Books Like The Hate U Give

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Bahni Turpin narrates The Hate U Give with an immediacy that puts the reader directly inside Starr Carter's perspective — the voice code-switches between Starr's two worlds the way the character does, and that specificity is what keeps the novel's anger and grief from becoming abstraction. Ten of the recommendations here feature Turpin's , an extraordinary concentration of one performer's range applied to emotionally urgent contemporary fiction across race, identity, and survival.

10 books for fans of The Hate U Give

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    Whiteout

    Blackout • Book 2

    by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon

    3.60 Goodreads (7.2K ratings)
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    The Other Side

    by Kim Holden

    4.38 Goodreads (4.0K ratings)
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    A Spark of Light

    by Jodi Picoult

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    Picoult tells a reproductive clinic hostage crisis in reverse chronology, showing how each character's morning led to the afternoon's violence.

    3.75 Goodreads (167.4K ratings)
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    Just Too Good to Be True

    by E. Lynn Harris

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    Carmyn has built a beauty salon empire to support her son's NFL dreams, but success comes with dangerous complications. Harris explores the price of ambition in professional sports with unflinching honesty.

    4.22 Goodreads (3.5K ratings)
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    Never Meant to Meet You

    by Alli Frank, Asha Youmans

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    Self-appointed problem-solver Marjette Lewis tries to avoid her perfect neighbor Noa Abrams, but suburban drama forces them together in unexpected ways.

    4.13 Goodreads (7.2K ratings)
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    The Seven Daughters of Dupree

    by Nikesha Elise Williams

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    A teenager's quest to identify her father unravels seven generations of Dupree women's secrets, loves, and losses. Williams crafts an epic family saga that spans centuries of African-American experience.

    4.11 Goodreads (3.5K ratings)
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    Run for Your Life, Callie Kingman

    by Alli Frank, Asha Youmans

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    Twenty years of sacrificing career for marriage ends when Callie becomes a blindsided empty-nester facing divorce and zero job prospects. Frank and Youmans craft comeback fiction about reclaiming identity after decades of self-erasure.

    4.10 Goodreads (897 ratings)
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    Boss Lady

    by Alli Frank, Asha Youmans

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    Inventor Toni Arroyo defies her mother's marry-young expectations to build a business empire, confronting her past to discover her true potential.

    4.00 Goodreads (552 ratings)
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    Trinidad Noir

    Akashic Books: Noir

    by Lisa Allen-Agostini, Elizabeth Nunez, Robert Antoni, Anthony Vahni Capildeo, Tiphanie Yanique, Bahni Turpin, Kevin Free, Ron Butler, Robin Miles, Lisa Allen-Agostini, Jeanne Mason - editor

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    Brand-new stories from Robert Antoni, Elizabeth Nunez, and others expose Trinidad's shadows with surprising depth. The island's complexity emerges through crime fiction that goes beyond tourist postcards.

    4.00 Goodreads (1 ratings)
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    Ashes of Gold

    Wings of Ebony • Book 2

    by J. Elle

    3.94 Goodreads (1.0K ratings)