20 Top audiobook books like When You Look Like Us by Pamela N. Harris

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When You Look Like Us

By: Pamela N. Harris

4.03

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When you look like us—brown skin, brown eyes, black braids or fades—people think you’re trouble. No…

"Doesn't matter that I'm the guy in here trying to work. My popping melanin makes me the aggressor in every situation."

-Pamela N. Harris, When You Look Like Us

If you liked the audiobook plot in When You Look Like Us by Pamela N. Harris , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Nigeria Jones

By: Ibi Zoboi

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Warrior Princess. That’s what Nigeria’s father calls her. He’s raised her as part of the Movemen… read more

Similar categories in Ibi Zoboi's Nigeria Jones book and Pamela N. Harris's When You Look Like Us

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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2. 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 Pamela N. Harris's When You Look Like Us

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

-Jas Hammonds, We Deserve Monuments

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3. Plan A

By: Deb Caletti

4.02

Format: 416 pages, Library Binding

A sixteen-year-old girl’s road trip across the country to get an abortion becomes a transformative … read more

Similar categories in Deb Caletti's Plan A book and Pamela N. Harris's When You Look Like Us

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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4. The Space Between Here & Now

By: Sarah Suk

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of They Both Die at the End and You've Reached Sam, this gripping, atmospheric YA … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Suk's The Space Between Here & Now book and Pamela N. Harris's When You Look Like Us

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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5. Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

By: Brandy Colbert

4.25

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A searing new work of nonfiction from award-winning author Brandy Colbert about the history and leg… read more

Similar categories in Brandy Colbert's Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre book and Pamela N. Harris's When You Look Like Us

  • race
  • audiobook
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6. Promise Boys

By: Nick Brooks

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Promise Boys is a blockbuster, dark academia mystery about three teens of color who must investigat… read more

Similar categories in Nick Brooks's Promise Boys book and Pamela N. Harris's When You Look Like Us

  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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7. The Cost of Knowing

By: Brittney Morris

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A novel about a Black teen who has the power to see into the future, whose life turns upside down w… read more

Similar categories in Brittney Morris's The Cost of Knowing book and Pamela N. Harris's When You Look Like Us

  • race
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. Invisible Son

By: Kim Johnson

4.20

Format: 416 pages, Library Binding

From the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of This Is My America comes another thriller… read more

Similar categories in Kim Johnson's Invisible Son book and Pamela N. Harris's When You Look Like Us

  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • family
  • audiobook
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9. Your Heart My Sky

By: Margarita Engle

3.78

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A story of love in a time of hunger inspired by her own family’s struggles during a dark period in … read more

Similar categories in Margarita Engle's Your Heart My Sky book and Pamela N. Harris's When You Look Like Us

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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10. Let Me Hear a Rhyme

By: Tiffany D. Jackson

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

In this standalone novel, Tiffany D. Jackson tells the story of three Brooklyn teens who plot to tu… read more

Similar categories in Tiffany D. Jackson's Let Me Hear a Rhyme book and Pamela N. Harris's When You Look Like Us

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"I mean, maybe it wasn't so crazy after all. Maybe just thinking outside the box is how you get further than you ever could dream of."

-Tiffany D. Jackson, Let Me Hear a Rhyme

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11. We Are All So Good at Smiling

By: Amber McBride

3.88

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

They Both Die at the End meets The Bell Jar in this haunting, beautiful young adult novel-in-verse … read more

Similar categories in Amber McBride's We Are All So Good at Smiling book and Pamela N. Harris's When You Look Like Us

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Sorrow is no one's fault."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"The only way out is through."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"Let's write our story, so no one can take it away."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"It starts in the middle not the beginning or the end- stories start in the middle."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

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12. The Cat I Never Named : A True Story of Love, War, and Survival

By: Amra Sabic-El-Rayess

4.52

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

The stunning memoir of a Muslim teen struggling to survive the Bosnian genocide--and the stray cat … read more

Similar categories in Amra Sabic-El-Rayess's The Cat I Never Named : A True Story of Love, War, and Survival book and Pamela N. Harris's When You Look Like Us

  • audiobook
"We like to see our enemies as fairy-tale villains, thoroughly wicked. But Tata sees nuances. He sees people, not causes or countries. It's the right way of looking at the world, I know. But unpopular."

-Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, The Cat I Never Named : A True Story of Love, War, and Survival

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13. 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 Pamela N. Harris's When You Look Like Us

  • 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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14. 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 Pamela N. Harris's When You Look Like Us

  • realistic fiction
  • 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

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15. One of the Good Ones

By: Maika Moulite

4.13

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Hate U Give meets Get Out in this honest and powerful exploration of prejudice in the stunning … read more

Similar categories in Maika Moulite's One of the Good Ones book and Pamela N. Harris's When You Look Like Us

  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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16. When You Look Like Us

By: Pamela N. Harris

4.03

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When you look like us—brown skin, brown eyes, black braids or fades—people think you’re trouble. No… read more

Similar categories in Pamela N. Harris's When You Look Like Us book and Pamela N. Harris's When You Look Like Us

  • mystery thriller
  • race
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • family
  • audiobook
"Doesn't matter that I'm the guy in here trying to work. My popping melanin makes me the aggressor in every situation."

-Pamela N. Harris, When You Look Like Us

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17. If I Tell You the Truth (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 2)

By: Jasmin Kaur

4.31

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Told in prose, poetry, and illustration, this heartrending story weaves Kiran’s and Sahaara’s timel… read more

Similar categories in Jasmin Kaur's If I Tell You the Truth (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 2) book and Pamela N. Harris's When You Look Like Us

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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18. Muted

By: Tami Charles

4.05

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A ripped-from-the-headlines novel of ambition, music, and innocence lost, perfect for fans of Eliza… read more

Similar categories in Tami Charles's Muted book and Pamela N. Harris's When You Look Like Us

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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19. Kneel

By: Candace Buford

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The system is rigged. For guys like Russell Boudreaux, football is the only way out of their sma… read more

Similar categories in Candace Buford's Kneel book and Pamela N. Harris's When You Look Like Us

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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20. A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death (Baker Street Mystery, #3)

By: Valerie Burns

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

On the shores of Lake Michigan, influencer Maddy Montgomery has turned the bakery she inherited fro… read more

Similar categories in Valerie Burns's A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death (Baker Street Mystery, #3) book and Pamela N. Harris's When You Look Like Us

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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21. This Terrible True Thing: A Visual Novel

By: Jenny Laden

4.44

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

In this heartbreaking multimedia debut--filled with drawings, poems, and journal entries--author Je… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Laden's This Terrible True Thing: A Visual Novel book and Pamela N. Harris's When You Look Like Us

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

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Jas Hammonds

4.30

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4.02

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Sarah Suk

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4.21

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