# Books like The Joy Luck Club

**10** books similar to *The Joy Luck Club* by Amy Tan (Literary Fiction · 930L · grades 9–12), matched on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** family, mother-daughter relationship, immigration, Chinese-American experience, identity
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## Similar books

- [The Color Purple](https://readinglist.school/book/the-color-purple) by Alice Walker _(670L · Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of family and identity, both on the AP English Literature & Composition list, and same genre (Literary Fiction).
- [Beloved](https://readinglist.school/book/beloved) by Toni Morrison _(870L · Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of identity, both on the AP English Literature & Composition list, and same genre (Literary Fiction).
- [Purple Hibiscus](https://readinglist.school/book/purple-hibiscus) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie _(920L · Grades 10–12)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the AP English Literature & Composition list, and same genre (Literary Fiction).
- [Flowers for Algernon](https://readinglist.school/book/flowers-for-algernon) by Daniel Keyes _(910L · Grades 8–11)_ — Shares themes of identity, both on the AP English Literature & Composition list, and same genre (Literary Fiction).
- [Invisible Man](https://readinglist.school/book/invisible-man) by Ralph Ellison _(950L · Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of identity, both on the AP English Literature & Composition list, and same genre (Literary Fiction).
- [The Awakening](https://readinglist.school/book/the-awakening) by Kate Chopin _(960L · Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of identity, both on the AP English Literature & Composition list, and same genre (Literary Fiction).
- [Everything We Never Had](https://readinglist.school/book/everything-we-never-had) by Randy Ribay _(Grades 7–12)_ — Shares themes of family, immigration, and identity and overlapping grades (7–12).
- [The Kite Runner](https://readinglist.school/book/the-kite-runner) by Khaled Hosseini _(840L · Grades 10–12)_ — Shares themes of immigration, both on the AP English Literature & Composition list, and same genre (Literary Fiction).
- [The Secret Life of Bees](https://readinglist.school/book/the-secret-life-of-bees) by Sue Monk Kidd _(840L · Grades 9–11)_ — Shares themes of family, both on the AP English Literature & Composition list, and same genre (Literary Fiction).
- [Life of Pi](https://readinglist.school/book/life-of-pi) by Yann Martel _(830L · Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of identity, both on the AP English Literature & Composition list, and same genre (Literary Fiction).

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