20 Best romance books like The Marvelous Mirza Girls by Sheba Karim

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The Marvelous Mirza Girls

By: Sheba Karim

3.22

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

To cure her post–senior year slump, made worse by the loss of her aunt Sonia, Noreen is ready to fo…

If you liked the romance plot in The Marvelous Mirza Girls by Sheba Karim , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Love, Hate & Other Filters

By: Samira Ahmed

3.75

Format: 281 pages, Hardcover

A searing #OwnVoices coming-of-age debut in which an Indian-American Muslim teen confronts Islamoph… read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's Love, Hate & Other Filters book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"Thanks. I love cake."

-Samira Ahmed, Love, Hate & Other Filters

"I'm tired of hiding all the important parts of myself."

-Samira Ahmed, Love, Hate & Other Filters

"One thing I’ve learned: people love a camera, and when I’m filming, they see it, not me, so whenever I need to, I can quietly disappear behind my trusty shield."

-Samira Ahmed, Love, Hate & Other Filters

"These terrorists are the antithesis of Islam. They’re not Muslim. Violence has no place in religion, and the terrorists are responsible for their own crimes, not the religion and not us."

-Samira Ahmed, Love, Hate & Other Filters

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2. The Grief Keeper

By: Alexandra Villasante

3.39

Format: 414 pages, Hardcover

Putnam has acquired Alex Villasante's The Grief Keeper, about sisters Marisol and Gabriella Morales… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Villasante's The Grief Keeper book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

3. The Truth About Cats and Wolves (A Nocturne Falls Universe story)

By: Kristen Painter , Alethea Kontis

3.19

Format: 384 pages,

Like many paranormals of Greek descent, Kai Xanthopoulos will not know her true nature until her yo… read more

Similar categories in Kristen Painter's The Truth About Cats and Wolves (A Nocturne Falls Universe story) book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

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4. Queen of the Tiles

By: Hanna Alkaf

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

They Wish They Were Us meets The Queen’s Gambit in the world of competitive Scrabble when a teen gi… read more

Similar categories in Hanna Alkaf's Queen of the Tiles book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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5. The Fight for the Hidden Realm (Paper Dragons #1)

By: Siobhan McDermott

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A 12-year-old girl wins an invitation to train as an apprentice to immortals in the first book of t… read more

Similar categories in Siobhan McDermott's The Fight for the Hidden Realm (Paper Dragons #1) book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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6. The How and the Why

By: Cynthia Hand

4.21

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A poignant exploration of family and the ties that bind, perfect for fans of Far From the Tree, fro… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Hand's The How and the Why book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. Dearborn

By: Ghassan Zeineddine

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Spanning several decades, Ghassan Zeineddine’s debut collection examines the diverse range and comp… read more

Similar categories in Ghassan Zeineddine's Dearborn book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. The Removed

By: Brandon Hobson

3.39

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Steeped in Cherokee myths and history, a novel about a fractured family reckoning with the tragic d… read more

Similar categories in Brandon Hobson's The Removed book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I saw the rain lifting from earth to sky."

-Brandon Hobson, The Removed

"We are always restless, carrying the dreams of children and the elderly, the tired and sick, the poor, the wounded. The Removed."

-Brandon Hobson, The Removed

Cover of A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1) by Hafsah Faizal

9. A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

By: Hafsah Faizal

3.57

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Why save the world when you can have tea? On the streets of White Roaring, Arthie Casimir is a c… read more

Similar categories in Hafsah Faizal's A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1) book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Every good love story starts with a bullet to the heart."

-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

"We understand what it's like to grieve with fire and not tears."

