11 Best muslims books like When a Brown Girl Flees by Aamna Qureshi

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When a Brown Girl Flees

By: Aamna Qureshi

4.12

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

After Zahra Paracha makes a decision at odds with her beliefs, her mother forces Zahra to make an i…

"My life had been so full, so why had I felt so empty in it?"

-Aamna Qureshi, When a Brown Girl Flees

"Loneliness was like an old pair of socks I should have gotten rid of ages ago- though worn and slightly scratchy, they were somehow comfortable despite the discomfort"

-Aamna Qureshi, When a Brown Girl Flees

If you liked the muslims plot in When a Brown Girl Flees by Aamna Qureshi , here is a list of 11 books like this:

1. She Wore Red Trainers

By: Na'ima B. Robert

4.19

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

When Ali first meets Amirah, he notices everything about her--her hijab, her long eyelashes and her… read more

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2. Love From A to Z

By: S.K. Ali

4.12

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

A marvel: something you find amazing. Even ordinary-amazing. Like potatoes—because they make French… read more

Similar categories in S.K. Ali's Love From A to Z book and Aamna Qureshi's When a Brown Girl Flees

  • young adult contemporary
  • muslims
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"We're allowed to cry."

-S.K. Ali, Love From A to Z

"Life goes on, even if love doesn't."

-S.K. Ali, Love From A to Z

"But it's not smooth sailing." "Life isn't"

-S.K. Ali, Love From A to Z

"But it's not smooth sailing" "Life isn't?"

-S.K. Ali, Love From A to Z

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3. Huda F Cares?

By: Huda Fahmy

4.21

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In this laugh-out-loud funny sequel to the graphic novel Huda F Are You?, the Fahmys are off to Dis… read more

Similar categories in Huda Fahmy's Huda F Cares? book and Aamna Qureshi's When a Brown Girl Flees

  • fiction
  • muslims
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
"Y'know, you catch more flies with honey..." "I don't know why people say that. You can catch flies with garbage too."

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?

"We don't know they're friends. They could be brother and sister." "Impossible. They're smiling." "You're right. They're definitely not related."

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?

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4. Salaam, with Love

By: Sara Sharaf Beg

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

This heartfelt and humorous YA contemporary follows Dua, who spends the month of Ramadan making une… read more

Similar categories in Sara Sharaf Beg's Salaam, with Love book and Aamna Qureshi's When a Brown Girl Flees

  • muslims
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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5. Rules for Rule Breaking

By: Talia Tucker

3.68

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Booksmart meets Never Have I Ever in this debut YA rom-com about two Korean American teens forced i… read more

Similar categories in Talia Tucker's Rules for Rule Breaking book and Aamna Qureshi's When a Brown Girl Flees

  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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6. Much Ado about Nada

By: Uzma Jalaluddin

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A sparkling second-chance romance inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion... Nada Syed is stuck. On… read more

Similar categories in Uzma Jalaluddin's Much Ado about Nada book and Aamna Qureshi's When a Brown Girl Flees

  • audiobook
  • muslims
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Life really was bizarre on occasion."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado about Nada

"He didn't want anything to change, ever. And so nothing changed for anyone in her family. Ever."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado about Nada

"A world doesn't exist where I don't choose you, Nada beta, over everyone else. I will always choose you."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado about Nada

"My parents want to leave a legacy. We want to create our own. We're all just making it up as we go along."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado about Nada

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7. This Book Won't Burn

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspens… read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn book and Aamna Qureshi's When a Brown Girl Flees

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Book banning has long been used to silence those who want to speak out, those who are unwilling to be gaslit into thinking they're living in the best of all possible worlds."

-Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

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8. Hope Ablaze

By: Sarah Mughal Rana

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

She lost her words but found her voice. All My Rage meets The Poet X in this electric debut tha… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Mughal Rana's Hope Ablaze book and Aamna Qureshi's When a Brown Girl Flees

  • muslims
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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9. Something More

By: Jackie Khalilieh

4.06

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A contemporary teen romance novel featuring a Palestinian-Canadian girl trying to hide her autism d… read more

Similar categories in Jackie Khalilieh's Something More book and Aamna Qureshi's When a Brown Girl Flees

  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"No matter how far I've come and no matter how hard I try, beneath the mask will always be a girl who's afraid of being left behind."

-Jackie Khalilieh, Something More

"Maybe if people can get past the things that make me different on the outside, then they might try to get to know the real me. And maybe I’ll let them."

-Jackie Khalilieh, Something More

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10. Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment

By: Arushi Avachat

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A sparkling debut rom-com about a high school senior whose life suddenly gets a Bollywood spin when… read more

Similar categories in Arushi Avachat's Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment book and Aamna Qureshi's When a Brown Girl Flees

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"There's a reason Shahid Kapoor was voted Asia's Sexiest Man Alive"

-Arushi Avachat, Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment

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11. Kismat Connection

By: Ananya Devarajan

3.42

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this charming YA debut, a girl who’s determined to prove her star chart wrong ropes her longtime… read more

Similar categories in Ananya Devarajan's Kismat Connection book and Aamna Qureshi's When a Brown Girl Flees

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Did I deserve to be abandoned, then?"

