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The final book in Maureen Johnson's young adult Truly Devious trilogy wraps up the story nicely, but Maureen Johnson also wrote the young adults Shades of London series, which is based on Jack the Ripper's

literary mystery set in the Pacific Northwest; and Good Girl, Bad Blood, Holly Jackson's sequel to the young adult mystery The Good Girl's Guide to Murder, which again features the fantastic main character of investing into logging a corner of the forest--and he does so without mentioning his move to his wife or young In Holly Jackson's sequel to the wonderful young adult mystery A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Pip has

tale of a fantasy novel, particularly the vivid magical realism, Shiori's strength and abilities, and young In this young adult novel, the first in a magical fairy tale duology from Elizabeth Lim, main protagonist The detailed magical realism is vivid and I was in for all of it, and I found the hints at young love

For the sake of variety, I've included a book each from these genres: faith-focused science fiction, young adult LGBTQ+ fiction, memoir, contemporary fiction, historical fiction, and nonfiction. adult LGBTQ+ love story by Christina Lauren (the pen name for the writing team Christina Hobbs and Lauren The characters in Autoboyography are thoughtful and young and funny and defiant but good, and they make This is fantastic contemporary young adult fiction.

Young adult Maddie's life in London is exhausting. The issues of race and of young-woman Maddie making her way in the world in London in Maame reminded

I loved this smart, funny young adult book complete with Chinese folklore, a rock-solid friendship, creative I loved this smart, funny young adult book--the first in a series--complete with Chinese folklore, a For a different (not young adult) book I also loved, which centers around superheroes, loyalty, revenge

pirate--ruthless, scandalous, and invincible--who has dropped out of sight and settled down to raise her young Amina soon finds herself entangled in a dangerous ocean quest to rescue a young woman, while fighting adult fantasy series, but what hooked me was the fearless, hardened, fiercely loyal, savvy, and crafty In Alexandra Bracken's young adult novel Silver in the Bone, sorceresses and dark magical beings populate I loved the father-daughter bond, and Opal is a wonderfully quirky, self-possessed young person.

Solomon offers a sweet, romantic young adult story with emotions that feel authentic; the book showcases Solomon's young adult novel feels authentically set in high school, yet offers appeal for anyone who

with offbeat children's performances on a lazy, decadent English estate in the 1920s and builds to the young-adulthood pages, and the story sweeps through time from the 1920s malaise of the children and the excess of the adults ongoing series of lavish dinner parties, hangovers, persistent hangers-on, and malaise occurring for the adults I loved reading as the children come into themselves--in fits and starts--as young adults, and I came Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher Lex Croucher's queer medieval rom-com--the author's debut young-adult

John Green is the author of the young adult novels An Abundance of Katherines, Turtles All the Way Down

I didn't realize until recently that the author is brothers with the prolific and talented young adult

In Claire Keegan's slim novel Foster, a young girl in Ireland is taken by her unreliable, frequently adult book. Lynn Painter's adorable young adult rom-com Better Than the Movies is about Liz Buxbaum, a fabulously adult romantic comedy. Young adult Maddie's life in London is exhausting.

Bohjalian's Hour of the Witch takes place in 1662 Boston, where strong-willed women like main protagonist young I loved that Novik began putting more of the school's fate in the hands of her young characters--and Magical Fairy Tales Grown-Ups Will Love. 06 The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin Small moments in this young adult book ring true, and the story feels primarily about relationships, set against a witchy background In the world of Griffin's young adult fantasy novel The Nature of Witches, witches control the weather

In Ann Patchett's newest novel, Tom Lake, Lara's three young-adult daughters reunite at the family's characters seem affected by the truths that emerge in Lara's telling about Lara herself, Duke, her young

In Blanchet's young adult fantasy debut, Herrick's End, Ollie's only friend Gwen has disappeared.

Young adult Maddie's life in London is exhausting.

