16 must-read family books like No Words by Maryam Master

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No Words

By: Maryam Master

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Hero doesn't feel like a hero, but sometimes she feels as if the universe is asking her to be one. …

If you liked the family plot in No Words by Maryam Master , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. The Things That Matter Most

By: Gabbie Stroud

4.44

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

A powerful and moving debut novel about a school community in crisis from the bestselling author of… read more

Similar categories in Gabbie Stroud's The Things That Matter Most book and Maryam Master's No Words

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. Runt

By: Craig Silvey

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A heart-warming, funny, beautifully told story for readers of all ages from the bestselling author … read more

Similar categories in Craig Silvey's Runt book and Maryam Master's No Words

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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3. Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

By: Amy Doak

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Eleanor Jones has just started at her ninth high school in less than five years. Since she and her … read more

Similar categories in Amy Doak's Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer book and Maryam Master's No Words

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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4. Scar Town

By: Tristan Bancks

4.04

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

Twelve-year-old Will Haddon and his twin friends, Dar and Juno, find a safe full of money and human… read more

Similar categories in Tristan Bancks's Scar Town book and Maryam Master's No Words

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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5. Cop and Robber

By: Tristan Bancks

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

If your mum was a cop and your dad was a crim who needed your help to commit a crime, would you do … read more

Similar categories in Tristan Bancks's Cop and Robber book and Maryam Master's No Words

  • family
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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6. Sick Bay

By: Nova Weetman

4.28

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Meg uses Sick Bay to hide from other kids. She’s struggling with changes at home, wears slippers to… read more

Similar categories in Nova Weetman's Sick Bay book and Maryam Master's No Words

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. Completely Normal (and other lies)

By: Biffy James

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Love has rules. So does grief. And Stella Wilde’s about to break them all. Stella Wilde is secre… read more

Similar categories in Biffy James's Completely Normal (and other lies) book and Maryam Master's No Words

  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"This isn't all on you. But god forbid we blame the dude. Fucking patriarchy."

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

"I considered letting my own meltdown come to the surface, but I had no way of knowing how long it would last once I let it, so I didn't. I put it in the black well instead, backing away so I wouldn't…"

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

"Maybe it was better to accept that when someone died there were some things that were never going to happen, and this was just another one of them. Because death left things unfinished. Unsaid. Unsew…"

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

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8. Grace Notes

By: Karen Comer

4.16

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

  , This song has a grace note a tiny note that's there for embellishment but can easily be ignored… read more

Similar categories in Karen Comer's Grace Notes book and Maryam Master's No Words

  • family
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Restrictions can't stop our music, can't stop us."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"together we weave a set of colours so beautiful that surely every listener's heart expands"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"The world has stopped still, yet we can feel our frenzied, uncertain energy spinning the Earth."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"Surely traditions have to evolve? Surely daughters can choose their own happiness? Surely our world can handle this new virus?"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

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9. Inkflower

By: Suzy Zail

4.32

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

A gritty YA novel about family secrets, hope and healing. Based on a true story. Lisa’s father has… read more

Similar categories in Suzy Zail's Inkflower book and Maryam Master's No Words

  • fiction
  • young adult
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10. Hamlet is Not OK

By: R.A. Spratt

3.40

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Selby hates homework. She would rather watch daytime television – anything to escape the tedium of … read more

Similar categories in R.A. Spratt's Hamlet is Not OK book and Maryam Master's No Words

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning writer Katrina Nannestad transports us to Russia and the Great Patriotic War and into… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief book and Maryam Master's No Words

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
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12. Silver Linings

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A new heartwarming novel set in 1950s Australia from bestselling author Katrina Nannestad Nettie… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Silver Linings book and Maryam Master's No Words

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
"How can anyone eat now that Billy is gone? How can we even breathe?"

-Katrina Nannestad, Silver Linings

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13. Tiger Daughter

By: Rebecca Lim

4.07

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

IBBY Honour List 2024 A Kirkus, Booklist, She Reads and Amazon Best Book of 2023 Winner, People's… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Lim's Tiger Daughter book and Maryam Master's No Words

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"It's aiming for the peaks,' I tell him, 'and swimming through the troughs so that there are moments where you can just float under the sun and see how far you've come."

-Rebecca Lim, Tiger Daughter

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14. Waiting for the Storks

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.59

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The powerful new novel from master storyteller Katrina Nannestad. I don't want to remember the … read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks book and Maryam Master's No Words

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
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15. No Words

By: Maryam Master

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Hero doesn't feel like a hero, but sometimes she feels as if the universe is asking her to be one. … read more

Similar categories in Maryam Master's No Words book and Maryam Master's No Words

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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16. Huda and Me

By: H. Hayek

4.03

Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition

Huda's sitting in the airport lounge, fiddling with our tickets. I can tell she's excited because s… read more

Similar categories in H. Hayek's Huda and Me book and Maryam Master's No Words

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
  • contemporary
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17. August and Jones

By: Pip Harry

4.33

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Eleven-year-old Jones Kirby has just moved to Sydney from her farm in country New South Wales. She'… read more

Similar categories in Pip Harry's August and Jones book and Maryam Master's No Words

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary
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18. The Way of Dog

By: Zana Fraillon

4.42

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A fiercely original verse novel from the ABIA and CBCA award-winning author of The Bone Sparrow. … read more

Similar categories in Zana Fraillon's The Way of Dog book and Maryam Master's No Words

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
" Be strong. Be fierce. Life is more than a concrete floor. "

-Zana Fraillon, The Way of Dog

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19. The Raven's Song

By: Zana Fraillon

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A wonderful children's novel by two stellar writers featuring Shelby and Phoenix, living 100 years … read more

Similar categories in Zana Fraillon's The Raven's Song book and Maryam Master's No Words

  • family
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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20. The Jammer

By: Nova Weetman

4.27

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Fred has moved around her whole life, one small town after another, and never minded starting over.… read more

Similar categories in Nova Weetman's The Jammer book and Maryam Master's No Words

  • family
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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21. Look Me in the Eye

By: Jane Godwin

3.97

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

running latedrop it off without meI type drop what off? I don't know what Mish is talking about.Whi… read more

Similar categories in Jane Godwin's Look Me in the Eye book and Maryam Master's No Words

  • family
  • middle grade
  • young adult

10 Best childrens books like No Words by Maryam Master

Transform Your Habits

Runt

Craig Silvey

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Scar Town

Tristan Bancks

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Sick Bay

Nova Weetman

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief

Katrina Nannestad

4.51

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14 Best fiction books like Completely Normal (and other lies) by Biffy James

Transform Your Habits

Neverlanders

Tom Taylor

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

Amy Doak

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Completely Normal (and other lies)

Biffy James

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Royals

Tegan Bennett Daylight

3.35

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