20 must-read fiction books like Barakah Beats by Maleeha Siddiqui

Cover of Barakah Beats by Maleeha Siddiqui

Barakah Beats

By: Maleeha Siddiqui

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The First Rule of Punk and Save Me a Seat, Barakah Beats is a sweet, powerful, and joyo…

If you liked the fiction plot in Barakah Beats by Maleeha Siddiqui , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. The Shape of Thunder

By: Jasmine Warga

4.17

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Despite living next door to each other,… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's The Shape of Thunder book and Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"I just want to be okay. I don't want to feel okay. I want to be okay."

-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder

"The more things you know, the less likely you are to be taken by surprise."

-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder

"Whenever I get a bad grade, I always try to explain to Mom that I did read the book. And just because I can't remember what color shirt the character was wearing in page six doesn't mean that I didn'…"

-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder

Cover of The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1) by Shawn  Peters

2. The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1)

By: Shawn Peters

4.03

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Packed with superheroes, supervillains, and epic showdowns between good and evil, The Unforgettable… read more

Similar categories in Shawn Peters's The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1) book and Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca

3. Red, White, and Whole

By: Rajani LaRocca

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An #ownvoices novel in verse about an Indian American girl whose life is turned upside down when he… read more

Similar categories in Rajani LaRocca's Red, White, and Whole book and Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"What does the sky do when the moon is gone forever?"

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months."

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"« We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months. »"

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"Her face is as bright as a full moon, always gentle, always changing, but predictable. Like our moon, she only shows us one face. The strong one."

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

Cover of Lasagna Means I Love You by Kate  O'Shaughnessy

4. Lasagna Means I Love You

By: Kate O'Shaughnessy

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Library Binding

What are the essential ingredients that make a family? Eleven-year-old Mo is making up her own reci… read more

Similar categories in Kate O'Shaughnessy's Lasagna Means I Love You book and Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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5. Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom (Cookie Chronicles)

By: Matthew Swanson

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Meet Ben, a literal-minded kid with a big heart and an even bigger sweet-tooth, who cracks open a f… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Swanson's Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom (Cookie Chronicles) book and Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. Maizy Chen's Last Chance

By: Lisa Yee

4.29

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to The Golden Palace! Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota. . . until now. Her… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Yee's Maizy Chen's Last Chance book and Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"When you're in a position to help, that means you're in a good place in your own life."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

"Sometimes people don't know their dreams until they're in it. Other times, their dreams escape them because they are too busy being busy."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

Cover of Maya and the Robot by Eve L. Ewing

7. Maya and the Robot

By: Eve L. Ewing

4.05

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An illustrated middle grade novel about a forgotten homemade robot who comes to life just when aspi… read more

Similar categories in Eve L. Ewing's Maya and the Robot book and Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Ophie's Ghosts by Justina Ireland

8. Ophie's Ghosts

By: Justina Ireland

4.28

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Dread Nation makes her middle grade debut with a sweeping … read more

Similar categories in Justina Ireland's Ophie's Ghosts book and Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Turtle Boy by M. Evan Wolkenstein

9. Turtle Boy

By: M. Evan Wolkenstein

4.31

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Seventh grade is not going well for Will Levine. Kids at school bully him because of his funny-look… read more

Similar categories in M. Evan Wolkenstein's Turtle Boy book and Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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10. Shine On, Luz Véliz!

By: Rebecca Balcárcel

4.28

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful coming-of-age story for fans of Front Desk and Merci Suárez Changes Gears , this book c… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Balcárcel's Shine On, Luz Véliz! book and Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The self is not discovered, but created."

-Rebecca Balcárcel, Shine On, Luz Véliz!

