Kasvutarina

Aikuistuminen tarkoittaa elämän käännekohtien läpikäymistä: ensirakkauksia, perheen ristiriitoja, identiteettikysymyksiä ja nuoruuden raakoja tunteita. Nämä muutosvoimaiset tarinat vangitsevat universaalin matkan viattomuudesta ymmärrykseen seuraten hahmoja, jotka löytävät paikkansa monimutkaisessa maailmassa voittojen, sydänsurujen ja itsetutkiskelun kautta.

Kasvutarina Kirjayhteenvedot

The Book of Goose

kirjoittanut Yiyun Li • 2022

Two girls wrote a book. One became a prodigy. Only the other knew the truth.

3.68

21 000+

🖤 Intense Female Friendship 🖋️ Fake Authorship 📖 Storytelling As Control 🇫🇷 Postwar France 🌧️ Melancholy Literary

The Book of Goose

Two girls wrote a book. One became a prodigy. Only the other knew the truth.

kirjoittanut Yiyun Li 2022 348 sivua

3.68

21 000+ arvostelua

🖤 Intense Female Friendship 🖋️ Fake Authorship 📖 Storytelling As Control 🇫🇷 Postwar France 🌧️ Melancholy Literary

Dodger

kirjoittanut Terry Pratchett • 2012

A London tosher saves a battered girl and becomes the target of foreign agents and assassins.

3.95

28 000+

🎩 Victorian London 🧹 Street Urchin Hero 👑 Hidden Royalty 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Disguise And Identity

Dodger

A London tosher saves a battered girl and becomes the target of foreign agents and assassins.

kirjoittanut Terry Pratchett 2012 360 sivua

3.95

28 000+ arvostelua

🎩 Victorian London 🧹 Street Urchin Hero 👑 Hidden Royalty 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Disguise And Identity

Kingdom of Ash and Briars

kirjoittanut Hannah West • 2016

An immortal shapeshifter hides a cursed princess from the dark sorceress who mentored her.

3.63

2 000+

🧚 Fairy Tale Mashup 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Curse 👑 Rags To Power 🖤 Dark Mentor Figure 💕 Hidden Identity Romance

Kingdom of Ash and Briars

An immortal shapeshifter hides a cursed princess from the dark sorceress who mentored her.

kirjoittanut Hannah West 2016 368 sivua

3.63

2 000+ arvostelua

🧚 Fairy Tale Mashup 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Curse 👑 Rags To Power 🖤 Dark Mentor Figure 💕 Hidden Identity Romance

Becoming Mine

kirjoittanut Roxanne Tully • 2025

Her brother's hockey captain swore to protect her. Falling for her was never part of the deal.

3.74

1 000+

💕 Brother's Best Friend 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Protective Hero

Becoming Mine

Her brother's hockey captain swore to protect her. Falling for her was never part of the deal.

kirjoittanut Roxanne Tully 2025 351 sivua

3.74

1 000+ arvostelua

💕 Brother's Best Friend 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Protective Hero

An Uncommon Education

kirjoittanut Elizabeth Percer • 2012

Her flawless memory gets her into Wellesley, but a secret society teaches her the limits of rescue.

3.14

1 000+

🏛️ College Secret Society 🎭 Shakespearean Theatre 🧳 Elite College Outsider 🧠 Extraordinary Memory ✡️ Jewish American Family

An Uncommon Education

Her flawless memory gets her into Wellesley, but a secret society teaches her the limits of rescue.

kirjoittanut Elizabeth Percer 2012 368 sivua

3.14

1 000+ arvostelua

🏛️ College Secret Society 🎭 Shakespearean Theatre 🧳 Elite College Outsider 🧠 Extraordinary Memory ✡️ Jewish American Family

A Stage Set for Villains

kirjoittanut Shannon J. Spann • 2026

To cure a Player's curse, she enters his magical death theater and strikes a dangerous bargain.

