Books like Candy by Mian Mian

Candide: A Tale of Conviviality and Optimism in a Wretched World

Go Ask Alice presents the diary of a teenage girl who falls into drug addiction, tracing her descent from a suburban family life to the streets of a city as she battles heroin, LSD, and other substances.

The Bell Jar is the sole novel by Sylvia Plath, a psychologically intense and autobiographical look at a young woman’s decline into mental illness.

Irvine Welsh’s debut novel follows a tight-knit group of Edinburgh young men as they navigate drug addiction, friendship, and the harsh realities of everyday life.

In early 1980s Los Angeles, a privileged youth returns home for Christmas, confronting a generation steeped in excess, drugs, and nihilism as he navigates love, friendship, and moral decay.

A woman's rise from poverty to political influence, inspired by stories told by a storyteller's daughter.

A darkly humorous account of addiction and self-discovery.

Candy follows the flamboyant, all‑American teenage girl Candy Christian as she navigates a series of outlandish encounters—from mystics to sex analysts—in a satirical, coming‑of‑age romp that doubles as a parody of Voltaire’s Candide.

Água viva dá continuidade ao projeto de edições especiais reproduzindo os manuscritos e datiloscritos originais de Clarice Lispector, iniciado com A hora da estrela e que será continuado com Um sopro de vida. Obedecendo ao conceito geral da coleção, este volume reúne importantes textos de referência, assim como a carta do filósofo José Américo Pessanha que teve influência decisiva na transformação de Objeto gritante em Água viva, obra que é ao mesmo tempo a mais autobiográfica e a mais misteriosa da bibliografia clariceana. Igualmente importantes são os ensaios de Alexandrino Severino, Sônia Roncador, Ana Claudia Abrantes e Teresa Montero, que lançam luz sobre diferentes aspectos de Água viva, o único livro que, reconhecidamente, Clarice Lispector hesitou em editar em virtude de seu caráter revelador, experimental e "antiliterário".

A collection of short stories by Luisa Valenzuela translated into English, exploring the personal and political realities of authoritarian rule through intimate narratives.

A Chinese‑American teen named Candace Ong dreams of adventure beyond her San Francisco kitchen, but a new opportunity forces her to confront a world far larger than her family’s dim‑sum restaurant.

On Halloween, Fancy Nancy eagerly collects candy but struggles to fit the treats in her pumpkin pail, raising the question: is there such a thing as too much candy?