Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love
By: Elsie Chapman
3.70
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
A stunning collection of short stories about the intersection of family, culture, and food in the l…
Want to Read $ 9.99"Like candy and heartbreak, moderation was key."-Elsie Chapman, Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love
"Oh wow. Bliss. The adobo was perfectly calibrated between my two favorite flavor juxtapositions: sweet and tangy. And the shrimp: practically dissolving in my mouth."-Elsie Chapman, Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love
"I wonder, just for a second, how it will taste on Gael's tongue, the cinnamon and chile en polvo laced into our vanilla cake, the spice a little like what he adds to his family's tamales."-Elsie Chapman, Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love
"The smell of khoresht e gheihmeh immediately hit my nostrils: The combination of tomato paste, dried limes, cubes of lamb, turmeric, cumin, cinnamon, and split yellow lentils all hung sweetly in the air."-Elsie Chapman, Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love
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1. Wild Beauty
By: Anna-Marie McLemore
3.61
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
Love grows such strange things. For nearly a century, the Nomeolvides women have tended the grou… read more
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- romance
- magical realism
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
"Everyone’s broken. The only difference is how."-Anna-Marie McLemore, Wild Beauty
"Sorrow was a family heirloom, written into their blood like ink on a will."-Anna-Marie McLemore, Wild Beauty
"Nothing else in the world makes a man like that more afraid than five girls on their periods."-Anna-Marie McLemore, Wild Beauty
"Estrella wished she could pry the ground open like the shell of a pomegranate, spilling out its secrets like shining red seeds."-Anna-Marie McLemore, Wild Beauty
2. The Weight of Feathers
By: Anna-Marie McLemore
3.75
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
For twenty years, the Palomas and the Corbeaus have been rivals and enemies, locked in an escalatin… read more
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- romance
- magical realism
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"De la vista, nace el amor From what you see, you love"-Anna-Marie McLemore, The Weight of Feathers
"He was beautiful in ways that made him ugly to his family."-Anna-Marie McLemore, The Weight of Feathers
3. Fireworks
By: Katie Cotugno
3.71
Format: 656 pages, Paperback
From Katie Cotugno, bestselling author of 99 Days, comes Fireworks--about a girl who is competing w… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
4. The Dos and Donuts of Love
By: Adiba Jaigirdar
3.88
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A pun-filled YA contemporary romance, The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar finds a teenage… read more
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- romance
- lgbt
- young adult
- food
- fiction
- contemporary
"Food is a big part of my culture, especially sweet foods. When you're Bangladeshi, you're taught that any good news or celebration has to be accompanied with some sweet food. Every time you visit som…"-Adiba Jaigirdar, The Dos and Donuts of Love
5. Dark and Deepest Red
By: Anna-Marie McLemore
3.57
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
Summer, 1518. A strange sickness sweeps through Strasbourg: women dance in the streets, some until … read more
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- romance
- magical realism
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
"Do not stare at me unless you are willing to see me.' ...'Look at me,"-Anna-Marie McLemore, Dark and Deepest Red
"I had learned, from a girl with rage-lit eyes and a blue dress, to grasp the blade the world held to me, and hold it myself."-Anna-Marie McLemore, Dark and Deepest Red
"My story was not a fairy tale of a cruel-hearted girl whose shoes danced her to death, or a kindhearted one who threw her red shoes into the river. This was not a story about a wicked queen made to w…"-Anna-Marie McLemore, Dark and Deepest Red
6. 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)
By: Sandhya Menon
3.84
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
Pinky Kumar wears the social justice warrior badge with pride. From raccoon hospitals to persecuted… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"Samir leveled a gaze at her. 'Sometimes, being in control is the only thing you have going for you."-Sandhya Menon, 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)
"Considering her, Samir couldn't help but smile a little. Impractical and hot-headed as she was, he had to hand it to her. She approached everything she did with a tsunami of passion that he didn't th…"-Sandhya Menon, 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)
"But listen, people can change all the time. Maybe not in big, profound ways, but in little, incremental ways that end up changing essential parts of them anyway. It's like a Rubik's Cube - you start …"-Sandhya Menon, 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)
"It's crazy how all these little moments weave together and become this, like, tapestry of life, isn't it? [...] "I mean, really, it's just these mundane moments. Setting up the tent, grabbing lantern…"-Sandhya Menon, 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)
7. Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love
By: Elsie Chapman
3.70
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
A stunning collection of short stories about the intersection of family, culture, and food in the l… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Elsie Chapman's Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love book and Elsie Chapman's Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love
- romance
- young adult contemporary
- magical realism
- lgbt
- young adult
- anthologies
- short stories
- food
- fiction
- contemporary
"Like candy and heartbreak, moderation was key."-Elsie Chapman, Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love
"Oh wow. Bliss. The adobo was perfectly calibrated between my two favorite flavor juxtapositions: sweet and tangy. And the shrimp: practically dissolving in my mouth."-Elsie Chapman, Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love
"I wonder, just for a second, how it will taste on Gael's tongue, the cinnamon and chile en polvo laced into our vanilla cake, the spice a little like what he adds to his family's tamales."-Elsie Chapman, Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love
"The smell of khoresht e gheihmeh immediately hit my nostrils: The combination of tomato paste, dried limes, cubes of lamb, turmeric, cumin, cinnamon, and split yellow lentils all hung sweetly in the …"-Elsie Chapman, Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love
8. 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
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- fiction
- magical realism
- young adult
- contemporary
9. Huda F Cares?
By: Huda Fahmy
4.21
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In this laugh-out-loud funny sequel to the graphic novel Huda F Are You?, the Fahmys are off to Dis… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
"Y'know, you catch more flies with honey..." "I don't know why people say that. You can catch flies with garbage too."-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?