4.08

11 000+

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🎭 Theatrical Fantasy 📖 Metafictional Fantasy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Morally Grey Love Interest

A Stage Set for Villains

To cure a Player's curse, she enters his magical death theater and strikes a dangerous bargain.

kirjoittanut Shannon J. Spann 2026 513 sivua

4.08

11 000+ arvostelua

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🎭 Theatrical Fantasy 📖 Metafictional Fantasy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Morally Grey Love Interest

The Cross of Lead

kirjoittanut Avi • 2002

Falsely accused, a boy follows a giant juggler, his lead cross a secret worth a lordship.

3.65

28 000+

🏰 Medieval Adventure 👑 Secret Noble Birth 🎪 Mentor Apprentice Bond 🏃 Outlaw On The Run ❤️ Found Family

The Cross of Lead

Falsely accused, a boy follows a giant juggler, his lead cross a secret worth a lordship.

kirjoittanut Avi 2002 262 sivua

3.65

28 000+ arvostelua

🏰 Medieval Adventure 👑 Secret Noble Birth 🎪 Mentor Apprentice Bond 🏃 Outlaw On The Run ❤️ Found Family

Ghost Town

kirjoittanut Tom Perrotta • 2026

A boy's summer of grief cracks open the secrets his suburban town tried to bury.

3.68

3 000+

🏘️ Suburban Coming Of Age 💔 Grief And Guilt 👻 Haunting 🌾 1970s America 🔮 Ouija Board

Ghost Town

A boy's summer of grief cracks open the secrets his suburban town tried to bury.

kirjoittanut Tom Perrotta 2026 273 sivua

3.68

3 000+ arvostelua

🏘️ Suburban Coming Of Age 💔 Grief And Guilt 👻 Haunting 🌾 1970s America 🔮 Ouija Board

Demian / Siddhartha

kirjoittanut Hermann Hesse • 1998

To become himself, a young man must first lose every self he tries on.

4.20

12 000+

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🌅 Spiritual Journey 🎭 Duality Of Self 🔍 Search For Meaning 🌿 Introspective

Demian / Siddhartha

To become himself, a young man must first lose every self he tries on.

kirjoittanut Hermann Hesse 1998

4.20

12 000+ arvostelua

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🌅 Spiritual Journey 🎭 Duality Of Self 🔍 Search For Meaning 🌿 Introspective

Mean Girls

kirjoittanut Micol Ostow • 2017

A zoologist's daughter enters American high school and agrees to infiltrate the queen bee's clique.

3.87

1 000+

🎭 High School Comedy 🪞 Social Satire 🏫 New Girl At School 👑 Queen Bee Rivalry 💅 Mean Girl Clique

Mean Girls

A zoologist's daughter enters American high school and agrees to infiltrate the queen bee's clique.

kirjoittanut Micol Ostow 2017 283 sivua

3.87

1 000+ arvostelua

🎭 High School Comedy 🪞 Social Satire 🏫 New Girl At School 👑 Queen Bee Rivalry 💅 Mean Girl Clique

Kelderkind

kirjoittanut Kristien Dieltiens • 2012

A boy imprisoned in a cellar carries a secret that could bring down a royal house.

3.81

359

🏰 Gothic Historical 🔍 Historical Mystery 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🗡️ Political Conspiracy 👑 Lost Prince

Kelderkind

A boy imprisoned in a cellar carries a secret that could bring down a royal house.

kirjoittanut Kristien Dieltiens 2012 485 sivua

3.81

359 arvostelua

🏰 Gothic Historical 🔍 Historical Mystery 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🗡️ Political Conspiracy 👑 Lost Prince

Look Homeward, Angel

kirjoittanut Thomas Wolfe • 1929

A sensitive boy in a tumultuous Southern boardinghouse hungers for language, beauty, and belonging.

