5 Top middle grade books like The Bookweaver's Daughter by Malavika Kannan

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The Bookweaver's Daughter

By: Malavika Kannan

2.91

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

An #OwnVoices YA fantasy—a tale of magic, Indian lore, and radical female friendship.In the ancient…

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1. Zhara (Guardians of Dawn, #1)

By: S. Jae-Jones

3.51

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Sailor Moon meets Cinder in Guardians of Dawn: Zhara, the start of a new, richly imagined fantasy s… read more

Similar categories in S. Jae-Jones's Zhara (Guardians of Dawn, #1) book and Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy

2. The Hazel Wood

By: Melissa Albert

3.81

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice's life on the road, always a step … read more

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3. Girls of Storm and Shadow (Girls of Paper and Fire, #2)

By: Natasha Ngan

3.77

Format: 403 pages, Hardcover

In this mesmerizing sequel to the New York Times bestselling Girls of Paper and Fire, Lei and Wren … read more

Similar categories in Natasha Ngan's Girls of Storm and Shadow (Girls of Paper and Fire, #2) book and Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"But there is one thing that is infinite: greed. The ability of humans and demons to want. To desire. To hunger after things that don't belong to them."

-Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow (Girls of Paper and Fire, #2)

"You might be human, but you're a woman, and that gives you far more strength than he'll ever be capable of. Not to mention perspective. Only women truly understand the cruelties of the world, the dep…"

-Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow (Girls of Paper and Fire, #2)

"Being vulnerable isn't a flaw. It is the most beautiful thing in the world. If you were invincible, being brave would be easy. It's the fact that it isn't easy, that we have to constantly work and wo…"

-Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow (Girls of Paper and Fire, #2)

"Girl. Such a simple title. One I've been labeled all my life. But nowhere was I called it more than at the Hidden Palace: spat from the beaked mouth of Madam Himura, hissed with contemp by Naja, thro…"

-Natasha Ngan, Girls of Storm and Shadow (Girls of Paper and Fire, #2)

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4. Pet (Pet, #1)

By: Akwaeke Emezi

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A thought-provoking and haunting novel about a creature that escapes from an artist's canvas, whose… read more

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  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Monsters don't look like anything, That's the whole point. That's the whole problem."

-Akwaeke Emezi, Pet (Pet, #1)

"It's hard to build a new world without making people angry. You try your best, you move with compassion, you think about the big structures. No revolution is perfect."

-Akwaeke Emezi, Pet (Pet, #1)

" What does a monster look like? Jam asked. Her mother focused on her, cupping her cheek in a chalky hand. "Monsters don't look like anything, doux-doux. That's the whole point. That's the whole probl…"

-Akwaeke Emezi, Pet (Pet, #1)

"Bitter knew her name was heavy but she hadn't minded because it was honest. That was something she'd taught Jam - that a lot of things were manageable as long as they were honest. You could see thing…"

-Akwaeke Emezi, Pet (Pet, #1)

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5. The Invocations

By: Krystal Sutherland

4.11

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Three girls, one supernatural killer on the loose . . . Zara Jones believes in magic because the… read more

Similar categories in Krystal Sutherland's The Invocations book and Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"What if Savannah had found whatever it was she sold a piece of her soul to go looking for."

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

"Even the devil does not trust men to honor a bargain, so it does not deal with them. It offers power only to women."

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

"What about trans women?" Zara asks, writing the question in her document. "How does that work?" "Of course I have written invocations for trans women," Emer says. "Demons do not care about bodies. Th…"

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

"They understand what they are looking at. They understand that it could have been them. A wrong turn on the wrong night, and it could have been them. There is no sense to that. That you can be going …"

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

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6. The Grimoire of Grave Fates

By: Hanna Alkaf

3.37

Format: 459 pages, Kindle Edition

Crack open your spell book and enter the world of the illustrious Galileo Academy for the Extraordi… read more

Similar categories in Hanna Alkaf's The Grimoire of Grave Fates book and Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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7. The Russian Cage (Gunnie Rose, #3)

By: Charlaine Harris

4.11

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Charlaine Harris is at her best in this alternat… read more

Similar categories in Charlaine Harris's The Russian Cage (Gunnie Rose, #3) book and Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
Cover of Castles in Their Bones (Castles in Their Bones, #1) by Laura Sebastian

8. Castles in Their Bones (Castles in Their Bones, #1)

By: Laura Sebastian

4.06

Format: 514 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding story of three princesses and the destiny they were born for: seduction, conquest, a… read more

Similar categories in Laura Sebastian's Castles in Their Bones (Castles in Their Bones, #1) book and Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"You've trained for this, my doves. You know who to strike. You know where they are vulnerable."