"We don't know they're friends. They could be brother and sister." "Impossible. They're smiling." "You're right. They're definitely not related."-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?
10. I'll Be the One
By: Lyla Lee
4.01
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
The world of K-Pop has never met a star like this. Debut author Lyla Lee delivers a deliciously fun… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"You are beautiful... Don't let anyone, not even yourself, tell you any different."-Lyla Lee, I'll Be the One
"I'm fat and I take up space, but that's okay... I'm allowed to take up space just as much as anyone else."-Lyla Lee, I'll Be the One
11. Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1)
By: June C.L. Tan
4.07
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From Jade Fire Gold author June CL Tan, Darker by Four is the launch of an epic, sweeping contempor… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- young adult
- lgbt
12. The Burial Plot
By: Elizabeth Macneal
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory, The Burial Plot is an unstoppable his… read more
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- fiction
13. Blanca & Roja
By: Anna-Marie McLemore
3.76
Format: 375 pages, Hardcover
The del Cisne girls have never just been sisters; they're also rivals, Blanca as obedient and grace… read more
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- romance
- magical realism
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
"The way you look at me, do you mean it?"-Anna-Marie McLemore, Blanca & Roja
"The biggest lie of all is the story you think you already know."-Anna-Marie McLemore, Blanca & Roja
"In the dark, my sister glowed, but in the dark, I was the dark itself. Blanca, bright and fair Blanca, was the moon and all its stars. I was just her background to shimmer against."-Anna-Marie McLemore, Blanca & Roja
"That I was a boy, but it was not as simple as me wanting to be called he. That I liked being called he and him. But that I would've liked being called she and her sometimes, too, if it didn't let eve…"-Anna-Marie McLemore, Blanca & Roja
14. The Mirror Season
By: Anna-Marie McLemore
4.05
Format: 311 pages, Hardcover
An unforgettable story of trauma and healing, told in achingly beautiful prose with great tendernes… read more
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- romance
- magical realism
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"Then comes another hand. And another one. They come out of the dark like the night is growing them."-Anna-Marie McLemore, The Mirror Season
15. The Priest and the Shepherd (Foul Lady Fortune, #0.5)
By: Chloe Gong
4.03
Format: 50 pages, ebook
Initially released as a bonus short story in the B&N/Indigo Exclusive Edition of Foul Lady Fortune,… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- short stories
- young adult
16. Into the Sunken City
By: Dinesh Thiru
3.68
Format: 347 pages, Hardcover
In the slowly sinking city of Coconino, Arizona, the days are long, the money is tight, and the rai… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- young adult
"The bravest of us always admit to being scared."-Dinesh Thiru, Into the Sunken City
"You see all the ways people lie to you, but none of the ways they care."-Dinesh Thiru, Into the Sunken City
"I grab her hands and say the words I so desperately want to believe. “We’re gonna be okay, Thara. I promise you—we’re gonna be okay."-Dinesh Thiru, Into the Sunken City
17. Radha & Jai's Recipe for Romance
By: Nisha Sharma
3.74
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
To All the Boys I Loved Before meets World of Dance in this delectable love story that combines foo… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- young adult
- food
- fiction
- contemporary
"I don't need it. I don't need help. WE did this for all of us, not just for you. I need maro deekro to know that. I need Jai. Jai has to dream for himself. Dream for yourself, Jai. You do what you wa…"-Nisha Sharma, Radha & Jai's Recipe for Romance
"Look, if there is one thing I've learned from my new therapy sessions, it's that we're seventeen years old. We don't have to know exactly what we want to do, but we have to be willing to take chances…"-Nisha Sharma, Radha & Jai's Recipe for Romance
18. Storm: Dawn of a Goddess
By: Tiffany D. Jackson
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Before she was the super hero Storm of Marvel's X-Men, she was Ororo of Cairo—a teenaged thief on t… read more
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- fiction
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19. Love, Decoded
By: Jennifer Yen
3.50
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A rom-com about the unexpected consequences of one teen's quest to help her friends find love. H… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
20. Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 5
By: Meng Xi Shi
4.44
Format: 532 pages, Paperback
In the tumultuous Central Plains, power and prestige are fleeting, and today’s friend is tomorrow’s… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- lgbt
21. My Heart Underwater
By: Laurel Flores Fantauzzo
3.92
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
After Corazon's mother catches her kissing her older female teacher, Corazon is sent to the Philipp… read more
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- romance
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"There can be times,"-Laurel Flores Fantauzzo, My Heart Underwater
"You had a spirit in you also,"-Laurel Flores Fantauzzo, My Heart Underwater
"I feel my heart underwater here. It’s strong and steady now, not drowning. I’m held. I’m afloat. I’m home."-Laurel Flores Fantauzzo, My Heart Underwater
"I’m afraid my crushes are dangerous for me. Maybe my heart will lead me the wrong way, always. Back into something that’ll always end bad. Into the wrong waters, where I’ll drown."-Laurel Flores Fantauzzo, My Heart Underwater
