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Books like Light from Uncommon Stars

12 books with a reading profile close to Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.

  1. 1 Starling House

    Starling House

    by Alix E. Harrow

    romance, narrative

    In the dying town of Eden, Kentucky, Opal works menial jobs to provide a future for her younger brother, Jasper.

  2. 2 On a Sunbeam

    On a Sunbeam

    by Tillie Walden

    romance, narrative

    Mia joins a restoration crew traveling through deep space in a fish-shaped vessel to repair crumbling architecture on distant planets.

  3. 3 Oona Out of Order

    Oona Out of Order

    by Margarita Montimore

    romance, narrative

    On New Year's Eve 1982, Oona Lockhart turns nineteen and makes a wish at midnight, only to find that she has jumped forward to her fifty-first year.

  4. 4 Orange: The Complete Collection, Volume 1

    Orange: The Complete Collection, Volume 1

    by Ichigo Takano

    romance, narrative

    Sixteen-year-old Naho Takamiya receives a letter sent from her own future self, dated ten years ahead.

  5. 5 The Girl Who Chased the Moon

    The Girl Who Chased the Moon

    by Sarah Addison Allen

    romance, narrative

    Emily Benedict, a seventeen-year-old, moves to Mullaby, North Carolina, to live with the grandfather she never knew after her mother's death.

  6. 6 A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

    A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

    by Tia Williams

    romance, narrative

    Set against the backdrop of modern-day Harlem, the story follows Ricki Wilde, a free-spirited florist and the black sheep of a prominent, wealthy family.

  7. 7 Spinning Silver

    Spinning Silver

    by Naomi Novik

    romance, narrative

    Miryem is a moneylender’s daughter in a frozen village who gains a reputation for turning silver into gold.

  8. 8 Saga, Volume 9

    Saga, Volume 9

    by Brian K. Vaughan

    narrative, science fiction

    Saga, Volume 9 concludes the first half of Brian K.

  9. 9 Dragonfly in Amber

    Dragonfly in Amber

    by Diana Gabaldon

    romance, narrative

    In 1968, Claire Randall returns to Scotland with her daughter, Brianna, to reveal the truth of her biological father.

  10. 10 The Ten Thousand Doors of January

    The Ten Thousand Doors of January

    by Alix E. Harrow

    romance, narrative

    Set in the early 1900s, January Scaller lives as a ward in the sprawling mansion of Mr.

  11. 11 In the Lives of Puppets

    In the Lives of Puppets

    by T.J. Klune

    narrative, science fiction

    In a secluded forest laboratory, Victor Lawson lives as the only human among recycled machines.

  12. 12 Drums of Autumn

    Drums of Autumn

    by Diana Gabaldon, Geraldine James

    romance, narrative

    Claire and Jamie Fraser begin a new life in the North Carolina colony during the mid-eighteenth century.

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