-Ananya Devarajan, Kismat Connection

"He knew nothing and learned everything because no one else would do it for him"

-Ananya Devarajan, Kismat Connection

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12. The Next New Syrian Girl

By: Ream Shukairy

4.28

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Furia meets I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter about the unlikely friendship between two very d… read more

Similar categories in Ream Shukairy's The Next New Syrian Girl book and Aamna Qureshi's When a Brown Girl Flees

  • young adult contemporary
  • muslims
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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13. Love from Mecca to Medina

By: S.K. Ali

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

On the trip of a lifetime, Adam and Zayneb must find their way back to each other in this surprisin… read more

Similar categories in S.K. Ali's Love from Mecca to Medina book and Aamna Qureshi's When a Brown Girl Flees

  • young adult contemporary
  • muslims
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"So he would get away from it all and sit in the cave to grieve and pray for change-yes, in the best ways he knew how. And then"

-S.K. Ali, Love from Mecca to Medina

"Everyone is important. When you know that and believe and act upon it, everything and everyone around upou will feel at peace with you"

-S.K. Ali, Love from Mecca to Medina

"Everyone is important. When you know that and believe it and act upon it, everything and everyone around you will feel at peace with you."

-S.K. Ali, Love from Mecca to Medina

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14. Maya's Laws of Love

By: Alina Khawaja

3.58

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A bride-to-be convinced she’s cursed in romance finds her luck changing—at exactly the wrong time. … read more

Similar categories in Alina Khawaja's Maya's Laws of Love book and Aamna Qureshi's When a Brown Girl Flees

  • audiobook
  • muslims
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Mis-Arrangement of Sana Saeed by Noreen Mughees

15. The Mis-Arrangement of Sana Saeed

By: Noreen Mughees

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Perfect for fans of Sonali Dev and Uzma Jalaluddin, Noreen Mughees’s sparkling debut novel reunites… read more

Similar categories in Noreen Mughees's The Mis-Arrangement of Sana Saeed book and Aamna Qureshi's When a Brown Girl Flees

  • audiobook
  • muslims
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of When a Brown Girl Flees by Aamna Qureshi

16. When a Brown Girl Flees

By: Aamna Qureshi

4.12

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

After Zahra Paracha makes a decision at odds with her beliefs, her mother forces Zahra to make an i… read more

Similar categories in Aamna Qureshi's When a Brown Girl Flees book and Aamna Qureshi's When a Brown Girl Flees

  • literary fiction
  • young adult contemporary
  • coming of age
  • muslims
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"My life had been so full, so why had I felt so empty in it?"

-Aamna Qureshi, When a Brown Girl Flees

"Loneliness was like an old pair of socks I should have gotten rid of ages ago- though worn and slightly scratchy, they were somehow comfortable despite the discomfort"

-Aamna Qureshi, When a Brown Girl Flees

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17. Stay with My Heart

By: Tashie Bhuiyan

4.12

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Counting Down with You  and  A Show for Two comes a new YA contemporary about a … read more

Similar categories in Tashie Bhuiyan's Stay with My Heart book and Aamna Qureshi's When a Brown Girl Flees

  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Four Eids and a Funeral by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

18. Four Eids and a Funeral

By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

3.71

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

Ex-best friends, Tiwa and Said, must work together to save their Islamic Center from demolition, in… read more

Similar categories in Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé's Four Eids and a Funeral book and Aamna Qureshi's When a Brown Girl Flees

  • young adult contemporary
  • muslims
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Six Truths and a Lie by Ream Shukairy

19. Six Truths and a Lie

By: Ream Shukairy

3.97

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Six Muslim teens are falsely accused of a deadly attack in this timely and harrowing examination of… read more

Similar categories in Ream Shukairy's Six Truths and a Lie book and Aamna Qureshi's When a Brown Girl Flees

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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20. Everyone's Thinking It

By: Aleema Omotoni

3.82

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Mean Girls meets Dear White People in this big-hearted, sharp-witted UK boarding school story about… read more

Similar categories in Aleema Omotoni's Everyone's Thinking It book and Aamna Qureshi's When a Brown Girl Flees

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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21. Forty Words for Love

By: Aisha Saeed

3.41

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this tender genre-bending young adult novel by New York Times bestselling author Aisha Saeed, tw… read more

Similar categories in Aisha Saeed's Forty Words for Love book and Aamna Qureshi's When a Brown Girl Flees

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Once upon a time, pink dolphins swam not far from shore. He and Yas would wade out to see the newest calves and swim alongside Mira and Hira--- the names they'd given the sweetest two with matching c…"

-Aisha Saeed, Forty Words for Love

"Raf inhaled the scent of cardamom-infused chicken, pickled beef, eggplant, and steaming saffron rice simmering on the stove. They tried to approximate the spices in Moonlight Bay to their tastes of h…"

-Aisha Saeed, Forty Words for Love

"The Golub tree, measuring two hundred feet tall, stood steps away. It was as wide as a redwood, with a thin layer of frost burrowed within its creases. Its plentiful dewdrop leaves created a crown th…"

-Aisha Saeed, Forty Words for Love

"Only shells collected from the sea could be crafted into necklaces to soothe anxious hearts. Every day, people crossed the threshold of their home. They settled into the nook of the guest room. They …"

-Aisha Saeed, Forty Words for Love

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