3.91

15 000+

🔰 American Bildungsroman 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🎨 Artistic Awakening 🏘️ Small Town Life ✨ Lyrical Prose

Look Homeward, Angel

A sensitive boy in a tumultuous Southern boardinghouse hungers for language, beauty, and belonging.

kirjoittanut Thomas Wolfe 1929 544 sivua

3.91

15 000+ arvostelua

🔰 American Bildungsroman 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🎨 Artistic Awakening 🏘️ Small Town Life ✨ Lyrical Prose

Banana Splitsville

kirjoittanut Catherine Clark • 2000

A summer of freedom on a Maine island goes sideways when the ex she never got over returns.

3.36

500+

☀️ Summer Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏖️ Small Town Seaside 📼 Early 2000s

Banana Splitsville

A summer of freedom on a Maine island goes sideways when the ex she never got over returns.

kirjoittanut Catherine Clark 2000 288 sivua

3.36

500+ arvostelua

☀️ Summer Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏖️ Small Town Seaside 📼 Early 2000s

Losing the Field

kirjoittanut Abbi Glines • 2018

Tallulah plans revenge on the injured football star who broke her heart. But he's already shattered.

3.71

11 000+

🏈 Small Town Football 💔 Revenge To Lovers 🩹 Wounded Athlete ⚠️ Predatory Teacher ✨ Body Transformation

Losing the Field

Tallulah plans revenge on the injured football star who broke her heart. But he's already shattered.

kirjoittanut Abbi Glines 2018 336 sivua

3.71

11 000+ arvostelua

🏈 Small Town Football 💔 Revenge To Lovers 🩹 Wounded Athlete ⚠️ Predatory Teacher ✨ Body Transformation

Ghosts of Belle Isle

kirjoittanut Steven K. Smith • 2014

Chasing ghost stories onto a Civil War prison island, two brothers find the danger is real.

4.21

500+

🏛️ Civil War History 👻 Ghost Stories 👥 Sibling Dynamics 🔍 Neighborhood Mystery 💪 Bullies To Face

Ghosts of Belle Isle

Chasing ghost stories onto a Civil War prison island, two brothers find the danger is real.

kirjoittanut Steven K. Smith 2014 196 sivua

4.21

500+ arvostelua

🏛️ Civil War History 👻 Ghost Stories 👥 Sibling Dynamics 🔍 Neighborhood Mystery 💪 Bullies To Face

Dandelion Wine

kirjoittanut Ray Bradbury • 1957

One Illinois summer teaches a boy the taste of joy and the weight of goodbye.

4.09

79 000+

🌞 Nostalgic Summer 🏘️ Small Town Vignettes 🍂 Loss Of Innocence 👴 Elder Wisdom 👬 Brother Bond

Dandelion Wine

One Illinois summer teaches a boy the taste of joy and the weight of goodbye.

kirjoittanut Ray Bradbury 1957 239 sivua

4.09

79 000+ arvostelua

🌞 Nostalgic Summer 🏘️ Small Town Vignettes 🍂 Loss Of Innocence 👴 Elder Wisdom 👬 Brother Bond

Under the Lights

kirjoittanut Abbi Glines • 2016

She left Lawton in handcuffs. She returns to find two boys who never stopped wanting her.

3.80

22 000+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌳 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💔 Love Triangle 🔐 Family Secrets 🪦 Survivor's Guilt

Under the Lights

She left Lawton in handcuffs. She returns to find two boys who never stopped wanting her.

kirjoittanut Abbi Glines 2016 320 sivua

3.80

22 000+ arvostelua

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌳 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💔 Love Triangle 🔐 Family Secrets 🪦 Survivor's Guilt

Dungeons and Drama

kirjoittanut Kristy Boyce • 2024

A theater kid in her dad's game store fakes dating a gamer to spite her ex.

