5 best-selling fantasy books like Notes on Her Color by Jennifer Neal

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Notes on Her Color

By: Jennifer Neal

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Florida kitsch swirls together with magical realism in this glittering debut novel about a young Bl…

If you liked the fantasy plot in Notes on Her Color by Jennifer Neal , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. She of the Mountains

By: Vivek Shraya , Raymond Biesinger

3.91

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Finalist, Lambda Literary Award In the beginning, there is no he. There is no she. Two cells make u… read more

Similar categories in Vivek Shraya's She of the Mountains book and Jennifer Neal's Notes on Her Color

  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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2. Family Lore

By: Elizabeth Acevedo

3.53

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling, National Book Award-winning author Elizabeth Acevedo comes her first novel for ad… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Acevedo's Family Lore book and Jennifer Neal's Notes on Her Color

  • literary fiction
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
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3. The American Queen

By: Vanessa Miller

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In 1869 a kingdom rose in the South. And Louella was its queen. Over the twenty-four years she’s be… read more

Similar categories in Vanessa Miller's The American Queen book and Jennifer Neal's Notes on Her Color

  • race
  • fiction
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4. Perish

By: LaToya Watkins

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From a stunning new voice comes a powerful debut novel, Perish, about a Black Texan family, explori… read more

Similar categories in LaToya Watkins's Perish book and Jennifer Neal's Notes on Her Color

  • literary fiction
  • race
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Everybody wants to say bye, show the dying that they here and they somehow living on in spite of everything."

-LaToya Watkins, Perish

"Sometimes we don't get to understand things. People. We just got to try to be better than the things that spit us out. I don't know why my momma like she is, but I love her and got to keep on with it…"

-LaToya Watkins, Perish

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5. Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land

By: Toni Jensen

4.25

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, poetic memoir about what it means to exist as an indigenous woman in America, told in s… read more

Similar categories in Toni Jensen's Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land book and Jennifer Neal's Notes on Her Color

  • race
"When we police a woman's affect, when we privilege it or equate it with her actions, with what she actually does, we're engaging in our most pervasive and yet our most quiet form of sexism, our most …"

-Toni Jensen, Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land

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6. When I Think of You

By: Myah Ariel

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In this sweeping second chance romance from debut author Myah Ariel, the unexpected spark of two fo… read more

Similar categories in Myah Ariel's When I Think of You book and Jennifer Neal's Notes on Her Color

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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7. Gone Wolf

By: Amber McBride

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Amber McBride lays bare the fears of being young and Black in America, in this… read more

Similar categories in Amber McBride's Gone Wolf book and Jennifer Neal's Notes on Her Color

  • magical realism
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • mental health
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8. Oye

By: Melissa Mogollon

3.68

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age comedy. A telenovela-worthy drama. A moving family saga. All in a phone call you wo… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Mogollon's Oye book and Jennifer Neal's Notes on Her Color

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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9. No Reservations: A Novel of Friendship

By: Sheryl Lister

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Four friends, three struggling relationships, and one final wish: find your happiness. Both heartwa… read more

Similar categories in Sheryl Lister's No Reservations: A Novel of Friendship book and Jennifer Neal's Notes on Her Color

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Hell, there are real sisters out there who aren't as close as we are. [...] I know life has thrown us more curveballs than we can catch, but as long as you have each other, you can win this game call…"

-Sheryl Lister, No Reservations: A Novel of Friendship

"Over 15 years ago we pledged our Sisterhood. And promised we would always be there for each other. Today, we renew that commitment. Diane continued. To accept each other with all our flaws. Give enco…"

-Sheryl Lister, No Reservations: A Novel of Friendship

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10. What You Leave Behind

By: Wanda M. Morris

3.90

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author Wanda Morris returns with a powerful, haunting thriller following a lawyer who… read more

Similar categories in Wanda M. Morris's What You Leave Behind book and Jennifer Neal's Notes on Her Color

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. As We Learn (Emotionally Impaired Book 1)

