Books like Yellowface
If you liked Yellowface by R.F. Kuang, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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The Master and Margarita
Because shares tags: satire, literary fiction.
Devil Woland visits 1930s Moscow while Master writes Pilate and Margarita bargains.
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An American Marriage
Because shares tags: literary fiction, race.
Newlywed Roy is wrongly imprisoned and Celestial loves Andre while waiting.
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Americanah
Because shares tags: literary fiction, race.
Ifemelu leaves Nigeria for America on a scholarship, blogs about race and hair, while Obinze endures undocumented London until they reunite…
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Because shares tags: literary fiction, satire.
A young art graduate tries to sleep for a year with pills and Reva while the city drifts toward 2001.
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Such a Fun Age
Because shares tags: literary fiction, race.
A late-night grocery store clash pulls sitter Emira Tucker and her employer Alix Chamberlain into a tense fight over race, money, and good…
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Everything I Never Told You
Because shares tags: literary fiction, race.
In 1977 Ohio, sixteen-year-old Lydia Lee is found dead in a lake, forcing her interracial family to face the secret pressures around race,…
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Little Fires Everywhere
Because shares tags: literary fiction, race.
In planned Shaker Heights, Elena Richardson rents to drifting artist Mia Warren, and a custody fight over baby May Ling splits friends and…
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White Oleander
Because shares tag: literary fiction.
Astrid cycles foster homes after mother Ingrid murders boyfriend.
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Tom Lake
Because shares tag: literary fiction.
Lara tells daughters about young love with actor Peter Duke at Tom Lake.
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Things Fall Apart
Because shares tag: literary fiction.
Proud Igbo wrestler Okonkwo rises in 1890s Umuofia, then loses standing through hard exile, a son's conversion, and British missionaries…
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Because shares tag: literary fiction.
Janie Crawford tells Pheoby about Eatonville life with Logan Killicks, Joe Starks called Jody, and Tea Cake.
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The Virgin Suicides
Because shares tag: literary fiction.
Five Lisbon sisters die in 1970s Grosse Pointe as boys watch.