-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

"It was hard not to watch Arthie Casimir. The way she worked and schemed, at times as still as stone, other times as restless as a bee. For the most part, Arthie obscured her femininity. She was, afte…"

-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

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10. The Duke Gets Desperate (Sirens in Silk, #1)

By: Diana Quincy

3.60

Format: 375 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Diana Quincy returns with a steamy affair between an Arab-American woman who inherits a run-down ca… read more

Similar categories in Diana Quincy's The Duke Gets Desperate (Sirens in Silk, #1) book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us

By: Prachi Gupta

4.36

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An Indian American daughter reveals how the dangerous model minority myth fractured her family in t… read more

Similar categories in Prachi Gupta's They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • india
  • family
  • audiobook
"We abide by their story because we think that is how we gain acceptance in America. But we cannibalize our bodies, our spirits and our minds to feed a hunger that never abates. We struggle under a we…"

-Prachi Gupta, They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us

"The world we live in, which demands perfection and achievement, teaches us we cannot love ourselves as we are. The myth teaches us to think greatness always resides outside us instead of within us. W…"

-Prachi Gupta, They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us

"We had each been raised to believe that every unknown could be resolved through willpower and intellect, a message reinforced by America's rigid conception of who we are supposed to be. The truth is,…"

-Prachi Gupta, They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us

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12. Treacherous Is the Night (Verity Kent, #2)

By: Anna Lee Huber

3.99

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In 1919 England, in the shadow of The Great War, many look to the spirit world for answers. But it … read more

Similar categories in Anna Lee Huber's Treacherous Is the Night (Verity Kent, #2) book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. My Contrary Mary (Mary, #1)

By: Cynthia Hand

3.91

Format: 512 pages, ebook

Welcome to Renaissance France, a place of poison and plots, of beauties and beasts, of mice and . .… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Hand's My Contrary Mary (Mary, #1) book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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14. Don't Breathe a Word

By: Jordyn Taylor

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Present Day: Eva has never felt like she belonged... not in her own family or with her friends in … read more

Similar categories in Jordyn Taylor's Don't Breathe a Word book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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15. The Bad Muslim Discount

By: Syed M. Masood

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Following two families from Pakistan and Iraq in the 1990s to San Francisco in 2016, Bad Muslim Dis… read more

Similar categories in Syed M. Masood's The Bad Muslim Discount book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"For Abu too,"

-Syed M. Masood, The Bad Muslim Discount

"I suppose we have to change the national anthem then."

-Syed M. Masood, The Bad Muslim Discount

"There is no us, Abu Fahd. There is no them. We're all the same."

-Syed M. Masood, The Bad Muslim Discount

"I am saying that you should read everyone else's story with the same respect as you do your own."

-Syed M. Masood, The Bad Muslim Discount

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16. Yes No Maybe So

By: Becky Albertalli

3.73

Format: 464 pages, ebook

New York Times bestselling authors Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed have crafted a resonant, funny,… read more

Similar categories in Becky Albertalli's Yes No Maybe So book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Time is literally what life is made of."

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

"Oranges don't have nipples," says Sophie"

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

"There's nothing quite like the futility of being seventeen in an election year."

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

"The truth is, it's a weird time to be coming of age. The world is really messy right now. And it's so hard to be twelve or thirteen or fifteen or seventeen, when you're old enough to get it, but... y…"

-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

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17. Rust in the Root

By: Justina Ireland

4.09

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The author of the visionary New York Times bestseller Dread Nation returns with another spellbindin… read more

Similar categories in Justina Ireland's Rust in the Root book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre by Robin Talley

18. The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre

By: Robin Talley

3.73

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Nina LaCour, this romantic comedy from New York Times best… read more

Similar categories in Robin Talley's The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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19. 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 Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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20. This Time Will Be Different

By: Misa Sugiura

3.72

Format: 416 pages, ebook

Katsuyamas never quit—but seventeen-year-old CJ doesn’t even know where to start. She’s never lived… read more

Similar categories in Misa Sugiura's This Time Will Be Different book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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21. My Sister's Big Fat Indian Wedding: A Novel

By: Sajni Patel

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A fresh, witty rom-com romp set against the backdrop of a high-profile music competition and a riot… read more

Similar categories in Sajni Patel's My Sister's Big Fat Indian Wedding: A Novel book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • romance
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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22. The Knockout

By: Sajni Patel

3.95

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

A rising star in Muay Thai figures out what (and who) is worth fighting for in this #ownvoices YA d… read more

Similar categories in Sajni Patel's The Knockout book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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23. Not So Pure and Simple

By: Lamar Giles

4.05

Format: 416 pages, ebook

Del has had a crush on Kiera Westing since kindergarten. And now, during their junior year, she’s f… read more

Similar categories in Lamar Giles's Not So Pure and Simple book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I'd told the truth. That shouldn't be wrong, but the truth could be a weapon depending on who used it."

