Books like Maya's Notebook
12 books with a reading profile close to Maya's Notebook by Isabel Allende. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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1
A Burning
thriller, narrative
Set in contemporary Kolkata, the story begins when Jivan, a young Muslim woman living in the slums, posts a comment on Facebook questioning the government’s response to a deadly terrorist attack on a train.
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2
The River
by Peter Heller
thriller, narrative
College friends Wynn and Jack embark on a canoe expedition down the Maskwa River in northern Canada, seeking a wilderness escape before returning to society.
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3
Sadie
thriller, narrative
Nineteen-year-old Sadie Hunter disappears from her small town following the brutal murder of her younger sister, Mattie.
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4
A Ladder to the Sky
by John Boyne
thriller, narrative
Maurice Swift is a young waiter with immense literary ambition but zero original ideas.
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5
The Female of the Species
thriller, narrative
Alex Craft is a high school student who functions as a vigilante in her small town, three years after the rape and murder of her older sister.
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6
Notes on an Execution
thriller, narrative
Ansel Packer sits on Texas death row with twelve hours left before his lethal injection.
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7
White Ivy
by Susie Yang
thriller, narrative
Ivy Lin grew up in Chinese immigrant poverty in suburban America, raised by a mother who steals and a grandmother who pushes her to succeed.
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8
State of Wonder
by Ann Patchett
thriller, narrative
Pharmacology researcher Marina Singh travels from Minnesota to the Amazon basin to investigate the death of a colleague and the status of a long-delayed drug project.
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9
The Guest
by Emma Cline
thriller, narrative
Twenty-two-year-old Alex is cast out of her older boyfriend Simon’s wealthy Long Island home after a breach of etiquette.
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10
Once There Were Wolves
thriller, narrative
Inti Flynn leads a team of biologists tasked with reintroducing fourteen gray wolves into the Scottish Highlands to restore the landscape's ecological balance.
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11
The Other Black Girl
thriller, narrative
Nella Rogers is an editorial assistant and the only Black employee at Wagner Books, a prestigious but white-dominated publishing house in New York City.
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12
Portrait of a Thief
by Grace D. Li
thriller, narrative
Will Chen, a senior at Harvard, is recruited by a shadow corporation to spearhead a heist reclaiming five looted zodiac fountainheads from European museums.
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