10 Best family books like This Place Is Still Beautiful by XiXi Tian

Cover of This Place Is Still Beautiful by XiXi Tian

This Place Is Still Beautiful

By: XiXi Tian

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Two sisters. A shocking racist incident. The summer that will change both of their lives forever.De…

"Maybe one day we will find the right words, but at the moment, he just stands with me in this alley, shielded from the sun. Dark, but not alone."

-XiXi Tian, This Place Is Still Beautiful

If you liked the family plot in This Place Is Still Beautiful by XiXi Tian , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of The Silence that Binds Us by Joanna Ho

1. The Silence that Binds Us

By: Joanna Ho

4.33

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Maybelline Chen isn't the Chinese Taiwanese American daughter her mother expects her to be. May pre… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Ho's The Silence that Binds Us book and XiXi Tian's This Place Is Still Beautiful

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Sound the Gong (Kingdom of Three, #2) by Joan He

2. Sound the Gong (Kingdom of Three, #2)

By: Joan He

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times and Indie bestselling author Joan He, comes the dazzling and sweeping conclusio… read more

Similar categories in Joan He's Sound the Gong (Kingdom of Three, #2) book and XiXi Tian's This Place Is Still Beautiful

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • asian literature
  • audiobook
"If he's to be my final sight in this world, I will make myself his."

-Joan He, Sound the Gong (Kingdom of Three, #2)

Cover of ASAP by Axie Oh

3. ASAP

By: Axie Oh

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Axie Oh's ASAP is the much anticipated companion novel to beloved… read more

Similar categories in Axie Oh's ASAP book and XiXi Tian's This Place Is Still Beautiful

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • audiobook
"I didn't want to chase you," he says, and I wince. Did he finally realize I'm not worth chasing? "I wanted to run with you."

-Axie Oh, ASAP

"Do you mean it?" he asks softly. His fingers around my wrist tighten infinitesimally. "I mean it," I say. "With my heart, with my body, with my soul."

-Axie Oh, ASAP

Cover of Mirror to Mirror by Rajani LaRocca

4. Mirror to Mirror

By: Rajani LaRocca

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In Rajani LaRocca’s breathtaking follow-up to the Newbery Honor– and Walter Award–winning Red, Whit… read more

Similar categories in Rajani LaRocca's Mirror to Mirror book and XiXi Tian's This Place Is Still Beautiful

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
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5. Those Pink Mountain Nights

By: Jen Ferguson

3.94

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

In her remarkable second novel following her acclaimed debut, The Summer of Bitter and Sweet, which… read more

Similar categories in Jen Ferguson's Those Pink Mountain Nights book and XiXi Tian's This Place Is Still Beautiful

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of This Place Is Still Beautiful by XiXi Tian

6. This Place Is Still Beautiful

By: XiXi Tian

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Two sisters. A shocking racist incident. The summer that will change both of their lives forever.De… read more

Similar categories in XiXi Tian's This Place Is Still Beautiful book and XiXi Tian's This Place Is Still Beautiful

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • family
  • audiobook
"Maybe one day we will find the right words, but at the moment, he just stands with me in this alley, shielded from the sun. Dark, but not alone."

-XiXi Tian, This Place Is Still Beautiful

Cover of Boys I Know by Anna  Gracia

7. Boys I Know

By: Anna Gracia

3.39

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

*A high school senior navigates messy boys and messier relationships in this bitingly funny and muc… read more

Similar categories in Anna Gracia's Boys I Know book and XiXi Tian's This Place Is Still Beautiful

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"After a lifetime of being told I wasn’t enough on my own, I’d begun to believe everyone who had told me the same thing."

-Anna Gracia, Boys I Know

Cover of How You Grow Wings by Rimma Onoseta

8. How You Grow Wings

By: Rimma Onoseta

4.00

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An emotionally riveting novel for fans of Ibi Zoboi and Erika L. Sánchez about two sisters in Niger… read more

Similar categories in Rimma Onoseta's How You Grow Wings book and XiXi Tian's This Place Is Still Beautiful

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of My Father, the Panda Killer by Jamie Jo Hoang

9. My Father, the Panda Killer

By: Jamie Jo Hoang

4.04

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A poignant coming-of-age story told in two alternating voices: a California teenager railing agains… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Jo Hoang's My Father, the Panda Killer book and XiXi Tian's This Place Is Still Beautiful

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Private Label by Kelly Yang

10. Private Label

By: Kelly Yang

3.89

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang delivers a heartfelt and powerful YA romance about a C… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Private Label book and XiXi Tian's This Place Is Still Beautiful

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • family
  • audiobook
"Everybody make mistake. Best way is to apologize," she tells me, putting her scissors down and sitting next to me. "But you never apologize." She frowns at me. "Because I'm always right."