4.09

46 000+

💕 Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Fake Dating 🔥 Slow Burn 🎭 Musical Theater 🎲 Tabletop Gaming

Dungeons and Drama

A theater kid in her dad's game store fakes dating a gamer to spite her ex.

kirjoittanut Kristy Boyce 2024 304 sivua

4.09

46 000+ arvostelua

💕 Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Fake Dating 🔥 Slow Burn 🎭 Musical Theater 🎲 Tabletop Gaming

Near to the Wild Heart

kirjoittanut Clarice Lispector • 1943

An orphan girl who asked too many questions becomes a woman who abandons every answer.

4.02

18 000+

🌊 Stream Of Consciousness 🌌 Existential Novel 🕯️ Female Solitude 💔 Marital Disillusionment 🌱 Female Awakening

Near to the Wild Heart

An orphan girl who asked too many questions becomes a woman who abandons every answer.

kirjoittanut Clarice Lispector 1943 192 sivua

4.02

18 000+ arvostelua

🌊 Stream Of Consciousness 🌌 Existential Novel 🕯️ Female Solitude 💔 Marital Disillusionment 🌱 Female Awakening

The Midnight Charter

kirjoittanut David Whitley • 1996

In a city that trades everything, two servant children are chosen to judge its fate.

3.44

500+

🏙️ Dystopian City 🧒 Orphan Heroes 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💰 Rags To Riches 🫂 Found Family

The Midnight Charter

In a city that trades everything, two servant children are chosen to judge its fate.

kirjoittanut David Whitley 1996 378 sivua

3.44

500+ arvostelua

🏙️ Dystopian City 🧒 Orphan Heroes 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💰 Rags To Riches 🫂 Found Family

Split Tooth

kirjoittanut Tanya Tagaq • 2018

A young Inuk girl hides from violence and discovers the Arctic's spirits live in her blood.

3.88

14 000+

🪶 Indigenous Magical Realism ❄️ Arctic Wilderness 🕯️ Ancestral Spirits 🩸 Visceral Horror 💔 Maternal Sacrifice

Split Tooth

A young Inuk girl hides from violence and discovers the Arctic's spirits live in her blood.

kirjoittanut Tanya Tagaq 2018 202 sivua

3.88

14 000+ arvostelua

🪶 Indigenous Magical Realism ❄️ Arctic Wilderness 🕯️ Ancestral Spirits 🩸 Visceral Horror 💔 Maternal Sacrifice

Le carnet rouge

kirjoittanut Annelise Heurtier • 2011

A teen's identity hinges on a red notebook and the Nepalese grandmother she never knew.

3.81

110

📖 Dual Timeline Narrative 🔐 Family Secrets 🌏 Bicultural Identity 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Rift 💔 Intergenerational Trauma

Le carnet rouge

A teen's identity hinges on a red notebook and the Nepalese grandmother she never knew.

kirjoittanut Annelise Heurtier 2011 190 sivua

3.81

110 arvostelua

📖 Dual Timeline Narrative 🔐 Family Secrets 🌏 Bicultural Identity 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Rift 💔 Intergenerational Trauma

The Crowns of Croswald

kirjoittanut D.E. Night • 2017

An orphaned maid's forgotten past is the only weapon against a queen who feeds on forgetting.

3.79

3 000+

🏰 Magical Boarding School 👑 Hidden Royal Heir 🔮 Memory Magic 💕 Found Family ✨ Whimsical Magic

The Crowns of Croswald

An orphaned maid's forgotten past is the only weapon against a queen who feeds on forgetting.

kirjoittanut D.E. Night 2017 325 sivua

3.79

3 000+ arvostelua

🏰 Magical Boarding School 👑 Hidden Royal Heir 🔮 Memory Magic 💕 Found Family ✨ Whimsical Magic

The Teacher of Nomad Land

kirjoittanut Daniel Nayeri • 2025

Two siblings wander wartime Iran with a blackboard, trading lessons for a place to belong.

