9 Top young adult books like Saira Zariwala is Afraid by Shabnam Minwalla

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Saira Zariwala is Afraid

By: Shabnam Minwalla

4.03

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

'Akaash, where are you?' Saira is thrilled about getting her own phone. What she's not so thrill…

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Cover of Five Have Plenty of Fun (Famous Five, #14) by Enid Blyton

1. Five Have Plenty of Fun (Famous Five, #14)

By: Enid Blyton

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

El tío Quintín tiene una reunión con dos importantes científicos. Esa noche Julián ve a cuatro mist… read more

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  • mystery
  • young adult
Cover of Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) by L.M. Montgomery

2. Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

By: L.M. Montgomery

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

This heartwarming story has beckoned generations of readers into the special world of Green Gables,… read more

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  • young adult
"I love a book that makes me cry."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

"Red hair is my life long sorrow."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

"All i want is a dress with puffy sleaves"

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

"True friends are always together in spirit."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

Cover of Five Go to Mystery Moor (Famous Five, #13) by Enid Blyton

3. Five Go to Mystery Moor (Famous Five, #13)

By: Enid Blyton

3.94

Format: None pages, Paperback

There's something dangerous out on Mystery Moor, and the Famous Five will have to risk the treacher… read more

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  • mystery
  • young adult
Cover of Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

4. Fantastic Mr. Fox

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.08

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Fantastic Mr. Fox is on the run! The three meanest farmers around are out to get him. Fat Boggis, s… read more

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  • young adult
"I dare not do that, said Mr. Fox, because this place I am hoping to get is so marvelous that if I described it to you now you would go crazy with excitement"

-Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

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5. The Palace of Illusions

By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A reimagining of the world-famous Indian epic, the Mahabharat--told from the point of view of an am… read more

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6. As a Man Thinketh

By: James Allen

4.26

Format: 91 pages, Hardcover

The mind guides our footsteps as we progress along the pathway of life. Purity of mind leads inevit… read more

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7. The Last Leaf

By: O. Henry , None , Walter Pauk , None

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sue and Johnsy are two girlfriends who live together in New York City. When Johnsy becomes sick one… read more

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8. The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry, #1)

By: Sujata Massey

3.67

Format: 117 pages, Hardcover

Bombay, 1921: Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her f… read more

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9. The Night Diary

By: Veera Hiranandani

4.22

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant, personal,… read more

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  • young adult
Cover of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Michael   Meyer

10. A Doll's House

By: Henrik Ibsen , Michael Meyer

3.76

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

A Doll's House (1879), is a masterpiece of theatrical craft which, for the first time portrayed the… read more

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"Laughter's all the damned thing's fit for."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

"I must make up my mind which is right – society or I."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

"لن تفقدوني طويلاً، فالراحلون سرعان ما ينطوون في زوايا النسيان."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

"أنا ارى الناس صنفين .. صنف تعشقه المرأة، وصنف تحب أن تتجاذب معه أطراف الحديث."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

11. A Little Princess

By: Frances Hodgson Burnett , Nancy Bond

4.03

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sara Crewe, an exceptionally intelligent and imaginative student at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary … read more

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12. The Julian Chapter

By: R.J. Palacio

3.31

Format: None pages, ebook

A brand new, exclusive chapter from the bestselling, award-winning, and critically acclaimed novel … read more

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13. Murder in Mahim

By: Jerry Pinto

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A young man is found dead in the toilet of Matunga Road station, his stomach ripped open. Retired j… read more

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14. 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)

By: Agatha Christie

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For an instant the two trains ran together, going in the same direction side by side. In that froze… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
"Don’t go,"

-Agatha Christie, 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)

"I think, my dear, we won't talk any more about murder during tea. Such an unpleasant subject."

-Agatha Christie, 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)

"Everybody in St. Mary Mead knew Miss Marple; fluffy and dithery in appearance, but inwardly as sharp and as shrewd as they make them."

-Agatha Christie, 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)

15. 82년생 김지영

By: None

4.17

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

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Cover of The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1) by Harini Nagendra

16. The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1)

By: Harini Nagendra

3.62

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The first in a charming, joyful cozy crime series set in 1920s Bangalore, featuring sari-wearing de… read more

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  • mystery
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17. The Forest of Enchantments

By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

4.20

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

The Ramayana, one of the world’s greatest epics, is also a tragic love story. In this brilliant ret… read more

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"-the girl I'd been on that day, burnished with innocence, believing that goodness and love were armour enough."

-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Forest of Enchantments

"I knew now that love - no matter how deep - wasn't enough to transform another person: how they thought, what they believed. At best, we could only change ourselves."

-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Forest of Enchantments

"A wind rose around me, from where I didn't know. It was unexpectedly cold and made me shiver. 'Sacrifice, sacrifice', whispered the trees, carrying my promise across the valley"

-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Forest of Enchantments

"My first lesson on nature of love was that in a moment it could fulfill the cravings of a lifetime, like a light that someone might shine into a cavern that has been dark for a million years."

