6 Best historical books like Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed

Cover of Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed

Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

By: Samira Ahmed

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Told in alternating narratives that bridge centuries, the latest novel from New York Times bestsell…

"In the end, we all become stories."

-Samira Ahmed, Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

"In the end, we all become stories."

-Samira Ahmed, Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

"Does time pass achingly as it does on earth, or is there no time at all?"

-Samira Ahmed, Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

"Does time pass achingly as it does on earth, or is there no time at all?"

-Samira Ahmed, Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

If you liked the historical plot in Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Burn Baby Burn

By: Meg Medina

1.00

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Nora Lopez is seventeen during the infamous year 1977 in New York. After a freezing winter, a boili… read more

Similar categories in Meg Medina's Burn Baby Burn book and Samira Ahmed's Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

  • romance
  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery

2. Hush

By: Jacqueline Woodson

3.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Toswiah Green's life ended the moment her policeman father decided to testify against a fellow offi… read more

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3. Down and Across

By: Arvin Ahmadi

4.62

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

Scott Ferdowsi has a track record of quitting. Writing the Great American Novel? Three chapters. Hi… read more

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4. Outrun the Moon

By: Stacey Lee

4.09

Format: None pages, Hardcover

San Francisco, 1906: Fifteen-year-old Mercy Wong is determined to break from the poverty in Chinato… read more

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5. Only This Beautiful Moment

By: Abdi Nazemian

4.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the Stonewall Honor–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a sweeping story of three genera… read more

Similar categories in Abdi Nazemian's Only This Beautiful Moment book and Samira Ahmed's Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

  • romance
  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
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6. We Deserve Monuments

By: Jas Hammonds

4.30

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Family secrets, a swoon-worthy romance, and a slow-burn mystery collide in We Deserve Monuments, a … read more

Similar categories in Jas Hammonds's We Deserve Monuments book and Samira Ahmed's Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
"Home to the richest soil on Earth. A Great Place to Grow!"

-Jas Hammonds, We Deserve Monuments

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7. An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.63

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestselling and award-winning author  of  The Undefeated , Kwame Alexander, pens … read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's An American Story (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner) book and Samira Ahmed's Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

  • historical
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8. Me: Moth

By: Amber McBride

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A debut YA novel-in-verse that is both a coming-of-age and a ghost story. Moth has lost her fami… read more

Similar categories in Amber McBride's Me: Moth book and Samira Ahmed's Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Most of the founding fathers were like that; they spoke of freedom but did not offer it to everyone. They had bodies in their closets."

-Amber McBride, Me: Moth

"Places we decide to stop. Monticello Plantation, Charlottesville, Virginia: Where Thomas Jefferson committed several sins; we go to stomp on hateful plantation ground."

-Amber McBride, Me: Moth

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9. Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice

By: Tommie Smith

4.46

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold … read more

Similar categories in Tommie Smith's Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice book and Samira Ahmed's Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

  • historical
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10. Misfit in Love (Saints and Misfits)

By: S.K. Ali

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this fun and fresh sequel to Saints and Misfits, Janna hopes her brother’s wedding will be the p… read more

Similar categories in S.K. Ali's Misfit in Love (Saints and Misfits) book and Samira Ahmed's Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Throughout our lives, pain visits us in turns. There isn't a human alive that hasn't been touched by pain. We all carry scars and wounds, but only some rise to the surface to be seen and commented on…"

-S.K. Ali, Misfit in Love (Saints and Misfits)

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11. Eagle Drums

By: Nasugraq Rainey Hopson

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A magical realistic middle grade debut about the origin story of the Iñupiaq Messenger Feast, a Nat… read more

Similar categories in Nasugraq Rainey Hopson's Eagle Drums book and Samira Ahmed's Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

  • fiction
Cover of Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango

12. Iveliz Explains It All

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Library Binding

How do you speak up when it feels like no one is listening? One girl takes on seventh grade while f… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Beatriz Arango's Iveliz Explains It All book and Samira Ahmed's Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"and it's important to stop, be kind to ourselves, and ask for help- ask for love."

