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse 🏚️ Domestic Violence 🧬 Generational Trauma 👫 Sibling Trauma

An American Marriage

by Tayari Jones • 2018

She promised to wait. She wrote him letters. Then she fell for her oldest friend.

3.93

389k+

📚 Book Club Fiction ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 💔 Love Triangle ✉️ Epistolary Elements 💍 Marriage In Crisis

An American Marriage 90%

She promised to wait. She wrote him letters. Then she fell for her oldest friend.

by Tayari Jones 2018

3.93

389k+ ratings

📚 Book Club Fiction ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 💔 Love Triangle ✉️ Epistolary Elements 💍 Marriage In Crisis

Bitterschokolade

by Mirjam Pressler • 1992

Eva hides her eating and her body from everyone, convinced thinness is the price of love.

2.88

830

🪞 Body Image 🩺 Eating Disorder Fiction 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Rift ☀️ Summer Romance 🤝 Friendship Lifeline

Bitterschokolade 90%

Eva hides her eating and her body from everyone, convinced thinness is the price of love.

by Mirjam Pressler 1992

2.88

830 ratings

🪞 Body Image 🩺 Eating Disorder Fiction 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Rift ☀️ Summer Romance 🤝 Friendship Lifeline

Porcupines

by Fran Fabriczki • 2026

Her Hungarian mother fled into reinvention. Her American daughter wants the woman she was before.

3.29

2k+

🏠 Immigrant Family Saga 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters 👤 Absent Father ✡️ Jewish Diaspora 👯 Sisters Estranged

Porcupines 90%

Her Hungarian mother fled into reinvention. Her American daughter wants the woman she was before.

by Fran Fabriczki 2026

3.29

2k+ ratings

🏠 Immigrant Family Saga 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters 👤 Absent Father ✡️ Jewish Diaspora 👯 Sisters Estranged

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 90%

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by Etaf Rum 2023

3.93

25k+ ratings

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4.24

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Happy Land 90%

Summoned home, a real estate agent discovers the lost Black kingdom buried in her family's land.

by Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2025

4.24

12k+ ratings

🏚️ Reconstruction-Era South 🌱 Family Land 🕰️ Dual Timeline 👩‍👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters 🔍 Family Secrets

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by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2021

Four Malibu siblings, one legendary party, and a house that will burn to the ground by morning.

4.02

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Malibu Rising 90%

Four Malibu siblings, one legendary party, and a house that will burn to the ground by morning.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2021

4.02

1.3M+ ratings

🏡 Family Saga 🌊 Sibling Bonds 💔 Absent Father 🤝 Found Family 🛡️ Sibling Caretaker

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4.07

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Ashes of Life 90%

After her parents' sudden death, a grieving teen is trapped living with the stepmother she resents.

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4.07

1k+ ratings

🪦 Parental Loss 🏠 Found Family 💔 Destructive Coping 🌱 Emotional Recovery 🔄 Alternating Pov

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by Sapphire • 1996

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

3.88

60k+

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Push 90%

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

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