4.15

3 000+

👥 Orphan Protagonists 🫂 Sibling Bond 🧳 Child Refugees 🏕️ Found Family 🗣️ Language Barriers

The Teacher of Nomad Land

Two siblings wander wartime Iran with a blackboard, trading lessons for a place to belong.

kirjoittanut Daniel Nayeri 2025 192 sivua

4.15

3 000+ arvostelua

👥 Orphan Protagonists 🫂 Sibling Bond 🧳 Child Refugees 🏕️ Found Family 🗣️ Language Barriers

Love Me Tomorrow

kirjoittanut Emiko Jean • 2026

A cynical teen wishes for proof that love endures. Letters from the future start arriving.

3.76

2 000+

💌 Anonymous Love Letters 🫶 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family Drama 🪄 Magical Realism 🍂 Bittersweet

Love Me Tomorrow

A cynical teen wishes for proof that love endures. Letters from the future start arriving.

kirjoittanut Emiko Jean 2026 352 sivua

3.76

2 000+ arvostelua

💌 Anonymous Love Letters 🫶 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family Drama 🪄 Magical Realism 🍂 Bittersweet

The Good Lord Bird

kirjoittanut James McBride • 2013

An enslaved boy mistaken for a girl joins John Brown's doomed holy war against slavery.

3.96

38 000+

🎭 Historical Satire 🗺️ Picaresque 🎀 Gender Disguise 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🤝 Found Family

The Good Lord Bird

An enslaved boy mistaken for a girl joins John Brown's doomed holy war against slavery.

kirjoittanut James McBride 2013 417 sivua

3.96

38 000+ arvostelua

🎭 Historical Satire 🗺️ Picaresque 🎀 Gender Disguise 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🤝 Found Family

A Thousand Perfect Notes

kirjoittanut C.G. Drews • 2018

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

4.16

4 000+

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

A Thousand Perfect Notes

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

kirjoittanut C.G. Drews 2018 282 sivua

4.16

4 000+ arvostelua

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

Counting by 7s

kirjoittanut Holly Goldberg Sloan • 2013

Orphaned at twelve, a plant-obsessed genius grows a new family from the strangers around her.

4.14

88 000+

🫂 Found Family 🧠 Neurodivergent Kid 💔 Grief And Healing 🌼 Quiet Resilience 👨‍🏫 Unlikely Guardian

Counting by 7s

Orphaned at twelve, a plant-obsessed genius grows a new family from the strangers around her.

kirjoittanut Holly Goldberg Sloan 2013 380 sivua

4.14

88 000+ arvostelua

🫂 Found Family 🧠 Neurodivergent Kid 💔 Grief And Healing 🌼 Quiet Resilience 👨‍🏫 Unlikely Guardian

We Need New Names

kirjoittanut NoViolet Bulawayo • 2013

A Zimbabwean girl trades hunger for American abundance, only to discover what the journey costs.

3.75

23 000+

👧 Child Narrator 🧳 Immigration Story 💔 Diaspora Longing 🦋 Loss Of Innocence 🫂 Found Family

We Need New Names

A Zimbabwean girl trades hunger for American abundance, only to discover what the journey costs.

kirjoittanut NoViolet Bulawayo 2013 298 sivua

3.75

23 000+ arvostelua

👧 Child Narrator 🧳 Immigration Story 💔 Diaspora Longing 🦋 Loss Of Innocence 🫂 Found Family

We Fell Apart

kirjoittanut E. Lockhart • 2025

Matilda accepts her absent father's invitation to a crumbling island estate. He never appears.

3.55

19 000+

🏚️ Contemporary Gothic 🔐 Family Secrets 🤝 Found Family 💔 Absent Father 💕 Enemies To Lovers

We Fell Apart

Matilda accepts her absent father's invitation to a crumbling island estate. He never appears.

kirjoittanut E. Lockhart 2025 320 sivua

3.55

19 000+ arvostelua

🏚️ Contemporary Gothic 🔐 Family Secrets 🤝 Found Family 💔 Absent Father 💕 Enemies To Lovers

Ashes of Life

kirjoittanut Erica Lucke Dean • 2015

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

4.07

1 000+

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

Ashes of Life

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

kirjoittanut Erica Lucke Dean 2015 270 sivua

4.07

1 000+ arvostelua

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

This Is How I Roll

kirjoittanut Debbi Michiko Florence • 2023

A girl hides her famous last name to launch a secret cooking channel with the new boy.

