Books Similar to The House on Mango Street
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Similarity | Cover | Title | Author | Genre | Subject | Protagonist | Alternatives |
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| 0.528 | The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao | Díaz, Junot | coming-of-age / realistic / humor | dominican republic / fantasy fiction / spanglish | cis-male / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.523 | The Porcupine of Truth | Konigsberg, Bill | coming-of-age / realistic | Montana / African Americans / Dysfunctional Families | cis-female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.521 | Tiny Pieces of Skull | Kaveney, Roz | adventure / realistic / noir | Chicago, IL / Gender Identity / Socialites | trans-female / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.517 | Purple Hibiscus | Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi | coming-of-age / realistic / domestic | Nigeria / Coup / Fanaticism | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.516 | The Book Thief | Zusak, Marcus | perseverance / historical / war | world war II / holocaust / libraries | cis-female / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.503 | Invisible Man | Ellison, Ralph | perseverance / realistic / psychological | New York City / African American / Racism | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.502 | Trickster's Choice | Pierce, Tamora | coming-of-age / fantasy | royalty | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.502 | The Sympathizer | Nguyen, Viet Thanh | perseverance / war / morbid humor | Los Angeles, CA / Vietnamese / Spies | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.502 | A Visitation of Spirits | Kenan, Randall | coming-of-age / domestic / rural | North Carolina / African American / Gay Teens | cis-male / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.501 | Anne of Green Gables | Montgomery, L M | coming-of-age / historical / domestic | Canada / Farm Life / Imagination | cis-female / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.5 | Small Steps | Sachar, Louis | adventure / realistic | Life After Prison / African American / Cerebral Palsy | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.499 | The Road to Paris | Grimes, Nikki | coming-of-age / realistic / domestic | New York City / African American / Racial Identity | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.499 | Don't Let Him Know | Roy, Sandip | romance / realistic | Immigration / Indian-American / Gay Sons | cis-male / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.499 | Color Me In | Díaz, Natasha | coming-of-age / romance / realistic | new york city / african american / jewish american | cis female / non-white / pending | Alternatives | |
| 0.499 | Being Emily | Gold, Rachel | coming-of-age / realistic / rural | Minnestoa / Teenagers / Gender Identity | trans-female / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.498 | Ash | Lo, Malinda | coming-of-age / fantasy | love / lesbians / hunting | cis-female / undisclosed / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.497 | Simon vs the Homosapien Agenda | Albertalli, Becky | romance / realistic / humor | coming out / homosexuality / theater | cis-male / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.496 | Chulito | González, Charles Rice | coming-of-age | South Bronx / Latino / Coming Out | cis-male / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.494 | Wanting Mor | Khan, Rukhsana | coming-of-age / perseverance / war | Kabul, Afghanistan / Orphans | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.494 | Under the Udala Trees | Okparanta, Chinelo | romance / coming-of-age / war | Nigeria / Lesbians / Civil War | cis-female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.494 | Moon at Nine | Ellis, Deborah | coming-of-age / realistic / prison | Iran / Lesbians / Politics | cis-female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.494 | Beloved | Morrison, Toni | perseverance / historical | Ghosts / African Americans / Slavery | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.493 | The Poisonwood Bible | Kingsolver, Barbara | tragedy / rural / domestic | Congo / Missionaries / Post-colonialism | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.493 | Funny Boy | Selvadurai, Shyam | coming-of-age / realistic / domestic | Sri Lanka / Tamil / Gay Teens | cis-male / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.492 | A Face Like Glass | Hardinge, Frances | dystopian / fantasy / coming-of-age | underground society / caste system / autism spectrum | cis-female / undisclosed / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.491 | Crazy Horse's Girlfriend | Wurth, Erika | perseverance / realistic / noir | Idaho Springs, CO / Native American | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.491 | City of the Plague God | Chadda, Sarwat | adventure / fantasy / legend | new york city / iraqi american / magic | cis male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.49 | The First Part Last | Johnson, Angela | coming-of-age / realistic / domestic | New York City / African Americans / Fatherhood | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.49 | The Cage | Schulman, Audrey | survival / realistic / psychological | Canada / Tundra / Wildlife Photographers | cis-female / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.49 | Desert Boys | McCormick, Chris | coming-of-age / realistic | Coming Out / Mojave Desert / Armenia | cis-male / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.49 | A Wizard of Earthsea | Le Guin, Ursula K. | coming-of-age / fantasy | Islands / Wizards / Dragons | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.488 | Nevada | Binnie, Imogen | coming-of-age / realistic | New York, New York / Gender Identity / Road Trip | trans-female / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.488 | Love Medicine | Erdrich, Louise | perseverance / domestic / rural | North Dakota / Chippewa / Love | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.487 | Their Eyes Were Watching God | Hurston, Zora Neale | coming-of-age / realistic | african americans / women / jim crow laws | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.487 | Our Town: A Play in Three Acts | Wilder, Thornton | tragedy / drama / magical realism | women / death / small towns | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.487 | A Doll's House | Ibsen, Henrik | coming-of-age / drama / realistic | norway / women | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.485 | Hurt Go Happy | Rorby, Ginny | perseverance / realistic | Sign Language / Chimpanzees / Deafness | cis-female / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.484 | The Two Pearls of Wisdom | Goodman, Alison | perseverance / fantasy | magic / women | cis-female / undisclosed / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.484 | The Rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell | Klaber, William | adventure / historical / autobiographical | Gender Identity / American West / Institutionalization | trans-male / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.484 | Shiloh | Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds | coming-of-age / rural | West Virginia / Dogs / Rescue | cis-male / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.484 | It Ain't So Awful, Falafel | Dumas, Firoozeh | coming-of-age / historical | California / Iranian | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.484 | A Great and Terrible Beauty | Bray, Libba | coming-of-age / fantasy / historical | england / magic / boarding school | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.483 | The House You Pass On The Way | Woodson, Jacqueline | coming-of-age / historical / realistic | Southern United States / Bi-racial / Lesbians | cis-female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.483 | Lockdown | Myers, Walter Dean | coming-of-age / realistic | New York City / African American / Old Age | cis-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.481 | Wrinkle in Time | L'Engle, Madeleine | coming-of-age / science fiction | time travel | cis-female / undisclosed / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.481 | The First Rule of Punk | Pérez, Celia C. | coming-of-age / realistic | mexican-americans / punk rock / friendship | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.481 | Lucy and Linh | Pung, Alice | perseverance / realistic | chinese / bullying / boarding school | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.481 | Anna K Away | Lee, Jenny | romance / realistic / coming-of-age | south korea / korean american / affluence | cis female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.48 | Symptoms of Being Human | Garvin, Jeff | coming-of-age / realistic | Politics / Gender Identity / Internet | non-binary / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.48 | Ancillary Justice | Leckie, Ann | adventure / science fiction | Space / Artificial Intelligence / Revenge | non-binary / undisclosed / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.479 | Long Way Down | Reynolds, Jason | perseverance / magical realism / psychological | Ghosts / Revenge / Murder | cis-male / non-white / pending | Alternatives | |
| 0.479 | Kafka on the Shore | Murakami, Haruki | adventure / detective / war | Japan / Japanese / World War II | cis-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.479 | Fledgling | Butler, Octavia E | coming-of-age / fantasy / horror | Vampires / Amnesia | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.479 | Black Deutschland | Pinckney, Darryl | adventure / realistic / urban | Berlin, German / African American / Expatriates | cis-male / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.478 | Two Boys Kissing | Levithan, David | romance / realistic | homosexuality | cis-male / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.478 | The Sweet Far Thing | Bray, Libba | adventure / fantasy / historical | england / magic / boarding school | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.478 | Tess of the D'Urbervilles | Hardy, Thomas | romance / realistic | england / governesses / rape | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.478 | I Believe in a Thing Called Love | Goo, Maurene | romance / realistic | korean-american | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.478 | A Thousand Splendid Suns | Hosseini, Khaled | perseverance / historical | afghanistan / families | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.477 | The Wee Free Men | Pratchett, Terry | adventure / fantasy / humor | Discworld / Fairies / Witches | cis-female / undisclosed / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.477 | The Servant | Sharafeddine, Fatima | coming-of-age / realistic / war | Beirut, Lebanon / Education / Women's Rights | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.477 | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian | Alexie, Sherman | coming-of-age / humor | native americans / cartoons / racism | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.477 | Enrique's Journey | Nazario, Sonia | adventure / realistic | Honduras / Family Reunification / Child Immigrants | cis-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.476 | The Joy Luck Club | Tan, Amy | perseverance / realistic | chinese-american / mothers / daughters | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.476 | The Bluest Eye | Morrison, Toni | coming-of-age / realistic | african americans / women / beauty | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.476 | Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe | Sáenz, Benjamin Alire | romance / realistic | mexican-american / homosexuality / families | cis-male / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.475 | Seraphina | Hartman, Rachel | coming-of-age / fantasy | Dragons / Music / Monarchy | cis-female / undisclosed / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.475 | Guapa | Haddad, Saleem | perseverance / realistic | Middle East / Arab / Coming Out | cis-male / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.475 | Don't Touch | Wilson, Rachel M. | romance / realistic | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder / Theater | cis-female / undisclosed / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.474 | The Glass Menagerie | Williams, Tennessee | tragedy / drama / realistic | depression / disability / love | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.474 | Passing | Larsen, Nella | tragedy / realistic / domestic | Harlem / African-American / Racial Passing | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.473 | Will Grayson, Will Grayson | Green & Levithan, John & David | romance / realistic / humor | Chicago / Overweight Teens / Musical Theater | cis-male / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.473 | The Girl in Green | Miller, Derek B | adventure / detective / war | Persian Gulf War / Jounalism / Mysteries | cis-male / undisclosed / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.473 | Inside Out and Back Again | Lai, Thanhha | coming-of-age / realistic | vietnam / american south / immigration | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.473 | All the Birds in the Sky | Anders, Charlie Jane | adventure / science fiction / apocalyptic | fantasy / magic / time travel | cis-female / pending / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.472 | The Namesake | Lahiri, Jhumpa | coming-of-age / realistic | massachusetts / india / immigration | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.472 | On the Edge of Gone | Duyvis, Corinne | survival / science fiction | london / space / autism | cis-female / undisclosed / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.472 | Lord of the Flies | Golding, William | survival | boys / anarchy | cis-male / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.472 | Juliet Takes a Breath | Rivera, Gabby | coming-of-age / realistic | New York / Lesbians / Puerto Rican | cis-female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.472 | I Am J | Beam, Cris | coming-of-age / realistic | transgender / friendship | trans-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.471 | Flygirl | Smith, Sherri L. | perseverance / war | world war II / women / airplane pilots | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.471 | Anna K | Lee, Jenny | romance / realistic / coming-of-age | new york city / korean american / affluence | cis female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.47 | Trickster's Queen | Pierce, Tamora | coming-of-age / fantasy | royalty | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.47 | The Two Hotel Francforts | Leavitt, David | romance / war / historical | Lisbon, Portugal / Jewish / World War II | cis-female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.47 | The Boy in the Black Suit | Reynolds, Jason | romance / realistic | New York City / African Americans / Funeral Homes | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.47 | Lum | Ware, Libby | perseverance / historical / domestic | West Virginia / Rural Development / Intersex Adults | non-binary / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.47 | Bud, Not Buddy | Curtis, Christopher Paul | coming-of-age / historical / domestic | Michican / African Americans / Depression | cis-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.47 | Akata Witch | Okorafor, Nnedi | coming-of-age / fantasy | nigeria / magic / women | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.469 | The Sun Is Also A Star | Yoon, Nicola | romance / realistic | korean-americans / jamaican-americans / immigration | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.469 | Hide | Griffin, Matthew | romance / historical / domestic | North Carolina / World War II / Committed Gay Relationship | cis-male / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.469 | Day of Tears | Lester, Julius | perseverance / historical | slavery / american south / american civil war | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.469 | Cinder | Meyer, Marissa | adventure / science fiction / apocalyptic | Cyborgs / Aliens / Social Classes | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.468 | Rebel Angels | Bray, Libba | adventure / fantasy / historical | england / magic / boarding school | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.468 | How to Say Goodbye in Robot | Standiford, Natalie | romance / realistic | death / family | cis-female / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.468 | Girl, Woman, Other | Evaristo, Bernardine | perseverance / realistic / domestic | England / Black British / Lesibans | cis-female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.468 | China Mountain Zhang | McHugh, Maureen F. | dystopian / science fiction | Communism / Homosexuality | cis-male / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.467 | Song of Achilles | Miller, Madeline | romance / historical / war | greece / trojan war / homosexuality | cis-male / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.467 | I Love I Hate I Miss My Sister | Sarn, Amélie | coming-of-age / realistic | France / Islam / Death | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.467 | Cemetery Boys | Thomas, Aiden | romance / adventure / magical realism | magic / mexican american / ghosts | trans male / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.466 | Tom Sawyer | Twain, Mark | adventure / historical / rural | Mississippi River / Runaways / Friendship | cis-male / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.466 | The Turtle of Oman | Nye, Naomi Shihab | adventure / realistic | Muscat, Oman / Immigration / Grandfathers | cis-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.466 | The Canterbury Tales | Chaucer, Geoffrey | adventure / realistic / satire | women / priests / politicians | cis-female / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.466 | Life is Wonderful, People are Terrific | Bañales, Meliza | coming-of-age / realistic / urban | California / Mexican American / Punk | cis-female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.466 | Annabel | Winter, Kathleen | coming-of-age / historical / domestic | Newfoundland, Canada / Gender Identity / Intersex Teens | non-binary / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.465 | The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov | Russell, Paul Elliott | coming-of-age / historical / biographical | Fame / Russians / Brothers | cis-male / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.465 | Middlemarch | Eliot, George | perseverance / domestic / satire | England / Women / Gender Roles | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.465 | Breathing Lessons | Sinclair, Andy | romance / realistic | toronto / homosexuality / hedonism | cis-male / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.465 | A Single Man | Isherwood, Christopher | perseverance / realistic | Middle Age / Death / Survivor | cis-male / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.464 | Savvy | Law, Ingrid | coming-of-age / fantasy | Magic / Voyages / Birthdays | cis-female / undisclosed / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.464 | Quicksand | Larsen, Nella | coming-of-age / realistic / domestic | Denmark / Bi-Racial / Harlem Renaissance | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.464 | Pride and Prejudice and Zombies | Austen, Jane | adventure / romance / apocalyptic | England / Zombies / Sisters | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.464 | In the Night Garden | Valente, Catherynne M. | adventure / fantasy | mythology / magic | cis-female / undisclosed / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.464 | House Made of Dawn | Momaday, N. Scott | adventure / war / prison | American Southwest / Kiowa / World War II | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.464 | Griever, an American Monkey King in China | Vizenor, Gerald Robert | adventure / magical realism / mythology | Tianjin, China / Native American | cis-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.463 | Who Fears Death | Okorafor, Nnedi | dystopian / science fiction | africa / genocide / cultural heritage | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.463 | The Translation of Dr Apelles | Treuer, David | romance / magical realism / historical | Minnesota / Indian / Literary | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.463 | The More I Owe You | Sledge, Michael | romance / historical / biographical | Brazil / Poetry / Lesbians | cis-female / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.463 | The Little Prince | Exuprey, Antoine de Saint | adventure / fantasy / magical realism | Sahara Desert / Space Travel / Social Commentary | cis-male / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.463 | Counting by 7s | Sloan, Holly Goldberg | coming-of-age / realistic | genius / autism / school | cis-female / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.463 | Beautiful Gravity | Hyatt, Martin | romance / realistic / southern gothic | Louisiana / Polyamory / Musicians | cis-male / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.462 | Where the Mountain Meets the Moon | Lin, Grace | adventure / folk tale / fantasy | China / Dragons / Moon | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.462 | The Handmaid's Tale | Atwood, Margaret | dystopian / science fiction | misogyny / rebellion / motherhood | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.462 | Ceremony | Silko, Leslie Marmon | perseverance / war / mythology | Laguna, CA / Laguna Indians / World War II Veterans | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.462 | A Raisin in the Sun | Hansberry, Lorraine | perseverance / drama / realistic | chicago / african americans / families | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.461 | Tituba of Salem Village | Petry, Ann | perseverance / historical | salem witch trials / women / slavery | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.461 | The Round House | Erdrich, Louise | coming-of-age / detective / realistic | North Dakota / Ojibwe / Rape | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.461 | Notes from the Underground | Dostoyevsky, Fyodor | adventure / psychological | St. Petersberg / Existentialism / Stream of Conciousness | cis-male / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.461 | Frog Music | Donoghue, Emma | adventure / historical / detective | San Fransisco / Lesbians / Based on True Events | cis-female / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.461 | Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe | Flagg, Fannie | perseverance / humor | american south / racism / homophobia | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.461 | Bodega Dreams | Quiñonez, Ernesto | perseverance / realistic | new york / puerto ricans | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.46 | The World Beneath | Warman, Janice | coming-of-age / realistic | South Africa / Black South Africans / Apartheid | cis-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.46 | The Jungle | Sinclair, Upton | perseverance / realistic / urban | Chicago / Lithuanian / Meat Packing | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.46 | The Awakening | Chopin, Kate | perseverance / realistic | new orleans / women / desire | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.459 | The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms | Jemisin, N K | adventure / fantasy / romance | Fictional / Multi-ethnic / Monarchy | cis-female / non-white / pending | Alternatives | |
