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Readers who finished Mislaid by Nell Zink and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Cultural Heritage, Siblings, Coming of Age, and LGBTQ.

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Themes: Cultural Heritage • Siblings • Coming of Age

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Themes: Cultural Heritage • Siblings • Coming of Age

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Themes: Cultural Heritage • Siblings • LGBTQ

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Themes: Cultural Heritage • Siblings • Coming of Age

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Themes: Cultural Heritage • Siblings • LGBTQ

I Know This Much Is True

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Themes: Cultural Heritage • Siblings • Coming of Age

Carmen and Grace

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Themes: Siblings • Coming of Age • LGBTQ

The Son of Good Fortune A Novel

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Themes: Cultural Heritage • Coming of Age • LGBTQ

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Themes: Cultural Heritage • Siblings • Coming of Age

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Themes: Cultural Heritage • Siblings • LGBTQ

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Themes: Cultural Heritage • Siblings • Coming of Age

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The God of Small Things

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Themes: Cultural Heritage • Siblings • Coming of Age

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The Miseducation of Evie Epworth

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Themes: Cultural Heritage • Coming of Age • LGBTQ

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Themes: Cultural Heritage • Coming of Age • LGBTQ

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Themes: Cultural Heritage • Coming of Age • LGBTQ

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Themes: Cultural Heritage • Siblings • Coming of Age

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This Motherless Land

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Themes: Cultural Heritage • Siblings • Coming of Age

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Thin Girls A Novel

Diana Clarke

Themes: Siblings • Coming of Age • LGBTQ

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The Theory of (not Quite) Everything A Novel

Kara Gnodde

Themes: Siblings • Coming of Age • LGBTQ

#20

Sing You Home

Jodi Picoult

Themes: Siblings • Coming of Age • LGBTQ

#21

Sunstruck

William Rayfet Hunter

Themes: Siblings • Coming of Age • LGBTQ

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Full of Grace A Novel

Dorothea Benton Frank

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Siblings • Coming of Age

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Confessions

G. a. King Jr

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Siblings • LGBTQ

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Lessons

Ian McEwan

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Coming of Age • Family Life

Fans of Mislaid by Nell Zink will find 24 titles here, all united by Cultural Heritage, Siblings, Coming of Age. Authors represented include Martha K. Davis, John Boyne, Alice Walker, Lynne Kutsukake, and others.