By: Grey Huffington

4.59

Format: 80 pages, Kindle Edition

Honestly, I think you should just read it. *novelette* read more

Similar categories in Grey Huffington's As We Learn (Emotionally Impaired Book 1) book and Jennifer Neal's Notes on Her Color

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12. The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts

By: Soraya Palmer

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Folktales and spirits animate this lively coming-of-age tale of two Jamaican-Trinidadian sisters in… read more

Similar categories in Soraya Palmer's The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts book and Jennifer Neal's Notes on Her Color

  • literary fiction
  • magical realism
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • queer
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13. Cinema Love

By: Jiaming Tang

3.86

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A staggering, tender epic about gay men in rural China and the women who marry them. For over th… read more

Similar categories in Jiaming Tang's Cinema Love book and Jennifer Neal's Notes on Her Color

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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14. Bitter and Sweet

By: Rhonda McKnight

4.34

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Two sisters at a crossroad in life find the answers to their problems in the lessons from the past.… read more

Similar categories in Rhonda McKnight's Bitter and Sweet book and Jennifer Neal's Notes on Her Color

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

By: Tomi Adeyemi

3.49

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

New allies rise. The Blood Moon nears. Zélie faces her final enemy. The king who hunts her heart… read more

Similar categories in Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3) book and Jennifer Neal's Notes on Her Color

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Do not pray to be saved; pray to be reborn."

-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

"I like hearing your people call out to your gods- they never seem to come."

-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

"I teach you to be warriors in the garden, so that you may never be gardeners in a war."

-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

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16. Little Rot

By: Akwaeke Emezi

3.67

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new novel from the bestselling, award-winning Akwaeke Emezi, about five friends trying … read more

Similar categories in Akwaeke Emezi's Little Rot book and Jennifer Neal's Notes on Her Color

  • literary fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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17. Lesbian Love Story

By: Amelia Possanza

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Saidiya Hartman and Jeanette Winterson, Lesbian Love Story is an intimate journey in… read more

Similar categories in Amelia Possanza's Lesbian Love Story book and Jennifer Neal's Notes on Her Color

  • queer
  • lgbt
"Lesbians, in my eyes, are defined as the ones who invent their own systems of love: Romantic love. Family love. Friend love. A love for community, and for strangers too. They love when there is nothi…"

-Amelia Possanza, Lesbian Love Story

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18. Twenty-Four Seconds from Now...

By: Jason Reynolds

4.39

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“Jason Reynolds has done it again!...Fresh from start to finish…This is what it could be, should be… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's Twenty-Four Seconds from Now... book and Jennifer Neal's Notes on Her Color

  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. Heaven

By: Emerson Whitney

4.17

Format: 191 pages, Hardcover

In the first few pages of Heaven, Emerson Whitney writes: "Really, I can't explain myself without m… read more

Similar categories in Emerson Whitney's Heaven book and Jennifer Neal's Notes on Her Color

  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Notes on Her Color by Jennifer Neal

20. Notes on Her Color

By: Jennifer Neal

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Florida kitsch swirls together with magical realism in this glittering debut novel about a young Bl… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Neal's Notes on Her Color book and Jennifer Neal's Notes on Her Color

  • literary fiction
  • race
  • magical realism
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Unbounded: Manifesting a life without limits by Maria Thattil

21. Unbounded: Manifesting a life without limits

By: Maria Thattil

4.06

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

What would you change in your life if you could silence the voice that tells you’re not enough, ke… read more

Similar categories in Maria Thattil's Unbounded: Manifesting a life without limits book and Jennifer Neal's Notes on Her Color

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She of the Mountains

Vivek Shraya , Raymond Biesinger

3.91

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Elizabeth Acevedo

3.53

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The American Queen

Vanessa Miller

4.14

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Perish

LaToya Watkins

3.74

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Henry Henry

Allen Bratton

3.65

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R.O. Kwon

3.24

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Oisín McKenna

3.96

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Kimberly King Parsons

3.68

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