-Laura Sebastian, Castles in Their Bones (Castles in Their Bones, #1)

"I’m here because I want to be. Because you are lightning– terrifying and beautiful and dangerous and bright all at once. And I wouldn’t wish you were anything else."

-Laura Sebastian, Castles in Their Bones (Castles in Their Bones, #1)

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9. Ten Thousand Stitches (Regency Faerie Tales, #2)

By: Olivia Atwater

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Regency housemaid Euphemia Reeves has acquired a faerie godfather. Unfortunately, he has no idea wh… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Atwater's Ten Thousand Stitches (Regency Faerie Tales, #2) book and Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"A faerie told me that true love's kiss could wake Miss Buckley," Effie told him. "I cannot think of any truer or more unconditional love than that of a dog."

-Olivia Atwater, Ten Thousand Stitches (Regency Faerie Tales, #2)

"Lady Panovar made mention of her French maid about a dozen times last night," Mrs Sedgewick informed the staff tiredly. "Lady Culver ended the night in a fury. She has insisted that I should find her…"

-Olivia Atwater, Ten Thousand Stitches (Regency Faerie Tales, #2)

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10. From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1)

By: Janae Marks

4.29

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

Zoe Washington isn’t sure what to write. What does a girl say to the father she’s never met, hadn’t… read more

Similar categories in Janae Marks's From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1) book and Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"I’d already waited twelve years to speak to Marcus. How much longer would I have to wait for the truth?"

-Janae Marks, From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1)

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11. Even Though I Knew the End

By: C.L. Polk

3.85

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the… read more

Similar categories in C.L. Polk's Even Though I Knew the End book and Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"A warm firework blossomed in my chest, the brilliant sparks flying along my nerves. I barely stopped myself from reaching across the table for her hand."

-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

"I never told her how she had saved me. I never told her how she became the dearest friend I’d ever had. I told her I loved her, but never enough. My Edith of the sparrows. My heart. My world."

-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

"Ten years. It wasn't enough time, but I would live every blessed second of it. "We're going to San Fransisco." She smiled up at me. "We'll get a house in North Beach." "Right away," I said. "I've got…"

-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

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12. Champion of Fate (Heromaker, #1)

By: Kendare Blake

3.72

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Behind every great hero is an Aristene. Aristene are mythical female warriors, part of a legenda… read more

Similar categories in Kendare Blake's Champion of Fate (Heromaker, #1) book and Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • adventure
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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13. The Girl from the Sea

By: Molly Knox Ostertag

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Witch Boy trilogy comes a graphic novel about family, romance, and first lov… read more

Similar categories in Molly Knox Ostertag's The Girl from the Sea book and Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Sometimes plans must change, my love."

-Molly Knox Ostertag, The Girl from the Sea

"*creepy ghost whispers* morgan... THAT'S IT SHE'S DEAD"

-Molly Knox Ostertag, The Girl from the Sea

"Sometimes you have to let your life get messy. That's how you get to the good parts"

-Molly Knox Ostertag, The Girl from the Sea

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14. Girl, Serpent, Thorn

By: Melissa Bashardoust

3.65

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

A captivating and utterly original fairy tale about a girl cursed to be poisonous to the touch, and… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Bashardoust's Girl, Serpent, Thorn book and Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
"I have nothing else to lose now—except for you."

-Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn

"What if there was a loneliness even deeper than the one she felt now?"

-Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn

"You’re my favourite story. I feel like I’ve known you for a long time."

-Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn

"To anyone who has ever felt poisonous or monstrous or bristling with thorns."

-Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn

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15. This Wicked Fate (This Poison Heart, #2)

By: Kalynn Bayron

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

How much would you risk to save the ones you love? Would you tempt even the most dangerous fate? … read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's This Wicked Fate (This Poison Heart, #2) book and Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • magic
  • young adult
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16. Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel

By: Betty C. Tang

4.25

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

A story about three siblings living on their own as undocumented new immigrants, inspired by the au… read more

Similar categories in Betty C. Tang's Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel book and Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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17. Marshmallow & Jordan

By: Alina Chau

4.22

Format: 379 pages, Hardcover

Jordan’s days as star player for her school’s basketball team ended when an accident left her paral… read more

Similar categories in Alina Chau's Marshmallow & Jordan book and Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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18. The Lord of Stariel (Stariel, #1)

By: A.J. Lancaster

3.95

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

The Lord of Stariel is dead. Long live the Lord of Stariel. Whoever that is.Everyone knows who the … read more

Similar categories in A.J. Lancaster's The Lord of Stariel (Stariel, #1) book and Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
"Hetta had quite enjoyed the loose morals of the Meridon theatre scene, but she had no intention of bringing that up in front of her brothers."

