Books like The Kappa Child by Hiromi Goto

In 1970s Ohio, the Lee family’s fragile harmony shatters when their daughter Lydia is found dead in a lake, forcing them to confront hidden secrets and cultural expectations.

A collection of nine short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri that follows Indian and Indian‑American characters navigating identity, displacement, and complex relationships.

Pachinko follows a Korean family’s generations, from Sunja’s departure to Korea to her descendants’ struggles in Japan’s shifting social landscape, exploring love, sacrifice, and resilience.

Twelve-year‑old Nao in Tokyo wrestles with loneliness and bullying and, before she ends it all, writes a diary about her great‑grandmother, a Buddhist nun who has lived a century. Across the Pacific a novelist on a remote island discovers objects from Nao’s life and is drawn into her mystery.

Freshwater is a powerful, culturally grounded exploration of trauma and identity in a Nigerian context, told through the eyes of a non-binary protagonist who navigates grief, self‑harm, and dissociation.

After a brutal childhood, Andy Gage finds his soul shattered into fragmented identities that share a single imaginary house—each vying for control. When his co‑worker Penny, also a split personality, discovers a dark secret, their fragile coexistence is thrust into crisis.

A gripping science fiction novel that explores gender, humanity, and the dangers of genetic experiments.

M. John Harrison’s novella *Light* intertwines the minds of a hyper‑intelligent serial killer, a far‑future girl aboard the spaceship White Cat, and a cyberpunk hustler, weaving cosmic space‑time with psychological intrigue.

An ancient underwater artifact awakens two immortal beings, bringing them into contact with modern scientists and a world of war, sea monsters, and queer identities.

In this award‑winning collection, Dubravka Ugresic reimagines the Baba Yaga legend, weaving it into contemporary themes of femininity, ageing, identity, secrets, storytelling, and love.

In the Night Garden is a lyrical collection of fantastical tales spun by a lonely girl for a curious prince, weaving stories of shape‑shifting witches, beast princesses, and mythic beings into a vibrant tapestry of voice and hidden history.

In a future where global power has shifted eastward, two women, Meena in India and Mariama in Africa, flee danger and cross continents, their paths intertwining on a quest for safety and self‑discovery.

A small village faces the arrival of a new technology that could connect everyone to a wider world, but not everyone is ready for it.

When the Moon Was Ours follows Latina rose‑grower Miel and transgender Italian‑Pakistani boy Samir as their deep friendship turns to love, while they fear their secrets may be exposed by the mysterious Bonner sisters.

A science‑fiction exploration of a human crew’s arrival on a planet orbiting Star Sigma Draconis, where internal conflicts aboard the mother ship threaten both the planet’s life and the mission’s success.

In 1860s Japan, a boy saves a kappa, a water‑cleaning mythic creature, and the two form a deep friendship that survives the upheavals of the Industrial Revolution.

Japanese women who arrive by mail order bride and other channels to San Francisco in the early 20th century and the daily reality, hopes, and hardships they face while trying to build new lives in America.

A collection of short stories set in a speculative universe where women bear the label of "fems" and are blamed for a world‑ending devastation known as the Wasting.

Shelley Jackson’s debut novel follows conjoined twins Nora and Blanche as Nora seeks a mysterious London Foundation that promises to make them one, forcing a painful reckoning with their shared past and identity.

At a mystic university, freshman Sweeney Cassidy falls for Angelica and Oliver, only to uncover a secret society and an awakening ancient goddess, blending queer romance, horror, and myth.

"This book is about the transformation of Asian American; from a few small, disconnected, and largely invisible ethnic groups that is influenced in every aspect of American society. It explores the junctures that shocked Asian Americans into motion and shaped a new consciousness, including the murder of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American, by two white autoworkers who believed he was Japanese; the apartheid-life working conditions of Filipinos in the Alaska salmon canneries; the boycott of Korean American greengrocers in Brooklyn; the L.A. riots; and the casting of non-Asians in the Broadway musical Miss Saigon. The book also examines the rampant stereotyping of Asian Americans, which has an impact on key issues concerning all Americans, from affirmative action and campaign finance to popular culture and national security."--BOOK JACKET.

In a 2038 America torn by natural and political upheaval, journalist Braemar Wilson meets an alien visitor, and together they uncover a covert human‑alien conflict that threatens the fragile new society.

In a world where women overthrow male domination, a new generation of fighters and lovers faces the lasting war between genders. Alldera has freed the Fems, and her daughter Sorrel, now with a boy she adopted, continues the struggle for equality.

A tale of racial tension, community power, and the clash of dreams between African American and Seminole Irish performers in the era of silent films.

Fifteen‑year‑old Kivali wrestles with identity and destiny in a gender‑rigid world, discovering a mystical talent called Lizard Radio while navigating Camp life, friendships, and first love.

A memoir that follows Elizabeth Lavenza, rescued from poverty and raised in Geneva, as her falling relationship with Victor Frankenstein sets him on a destructive, secretive path.