| 0.459 | The Fault in Our Stars | Green, John | romance / realistic / humor | Cancer / Teens | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.459 | The Cosmopolitans | Schulman, Sarah | perseverance / historical / domestic | New York City / Society / Adultery | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.459 | Out of Shadows | Wallace, Jason | coming-of-age / historical / war | Zimbabwe / African / Post-revolution | cis-male / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.459 | Little Women | Alcott, Louisa May | coming-of-age / historical / domestic | New England / Poverty / American Civil War | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.459 | Fish in a Tree | Mullaly Hunt, Lynda | perseverance / realistic | Neurodiversity / Dyslexia / Reading | cis-female / undisclosed / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.458 | What Night Brings | Trujillo, Carla | coming-of-age / domestic / rural | California / Mexican-American / Lesbians | cis-female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.458 | To Kill A Mockingbird | Lee, Harper | coming-of-age / realistic | american south / criminal justice / racism | cis-female / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.458 | The Well of Loneliness | Hall, Radclyffe | perseverance / romance / realistic | world war II / lesbians | cis-female / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.458 | The Devourers | Das, Indra | adventure / fantasy / horror | Modern India / Shapeshifting / Mughal Empire | cis-male / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.458 | The Birchbark House | Erdrich, Louise | survival / historical / domestic | Lake Superior Region / Ojibwe / Colonization | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.458 | The Apprentice's Masterpiece | Little, Melanie | adventure / historical | Spain / Jews / Inquisition | cis-male / non-white / pending | Alternatives | |
| 0.458 | Rebels by Accident | Dunn, Patricia | coming-of-age / realistic | Cairo, Egypt / Muslim / Arab Spring | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.458 | Parable of the Sower | Butler, Octavia E. | dystopian / science fiction | prophets / african american / women | cis-female / undisclosed / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.458 | Last Standing Woman | LaDuke, Winona | survival / domestic / historical | Minnesota / Anishinaabe | cis-female / non-white / pending | Alternatives | |
| 0.458 | Jane Eyre | Brontë, Charlotte | coming-of-age / romance | england / governess / women | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.458 | If You Could Be Mine | Farizan, Sara | romance / realistic / domestic | Iran / Lesbians / Teenagers | cis-female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.458 | Hatchet | Paulsen, Gary | survival / realistic / domestic | Canada / Wilderness | cis-male / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.458 | Handbook for Dragon Slayers | Haskell, Merrie | coming-of-age / fantasy | Dragons / Writing | cis-female / pending / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.458 | Five Flavors of Dumb | John, Antony | coming-of-age / realistic / humor | High School / Deafness / Rock Band | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.457 | The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress | Heinlein, Robert A | dystopian / science fiction | Totalitarianism / Artificial Intelligence / Penal Colonies | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.457 | Here Comes the Sun: A Novel | Benn, Nicole Dennis | perseverance / realistic / romance | Jamaica / Lesbians / Poverty | cis-female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.457 | Girl Mans Up | Girard, M-E | coming-of-age / realistic | Canada / Protuguese / Lesbians | cis-female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.457 | Boy Meets Boy | Levithan, David | romance / coming-of-age / humor | high school / homosexuality / positivity | cis-male / undisclosed / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.457 | America: The Life and Times of America Chavez | Rivera, Gabby | adventure / science fiction / graphic novel | Superheros / Latina / Lesbians | cis-female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.456 | Zara Hossain Is Here | Khan, Sabina | perseverance / realistic / domestic | corpus christi / pakistani american / immigration | cis female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.456 | When We Collided | Lord, Emery | romance / realistic | Bipolar Disorder | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.456 | The Yellow Wallpaper | Gilman, Charlotte Perkins | dystopian / psychological / noir | Gender Roles / Hallucinations / Insanity | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.456 | The Weight of Feathers | McLemore, Anna Marie | romance / magical realism / fantasy | Traveling Circuses / Vendettas / Magic | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.456 | The Upside of Unrequited | Albertalli, Becky | romance / realistic | Lesbians / Children of Gay Parents / Overweight Teens | cis-female / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.456 | Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue | Lee, Mackenzi | adventure / fantasy / historical | homosexuality / bisexuality | cis-male / undisclosed / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.456 | A Beautiful Lie | Master, Irfan | adventure / historical / domestic | India / Partition of India / Fathers | cis-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.455 | Wild Seed | Butler, Octavia | adventure / fantasy / alternative history | shape-shifting / colonial america / slavery | cis-female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.455 | Prudence | Treuer, David | perseverance / war / historical | Leech Lake Indian Reservation / Ojibwe / Homosexuality | cis-male / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.455 | November Blues | Draper, Sharon M | perseverance / realistic / domestic | African Americans / Pregnancy | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.455 | No One Is Coming to Save Us | Watts, Stephanie Powell | romance / realistic | revenge / wealth / women | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.455 | More Happy Than Not | Silvera, Adam | romance / science fiction | new york / homosexuality / memory | cis-male / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.454 | The Boy who Spat in Sargrenti's Eye | Herbstein, Manu | dystopian / realistic / war | Ghana / Asante / Colonialism | cis-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.454 | Far From You | Sharpe, Tess | romance / detective / rural | Lesbians / Addiction Recovery / Disability | cis-female / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.453 | Wild | Strayed, Cheryl | survival / realistic | Pacific Crest Trail / Hiking / Transcendentalism | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.453 | The Miseducation of Cameron Post | Danforth, Emily M. | coming-of-age / realistic | montana / lesbians / christianity | cis-female / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.453 | The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse | Erdrich, Louise | perseverance / confessional / magical realism | Ojibwe / Transgender / Miracles | trans-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.453 | The Hunger Games | Collins, Suzanne | dystopian / science fiction | reality television / survival | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.453 | Station Eleven | Mandel, Emily St. John | dystopian / apocalyptic / science fiction | Nomads / Epidemics / Theater | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.453 | Freaks and Revelations | Hurwin, Davida Wills | perseverance / historical / war | Homophobia / Holocaust / Redemption | cis-male / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.452 | The Mysterious Benedict Society | Stewart, Trenton Lee | adventure / fantasy | Boarding Schools / Treasure Hunts / Missing Persons | cis-female / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.452 | Oliver Twist | Dickens, Charles | perseverance / historical / urban | England / Orphans / Poverty | cis-male / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.452 | Americanah | Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi | romance / realistic | nigeria / england / refugee | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.451 | When the Moon Is Low | Hashimi, Nadia | romance / realistic | Kabul, Afghanistan / England / Refugee | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.451 | Uglies | Westerfeld, Scott | dystopian / science fiction | Beauty / Conformity / Plastic Surgery | cis-female / pending / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.451 | The Jailing of Cecelia Capture | Campbell Hale, Janet | perseverance / realistic / domestic | Idaho / Coeur d'Alene / Memoir | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.451 | Speakers of the Dead | Sanders, J. Aaron | adventure / historical / detective | New York / Murder | cis-male / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.451 | One Crazy Summer | Williams-Garcia, Rita | coming-of-age / historical | sisters / civil rights / black panthers | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.451 | Night | Wiesel, Elie | perseverance / historical / war | Germany / Jewish / Holocaust | cis-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.451 | Mare's War | Davis, Tanita S | adventure / historical / war | African American / Women's Army Corps | cis-female / non-white / pending | Alternatives | |