Cover of A Game of Fox & Squirrels by Jenn Reese

11. A Game of Fox & Squirrels

By: Jenn Reese

4.09

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

After an incident shatters their family, eleven-year old Samantha and her older sister Caitlin are … read more

Similar categories in Jenn Reese's A Game of Fox & Squirrels book and Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Barakah Beats by Maleeha Siddiqui

12. Barakah Beats

By: Maleeha Siddiqui

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The First Rule of Punk and Save Me a Seat, Barakah Beats is a sweet, powerful, and joyo… read more

Similar categories in Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats book and Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats

  • music
  • childrens
  • muslims
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • religion
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of A Thousand Questions by Saadia Faruqi

13. A Thousand Questions

By: Saadia Faruqi

4.20

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of Karachi, Pakistan, Saadia Faruqi’s middle grade novel tells the story o… read more

Similar categories in Saadia Faruqi's A Thousand Questions book and Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of The Magical Imperfect by Chris Baron

14. The Magical Imperfect

By: Chris Baron

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake in a town of refugees who came to Ame… read more

Similar categories in Chris Baron's The Magical Imperfect book and Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats

  • family
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of The Great Pet Heist (The Great Pet Heist #1) by Emily Ecton

15. The Great Pet Heist (The Great Pet Heist #1)

By: Emily Ecton

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Ocean’s Eleven meets The Secret Life of Pets in this hilarious and delightfully illustrated novel f… read more

Similar categories in Emily Ecton's The Great Pet Heist (The Great Pet Heist #1) book and Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of My Life in the Fish Tank by Barbara Dee

16. My Life in the Fish Tank

By: Barbara Dee

4.21

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

From the acclaimed author of Maybe He Just Likes You and Halfway Normal comes a “compassionate…touc… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Dee's My Life in the Fish Tank book and Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
Cover of A Soft Place to Land by Janae Marks

17. A Soft Place to Land

By: Janae Marks

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Follow a young girl reshaping her meaning of home. Joy Taylor has always believed home is the ho… read more

Similar categories in Janae Marks's A Soft Place to Land book and Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Frankie & Bug by Gayle Forman

18. Frankie & Bug

By: Gayle Forman

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In the debut middle grade novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Gayle Forman comes a poig… read more

Similar categories in Gayle Forman's Frankie & Bug book and Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Ahmed Aziz's Epic Year by Nina Hamza

19. Ahmed Aziz's Epic Year

By: Nina Hamza

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An Indian Muslim #ownvoices debut about an underachiever who must start over in a new state with th… read more

Similar categories in Nina Hamza's Ahmed Aziz's Epic Year book and Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly J. Baptist

20. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero

By: Kelly J. Baptist

4.33

Format: 208 pages, ebook

A coming-of-age tale about a boy who discovers a love of poetry after finding his late father's jou… read more

Similar categories in Kelly J. Baptist's Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero book and Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of City of Thieves (Battle Dragons #1) by Alex London

21. City of Thieves (Battle Dragons #1)

By: Alex London

3.97

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In a modern mega-city built around dragons, one boy gets caught up in the world of underground drag… read more

Similar categories in Alex London's City of Thieves (Battle Dragons #1) book and Maleeha Siddiqui's Barakah Beats

  • middle grade
  • audiobook
"Secrets between friends are like dragon bile."

-Alex London, City of Thieves (Battle Dragons #1)

"Um..." Abel feared "um" was officially his catchphrase."

-Alex London, City of Thieves (Battle Dragons #1)

"WW3D" they added, which was a code they used whenever one of them was feeling nervous about something."

-Alex London, City of Thieves (Battle Dragons #1)

"How do you know it's a him?" Abel asked. "He's not wearing his pronouns on a name tag." "Male Sunrise Reapers have orange eyes," Roa said. "Females have red or yellow." "But what if he's nonbinary?" …"

-Alex London, City of Thieves (Battle Dragons #1)

11 Top contemporary books like Barakah Beats by Maleeha Siddiqui

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The Shape of Thunder

Jasmine Warga

4.17

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Lasagna Means I Love You

Kate O'Shaughnessy

4.40

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Maizy Chen's Last Chance

Lisa Yee

4.29

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Maya and the Robot

Eve L. Ewing

4.05

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The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1)

Shawn Peters

4.03

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Allergic

Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.25

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New from Here

Kelly Yang

4.30

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The List of Things That Will Not Change

Rebecca Stead

4.22

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