-Lamar Giles, Not So Pure and Simple

Cover of Sway With Me by Syed M. Masood

24. Sway With Me

By: Syed M. Masood

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Arsalan has learned everything he knows from Nana, his 100-year-old great-grandfather. This include… read more

Similar categories in Syed M. Masood's Sway With Me book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"You can't reason your way to faith or love. Your heart has to take you there."

-Syed M. Masood, Sway With Me

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25. Symptoms of a Heartbreak

By: Sona Charaipotra

3.49

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The youngest doctor in America, an Indian-American teen makes her rounds―and falls head over heels―… read more

Similar categories in Sona Charaipotra's Symptoms of a Heartbreak book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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26. The Marvelous Mirza Girls

By: Sheba Karim

3.22

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

To cure her post–senior year slump, made worse by the loss of her aunt Sonia, Noreen is ready to fo… read more

Similar categories in Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • travel
  • young adult
  • india
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Strong as Fire, Fierce as Flame by Supriya Kelkar

27. Strong as Fire, Fierce as Flame

By: Supriya Kelkar

4.00

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

In 1857 India, 12-year-old Meera escapes a life she has no say in--and certain death on her husband… read more

Similar categories in Supriya Kelkar's Strong as Fire, Fierce as Flame book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • fiction
  • india
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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28. All Roads Lead to Rome

By: Sabrina Fedel

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When the daughter of a diplomat fake dates a Scottish celebrity in Italy, she soon finds herself li… read more

Similar categories in Sabrina Fedel's All Roads Lead to Rome book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • travel
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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29. The Wild Ones

By: Nafiza Azad

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From William C. Morris Finalist Nafiza Azad comes a thrilling, feminist fantasy about a group of te… read more

Similar categories in Nafiza Azad's The Wild Ones book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"Aren't you angry, sister? At being treated the we are? At having to pick up the pieces of what remains after the world is through with us? At being silenced and abused? At being denied our dignity, o…"

-Nafiza Azad, The Wild Ones

Cover of As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5) by Sandhya Menon

30. As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5)

By: Sandhya Menon

3.63

Format: 60 pages, ebook

Will Dimple and Rishi find their happily ever after? Find out in this funny, romantic, endlessly ch… read more

Similar categories in Sandhya Menon's As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5) book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Missed Translations: Meeting the Immigrant Parents Who Raised Me by Sopan Deb

31. Missed Translations: Meeting the Immigrant Parents Who Raised Me

By: Sopan Deb

3.96

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A bittersweet and humorous memoir of family—of the silence and ignorance that separate us, and the … read more

Similar categories in Sopan Deb's Missed Translations: Meeting the Immigrant Parents Who Raised Me book and Sheba Karim's The Marvelous Mirza Girls

  • audiobook
  • india
  • family
  • contemporary

28 Best fiction books like The Marvelous Mirza Girls by Sheba Karim

Transform Your Habits

Love, Hate & Other Filters

Samira Ahmed

3.75

Transform Your Habits

The Grief Keeper

Alexandra Villasante

3.39

Transform Your Habits

Queen of the Tiles

Hanna Alkaf

3.71

Transform Your Habits

The Fight for the Hidden Realm (Paper Dragons #1)

Siobhan McDermott

3.91

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19 must-read fiction books like Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles

Transform Your Habits

The How and the Why

Cynthia Hand

4.21

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Chaos Theory

Nic Stone

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Furia

Yamile Saied Méndez

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Invisible Son

Kim Johnson

4.20

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