| 0.451 | Hero | Moore, Perry | adventure / science fiction / detective | Superhero | cis-male / pending / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.451 | Graffiti Knight | Bass, Karen | dystopian / historical / urban | Leipzig, Germany / Soviet Occupation / World War II | cis-male / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.45 | When the Moon Was Ours | McLemore, Anna M. | romance / magical realism | family | trans-male / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.45 | Updraft | Wilde, Fran | coming-of-age / adventure / science fiction | Bureaucracy / Mystery / Flyingz | cis-female / undisclosed / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.45 | The Necessary Hunger | Revoyr, Nina | romance / coming-of-age / realistic | Los Angeles / Basketball / Lesbians | cis-female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.45 | Stand Your Ground | Murray, Victoria Christopher | perseverance / realistic / prison | Motherhood / African Americans / Criminal Justice | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.45 | Mrs. Dalloway | Woolf, Virginia | perseverance / domestic / psychological | London / Bisexuality / Stream of Conciousness | cis-female / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.45 | Marcelo in the Real World | Stork, Francisco | romance / realistic | Asperger's Syndrome / Falling in Love | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.45 | Kushiel's Dart | Cary, Jacqueline | romance / fantasy | women / slavery / spies | cis-female / undisclosed / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.45 | Gardens in the Dunes | Silko, Leslie Marmon | perseverance / realistic / domestic | Southwestern America / Sand Lizard Indians / Forced Acculturation | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.449 | True Letters from a Fictional Life | Logan, Kenneth | coming-of-age / realistic | homosexuality / vermont / sports | cis-male / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.449 | The Street | Petry, Ann | perseverance / realistic | harlem / mothers | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.449 | M+O 4EVR | Hegamin, Tonya | coming-of-age / magical realism | slavery / lesbians | cis-female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.449 | Binti | Okorafor, Nnedi | adventure / science fiction / fantasy | Himba / Space Travel / University | cis-female / non-white / pending | Alternatives | |
| 0.448 | When Dimple Met Rishi | Menon, Sandhya | romance / realistic / humor | indian-american | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.448 | The Absolutist | Boyne, John | romance / war / historical | France / World War I / Homosexuality | cis-male / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.448 | Queen Sugar | Baszile, Natalie | perseverance / realistic | american south / sugar cane / women | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.448 | Kindred | Butler, Octavia E. | perseverance / science fiction | time travel / slavery / american south | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.448 | Children of Blood and Bone | Adeyemi, Tomi | adventure / fantasy / apocalyptic | Afrofuturism / Magic | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.448 | Anna Karenina | Tolstoy, Leo | tragedy / romance / realistic | Russia / Stream of Consciousness / Adultery | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.448 | American Street | Zoboi, Ibi | perseverance / realistic | Detroit / Hatians / Immigrants | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.447 | LaRose | Erdrich, Louise | tragedy / realistic / domestic | North Dakota / Ojibwa Indians / Death | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.446 | Sundown | Mathews, John Joseph | coming-of-age / autobiographical / historical | Oaklahoma / Osage / World War I | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.446 | Salt Houses | Ayan, Hala | perseverance / realistic / war | West Bank / Palestinian / Refugee | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.446 | Rose Under Fire | Wein, Elizabeth | adventure / historical / war | Germany / Poetry / Holocaust | cis-female / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.446 | Probation | Mendicino, Tom | romance / confessional | North Carolina / Coming Out / Counseling | cis-male / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.446 | I Stand Here Ironing | Olsen, Tillie | perseverance / realistic | mothers / daughters | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.446 | History Is All You Left Me | Silvera, Adam | romance / realistic | California / Obsessive Compulsive Disorder / Grief | cis-male / pending / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.446 | An Unkindness of Ghosts | Solomon, Rivers | dystopian / science fiction / slave narrative | fictionalized south / emancipation / afrofuturism | non-binary / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.446 | Ace of Spades | Íyímídé, Faridah Àbíké | adventure / thriller / psychological | private school / black / racism | cis female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.445 | Fish | Matthews, L. S. | perseverance / war | Refugees | cis-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.444 | Wonder | Palacio, R J | perseverance / realistic / domestic | New York / Developmental Difference / Middle School | cis-male / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.444 | The Running Dream | Van Draanen, Wendelin | perseverance / realistic | High School / Prosthetics / Running | cis-female / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.444 | The House of Shattered Wings | de Bodard, Aliette | adventure / fantasy / historical | Paris, France / Magic | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.444 | Small Beauty | Wilson Yang, Jia Qing | perseverance / domestic | Canada / Chinese / Family History | trans-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.444 | Death and the King’s Horseman | Soyinka, Wole | tragedy / drama / historical | nigeria / duty / colonialism | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.444 | Bitter Eden | Afrika, Tatamkhulu | survival / realistic / war | World War II / Prisoner of War / Homosexuality | cis-male / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.443 | The Art of Being Normal | Williamson, Lisa | romance / realistic | Gender Transition / Transgender Teens | trans-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.443 | Holding Still for as Long as Possible | Whittall, Zoe | romance / realistic | Toronto, Ontario / Anxiety Disorders / Millennials | trans-male / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.442 | Watched | Budhos, Marina | adventure / realistic / psychological | New York / Bangladeshi / Surveillence | cis-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.442 | Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit | Winterson, Jeanette | coming-of-age / realistic | England / Evangelical Christians / Lesbians | cis-female / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.442 | Little House on the Prairie | Wilder, Laura Ingalls | survival / historical / rural | American Frontier / Families | cis-female / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.442 | Dreaming in Cuban | Garcia, Cristina | perseverance / realistic | cuba / new york / mothers | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.441 | Ms. Marvel | Wilson, G. Willow | coming-of-age / graphic novel | muslim american / women | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.441 | Driving the King | Howard, Ravi | perseverance / historical / realistic | Fame / African Americans / Jim Crow | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.441 | Away Running | Wright, David | adventure / realistic / urban | Paris, France / Muslims / Racism | cis-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.441 | Ascension | Koyanagi, Jacqueline | adventure / science fiction | Space / Engineers / Lesbians | cis-female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.44 | Trigger | Webb, Jessica | adventure / romance / detective | Canada / Terrorism / Lesbians | cis-female / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.44 | Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy | Wright, Bil | coming-of-age / realistic | New York / Makeup Artists / High School | cis-male / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.439 | There There | Orange, Tommy | adventure / realistic / urban | oakland / native american / pow pow | cis female / non-white / pending | Alternatives | |
| 0.439 | Island of the Blue Dolphins | O'Dell, Scott | survival / historical / sea | Native Americans / California / Islands | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.439 | Adulthood Rites | Butler, Octavia E. | dystopian / science fiction | women / genetic engineering | cis-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.438 | The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 | Curtis, Christopher Paul | perseverance / historical / tragedy | Birmingham, AL / African American / Church Bombing | cis-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.438 | Six of Crows | Bardugo, Leigh | adventure / fantasy / thriller | Heists / Criminal Crews / Thieves | cis-female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.438 | Moby Dick | Melville, Herman | adventure / realistic / sea | whaling | cis-male / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.438 | Into the Forest | Hegland, Jean | survival / apocalyptic / rural | California / Sisters | cis-female / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.438 | Imago | Butler, Octavia E. | dystopian / science fiction | genetic engineering / dating | non-binary / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.438 | I Have Lived a Thousand Years | Bitton-Jackson, Livia | perseverance / historical / war | Hungary / Jewish / Holocaust | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.438 | Beautiful Music for Ugly Children | Mills, Kirstin Cronn | coming-of-age / realistic | Gender Identity / High School / DJs | trans-male / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.437 | Orlando | Woolf, Virginia | adventure / historical / psychological | England / Gender Fluidity / Gender Roles | non-binary / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.437 | None of the Above | Gregorio, I W | coming-of-age / realistic | Intersex Teens / Gender Identity / High School | non-binary / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.436 | Saints and Misfits | Ali, S K | perseverance / realistic | Divorce / Muslim / Sexual Assault | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.436 | How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents | Alvarez, Julia | coming-of-age / historical | New York City / Dominican Americans / Acculturation | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.436 | Dawn | Butler, Octavia E. | dystopian / science fiction / first contact | women / genetic engineering | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.436 | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Twain, Mark | adventure / historical / slave narrative | Mississippi / Slavery / Racism | cis-male / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.435 | The End of Peril, the End of Enmity, the End of Strife, a Haven | Myint, Thirii Myo Kyaw | dystopian / apocalyptic / science fiction | Climate Change / Mothers and Daugters / Homecoming | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.435 | The Color Purple | Walker, Alice | perseverance / confessional / psychological | American South / African American / Letters | cis-female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.435 | The Blood Flowers | Amirrezvani, Anita | perseverance / historical | iran / women / weaving | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.435 | All American Boys | Reynolds / Kiely, Jason / Brendan | perseverance / realistic | Racial Profiling / Police Violence / African Americans | cis-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.434 | The Apothecary | Meloy, Maile | adventure / fantasy | London / Cold War / Alchemy | cis-female / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.434 | Soulless | Carriger, Gail | adventure / fantasy | england / vampires / werewolves | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.434 | In the Time of the Butterflies | Álvarez, Julia | perseverance / historical | dominican republic / revolution / women | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.434 | Future Home of the Living God | Erdrich, Louise | dystopian / science fiction / domestic | Minnesota / Ojibwa Indians / Genetics | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.434 | Fake ID | Giles, Lamar | adventure / thriller / detective | Witness Protection / African Americans / Conspiracy | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.434 | Akata Warrior | Okorafor, Nnedi | adventure / fantasy / mythology | Nigeria / Albinos / Magic | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.433 | This Is Not a Test | Summers, Courtney | dystopian / apocalyptic | Canada / Zombies / Suicide | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.433 | The Red Pyramid | Riordan, Rick | adventure / fantasy / mythology | Egypt / Egyptian Mythology / Secret Societies | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.433 | The Angel of History | Alameddine, Rabih | perseverance / magical realism | San Fransisco / Lebanese Americans / AIDS Epidemic | cis-male / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.433 | Remembrance of Things I Forgot | Smith, Bob | romance / science fiction / humor | New York / Time Travel / Satire | cis-male / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.433 | No-No Boy | Okada, John | perseverance / realistic | japanese internment / world war II | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.433 | Girls Like Us | Giles, Gail | coming-of-age / realistic | Neurodiversity / Developmental Disability / Sexual Assault | cis-female / undisclosed / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.432 | Unbecoming | Downham, Jenny | coming-of-age / realistic / domestic | England / Grandmothers / Alzheimer's | cis-female / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.432 | The Almanac of the Dead | Marmon Silko, Leslie | perseverance / historical / magical realism | Western North and Central America / Indigenous People / Colonization | cis-female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.432 | Out of Darkness | Pérez, Ashley Hope | romance / historical | New London, Texas / Mexican Americans / School Bombing | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.432 | Nightwood | Barnes, Djuna | adventure / historical | Europe / US Expatriate / Hedonism | cis-female / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.432 | Life of Pi | Martel, Yann | survival / sea / psychological | India / Immigration / Zoos | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.432 | Every Day | Levithan, David | romance / magical realism | Consciousness Transfer / Gender Identity | non-binary / undisclosed / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.432 | A Hundred Hours of Night | Woltz, Anna | survival / urban | New York City / Hurricane / Obsessive Compulsive Disorder | cis-female / white / pending | Alternatives | |