-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Forest of Enchantments

Cover of Diper Överlöde (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #17) by Jeff Kinney

18. Diper Överlöde (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #17)

By: Jeff Kinney

4.08

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In Diper Överlöde, book 17 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling aut… read more

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19. Five Survive

By: Holly Jackson

4.08

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

Eight hours. Six friends. One sniper . . . Eighteen year old Red and her friends are on a r… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • young adult
"That's what she said -Simon"

-Holly Jackson, Five Survive

"She wasn’t fine but she was alive and, really, how was that much different from the rest of her life?"

-Holly Jackson, Five Survive

"His whole life has been a war, that does something to your head, I think. It's done something to my head."

-Holly Jackson, Five Survive

"Trapped. Shut in. Only thirty-one feet to share between them, that extra foot important enough not to round down."

-Holly Jackson, Five Survive

Cover of Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence by Shrayana Bhattacharya

20. Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence

By: Shrayana Bhattacharya

4.29

Format: 384 pages, None

In this pathbreaking work, Shrayana Bhattacharya maps the economic and personal trajectories--the j… read more

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"These women relied on Shah Rukh when they found the real world and all its pandemics and practicalities inhospitable. Because only the deepest dissatisfaction with reality drives us to dwell in fanta…"

-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence

"Fantasizing about an impossibly idealized kind of love they’d seen an actor perform on-screen. Yet, all their real-world efforts were extremely pragmatic, often sacrificing the love they fantasized a…"

-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence

"Critics often say that DDLJ, with its emphasis on patriarchal permission for young love, discourages dissent. This argument narrows the space for dissent by legitimizing it only in its most blatant, …"

-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence

Cover of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald: The Original Screenplay (Fantastic Beasts: The Original Screenplay, #2) by J.K. Rowling

21. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald: The Original Screenplay (Fantastic Beasts: The Original Screenplay, #2)

By: J.K. Rowling

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

At the end of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald… read more

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  • young adult
"holding the Elder Wand."

-J.K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald: The Original Screenplay (Fantastic Beasts: The Original Screenplay, #2)

"NEWT: Jacob, she was here. Tina stood here. She has incredibly narrow feet, have you noticed? JACOB: Can’t say that I have."

-J.K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald: The Original Screenplay (Fantastic Beasts: The Original Screenplay, #2)

"You don't seek power or popularity. You simply ask, is the thing right in itself? If it is, then I must do it, no matter the cost."

-J.K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald: The Original Screenplay (Fantastic Beasts: The Original Screenplay, #2)

"INT. DEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS CLASS—FOURTEEN YEARS PREVIOUSLY—DAY It is Boggart time. DUMBLEDORE supervises the line of teenagers advancing to try their luck. “Riddikulus"

-J.K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald: The Original Screenplay (Fantastic Beasts: The Original Screenplay, #2)

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22. The Education of Yuri

By: Jerry Pinto

4.13

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

‘We are born alone and we die alone. In between, we reach out to other people.’ At fifteen, Yuri… read more

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23. Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors

By: Aravind Jayan

3.52

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

It is a day of triumph for Appa and Amma, who have driven home a shiny new Honda Civic to show off … read more

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Cover of The Henna Start-up | A romance about a young tech girl with big ambitions set in Bangalore by Andaleeb Wajid

24. The Henna Start-up | A romance about a young tech girl with big ambitions set in Bangalore

By: Andaleeb Wajid

4.36

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

Abir Maqsood is angry. She has things to a career to carve, money to earn, and, in the small stuff… read more

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  • young adult
Cover of Paper Moon by Rehana Munir

25. Paper Moon

By: Rehana Munir

3.66

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

BOOKS. BOMBAY. ROMANCE. When her estranged father passes away, Fiza, fresh out of college, discover… read more

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Cover of Prelude to a Riot by Annie Zaidi

26. Prelude to a Riot

By: Annie Zaidi

3.96

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

In a peaceful southern town, amidst lush spice plantations, trouble is brewing. In the town live th… read more

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27. Saira Zariwala is Afraid

By: Shabnam Minwalla

4.03

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

'Akaash, where are you?' Saira is thrilled about getting her own phone. What she's not so thrill… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • young adult
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28. Mirror, Mirror

By: Andaleeb Wajid

3.85

Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition

Ugly cow. Miss Piggy.Five years earlier, a friend's nasty comment makes Ananya start hating her bod… read more

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29. Loki Takes Guard

By: Menaka Raman

4.63

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

Eleven-year-old Loki—Lokanayaki Shanmugam—is cricket crazy. She wants to play on the local cricket … read more

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30. Misfit Madhu

By: Divya Anand

4.49

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Madhu is a shy middle-grade developer who spends her holidays creating her dream app, 'School Santh… read more

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31. The Blue Scarf and Other Stories

By: Anu Singh Choudhary

3.80

Format: 169 pages, Kindle Edition

In The Blue Scarf and Other Stories, we meet young women from small-town India trying to find thems… read more

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Transform Your Habits

Five Have Plenty of Fun (Famous Five, #14)

Enid Blyton

3.99

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Five Go to Mystery Moor (Famous Five, #13)

Enid Blyton

3.94

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4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)

Agatha Christie

3.96

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The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1)

Harini Nagendra

3.62

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The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation, #2)

Vaseem Khan

4.05

Transform Your Habits

The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra

Vaseem Khan

3.70

Transform Your Habits

The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star

Vaseem Khan

4.08

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Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

Anthony Horowitz

4.18

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