Books like Grown
12 books with a reading profile close to Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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1
Whisper Network
thriller, narrative
Ames Garrett is positioned to become the next CEO of Truviv, a high-growth athletics company in Dallas.
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2
This Is Where It Ends
thriller, narrative
Set over the course of fifty-four minutes at Opportunity High School, the narrative follows a school shooting from the perspectives of four students: Claire, Autumn, Sylv, and Tomas.
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3
American Dirt
thriller, narrative
Lydia Quixano Pérez, a bookstore owner in Acapulco, survives a mass shooting that kills sixteen members of her family, including her journalist husband.
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4
The Reckoning
by John Grisham
thriller, narrative
Pete Banning, a decorated war hero and prominent farmer in Clanton, Mississippi, walks into his pastor’s office in 1946 and shoots him dead.
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5
Monday's Not Coming
thriller, narrative
Claudia returns to school for the eighth grade only to find that her best friend, Monday Charles, has vanished.
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6
Hang the Moon
narrative, accessible
Set in Prohibition-era Virginia, the story follows Sallie Kincaid, the daughter of a wealthy local patriarch known as the Duke.
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7
The Rose Code
by Kate Quinn
thriller, narrative
In 1940, three women from vastly different social circles converge at Bletchley Park to join the secret British codebreaking operation.
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8
Yellowface
by R.F. Kuang
thriller, narrative
When June Hayward witnesses the accidental death of her more successful rival, Athena Liu, she steals Athena’s unfinished manuscript about Chinese laborers in World War I.
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9
The Huntress
by Kate Quinn
thriller, narrative
Set against the aftermath of World War II, the narrative follows Ian Graham, a former war correspondent turned Nazi hunter, and Nina Markova, a fierce Soviet pilot from the Night Witches regiment.
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10
Big Little Lies
thriller, narrative
In the coastal town of Pirriwee, three mothers find their lives entangled through their children’s kindergarten class.
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11
Luckiest Girl Alive
thriller, narrative
Ani FaNelli is a successful editor at a prestigious women's magazine who has meticulously engineered a glamorous life in New York City.
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12
Razorblade Tears
by S.A. Cosby
thriller, narrative
Ike Randolph and Buddy Lee are two ex-convicts—one Black, one white—joined by the murder of their sons, Isiah and Derek.
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