4.08

293

🍣 Japanese American 🍳 Aspiring Chef 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond 🏡 Small Town Life 🎭 Secret Identity

This Is How I Roll

A girl hides her famous last name to launch a secret cooking channel with the new boy.

kirjoittanut Debbi Michiko Florence 2023 288 sivua

4.08

293 arvostelua

🍣 Japanese American 🍳 Aspiring Chef 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond 🏡 Small Town Life 🎭 Secret Identity

Slags

kirjoittanut Emma Jane Unsworth • 2025

She quit drinking. Her sister settled down. On a motorhome trip through Scotland, both come undone.

3.35

13 000+

🚐 Sister Road Trip 🎭 Wild Sister Good Sister 🕰️ Midlife Reckoning 🍃 Sobriety Journey 🏔️ Scottish Highlands

Slags

She quit drinking. Her sister settled down. On a motorhome trip through Scotland, both come undone.

kirjoittanut Emma Jane Unsworth 2025 288 sivua

3.35

13 000+ arvostelua

🚐 Sister Road Trip 🎭 Wild Sister Good Sister 🕰️ Midlife Reckoning 🍃 Sobriety Journey 🏔️ Scottish Highlands

Boy's Life

kirjoittanut Robert McCammon • 1991

A boy watches a murdered stranger sink into a lake, and his father begins to break.

4.41

42 000+

🌲 Small-Town Mystery 🎠 Childhood Horror 👁️ Witness To A Crime 🕵️ Hidden Nazi Past 👦 Boyhood Friendships

Boy's Life

A boy watches a murdered stranger sink into a lake, and his father begins to break.

kirjoittanut Robert McCammon 1991 627 sivua

4.41

42 000+ arvostelua

🌲 Small-Town Mystery 🎠 Childhood Horror 👁️ Witness To A Crime 🕵️ Hidden Nazi Past 👦 Boyhood Friendships

Le boulevard

kirjoittanut Jean-François Sénéchal • 2016

His mother vanishes on his eighteenth birthday. Developmentally different, Chris must build a life.

3.66

500+

🧠 Neurodivergent Narrator 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 🍁 QuéBéCois Setting 🌱 Quiet Resilience 🏘️ Working-Class Life

Le boulevard

His mother vanishes on his eighteenth birthday. Developmentally different, Chris must build a life.

kirjoittanut Jean-François Sénéchal 2016 304 sivua

3.66

500+ arvostelua

🧠 Neurodivergent Narrator 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 🍁 QuéBéCois Setting 🌱 Quiet Resilience 🏘️ Working-Class Life

Aniana del Mar Jumps In

kirjoittanut Jasminne Mendez • 2023

A Dominican American girl hides her swim-team dreams and her pain, until neither can stay hidden.

4.02

500+

📝 Middle Grade Verse 🩺 Chronic Illness 💔 Mother Daughter Rift 🌴 Caribbean Diaspora 🌀 Generational Trauma

Aniana del Mar Jumps In

A Dominican American girl hides her swim-team dreams and her pain, until neither can stay hidden.

kirjoittanut Jasminne Mendez 2023 384 sivua

4.02

500+ arvostelua

📝 Middle Grade Verse 🩺 Chronic Illness 💔 Mother Daughter Rift 🌴 Caribbean Diaspora 🌀 Generational Trauma

Making a Play

kirjoittanut Abbi Glines • 2019

A deaf girl falls for the Black star receiver. Her racist father will do anything to end it.

