Books like Yellowface
12 books with a reading profile close to Yellowface by R.F. Kuang. Escapist; an easy read.
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Luckiest Girl Alive
Also escapist · 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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2
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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3
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.
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Whisper Network
Also escapist · thriller, narrative
Ames Garrett is positioned to become the next CEO of Truviv, a high-growth athletics company in Dallas.
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5
This Is Where It Ends
Also escapist · 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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6
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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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
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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Perfect Match
by Jodi Picoult
narrative, accessible
Nina Frost, an assistant district attorney in Massachusetts, discovers that her young son has been abused by a local Catholic priest.
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11
City of Girls
narrative, accessible
In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris arrives in New York City after being expelled from Vassar College.
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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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