-A.J. Lancaster, The Lord of Stariel (Stariel, #1)

"Of course, there was one other way she could attract attention. She pulled off her left glove and stared thoughtfully at her palm. Concentrating, she called up an image she’d used in the play yesterd…"

-A.J. Lancaster, The Lord of Stariel (Stariel, #1)

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19. The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

By: Kiersten White

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Elizabeth Lavenza hasn't had a proper meal in weeks. Her thin arms are covered with bruises from he… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein book and Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"death is never allowed to touch you"

-Kiersten White, The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

"Mary Shelley changed the whole world."

-Kiersten White, The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

"I allowed myself to smile for no one. For myself."

-Kiersten White, The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

"They had stripped us of everything we were taught made us women and then told us we were mad."

-Kiersten White, The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

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20. Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk

By: Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

4.14

Format: 225 pages, Hardcover

An Indigenous artist blends the aesthetics of punk rock with the traditional spiritual practices of… read more

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Cover of The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth by Sam Quinones

21. The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth

By: Sam Quinones

4.36

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Apple Best Books of 2021 * Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction * Long… read more

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Cover of The Prince of Secrets (Stariel, #2) by A.J. Lancaster

22. The Prince of Secrets (Stariel, #2)

By: A.J. Lancaster

4.19

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

Well-bred women should not be seen kissing their butlers. Even when the butler in question is secre… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Lancaster's The Prince of Secrets (Stariel, #2) book and Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
Cover of The Darkening (The Darkening, #1) by Sunya Mara

23. The Darkening (The Darkening, #1)

By: Sunya Mara

3.58

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Vesper Vale is the daughter of revolutionaries. Failed revolutionaries. When her mother was caught … read more

Similar categories in Sunya Mara's The Darkening (The Darkening, #1) book and Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"To do the one good thing that I must do, I find myself caught in a thousand small evils." I squeeze his hand until he looks at me. "I hope that one thing is worth it." "It is the only thing that matt…"

-Sunya Mara, The Darkening (The Darkening, #1)

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24. The Depths

By: Nicole Lesperance

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

A tropical island full of secrets. Two Victorian ghosts, trapped for eternity. And a seventeen-year… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Lesperance's The Depths book and Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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25. Bad Witch Burning

By: Jessica Lewis

4.04

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Lovecraft Country and Candyman comes a witchy story full of Black girl magic as one gir… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Lewis's Bad Witch Burning book and Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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26. 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 Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • fiction
  • young adult
"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

Cover of The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons

27. The Passing Playbook

By: Isaac Fitzsimons

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Fifteen-year-old Spencer Harris is a proud nerd, an awesome big brother and a Messi-in-training. He… read more

Similar categories in Isaac Fitzsimons's The Passing Playbook book and Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • fiction
  • young adult
"As if Spencer's thoughts were sending out a homing beacon, Justice looked over in his direction, making eye contact, and Spencer understood what Gimli saw when he gazed upon Galadriel. But, no. Just …"

-Isaac Fitzsimons, The Passing Playbook

Cover of The Black Girl Survives in This One by Desiree S. Evans

28. The Black Girl Survives in This One

By: Desiree S. Evans

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Be warned, dear reader: The Black girls survive in this one. Celebrating a new generation of bes… read more

Similar categories in Desiree S. Evans's The Black Girl Survives in This One book and Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1) by Olivia Abtahi

29. Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

By: Olivia Abtahi

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Fourteen-year-old Iranian-American Parvin Mohammadi sets out to win the ultimate date to homecoming… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1) book and Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • fiction
  • young adult
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30. Play the Fool

By: Lina Chern

3.60

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A cynical tarot card reader seeks to uncover the truth about her friend's mysterious death in this … read more

Similar categories in Lina Chern's Play the Fool book and Malavika Kannan's The Bookweaver's Daughter

  • fiction
Cover of The Bookweaver's Daughter by Malavika Kannan

31. The Bookweaver's Daughter

By: Malavika Kannan

2.91

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

An #OwnVoices YA fantasy—a tale of magic, Indian lore, and radical female friendship.In the ancient… read more

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3.77

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