🤲 Loyalty Despite Prejudice

Characters who maintain their allegiance to someone society tells them to distrust or despise, choosing personal bonds over collective bias.

Summer of My German Soldier

by Bette Greene • 1973

In WWII Arkansas, a Jewish girl shelters an escaped German POW who showed her she mattered.

3.70

18k+

🏠 Wwii Home Front 🏘️ Small Town Prejudice 🤫 Secret Friendship

Summer of My German Soldier 87%

In WWII Arkansas, a Jewish girl shelters an escaped German POW who showed her she mattered.

by Bette Greene 1973

3.70

18k+ ratings

🏠 Wwii Home Front 🏘️ Small Town Prejudice 🤫 Secret Friendship

Krambambuli

by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach • 1896

Bought for brandy, a hunting dog must choose between his new master and his old one, a killer.

3.57

166

🖤 German Realist Fiction 🔀 Torn Between Loyalties 🐕 Human Animal Bond

Krambambuli 87%

Bought for brandy, a hunting dog must choose between his new master and his old one, a killer.

by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach 1896

3.57

166 ratings

🖤 German Realist Fiction 🔀 Torn Between Loyalties 🐕 Human Animal Bond

Out of Darkness

by Ashley Hope Pérez • 2016

1937 Texas: a Mexican American girl, a Black boy, and a love their town wants dead.

4.14

9k+

💔 Forbidden Love 💕 Interracial Romance 🏚️ Jim Crow South

Out of Darkness 87%

1937 Texas: a Mexican American girl, a Black boy, and a love their town wants dead.

by Ashley Hope Pérez 2016

4.14

9k+ ratings

💔 Forbidden Love 💕 Interracial Romance 🏚️ Jim Crow South

How to Stay Invisible

by Maggie C. Rudd • 2023

Abandoned, a boy and his dog survive in the woods behind his school, attending class.

4.43

1k+

🎒 Secretly Homeless ❤️ Found Family 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion

How to Stay Invisible 86%

Abandoned, a boy and his dog survive in the woods behind his school, attending class.

by Maggie C. Rudd 2023

4.43

1k+ ratings

🎒 Secretly Homeless ❤️ Found Family 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

by James McBride • 2023

Chicken Hill's Black and Jewish neighbors conspire to rescue a deaf boy from a state asylum.

3.91

329k+

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🤲 Found Family ⚖️ Institutional Cruelty

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store Summary

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store 86%

Chicken Hill's Black and Jewish neighbors conspire to rescue a deaf boy from a state asylum.

by James McBride 2023

3.91

329k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🤲 Found Family ⚖️ Institutional Cruelty

Ah, but Your Land Is Beautiful

by Alan Paton • 1981

An Indian student enters a whites-only library, and a nation's conscience trembles.

3.97

581

🇿🇦 Apartheid Era ✊ Civil Disobedience 💔 Interracial Romance

Ah, but Your Land Is Beautiful 86%

An Indian student enters a whites-only library, and a nation's conscience trembles.

by Alan Paton 1981

3.97

581 ratings

🇿🇦 Apartheid Era ✊ Civil Disobedience 💔 Interracial Romance

Biased

by Jennifer L. Eberhardt • 2019

Brains sort. Society stereotypes. Implicit bias shapes split-second decisions with deadly stakes.

4.31

9k+

🧠 Implicit Bias 🧩 Cognitive Bias 🚫 Racial Prejudice

Biased 86%

Brains sort. Society stereotypes. Implicit bias shapes split-second decisions with deadly stakes.

by Jennifer L. Eberhardt 2019

4.31

9k+ ratings

🧠 Implicit Bias 🧩 Cognitive Bias 🚫 Racial Prejudice

Small Great Things

by Jodi Picoult • 2016

Removed from a white newborn's care for being Black, a nurse stands trial for his death.

4.36

444k+

🎯 Wrongful Accusation ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🔗 Systemic Racism

Small Great Things 86%

Removed from a white newborn's care for being Black, a nurse stands trial for his death.

by Jodi Picoult 2016

4.36

444k+ ratings

🎯 Wrongful Accusation ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🔗 Systemic Racism

A Moment of Silence

by Sister Souljah • 2015

Midnight kills a predator to save his sister. In jail, his only weapon is silence.