| 0.431 | Twilight | Meyer, Stephenie | romance / fantasy / horror | Washington / Vampires / Werewolves | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.43 | Where the Streets Had a Name | Fattah, Randa Abdel | coming-of-age / realistic / war | Israeli Palestinian Conflict / Palestinians | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.43 | Whale Talk | Crutcher, Chris | coming-of-age / realistic / sports | sports | cis-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.43 | The Lie Tree | Hardinge, Frances | adventure / fantasy / detective | England / Gender Roles / Scientific Research | cis-female / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.43 | The City of Ember | Prau, Jeanne Du | adventure / apocalyptic / science fiction | Underground Cities / Puzzles / Electricity | cis-female / undisclosed / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.43 | Lizard Radio | Schmatz, Pat | coming-of-age / science fiction / romance | Wilderness / Aliens / Telepathy | non-binary / undisclosed / pending | Alternatives | |
| 0.429 | Wonders of the Invisible World | Barzak, Christopher | adventure / magical realism / paranormal | Rural Ohio / Family Curses / Romance | cis-male / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.429 | The Heartsong of Charging Elk | Welch, James | adventure / romance / historical | Marseilles, France / Oglala Sioux / Touring Attractions | cis-male / non-white / pending | Alternatives | |
| 0.429 | Ninth Ward | Rhodes, Jewell Parker | dystopian / apocalyptic | New Orleans, Louisiana / Hurricane Katrina / Grandmothers | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.429 | Elijah of Buxton | Curtis, Christopher Paul | adventure / historical / humor | Bruxton, Canada / African Canadian / Freedom | cis-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.429 | Beauty Queens | Bray, Libba | survival / humor | beauty pageants / pirates / plane crash | trans-female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.429 | A Little Piece of Ground | Laird, Elizabeth | perseverance / realistic / war | West Bank / Palestinians / Occupation | cis-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.428 | The Underground Railroad | Whitehead, Colson | adventure / historical / rural | American South / Slavery / Underground Railroad | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.428 | The Book of Harlan | McFadden, Bernice L. | perseverance / historical / war | Germany / African Americans / Holocaust | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.428 | One Hundred Years of Solitude | Marquez, Gabriel Garcia | adventure / magical realism / rural | South America / Epic Family History / Social Conditions | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.428 | Guardian | London, Alex | dystopian / science fiction | homosexuality / socio-economics | cis-male / undisclosed / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.428 | Fear of Beauty | Froetschel, Susan | perseverance / detective / realistic | Afganistan / Extremism / Literacy | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.428 | Cook and the Carpenter | Arnold, June Davis | perseverance / autobiographical / urban | New York City / Protest / Lesbians | non-binary / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.428 | A Room of One's Own | Woolf, Virginia | perseverance / historical | England / Feminism / Writing | cis-female / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.427 | They Both Die at the End | Silvera, Adam | romance / science fiction | New York / Hispanic Americans | cis-male / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.427 | The Hate U Give | Thomas, Angie | perseverance / realistic | police violence / racism / prep school | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.427 | Silver Sparrow | Jones, Tayari | perseverance / realistic | Atlanta, GA / African American / Bigamy | cis-female / non-white / pending | Alternatives | |
| 0.427 | Playing for the Commandant | Zail, Suzy | perseverance / historical / war | Poland / Jewish / Holocaust | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.427 | Dreadnought | Daniels, April | adventure / science fiction | Superheros / Gender Identity | trans-female / undisclosed / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.425 | Kushiel's Chosen | Cary, Jacqueline | romance / fantasy | women / slavery / spies | cis-female / undisclosed / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.425 | Inkheart | Funke, Cornelia | adventure / fantasy | Italy / Magic / Bookbinding | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.423 | Chronicle of a Death Foretold | Márquez, Gabriel García | adventure / magical realism / drama | colombia / colombian / murder mystery | cis male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.422 | Kushiel's Avatar | Cary, Jacqueline | romance / fantasy | women / slavery / spies | cis-female / undisclosed / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.422 | Etiquette & Espionage | Carriger, Gail | adventure / steampunk | Robots / Spies / Boarding Schools | cis-female / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.422 | Copper Sun | Draper, Sharon M | perseverance / historical / slave narrative | Carolina / African Americans / Slavery | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.421 | Pride and Prejudice | Austen, Jane | romance / realistic | england / sisters / feminism | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.421 | Jam on the Vine | Barnett, La Shonda Katrice | adventure / historical | Race Riots / African American / Journalism | cis-female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.421 | A White Heron | Jewett, Sarah Orne | coming-of-age / realistic | norway / women | cis-female / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.42 | A Line in the Dark | Lo, Malinda | romance / thriller / detective | Massachusetts / Chinese American / Murder | cis-female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.419 | Romeo and Juliet | Shakespeare, William | romance / drama / tragedy | Italy / Feud / Marriage | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.419 | Proxy | London, Alex | dystopian / science fiction | homosexuality / socio-economics | cis-male / undisclosed / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.419 | Parable of the Talents | Butler, Octavia E. | dystopian / science fiction | prophets / african american / women | cis-female / undisclosed / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.419 | Cutting for Stone | Verghese, Abraham | coming-of-age / realistic | ethiopia / new york / surgeons | cis-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.418 | My Antonia | Cather, Willa | coming-of-age / historical | nebraska / pioneer women / immigration | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.418 | Mama's Boy | Billingsley, ReShonda Tate | perseverance / realistic / prison | Mothers / African Americans / Murder | cis-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.418 | Diary of Anne Frank | Frank, Anne | perseverance / realistic | Netherlands / Jewish / Holocaust | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.417 | River of Gods | Donald, Ian Mc | adventure / science fiction / mythology | India / Politics / Artificial Intelligence | non-binary / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.417 | Into the Blue | Henson, Pene | romance | Hawaii / Surfing / Gay Men | cis-male / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.417 | Embassytown | Miéville, China | adventure / science fiction | Space / Aliens / Gender and Language | cis-female / undisclosed / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.417 | Before I Go to Sleep | Watson, S. J. | adventure / thriller / psychological | Amnesia / Identity | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.416 | The Letter for the King | Dragt, Tonke | adventure / fantasy | Knights / Quests | cis-male / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.416 | The Head of the Saint | Acioli, Socorro | adventure / magical realism | Brazil / Faith / St. Anthony of Padua | cis-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.416 | The City of Devi | Suri, Manil | adventure / science fiction / apocalyptic | Mumbai, India / Ethnic Conflict / Nuclear War | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.416 | Otherbound | Duyvis, Corinne | adventure / fantasy | lesbians / clairvoyance / revolution | cis-female / undisclosed / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.416 | Dance of the Banished | Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk | perseverance / historical / war | Turkey / Kurdish / Genocide | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.416 | Alif the Unseen | Wilson, G Willow | adventure / fantasy / mythology | Middle East / Arab-Indian / Hacking | cis-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.415 | Gone Crazy in Alabama | Garcia, Rita Williams | adventure / realistic / humor | Alabama / African American / Sisters | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.415 | Act Your Age, Eve Brown | Hibbert, Talia | romance / humor / realistic | hospitality industry / plus-sized / autism spectrum | cis female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.414 | I'll Give You the Sun | Nelson, Jandy | romance / realistic / tragedy | Artists / Secrets / Homosexuality | cis-male / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.414 | Apocalypse Baby | Despentes, Virginie | adventure / detective / noir | Europe / Punk / Missing Persons | cis-female / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.413 | The Nickel Boys | Whitehead, Colson | perseverance / coming-of-age / historical | Tallahassee, FL / African American / Institutional Abuse | cis-male / non-white / pending | Alternatives | |
| 0.413 | The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making | Valente, Catherynne M | adventure / fantasy / humor | Voyages / Dragons / Fairies | cis-female / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.413 | Love Drugged | Klise, James | romance / science fiction / humor | High School / Dating / Drugs | cis-male / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.413 | Akosua and Osman | Herbstein, Manu | romance / realistic | Ghana / Social Mobility / Economics | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.412 | Possessing the Secret of Joy | Walker, Alice | perseverance / realistic / psychological | Africa / African American / Female Circumcision | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.411 | My Real Children | Walton, Jo | romance / science fiction / alternative history | Memory / Lesbians / Motherhood | cis-female / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.41 | The Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | perseverance / historical | revenge / adultery / women | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.409 | Of Mice and Men | Steinbeck, John | perseverance / historical / rural | California / Developmental Disability / Great Depression | cis-male / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.409 | Animal Farm | Orwell, George | dystopian / satire / fables | Totalitarianism / Soviet Union / Domestic Animals | cis-male / undisclosed / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.408 | Things Fall Apart | Achebe, Chinua | tragedy / historical | nigeria / colonialism / fate | cis-male / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.408 | The Last Execution | Sung, Jesper Wung | tragedy / historical / prison | Denmark / Capital Punishment / Ethics | cis-male / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.408 | Pushing the Bear | Glancy, Diane | perseverance / historical / western | Oklahoma / Trail of Tears / Cherokee | cis female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.407 | If I Was Your Girl | Russo, Meredith | romance / realistic | Transgender Identity / High School | trans-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.407 | Allegedly | Jackson, Tiffany D | perseverance / realistic / prison | Innocence / African Americans / Infanticide | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.406 | Pathogen | Webb, Jessica | adventure / romance / detective | Canada / Terrorism / Lesbians | cis-female / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.406 | Antigone | Sophocles, | tragedy / drama | greece / duty / women | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.405 | To All the Boys I've Loved Before | Han, Jenny | romance / realistic | Love Letters / Scandals | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.405 | The Hobbit | Tolkien, J. R. R. | adventure / fantasy | Middle Earth / Hobbits / Quests | cis-male / undisclosed / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.403 | Code Name Verity | Wein, Elizabeth E | perseverance / historical / war | France / World War II / Spies | cis-female / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.4 | The Breadwinner | Ellis, Deborah | perseverance / realistic / war | Kabul, Afghanistan / Afghan / Family Responsibilities | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.399 | Myra Breckinridge and Myron | Vidal, Gore | adventure / realistic / satire | Hollywood, CA / Gender Identity / 60's Swinger Culture | trans-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.398 | The Wind Is Not a River | Payton, Brian | survival / historical / war | Aleutian Islands / World War II / Japanese Invasion | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.397 | Number the Stars | Lowry, Lois | survival / war / historical | Denmark / Jews / Holocaust | cis-female / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.397 | Marrow Island | Smith, Alexis | survival / apocalyptic | Remote Island / Secret Cults / Environmental Damage | cis-female / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.396 | Ban This Book | Gratz, Alan | adventure / humor / realistic | Censorship / Protest / Libraries | cis-female / pending / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.395 | The Twyborn Affair | White, Patrick | adventure / historical / war | Australian Outback / White Australian / Gender Identity | non-binary / white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.395 | The Last Leaves Falling | Benwell, Fox | tragedy / realistic | Japan / Japanese / Assisted Suicide | cis-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.393 | The Sound and the Fury | Faulker, William | tragedy / southern gothic | american south / disability / racism | cis-male / white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.392 | Lies We Tell Ourselves | Talley, Robin | romance / historical | virgina / school integration / racism | cis-female / non-white / non-straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.391 | The Midnight Palace | Zafon, Carlos Ruiz | adventure / fantasy / detective | India / Twins / Demons | cis-female / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.385 | A Thousand Pieces of You | Gray, Claudia | romance / science fiction | space and time / families / murder | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.371 | Butterfly Swords | Lin, Jeannie | romance / historical | china / princess / martial arts | cis-female / non-white / straight | Alternatives | |
| 0.363 | The Belles | Clayton, Dhonielle | adventure / fantasy | Beauty | cis-female / non-white / pending | Alternatives | |
| 0.303 | The Garden of Forking Paths | Borges, Jorge Luis | tragedy / magical realism | multiple dimensions / world war II / writing | cis-male / non-white / undisclosed | Alternatives | |
| 0.261 | The Gift of the Magi | Henry, O. | romance / realistic | poverty / irony | cis-female / white / straight | Alternatives |