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Hey guys! So I'm looking for recommendations for good books -- any genre. However, I definitely have a preference for YA contemporary, dystopian, and fantasy. I put my list of favorite books (in no particular order) below, in case anyone wants to check them out!

• Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
  Feed by Mira Grant
  The Anna Dressed In Blood series by Kendare Blake
  The Lumatere Chronicles by Melina Marchetta
  The Soul Eaters series by Eliza Crewe
  Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
  Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier
  The Sound of Us by Julie Hammerle
  Voices in the Ocean by Susan Casey
  Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley
  The If I Stay duology by Gayle Forman
  Phantom Limbs by Paula Garner
  The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
  More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
  The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
  Tangled by Emma Chase
  On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
  The Unwind series by Neal Shusterman
  Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
  Angelfall by Susan Ee
  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
  The Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy by Laini Taylor
  The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
  To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
  We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
  Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
  Ender's Saga (the first four Ender books) by Orson Scott Card
  An Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa Tahir
  Puddle Jumping by Amber L. Johnson
  When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
  Wonder by R. J. Palacio
  The Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling
  Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
  The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Thanks for any recommendations! I really appreciate it

Ruta Sepetys is not a contemporary YA writer but her books are very good:
Out of the Easy
Salt to the Sea
Between Shades of Gray



Here are some I enjoyed in the past 2 years or so:

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
The Disappearing Girl by Heather Topham Wood
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #1) by Michelle Hodkin
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Garden Spells (Waverley Family #1) by Sarah Addison Allen
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass
Wonder (Wonder #1) by R.J. Palacio
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
Gossamer by Lois Lowry(and The Giver series)
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Bound by Guilt (Thicker Than Blood #2) by C.J. Darlington




Also check tho thread:
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Ooh, thanks so much for the recs! And I totally forgot to mention that I loved The Perks of Being a Wallflower as well. Amazing!

FangirlAhead wrote:Ooh, thanks so much for the recs! And I totally forgot to mention that I loved The Perks of Being a Wallflower as well. Amazing!

You're welcome. Enjoy.


What are you making in your picture? I love power tools, lol.

A great tool for finding new books is NoveList. Check with your local library to see if they offer it as a digital resource. You can find read-alikes based on titles or authors that you like. You can also search by genre, sub-genre, and a slew of other ways. I use it all the time with patrons.

ylisa7 wrote:
What are you making in your picture? I love power tools, lol.

I was making a birdhouse! It was a summer project thing, and it turned out surprisingly well. What experience do you have with power tools?

MadLibraryScientist wrote:A great tool for finding new books is NoveList. Check with your local library to see if they offer it as a digital resource. You can find read-alikes based on titles or authors that you like. You can also search by genre, sub-genre, and a slew of other ways. I use it all the time with patrons.

Hm, I'll definitely check it out. Thanks for the info MadLibraryScientist!

Definitely recommending Sarah Dessen if you love YA contemporary. She writes teenage girls so well, and her books are true to life and very thoughtful.

And if you like dystopia, I second the rec of the Giver series by Louis Lowry. The first books is called "The Giver." And though it's an older book, I also recommend a standalone called Invitation to the Game. Older but good.

Diane Duane writes a Young Wizards series that, while not dystopian, has some of the aspects of that genre. The first book is called So You Want to be a Wizard.

New book, a must read by Josh Hanagarne, The Dreams of John Weaver. Available on Amazon

The Giver is an excellent psychological/sci fi book by Paulo Coelho! I also recommend 1984 by George Orwell, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, A Wind in the Door by Madeline L'Engel, and Animal Farm by George Orwell!

Fantasy books are my absolute favourites, so here's a few that I've read the past year or two and really enjoyed.

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (beautiful writing, very original plot)
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (Pretty long, but an amazing read. Try Elantris-by the same author-if you're looking for something shorter and want to get to know his writing style)
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

Happy reading!

I just finished When Breath Becomes Air. I almost gave up because there was so much medical jargon in the beginning. I'm so glad I held out. I began to pray for a different ending and cried like I'd lost a family member in the end. The heart wrenching struggles Paul and Lucy experience are realistic. If faced with a similar situation, I don't know I could be so brave. God bless his wife, daughter, parents, and siblings. He definitely left a legacy. I gave it 4 out of 4 stars.

I liked both
2136 and Amber skies by matthew thrush book 1 & 2 in the trilogy (3 is not out yet) it's a dystopian apocalyptic series

The legend on zero series by Sara King sci-fi outer space lots of aliens

Those kept me going for a couple weeks Hope you enjoy if you haven't already read them

I would also recommend Sarah Dressen. Have you tried Alice Sebold? Her books are good too.

If you like Peter Nimble, I would recommend “The Night Gardner,” by Jonathan Auxier, and “Splendors and Glooms,” by Laura Amy Schlitz:)