4.32

2k+

🏙️ Street Justice ⚖️ Legal Drama 🔫 Crime Family

A Moment of Silence 86%

Midnight kills a predator to save his sister. In jail, his only weapon is silence.

by Sister Souljah 2015

4.32

2k+ ratings

🏙️ Street Justice ⚖️ Legal Drama 🔫 Crime Family

The Cay

by Theodore Taylor • 1969

Shipwrecked and blinded, a prejudiced boy must trust an old West Indian sailor to survive.

3.80

39k+

🏝️ Stranded On An Island 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏕️ Survival Skills

The Cay 86%

Shipwrecked and blinded, a prejudiced boy must trust an old West Indian sailor to survive.

by Theodore Taylor 1969

3.80

39k+ ratings

🏝️ Stranded On An Island 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏕️ Survival Skills

Same Kind of Different as Me

by Ron Hall • 2006

An art dealer, a homeless man, and the woman who bound them together. Then cancer came.

4.20

93k+

👥 Dual Memoir ⛪ Faith Testimony 🤝 Interracial Friendship

Same Kind of Different as Me 86%

An art dealer, a homeless man, and the woman who bound them together. Then cancer came.

by Ron Hall 2006

4.20

93k+ ratings

👥 Dual Memoir ⛪ Faith Testimony 🤝 Interracial Friendship

Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love

by Thomas A. Tarrants • 2019

A Klansman went to prison. Books and unlikely friendships made him a minister.

4.37

461

🕊️ Racial Reconciliation 🚪 Leaving Hate Groups ⛓️ Prison Conversion

Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love Summary

Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love 86%

A Klansman went to prison. Books and unlikely friendships made him a minister.

by Thomas A. Tarrants 2019

4.37

461 ratings

🕊️ Racial Reconciliation 🚪 Leaving Hate Groups ⛓️ Prison Conversion

Us Against Them

by Donald R. Kinder • 2009

An instinct to split the world into us and them shapes nearly every American political opinion.

3.97

🧠 Political Psychology 📊 Public Opinion 👥 Intergroup Relations

Us Against Them 86%

An instinct to split the world into us and them shapes nearly every American political opinion.

by Donald R. Kinder 2009

3.97

33 ratings

🧠 Political Psychology 📊 Public Opinion 👥 Intergroup Relations

The Spook Who Sat by the Door

by Sam Greenlee • 1969

A black CIA recruit secretly trains a Chicago street gang to fight a guerrilla war.

4.34

4k+

🔥 Guerrilla Resistance 🎭 Double Life 💔 Friends To Enemies

The Spook Who Sat by the Door 86%

A black CIA recruit secretly trains a Chicago street gang to fight a guerrilla war.

by Sam Greenlee 1969

4.34

4k+ ratings

🔥 Guerrilla Resistance 🎭 Double Life 💔 Friends To Enemies

We Are Not Like Them

by Christine Pride • 2021

A Black journalist's best friend is married to the officer who killed a Black teen.

4.06

53k+

🫂 Female Friendship 🤝 Interracial Friendship 👥 Dual Perspective

We Are Not Like Them 86%

A Black journalist's best friend is married to the officer who killed a Black teen.

by Christine Pride 2021

4.06

53k+ ratings

🫂 Female Friendship 🤝 Interracial Friendship 👥 Dual Perspective

Mudbound

by Hillary Jordan • 2008

A white farm wife and a black war hero cross the Delta's line; the mud swallows secrets and bodies.

4.06

71k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic ⛓️ Jim Crow South 🌾 Sharecropper Life

Mudbound 86%

A white farm wife and a black war hero cross the Delta's line; the mud swallows secrets and bodies.

by Hillary Jordan 2008

4.06

71k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic ⛓️ Jim Crow South 🌾 Sharecropper Life

To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee • 1960

A lawyer defends a Black man in 1930s Alabama, and his daughter sees her town's true face.