Ireland; the science fiction story Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir, the author of The Martian; and a young adult fantasy, The Last Legacy, which is the third in the Fable trilogy by author Adrienne Young. 01 My Heart Went Walking: An Irish Tale of Love, Loss, and Redemption by Sally Hanan Young Una has only another story of hope, resilience, wonder, and discovery. 03 The Last Legacy (Fable #3) by Adrienne Young This is the third book in Adrienne Young's Fable series.

Rule of Wolves is the second and final book in Bardugo's young adult fantasy King of Scars duology. (I mentioned the author's Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series, and I adored her Six of Crows duology even more.) Nina lives out a secret identity as a meek and mild young woman in Fjerda while attempting to uncover stories that the characters in the Grishaverse might have heard as children; and Ninth House, a book for adults

Ninth House, a book for adults whose story line is not connected to the Grishaverse, is the first in I mentioned Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series. In order to keep her husband, young daughters, and partner safe, Elise may have to keep some crucial

01 Fable by Adrienne Young There's a freckle-faced young lady staring unflinchingly at the reader from the striking cover of Adrienne Young's young adult fantasy book (with a pirate ship reflected in her After a terrible storm that took her mother's life, young Fable was abandoned by her father, who's a of Young's imagined world. I haven't read a young adult fantasy book lately, and Fable is getting great reviews (Reese Witherspoon

You may see much of this young adult story coming, but Warcross is an action-packed quest to right wrongs Emika Chen is an orphaned young woman in a futuristic New York City. I've been putting Marie Lu series (Legend, The Young Elites, and Warcross) into my son's hands for years

Rachel Hartman's young adult story follows irresistible, hardheaded, wonderfully faulted Tess as she In Hartman's Tess of the Road, Tess doesn't fit the mold of an obedient, quiet young woman in her medieval let's just say that this time Tess has really taken things too far for fine society, and she's not a young desperate for adventure; she is pushing at the edge of the disappointingly limited possibilities for young The story zigzags in an appealing way through phases of Tess's young explorations.

full review of this book, please see The Sparrow. 02 Autoboyography by Christina Lauren I adored this young adult LGBTQ+ love story by Christina Lauren (the pen name for the writing team Christina Hobbs and Lauren The characters in Autoboyography are thoughtful and young and funny and defiant but good, and they make This is fantastic contemporary young adult fiction.

In Ann Liang's young adult rom-com This Time It's Real, when seventeen-year-old Eliza's class essay about young love goes viral, it leads to the offer of a competitive internship and soaring popularity at her Some of the small moments didn't feel real to me, and the story felt like it was young adult--which I Living in a grown-up's house, holding down a job, having an adult life.

She's asked to play the role of maid to an unassuming, wealthy young woman in a dastardly plot to take Montague; an unorthodox woman with an open mind and brave disposition, Theodora; a young woman who has Sager has crafted a compelling Gothic suspense story in which we're along for the ride as Maggie, a young adult fantasy-mystery. But the great young adult fantasy elements are all in place here: magic, healing, a defiant main protagonist

For my full review, see The Huntress. 03 Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein In Wein's young adult historical The plane's young pilot and its passenger are best friends, but only one of the girls survives. worth a slot on your to-read list. 05 Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin This is the first book in Graudin's young adult duology (the second, Blood by Blood, is also great). Yael, a tough young woman who escaped from a concentration camp, has been training as a spy for years

I listed the Queen's Thief series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series,

This is Hargrave's first book for adults, but she has several other young adult and children's books

McManus's great, character-driven sequel to her young adult mystery One of Us Is Lying; and The Great 01 Namesake by Adrienne Young Namesake is the second and, sadly, final book in Young's duology about a wonderfully strong, ruthless, clever young seafaring woman. The author is brothers with the prolific and talented young adult author John Green, and the two also McManus Last year, in McManus's great young adult mystery One of Us Is Lying, the Bayview Four cut through

01 Vengeance Road I loved this young adult Western, and not just because of its amazing cover. Kate is a tough young woman posing as a male cowboy. Nash, a wealthy young widow. This is the first book in Rae Carson's young adult Gold Seer trilogy set in Gold Rush-era America; the Carson is also the author of the Fire and Thorns series, four young adult fantasy books plus related

