Books like Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

In eighteenth‑century Cairo, Nahri, a street‑smart con artist, discovers she is the last of a line of djinn healers and is drawn into the luxurious, politically fraught city of Daevabad, where her powers could prevent a kingdom‑wide war.

In the fractured realm of Inys, Queen Sabran the Ninth must secure her dynasty, while the hidden mage Ead watches over her and dragonrider Tané faces a fateful challenge—tension rises as ancient threats stir and eastern and western forces clash.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poetic epic, The Song of Hiawatha, adapts the legends of North American Indian tribes—particularly the Ojibway—using the collected material of historian Henry Rowe Schoolcraft.

A short‑story collection featuring Mowgli and jungle companions, including the celebrated tale "How Fear Came" about the tiger’s stripes.

After her father’s death, young Ash is tormented by a cruel stepmother and hunts for solace in fairy tales—until she meets the dangerous fairy Sidhean and the fierce huntress Kaisa, who pull her toward a choice between fantasy and true love.

Alison Hart, a London medium, battles the haunting souls of her past while navigating the dark underbelly of her city, revealing a sinister truth beneath her placid public persona.

Japanese‑American memoir of Kyoko Mori’s seven‑week pilgrimage to Kobe, where she confronts her mother’s suicide, family estrangement, and the shifting meanings of belonging across two cultures.

Li Lan, a young woman in 1893 Malaysia, is offered a ghost marriage by the powerful Lim family to appease a restless spirit; she must navigate the Chinese afterlife and uncover family secrets before she is trapped forever.

In nineteenth‑century England, Albert, a boy with epilepsy, learns to live independently while his mother clings to hope for a cure.

After a plane crash, a group of strangers finds themselves in the mysterious, untouched Shangri-La mountains in Tibet.

A Scottish terrier in Aberdeen shows unwavering loyalty to his elderly grave‑keeper master, refusing to leave the graveyard even after his master’s death. The story culminates in a monument honoring the dog’s devotion.

Ages 8-14

Tambudzai journeys from a stagnant city job to a run‑down hostel, a boarding house, and a biology teaching position, only to confront constant humiliation; a harrowing homecoming in the ecotourism industry forces her to confront colonial and capitalist betrayals.

Being Principe of an ancient vampire dynasty comes with difficult choices. For Byron Debrek that means putting the good of her clan and innocent mortals over her own desires. When she falls for the first woman to set her blood on fire in centuries, Byron must harden her heart and walk away. For Amelia Honey, a suit designer at a Savile Row tailor, the six months spent with her first love were the most wonderful time of her life. Byron made her feel like a princess and awakened her darkest sexual desires. But then she disappeared, leaving her nothing but a first-class plane ticket and a broken heart. When a dangerous enemy befriends Amelia, Byron is compelled to act. Will she be able to regain Amelia’s trust and protect her? Or will pain and anger drive Amelia into the hands of Byron’s enemies, and into the middle of a vampire war?