4.26

7.0M+

🏚️ Southern Gothic ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 👧 Child Narrator

To Kill a Mockingbird 86%

A lawyer defends a Black man in 1930s Alabama, and his daughter sees her town's true face.

by Harper Lee 1960

4.26

7.0M+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 👧 Child Narrator

Sweet Sixteen

by Annelise Heurtier • 2013

A Black teen integrates an Arkansas high school; a white classmate learns silence has a price.

3.92

1k+

🏫 School Desegregation ✊🏾 Civil Rights Era 🏚️ Jim Crow South

Sweet Sixteen 86%

A Black teen integrates an Arkansas high school; a white classmate learns silence has a price.

by Annelise Heurtier 2013

3.92

1k+ ratings

🏫 School Desegregation ✊🏾 Civil Rights Era 🏚️ Jim Crow South

The War I Finally Won

by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley • 2017

Her clubfoot finally fixed, a wartime orphan faces the harder battle of accepting she is wanted.

4.48

49k+

🫂 Found Family 🐴 Healing Through Horses 🏠 Wwii Home Front

The War I Finally Won 86%

Her clubfoot finally fixed, a wartime orphan faces the harder battle of accepting she is wanted.

by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 2017

4.48

49k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🐴 Healing Through Horses 🏠 Wwii Home Front

Snow Falling on Cedars

by David Guterson • 1994

Amid snow and prejudice, a Japanese American's murder trial hinges on his wife's first love.

3.86

195k+

⚖️ Courtroom Drama ⛩️ Japanese Internment 💔 Forbidden Love

Snow Falling on Cedars 86%

Amid snow and prejudice, a Japanese American's murder trial hinges on his wife's first love.

by David Guterson 1994

3.86

195k+ ratings

⚖️ Courtroom Drama ⛩️ Japanese Internment 💔 Forbidden Love

Sins of My Father

by Kelvin Pierce • 2020

Two orphan girls from Georgia pulled the son of a white supremacist from life of hate.

3.79

🚩 Memoir Of Extremism 💢 White Supremacy 💔 Childhood Trauma

Sins of My Father 86%

Two orphan girls from Georgia pulled the son of a white supremacist from life of hate.

by Kelvin Pierce 2020

3.79

62 ratings

🚩 Memoir Of Extremism 💢 White Supremacy 💔 Childhood Trauma

Sounder

by William H. Armstrong • 1969

A sharecropper's son searches for his arrested father, with a wounded dog as his only guide.

3.97

32k+

🐕 Boy And His Dog 🌾 Sharecropper Life 🏚️ Jim Crow South

Sounder 86%

A sharecropper's son searches for his arrested father, with a wounded dog as his only guide.

by William H. Armstrong 1969

3.97

32k+ ratings

🐕 Boy And His Dog 🌾 Sharecropper Life 🏚️ Jim Crow South

Klan-destine Relationships

by Daryl Davis • 1997

Alone and unarmed, a Black pianist walks into a KKK motel room. The handshake changes everything.

4.20

168

🤝 Race Relations 👻 White Supremacy 🔍 Immersion Journalism

Klan-destine Relationships 86%

Alone and unarmed, a Black pianist walks into a KKK motel room. The handshake changes everything.

by Daryl Davis 1997

4.20

168 ratings

🤝 Race Relations 👻 White Supremacy 🔍 Immersion Journalism

Out of My Mind

by Sharon M. Draper • 2010

Silent and brilliant, Melody finally speaks through a device, but the world still won't listen.

4.34

191k+

🤫 Underestimated Kid ♿ Living With Disability 💔 Toxic Friendship

Out of My Mind 86%

Silent and brilliant, Melody finally speaks through a device, but the world still won't listen.

by Sharon M. Draper 2010

4.34

191k+ ratings

🤫 Underestimated Kid ♿ Living With Disability 💔 Toxic Friendship

The Bronze Bow

by Elizabeth George Speare • 1961

Orphaned by Rome, a Galilean rebel swears vengeance. A carpenter tells him to forgive instead.

4.02

28k+

📖 Biblical Historical Fiction 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Humanizing The Enemy

The Bronze Bow 85%

Orphaned by Rome, a Galilean rebel swears vengeance. A carpenter tells him to forgive instead.

by Elizabeth George Speare 1961

4.02

28k+ ratings

📖 Biblical Historical Fiction 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Humanizing The Enemy

If Beale Street Could Talk

by James Baldwin • 1974

Pregnant, a young Black woman in 1970s Harlem battles to free her falsely accused fiancé.