This is the second in Schwab's first series for adults, Villains. I very much enjoyed Schwab's young adult Shades of Magic series; the first title is A Darker Shade of

Rachel Lynn Solomon's young adult novel Today Tonight Tomorrow feels like a smart, sweet read to start Jane is a young woman who is new to Birmingham, Alabama. Two of the neighborhood's cherished young wives, longtime best friends, died months earlier in a boating Tonight Tomorrow, my book club's first title of the year, and I do like the idea easing into 2021 with a young adult nemeses-fall-in-love premise.

This book brought to mind another young adult dystopian book in which the power of young women is brought

Pulley's The Kingdoms, which involves historical fiction and time travel; I'm listening to Marie Lu's young adult science fiction book Warcross, the first in the series, which centers around an unlikely futuristic The Kingdoms is her second book. 02 Warcross by Marie Lu Emika Chen is an orphaned young woman in a futuristic

Sherry Thomas also writes young adult fantasy books as well as historical romances.

I was distracted by the ultra-dramatic young-adult teen angst and sometimes-clumsy dialogue, yet the

In the world of Laura Maylene Walter's just-published young adult novel Body of Stars, the patterns of felt extremely invasive and intrusive, especially when the boys and men felt entitled to examine the young Body of Stars reminded me in some ways of The Power because of the young women's influence over society

NetGalley and Regal House Publishing. 02 Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves by Meg Long In Meg Long's debut young adult novel Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, young Sena has lost both of her mothers to the brutal sled

Black's Folk of the Air trilogy (I mentioned the series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series).

Next Read involve answering a few questions about your tolerance for violence, rough language, and adult Three other titles suggested to me as promising adult and young adult science fiction, fantasy, and dystopian

zany hijinks, and redemption; Beyond That the Sea, historical fiction set during World War II about a young girl balancing two worlds and families; Boys I Know, Anna Gracia's debut, young adult fiction about a wonderful young protagonist navigating sexuality, others' expectations, and shaping her own future; Decades later, Prudence's dark past threatens to upend her peaceful, if uneventful, adult life. Click here for my full review of Beyond That, the Sea. 03 Boys I Know by Anna Gracia Gracia's young adult

I love a Gold Rush story, a young adult story, a story about brave young women meeting challenges.

This young adult science fiction story has an irresistible premise: teenaged Romy is the sole survivor But then Romy gets word that another ship has launched from earth, with a young man called J as the pilot

determination to keep her heart closed might be shaken--along with everything else around which she's built her young adult life.

teammate and crush Ryan (who did become an Olympic champion) talks her into helping him coach Hallie, a young I mentioned this book (along with the epic science fiction/fantasy To Sleep in a Sea of Stars and a young adult historical fiction story set during the Gold Rush, How Much of These Hills Is Gold) in the Greedy

musician's memoir, Roaring Twenties-set historical fiction, postapocalyptic fiction, and the newest in a young adult mystery series. The Box in the Woods is another smart, funny, intriguing young adult mystery from Maureen Johnson. (And Nate might even be writing again, if his irritating young superfan camper Lucas has anything to

I mentioned this book (along with the new mystery The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins and the young adult

Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon Rachel Lynn Solomon crafts another sweet, quirky, funny, romantic young adult story that plays with time and is centered around irresistibly imperfect characters. This is a charming, irresistible young adult story about superheroes, villains, a crushing premed course It's incredible to see her healthy, vital, young dad.

about coping with chronic illness; a twisty mystery in which people aren't always what they seem; and a young adult mystery with heart, the second in a series.

Eastern Europe at the cruel end of World War II; and Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, Meg Long's debut young adult science fiction about a wolf and a gritty young woman's desperate journey across a frozen planet Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series, young adult science fiction novel about tough young Sena, her skittish fighting wolf Iska, and their desperate In Meg Long's Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, young Sena has lost both of her mothers to the brutal