Read-alikes and related books

Books like Mud City

Explore 24 books like Mud City by Deborah Ellis — a handpicked selection united by Emigration & Immigration, Middle East, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, and Girls & Women.

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Top related books to Mud City

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of Mud City.

Parvana’s Journey

Deborah Ellis

Themes: Middle East • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Girls & Women

The Turtle of Michigan A Novel

Naomi Shihab Nye

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Middle East • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

The Year I Flew Away

Marie Arnold

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Girls & Women

Eyes that Kiss in the Corners

Joanna Ho

Themes: Middle East • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Asia

Unsettled

Reem Faruqi

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Middle East • Asia

Room to Dream

Kelly Yang

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Asia

Shooting Kabul

N. H. Senzai

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Middle East • Asia

Ten A Soccer Story

Shamini Flint

Themes: Middle East • Girls & Women • Asia

The Year of the Baby

Andrea Cheng

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Girls & Women • Asia

#10

Flip the Script

Lyla Lee

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Girls & Women • Asia

#11

Leena Mo, CEO

Deena Shakir

Themes: Middle East • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Girls & Women

#12

Homeland My Father Dreams of Palestine

Hannah Moushabeck

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Middle East • Asia

#13

Grace Notes Poems about Families

Naomi Shihab Nye

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Middle East • Girls & Women

#14

Ground Zero A Novel of 9/11

Alan Gratz

Themes: Middle East • Girls & Women • Asia

#15

Rickshaw Girl

Mitali Perkins

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Girls & Women • Asia

#16

This Woven Kingdom

Tahereh Mafi

Themes: Middle East • Girls & Women • Asia

#17

Small Acts of Amazing Courage

Gloria Whelan

Themes: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Girls & Women • Asia

#18

Golden Girl

Reem Faruqi

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Middle East • People & Places

#19

It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel

Firoozeh Dumas

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Middle East • People & Places

#20

Front Desk

Kelly Yang

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • People & Places

#21

The Light of Home

Diana Farid

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Middle East • People & Places

#22

Hidden

Miriam Halahmy

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Middle East • People & Places

#23

Only This Beautiful Moment

Abdi Nazemian

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Middle East • People & Places

#24

The Authentics

Abdi Nazemian

Themes: Emigration & Immigration • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Girls & Women

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Mud City by Deborah Ellis. Connected by Emigration & Immigration, Middle East, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance. Authors featured include Deborah Ellis, Naomi Shihab Nye, Marie Arnold, Joanna Ho, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.