3.77

7 000+

👂 Deaf Heroine ❤️ Interracial Romance 🏈 Small-Town Football 💔 Forbidden Love 🤫 Secret Relationship

Making a Play

A deaf girl falls for the Black star receiver. Her racist father will do anything to end it.

kirjoittanut Abbi Glines 2019 320 sivua

3.77

7 000+ arvostelua

👂 Deaf Heroine ❤️ Interracial Romance 🏈 Small-Town Football 💔 Forbidden Love 🤫 Secret Relationship

The Girl with the Whispering Shadow

kirjoittanut D.E. Night • 2019

A hidden magical town should have been safe, but a stolen shadow walks its lantern-lit streets.

4.21

500+

🏘️ Hidden Magical Town 🖤 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Chosen One 🌑 Shadow Curses 🔍 Magical Whodunit

The Girl with the Whispering Shadow

A hidden magical town should have been safe, but a stolen shadow walks its lantern-lit streets.

kirjoittanut D.E. Night 2019 384 sivua

4.21

500+ arvostelua

🏘️ Hidden Magical Town 🖤 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Chosen One 🌑 Shadow Curses 🔍 Magical Whodunit

Mary Jane

kirjoittanut Jessica Anya Blau • 2021

A sheltered Baltimore teen spends one summer nannying for a family hiding a famous rock star.

4.12

100 000+

📅 1970s Coming Of Age 🏠 Bohemian Household 🩷 Found Family 👶 Nanny Protagonist 🔒 Sheltered Protagonist

Mary Jane

A sheltered Baltimore teen spends one summer nannying for a family hiding a famous rock star.

kirjoittanut Jessica Anya Blau 2021 320 sivua

4.12

100 000+ arvostelua

📅 1970s Coming Of Age 🏠 Bohemian Household 🩷 Found Family 👶 Nanny Protagonist 🔒 Sheltered Protagonist

The Smoke Thieves

kirjoittanut Sally Green • 2018

Demon smoke turns children into soldiers. A tyrant builds an army. Five fugitives stand against him.

3.79

9 000+

🔮 Hidden Identity 💔 Forbidden Romance 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Political Intrigue 👑 Arranged Marriage

The Smoke Thieves

Demon smoke turns children into soldiers. A tyrant builds an army. Five fugitives stand against him.

kirjoittanut Sally Green 2018 538 sivua

3.79

9 000+ arvostelua

🔮 Hidden Identity 💔 Forbidden Romance 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Political Intrigue 👑 Arranged Marriage

The View from Saturday

kirjoittanut E.L. Konigsburg • 1996

A paraplegic teacher picks four misfits for an Academic Bowl team that wins more than trophies.

3.76

46 000+

🏠 Found Family 🏆 Academic Competition 🧩 Interwoven Narratives 🫖 Cozy Gatherings 🏡 Small Town Life

The View from Saturday

A paraplegic teacher picks four misfits for an Academic Bowl team that wins more than trophies.

kirjoittanut E.L. Konigsburg 1996 176 sivua

3.76

46 000+ arvostelua

🏠 Found Family 🏆 Academic Competition 🧩 Interwoven Narratives 🫖 Cozy Gatherings 🏡 Small Town Life

Mariana

kirjoittanut Monica Dickens • 1940

Through a storm, Mary Shannon waits for her husband's ship and relives a lifetime of love.

3.90

2 000+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Interwar Britain 🌅 Bittersweet Nostalgia 🌿 English Countryside 🎭 Artistic Ambition 💔 Unrequited Love

Mariana

Through a storm, Mary Shannon waits for her husband's ship and relives a lifetime of love.

kirjoittanut Monica Dickens 1940 377 sivua

3.90

2 000+ arvostelua

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Interwar Britain 🌅 Bittersweet Nostalgia 🌿 English Countryside 🎭 Artistic Ambition 💔 Unrequited Love

The South

kirjoittanut Tash Aw • 2025

On a parched Malaysian farm, a gentle boy finds desire with the caretaker's son as family collapses.