4.27

84k+

🖤 Black Love Story 🗣️ False Accusation ⛓️ Wrongful Arrest

If Beale Street Could Talk 85%

Pregnant, a young Black woman in 1970s Harlem battles to free her falsely accused fiancé.

by James Baldwin 1974

4.27

84k+ ratings

🖤 Black Love Story 🗣️ False Accusation ⛓️ Wrongful Arrest

Big Mouth and Ugly Girl

by Joyce Carol Oates • 2002

A high school joke turns into a bomb threat accusation, and only one girl believes his innocence.

3.32

6k+

⚖️ False Accusation 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 📰 Media Frenzy

Big Mouth and Ugly Girl 85%

A high school joke turns into a bomb threat accusation, and only one girl believes his innocence.

by Joyce Carol Oates 2002

3.32

6k+ ratings

⚖️ False Accusation 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 📰 Media Frenzy

Sula

by Toni Morrison • 1973

Two girlhood friends in Black Ohio are torn apart when one sleeps with the other's husband.

4.06

127k+

👧🏿 Girlhood Friendship 💔 Friendship Betrayal 🕊️ Returned Outcast

Sula 85%

Two girlhood friends in Black Ohio are torn apart when one sleeps with the other's husband.

by Toni Morrison 1973

4.06

127k+ ratings

👧🏿 Girlhood Friendship 💔 Friendship Betrayal 🕊️ Returned Outcast

Black Brother, Black Brother

by Jewell Parker Rhodes • 2020

Arrested because he's Black, a prep school boy trains to beat the bully captain at fencing.

4.17

8k+

🖤 Colorism 🤺 Fencing 👥 Brotherhood

Black Brother, Black Brother 85%

Arrested because he's Black, a prep school boy trains to beat the bully captain at fencing.

by Jewell Parker Rhodes 2020

4.17

8k+ ratings

🖤 Colorism 🤺 Fencing 👥 Brotherhood

Nice Racism

by Robin DiAngelo • 2021

Progressive white people may be racial justice's biggest obstacle, and niceness is no defense.

3.96

3k+

🤝 White Allyship ✊ Antiracism 👁️ Colorblind Racism

Nice Racism 85%

Progressive white people may be racial justice's biggest obstacle, and niceness is no defense.

by Robin DiAngelo 2021

3.96

3k+ ratings

🤝 White Allyship ✊ Antiracism 👁️ Colorblind Racism

Hitler's American Model

by James Q. Whitman • 2017

The Nuremberg Laws had an American blueprint. Nazi lawyers studied Jim Crow and found their model.

3.91

2k+

📜 Legal History ⚖️ Race And Law 🏛️ Institutional Racism

Hitler's American Model 85%

The Nuremberg Laws had an American blueprint. Nazi lawyers studied Jim Crow and found their model.

by James Q. Whitman 2017

3.91

2k+ ratings

📜 Legal History ⚖️ Race And Law 🏛️ Institutional Racism

Tsotsi

by Athol Fugard • 1979

A Johannesburg gang leader remembers nothing of his past until a shoebox baby wakes his conscience.

3.59

2k+

🇿🇦 South African Literature ⛓️ Apartheid Fiction 👶 Reluctant Caregiver

Tsotsi 85%

A Johannesburg gang leader remembers nothing of his past until a shoebox baby wakes his conscience.

by Athol Fugard 1979

3.59

2k+ ratings

🇿🇦 South African Literature ⛓️ Apartheid Fiction 👶 Reluctant Caregiver

Blindspot

by Mahzarin R. Banaji • 2013

A reaction-time test can reveal biases your conscious mind rejects, and strategies to close the gap.

3.72

7k+

🧠 Cognitive Bias 🎭 Implicit Bias 👥 Social Psychology

Blindspot 85%

A reaction-time test can reveal biases your conscious mind rejects, and strategies to close the gap.

by Mahzarin R. Banaji 2013

3.72

7k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Bias 🎭 Implicit Bias 👥 Social Psychology

The Myth of Equality

by Ken Wytsma • 2017

Racism never left; it learned to hide in plain sight, and churches were complicit.