-Kelly Yang, Private Label

Cover of I Guess I Live Here Now by Claire Ahn

11. I Guess I Live Here Now

By: Claire Ahn

3.76

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A journey to the place where trends are born--Seoul, Korea--where Melody Lee unwillingly moves with… read more

Similar categories in Claire Ahn's I Guess I Live Here Now book and XiXi Tian's This Place Is Still Beautiful

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Bretzel Break by Maëlle Desard

12. Bretzel Break

By: Maëlle Desard

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

- Je n'ose même pas jeter un regard vers le miroir. - Inutile, je peux te décrire si tu le souhait… read more

Similar categories in Maëlle Desard's Bretzel Break book and XiXi Tian's This Place Is Still Beautiful

  • young adult
Cover of My Flawless Life by Yvonne Woon

13. My Flawless Life

By: Yvonne Woon

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A narrator grapples with the secrets of her private school classmates as well as her own life. … read more

Similar categories in Yvonne Woon's My Flawless Life book and XiXi Tian's This Place Is Still Beautiful

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • audiobook
Cover of Les Coquillages ne s'ouvrent qu'en été by Clara Héraut

14. Les Coquillages ne s'ouvrent qu'en été

By: Clara Héraut

4.52

Format: 436 pages, Paperback

Comme chaque année, Léna et Phoebe passent les vacances d’été sur la côte basque. Léna ne rêve que … read more

Similar categories in Clara Héraut's Les Coquillages ne s'ouvrent qu'en été book and XiXi Tian's This Place Is Still Beautiful

  • romance
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Le Futur ne sera pas by Bleuenn Guillou

15. Le Futur ne sera pas

By: Bleuenn Guillou

3.69

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Destinée à sauver le monde, pourrait-elle le détruire ? Dans un futur alternatif, les citoyens v… read more

Similar categories in Bleuenn Guillou's Le Futur ne sera pas book and XiXi Tian's This Place Is Still Beautiful

Cover of What's Coming to Me by Francesca  Padilla

16. What's Coming to Me

By: Francesca Padilla

3.54

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Minerva Gutiérrez plans revenge on her predatory boss in this equally poignant a… read more

Similar categories in Francesca Padilla's What's Coming to Me book and XiXi Tian's This Place Is Still Beautiful

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of The Queens of New York by E.L. Shen

17. The Queens of New York

By: E.L. Shen

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed author E. L. Shen comes a sun-drenched, cinematic YA novel about three Asian America… read more

Similar categories in E.L. Shen's The Queens of New York book and XiXi Tian's This Place Is Still Beautiful

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • family
  • audiobook
"Freudian slips happen to the breast of us"

-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York

"Once you've bowed your head and burned the incense, the grief locks inside the coffin, shrouded underneath new grass and fertile soil. But I don't think Ariel has any grass at all."

-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York

"I inhale with the waves flooding the shore. They are easy. They are mine. I can feel my heartbeat slowing. Bea may be in Queens underground, but for now, she is here. We are little girls again, on th…"

-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York

"When I got my official acceptance letter in the mail, Umma immediately pinned it to the fridge. She took down my old tests to make room. This letter deserved the entire metal canvas. It was the culmi…"

-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York

Cover of Magie & Sentiments : Les Secrets de Longdawn by Ariel Holzl

18. Magie & Sentiments : Les Secrets de Longdawn

By: Ariel Holzl

4.02

Format: 488 pages, Hardcover

Mariages arrangés, secrets bien gardés et mages redoutés... Cela fait des siècles que la Terre e… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Holzl's Magie & Sentiments : Les Secrets de Longdawn book and XiXi Tian's This Place Is Still Beautiful

  • romance
Cover of Salon de Beauté by Quentin Zuttion

19. Salon de Beauté

By: Quentin Zuttion

4.49

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

Les journées de Jeshua, jeune propriétaire d'un salon de beauté, sont rythmées par les soins apport… read more

Similar categories in Quentin Zuttion's Salon de Beauté book and XiXi Tian's This Place Is Still Beautiful

Cover of Les nouveaux Dieux by J. Robin

20. Les nouveaux Dieux

By: J. Robin

4.09

Format: 456 pages, Hardcover

ON LES NOMME KARMA, MIRAGE, VIE, MORT ET MENTAL Ensemble, ils forment la Quintessence. Cing frèr… read more

Similar categories in J. Robin's Les nouveaux Dieux book and XiXi Tian's This Place Is Still Beautiful

Cover of Le Soleil se lèvera demain by Aurélie Massé

21. Le Soleil se lèvera demain

By: Aurélie Massé

4.43

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Qui sont-ils ? D’où viennent-ils ? Que vont-ils devenir ? Ils sont cinq et n’ont rien en commun q… read more

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