3.59

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The South

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3.59

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🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 📖 Family Saga 💗 First Love ⚖️ Class Divide 🕯️ Intergenerational Trauma

Love and Other Four-Letter Words

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3.61

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Love and Other Four-Letter Words

Divorce strands Sammie in Manhattan, where a rooftop and a gentle boy help her trust love.

kirjoittanut Carolyn Mackler 2000 247 sivua

3.61

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Fifty Words for Rain

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Abandoned at a Kyoto estate, a mixed-race girl learns that survival means becoming invisible.

3.87

47 000+

🗾 Postwar Japan 📜 Family Saga 🌏 Mixed Race Identity 🤝 Sibling Bond 👤 Illegitimate Child

Fifty Words for Rain

Abandoned at a Kyoto estate, a mixed-race girl learns that survival means becoming invisible.

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47 000+ arvostelua

🗾 Postwar Japan 📜 Family Saga 🌏 Mixed Race Identity 🤝 Sibling Bond 👤 Illegitimate Child

The Glass Girl

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4.29

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🍺 Teen Alcoholism 🫂 Group Therapy 🏥 Rehab 👧 Parentified Teen 📖 Nonlinear Narrative

The Glass Girl

She holds her family together and drinks herself apart, until a blackout forces her into rehab.

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4.29

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🍺 Teen Alcoholism 🫂 Group Therapy 🏥 Rehab 👧 Parentified Teen 📖 Nonlinear Narrative

When Women Were Dragons

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In 1955, hundreds of thousands of women become dragons and disappear. One girl refuses to forget.

3.81

74 000+

🗡️ Feminist Fantasy 🇺🇸 Midcentury America 🌈 Sapphic Romance 🏡 Found Family 🔥 Women's Rage

When Women Were Dragons

In 1955, hundreds of thousands of women become dragons and disappear. One girl refuses to forget.

kirjoittanut Kelly Barnhill 2022 367 sivua

3.81

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🗡️ Feminist Fantasy 🇺🇸 Midcentury America 🌈 Sapphic Romance 🏡 Found Family 🔥 Women's Rage

Heroes by Cormier, Robert ( AUTHOR ) Mar-30-2007 Hardback

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A scarred veteran comes home hiding his face, carrying a gun, and hunting his former hero.

3.39

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🏘️ Postwar Small Town 👁️ Witness Guilt 💔 Fallen Mentor 🩹 Scarred Protagonist 🪖 Survivor's Guilt

Heroes by Cormier, Robert ( AUTHOR ) Mar-30-2007 Hardback

A scarred veteran comes home hiding his face, carrying a gun, and hunting his former hero.

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3.39

4 000+ arvostelua

🏘️ Postwar Small Town 👁️ Witness Guilt 💔 Fallen Mentor 🩹 Scarred Protagonist 🪖 Survivor's Guilt

The Secret Commonwealth

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4.03

63 000+

🏛️ Dark Academia Fantasy 🌍 Parallel Worlds 🤝 Found Family 🍂 Loss Of Wonder 🌫️ Melancholic Quest

The Secret Commonwealth

Her dæmon gone, Lyra follows a murdered botanist's journal toward a desert city of lost souls.

kirjoittanut Philip Pullman 2019 784 sivua

4.03

63 000+ arvostelua

🏛️ Dark Academia Fantasy 🌍 Parallel Worlds 🤝 Found Family 🍂 Loss Of Wonder 🌫️ Melancholic Quest

Margherita Dolcevita

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A girl watches her Italian family fall under the spell of glamorous neighbors in a black glass cube.

3.75

5 000+

🎪 Eccentric Family 🪄 Magical Realist Satire 💞 Unlikely Friendship 👻 Ghostly Guide 🎭 Darkly Comic

Margherita Dolcevita

A girl watches her Italian family fall under the spell of glamorous neighbors in a black glass cube.

kirjoittanut Stefano Benni 2005 207 sivua

3.75

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🎪 Eccentric Family 🪄 Magical Realist Satire 💞 Unlikely Friendship 👻 Ghostly Guide 🎭 Darkly Comic

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