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Books like White Ivy

12 books with a reading profile close to White Ivy by Susie Yang. Balanced in tone; an easy read.

  1. 1 Portrait of a Thief

    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.

  2. 2 Blacktop Wasteland

    Blacktop Wasteland

    by S.A. Cosby

    thriller, narrative

    Beauregard "Bug" Montage is a mechanic in rural Virginia struggling to keep his family business afloat while facing mounting household debts.

  3. 3 The River

    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.

  4. 4 The Female of the Species

    The Female of the Species

    by Mindy McGinnis

    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.

  5. 5 A Ladder to the Sky

    A Ladder to the Sky

    by John Boyne

    thriller, narrative

    Maurice Swift is a young waiter with immense literary ambition but zero original ideas.

  6. 6 Sadie

    Sadie

    by Courtney Summers

    thriller, narrative

    Nineteen-year-old Sadie Hunter disappears from her small town following the brutal murder of her younger sister, Mattie.

  7. 7 The Beach

    The Beach

    by Alex Garland

    thriller, narrative

    Alex Garland’s novel follows Richard, a young British backpacker in Bangkok who acquires a hand-drawn map promising a hidden coastal paradise.

  8. 8 The Other Black Girl

    The Other Black Girl

    by Zakiya Dalila Harris

    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.

  9. 9 A Burning

    A Burning

    by Megha Majumdar

    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.

  10. 10 When No One Is Watching

    When No One Is Watching

    by Alyssa Cole

    thriller, narrative

    Sydney Green is a lifelong resident of Brooklyn who watches her neighborhood rapidly transform through aggressive gentrification.

  11. 11 Notes on an Execution

    Notes on an Execution

    by Danya Kukafka

    thriller, narrative

    Ansel Packer sits on Texas death row with twelve hours left before his lethal injection.

  12. 12 State of Wonder

    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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