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

"But you have to be somewhere I can find. You understand? Somewhere I can find. I nod, because I know what he is saying and what he is not saying. He can't find me if I'm not here. (p. 113 of the hard…"

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

"I am not okay, and sometimes I wish people wouldn't believe me when I say I am. I wish they would ask, just one more time, and I wish they wouldn't tiptoe around me like I'm a poem, so I could show t…"

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

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13. Can't Take That Away

By: Steven Salvatore

4.07

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

A debut novel about a genderqueer teen who finds the courage to stand up and speak out for equality… read more

Similar categories in Steven Salvatore's Can't Take That Away book and Samira Ahmed's Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Respect my existence or expect my resistance."

-Steven Salvatore, Can't Take That Away

"If I'm not wearing makeup or something androgynous, they see me as a boy. If I do dress more feminine or androgynous, they see a boy but a boy wearing eyeshadow or nail polish. It's easier for people…"

-Steven Salvatore, Can't Take That Away

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14. My Fine Fellow

By: Jennieke Cohen

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Culinary delights abound, romance lingers in the air, and plans go terribly, wonderfully astray in … read more

Similar categories in Jennieke Cohen's My Fine Fellow book and Samira Ahmed's Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

  • romance
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"He still believed more people existed in the world who didn’t ask questions—and not because they didn’t know to ask them. No, they didn’t ask because they only wanted the answers they’d created in th…"

-Jennieke Cohen, My Fine Fellow

"Elijah had spiced them with thyme, cumin, and mustard seeds in clever proportions so that no one spice overpowered the others. Toasted hazelnuts brought a crunch she hadn't expected, and the dried, t…"

-Jennieke Cohen, My Fine Fellow

"Remember that the first thing anyone does is eat with their eyes. Before the diner even takes a single bite, what they see, hear, and smell is what will often entice them to eat---or to partake of so…"

-Jennieke Cohen, My Fine Fellow

"Princess Adelaide hadn't shown him any particular favor, but she had seemed to enjoy his freshly made pasta colored with squid ink and peppered throughout with clams, mussels, more squid, and roasted…"

-Jennieke Cohen, My Fine Fellow

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15. A Match Made in Mehendi

By: Nandini Bajpai

3.79

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Fifteen-year-old Simran "Simi" Sangha comes from a long line of Indian vichole-matchmakers-with a r… read more

Similar categories in Nandini Bajpai's A Match Made in Mehendi book and Samira Ahmed's Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. Sanctuary

By: Paola Mendoza

4.15

Format: 311 pages, Hardcover

A near future dystopian where a young girl and her brother must escape a xenophobic government to f… read more

Similar categories in Paola Mendoza's Sanctuary book and Samira Ahmed's Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Love from Mecca to Medina by S.K. Ali

17. 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 Samira Ahmed's Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"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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18. More Than Just a Pretty Face

By: Syed M. Masood

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Becky Albertalli and Jenny Han, a sweetly funny YA rom-com debut about falling in love,… read more

Similar categories in Syed M. Masood's More Than Just a Pretty Face book and Samira Ahmed's Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"That evil was the inability to recognize the humanity in experiences that were not your own, in experiences that seemed alien."

-Syed M. Masood, More Than Just a Pretty Face

"Tell me, Daynal Jilani, how exactly are you more than just a pretty face?" I gave her an adorable, irresistible grin. "I'm an absolutely gorgeous face."

-Syed M. Masood, More Than Just a Pretty Face

"Someone in a mosque once told me about the water behind people’s faces. This water, he said, changed depending on what you did and what you believed, and as you got older it began to freeze. The kind…"

-Syed M. Masood, More Than Just a Pretty Face

Cover of Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed

19. Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

By: Samira Ahmed

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Told in alternating narratives that bridge centuries, the latest novel from New York Times bestsell… read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know book and Samira Ahmed's Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • france
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
"In the end, we all become stories."

-Samira Ahmed, Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

"Does time pass achingly as it does on earth, or is there no time at all?"

-Samira Ahmed, Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

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20. Lawless Spaces

By: Corey Ann Haydu

4.12

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

This coming-of-age novel in verse follows a teen girl who connects with the women of her maternal l… read more

Similar categories in Corey Ann Haydu's Lawless Spaces book and Samira Ahmed's Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. Activist

By: Louisa Reid

4.26

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

When a heartbreaking testimony appears on an anonymous website, it's easier for Cassie's prestigiou… read more

Similar categories in Louisa Reid's Activist book and Samira Ahmed's Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

  • young adult

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