4.32

892

⚖️ Racial Justice 🔗 Systemic Racism 🧠 Implicit Bias

The Myth of Equality 85%

Racism never left; it learned to hide in plain sight, and churches were complicit.

by Ken Wytsma 2017

4.32

892 ratings

⚖️ Racial Justice 🔗 Systemic Racism 🧠 Implicit Bias

Making a Play

by Abbi Glines • 2019

A deaf girl falls for the Black star receiver. Her racist father will do anything to end it.

3.77

8k+

👂 Deaf Heroine ❤️ Interracial Romance 🏈 Small-Town Football

Making a Play 85%

A deaf girl falls for the Black star receiver. Her racist father will do anything to end it.

by Abbi Glines 2019

3.77

8k+ ratings

👂 Deaf Heroine ❤️ Interracial Romance 🏈 Small-Town Football

The Help

by Kathryn Stockett • 2009

In 1962 Mississippi, a white debutante and two Black maids risk everything to tell the truth.

4.47

3.1M+

🏚️ Jim Crow South 🧹 Domestic Workers 🤝 Cross-Racial Friendship

The Help 85%

In 1962 Mississippi, a white debutante and two Black maids risk everything to tell the truth.

by Kathryn Stockett 2009

4.47

3.1M+ ratings

🏚️ Jim Crow South 🧹 Domestic Workers 🤝 Cross-Racial Friendship

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird

by Christopher Sergel • 1995

In 1930s Alabama, Scout's father defends a Black man, forcing her to see her town's hidden face.

4.51

25k+

🏘️ Small Town South ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 👧 Child Narrator

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird Summary

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird 85%

In 1930s Alabama, Scout's father defends a Black man, forcing her to see her town's hidden face.

by Christopher Sergel 1995

4.51

25k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town South ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 👧 Child Narrator

Jock of the Bushveld

by J. Percy FitzPatrick • 1907

A boy and his runt terrier brave the dangers of the South African bushveld.

4.08

2k+

🐕 Boy And Dog Bond 🌱 Coming Of Age 🌲 Wilderness Survival

Jock of the Bushveld 85%

A boy and his runt terrier brave the dangers of the South African bushveld.

by J. Percy FitzPatrick 1907

4.08

2k+ ratings

🐕 Boy And Dog Bond 🌱 Coming Of Age 🌲 Wilderness Survival

Blended

by Sharon M. Draper • 2018

Between her white mom and Black dad, Isabella searches for the melody that sounds like her.

4.16

20k+

🖤 Biracial Protagonist 📅 Shared Custody 🎹 Piano As Escape

Blended 85%

Between her white mom and Black dad, Isabella searches for the melody that sounds like her.

by Sharon M. Draper 2018

4.16

20k+ ratings

🖤 Biracial Protagonist 📅 Shared Custody 🎹 Piano As Escape

Wild Seed

by Octavia E. Butler • 1980

An immortal body-thief crosses Africa to claim a shapeshifting healer. She refuses to be owned.

4.20

40k+

🧬 Immortal Protagonist 📜 Speculative Historical ⚔️ Enemies To Allies

Wild Seed 85%

An immortal body-thief crosses Africa to claim a shapeshifting healer. She refuses to be owned.

by Octavia E. Butler 1980

4.20

40k+ ratings

🧬 Immortal Protagonist 📜 Speculative Historical ⚔️ Enemies To Allies

The Street

by Ann Petry • 1946

Harlem, 1940s. A single mother rents a room. The super watches. The street waits.

4.27

14k+

🏙️ Social Realism 🖤 Black Womanhood ⛓️ Systemic Racism

The Street 85%

Harlem, 1940s. A single mother rents a room. The super watches. The street waits.

by Ann Petry 1946

4.27

14k+ ratings

🏙️ Social Realism 🖤 Black Womanhood ⛓️ Systemic Racism

Fate of the Argosi

by Sebastien de Castell • 2023

A wanderer's debt draws her to a nightmare prison to free the childhood thief she failed.

