If you loved
Books like Sula
A fierce, lyrical exploration of a friendship so intense it blurs the line between love and destruction. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Sula.
- haunting
- earthy
- melancholic
- intense
- 01
Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison
A mythic, soaring journey through ancestry and identity that blends the gritty reality of the American Rust Belt with the transcendent magic of folklore.
- 02
Paradise
Toni Morrison
A haunting, lyrical descent into the fractures of a utopian community and the fierce, flawed women who become its scapegoats.
- 03
Another Brooklyn
Jacqueline Woodson
A haunting, poetic plunge into the intoxicating magic of girlhood friendships and the heavy shadows that eventually fracture them.
- 04
Waiting to Exhale
Terry McMillan · 1995
A sharp, hilarious, and deeply comforting celebration of the friendships that hold us together when romance falls apart.
- 05
God Don't Play
Mary Monroe
A tense, dramatic exploration of how quickly a hard-won, peaceful life can be shattered by the secrets of the past.
- 06
The Women Of Brewster Place
Gloria Naylor · 1999
An intimate, character-driven exploration of resilience and survival on a dead-end street.
- 07
Zami
Audre Lorde · 1984
A lush, mythic exploration of self-discovery, tracing the fierce and tender lineages of women who shape a life.
- 08
Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo
A vibrant, free-flowing chorus of voices that weaves a rich, interconnected tapestry of modern and historical identity.
- 09
Wild seed
Octavia E. Butler · 1980
A mythic, centuries-spanning battle of wills that explores the terrifying depths of power, survival, and bodily autonomy.
- 10
The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead
A harrowing, surreal odyssey through the darkest chapters of American history, propelled by an unyielding will to survive.
- 11
What we lose
Zinzi Clemmons
A fragmented, deeply intimate meditation on the shattering weight of grief and the search for a self between two worlds.
- 12
The secret life of bees
Sue Monk Kidd · 2002
A sun-drenched, honey-sweetened journey into the heart of found family and maternal love.
