Books like Cousin K by Yasmina Khadra

During World War II, a foster girl in Nazi Germany steals books to share with neighbors and a hidden Jewish man, proving literature’s power to nourish the soul amid darkness.

The Kite Runner follows an unlikely friendship between a privileged boy and the son of his father’s servant amid Afghanistan’s turbulent history, exploring betrayal, redemption, and the father‑son bond.

Flowers in the Attic, V. C. Andrews’ first Gothic novel, follows the Dollanganger siblings through Cathy’s first‑person voice.

Reflections by Lebanese‑American poet Kahlil Gibran on love, marriage, joy, sorrow, crime, punishment, pain, and self‑knowledge.

180 p. ; 21 cm.1010L Lexile

A fast-paced historical romance set in early America, featuring the legendary Natty Bumppo and a love story set against the backdrop of the French and Indian War.

Three sisters struggle to reconcile their faith with the world outside the convent.

Two British soldiers become unlikely friends in Cold War espionage and today's world of terrorism.

A contemporary novel set in London about the relationship between two strangers who dine at the same restaurant and how their lives intersect over the course of a single dinner party.

After a shocking accident, a celebrated children's author learns her reality is unraveling as ghostly ties force her to confront loss, psychological dread, and a haunting narrative that mirrors her own tragic story.

A compelling collection of poems by Adrienne Rich that explores themes of war, oppression, future, death, mystery, love and the transformative power of language.

A young woman's quest for love and reconciliation after her husband's death in a French plantation setting in the 1870s.

Sabrina eagerly anticipates the arrival of her cousin, Zoe, who is quite different from what Sabrina expected.

Jolene Yoder returns to Indiana to teach lip reading and sign language to the newly deaf Amish man Lonnie Hershberger. As she begins falling for Lonnie, Jolene wonders if she'll ever see "signs" of his love for her. Lovelorn Lonnie is fighting his attraction to Jolene, especially since she seems smitten by Jake Beechy. And Ella Miller is worried the roving Jake will end up breaking her cousin Jolene's heart, never realizing that Jake has really set his sights on her-Ella! Who will end up with whom as these cousins face challenges in love and life?

A young woman from Texas and a Holocaust survivor form a successful cosmetics business, but betrayal and debt threaten their partnership and legacy.

A heartwarming coming-of-age story about a prep school student trying to fit in with his adoptive tribe while hiding his true self.

A tale of the petticoats between sisters and the haunting secrets of the dollager family, this novel will keep you on the edge of your seat with its psychological tension and spine-tingling plot twists.

"The first novel to appear in English by one of the most talked-about and critically acclaimed writers of new Mexican fiction. From a psychoanalyst's couch, the narrator looks back on her bizarre childhood--in which she was born with an abnormality in her eye into a family intent on fixing it. In a world without the time and space for innocence, the narrator intimately recalls her younger self--a fierce and discerning girl open to life's pleasures and keen to its ruthless cycle of tragedy. With raw language and a brilliant sense of humor, both delicate and unafraid, Nettel strings together hard-won, unwieldy memories--taking us from Mexico City to Aix-en-Provence, France, then back home again--to create a portrait of the artist as a young girl. In these pages, Nettel's art of storytelling transforms experience into inspiration and a new startling perception of reality. "Nettel's eye...gives rise to a tension, subtle but persistent, that immerses us in an uncomfortable reality, disquieting, even disturbing--a gaze that illuminates her prose like an alien sun shining down on our world." --Valeria Luiselli, author of Sidewalks and Faces in the Crowd "It has been a long time since I've found in the literature of my generation a world as personal and untransferable as that of Guadalupe Nettel." --Juan Gabriel Vasquez, author of The Sound of Things Falling "Nettel reveals the subliminal beauty within beings...and painstakingly examines the intimacies of her soul." --Magazine Litteraire "Guadalupe Nettel's storytelling power is majestic."--Typographical Era In Praise of Natural Histories "Five flawless stories..." --The New York Times "Nettel's stories are as atmospheric and emotionally battering as Checkhov's."--Asymptote"-- "From a psychoanalyst's couch, the narrator looks back on her bizarre childhood--in which she was born with a birth defect into a family intent on fixing it--having somehow survived the emotional havoc she went through. And survive she did, but not unscathed. This intimate narrative echoes the voice of the narrator's younger self: a sharp, sensitive girl who is keen to life's gifts and hardships. With bare language and smart humor, both delicate and unafraid, the narrator strings a strand of touching stories together in a portrait of an unconventional childhood that crushed her, scarred her, mended her, tore her apart and ultimately made her whole"--