4.05

529

🫂 Found Family 💕 Queer Slow Burn 🔥 Persecuted Mages

Fate of the Argosi 85%

A wanderer's debt draws her to a nightmare prison to free the childhood thief she failed.

by Sebastien de Castell 2023

4.05

529 ratings

🫂 Found Family 💕 Queer Slow Burn 🔥 Persecuted Mages

The Skin I'm In

by Sharon G. Flake • 2000

Bullied for dark skin, Maleeka hides in borrowed clothes. A scarred teacher challenges the mirror.

4.16

17k+

🎨 Colorism 💔 Toxic Friendship 📚 Mentor Teacher

The Skin I'm In 85%

Bullied for dark skin, Maleeka hides in borrowed clothes. A scarred teacher challenges the mirror.

by Sharon G. Flake 2000

4.16

17k+ ratings

🎨 Colorism 💔 Toxic Friendship 📚 Mentor Teacher

Black Like Me

by John Howard Griffin • 2003

A white journalist crossed the color line in 1959. The South stripped him of innocence.

4.11

70k+

🎭 Racial Passing 🏚️ Jim Crow South 📝 Participatory Journalism

Black Like Me 85%

A white journalist crossed the color line in 1959. The South stripped him of innocence.

by John Howard Griffin 2003

4.11

70k+ ratings

🎭 Racial Passing 🏚️ Jim Crow South 📝 Participatory Journalism

Number the Stars

by Lois Lowry • 1989

When Nazis target Jews in Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie hides her Jewish friend to save her.

4.20

626k+

🕯️ Holocaust Resistance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👭 Wartime Friendship

Number the Stars 85%

When Nazis target Jews in Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie hides her Jewish friend to save her.

by Lois Lowry 1989

4.20

626k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Resistance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👭 Wartime Friendship

Kin

by Tayari Jones • 2026

One cradle, two motherless Black girls. Jim Crow Louisiana permits only one to rise.

4.24

51k+

🎭 Respectability Politics 💔 Motherless Daughters 🌈 Queer Awakening

Kin 85%

One cradle, two motherless Black girls. Jim Crow Louisiana permits only one to rise.

by Tayari Jones 2026

4.24

51k+ ratings

🎭 Respectability Politics 💔 Motherless Daughters 🌈 Queer Awakening

Racial Innocence

by Tanya Katerí Hernández • 2022

Latinos claim immunity from racism. The evidence on housing, jobs, and violence shows otherwise.

4.32

332

🖤 Anti-Blackness 🎨 Colorism 📚 Critical Race Theory

Racial Innocence 85%

Latinos claim immunity from racism. The evidence on housing, jobs, and violence shows otherwise.

by Tanya Katerí Hernández 2022

4.32

332 ratings

🖤 Anti-Blackness 🎨 Colorism 📚 Critical Race Theory

The White Man's Burden

by Winthrop D. Jordan • 1974

Before cotton, before ideology, cultural disgust and sexual fear set American slavery in motion.

3.89

186

🇺🇸 American Racism ⛓️ History Of Slavery 🔬 Scientific Racism

The White Man's Burden 85%

Before cotton, before ideology, cultural disgust and sexual fear set American slavery in motion.

by Winthrop D. Jordan 1974

3.89

186 ratings

🇺🇸 American Racism ⛓️ History Of Slavery 🔬 Scientific Racism

Now Is the Hour

by Tom Spanbauer • 2006

A queer farm boy in 1960s Idaho hunts for one color worth believing in.

4.14

1k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🤲 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Love

Now Is the Hour 85%

A queer farm boy in 1960s Idaho hunts for one color worth believing in.

by Tom Spanbauer 2006

4.14

1k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🤲 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Love

The Sideways Life of Denny Voss

by Holly Kennedy • 2025

A neurodivergent man's sled of guns crashes, landing him in jail for a yogurt tycoon's murder.

4.57

22k+

🧠 Neurodivergent Lead 🔒 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

The Sideways Life of Denny Voss 85%

A neurodivergent man's sled of guns crashes, landing him in jail for a yogurt tycoon's murder.

by Holly Kennedy 2025

4.57

22k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Lead 🔒 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

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