adult stretching her wings despite her limits--her mother's alcoholism, her father's death, and her Cushla is a young teacher (who also fills in at the family pub) living through growing violence outside Along with their ill, bedridden mother, young-adult sisters Sam and Elena struggle to get by on an island In Anna Quindlen's novel After Annie , the abrupt death of the titular young mother--which occurs in Cyrus Shams is an orphaned young adult, the child of Iranian immigrants, and a recovering addict and

Tilly is a young adult still reeling from the death of her beloved husband Joe, and she's hoping that While the young widow fights to get her footing back, she thinks back on her relationship with Joe, who

01 This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page Tilly is a young adult still reeling from the death of In this third novel in French's series, the community reels over the disappearance of a local young woman

In Kristy Boyce's young-adult charmer, high schoolers Riley and Nathan, coworkers who have nothing in

Kennedy writes poignantly about the Irish Troubles through the point of view of Cushla, a young adult Cushla is a young teacher (who also fills in at the family pub) living through growing violence outside

In John Green's nonfiction book Everything Is Tuberculosis , he tells his story of befriending a young Anthropocene Reviewed  (which was one of my six favorite nonfiction reads  the year I read it) as well as the young adult novels An Abundance of Katherines, Turtles All the Way Down, The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for

By tracking back to her youth and young-adult years and alternating with scenes from more recent life

We meet two main protagonists: independent young adult Birdie, who travels from her rural hometown to Oxford to beg her socialite, newly married sister for financial assistance for the family; and young

When a local young man dies suddenly, Rocky and her young-adult daughter Willa, temporarily living at

She's young and hungry--and thrilled that she's about to get her first really big client. Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher Lex Croucher's queer medieval rom-com--the author's debut young-adult became pregnant by (and married) her beloved high school sweetheart--and after Jo moved in with the young adult rom-com pits high school nemeses against each other: one relentless perfectionist and people-pleaser This young adult story is sweet and fun; the pacing often feels somewhat slapstick and frantic--as is

revisits characters and places from her Folk of the Air trilogy; and I'm reading the upcoming (January 9) young adult rom-com Dungeons and Drama, about a young woman with Broadway aspirations and the nerdy game store of Nothing; I mentioned the Folk of the Air trilogy in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series. 03 Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce Riley wants to bring back her school's spring musical

reading the newest book by Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy, to be published April 4; I'm reading a young adult fantasy novel of Arthurian legend, Silver in the Bone, by Alexandra Bracken, also scheduled for Comedy will be published April 4. 02 Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken In Alexandra Bracken's young adult novel Silver in the Bone, sorceresses and dark magical beings populate the underground beneath prepublication edition of this book courtesy of NetGalley, Random House Children's, and Knopf Books for Young

by Lauren Grodstein; and I'm listening to How to End a Love Story, a story by Yulin Kuang about two young adults whose paths cross years after being tied together by a tragic death. Now a successful young-adult author, shy Helen is excited to be part of the adaptation of her work into

Samantha Markum's young adult novel is set in a small town in the Florida Keys, with plenty of teen angst I received an electronic version of this young adult title courtesy of NetGalley and St.

The Ex Talk , and Today, Tonight, Tomorrow . 05 Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter I LOVED this young adult book. Lynn Painter's adorable young adult rom-com Better Than the Movies is about Liz Buxbaum, a fabulously the growth, the banter, the heartbreaking, heartwarming growth, the fun--this is basically a perfect young adult romantic comedy.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Amy Harmon's Revolutionary War-set historical fiction about a young Holes's nonfiction book Unmasked, about his career solving cold cases; and I'm reading Samantha Markum's young adult You Wouldn't Dare, about summer turmoil, young love, and betrayal, to be published March 28. When her father disappears, abandoning the family, young Deborah is sent to serve as an indentured servant I received an electronic version of this young adult title, scheduled for publication March 28, courtesy

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm currently reading three fantasy titles: one young adult novel to be published I'm reading Spells for Forgetting, the newest young adult novel from Adrienne Young, author of Fable and Namesake; I'm reading In the Serpent's Wake, the second in the great young adult Tess of the Road 01 Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young When Emery Blackwood's best friend was killed and Emery's Click here to check out my reviews of Young's books Fable and Namesake (a duology) as well as The Last

Comedian Leanne Morgan's memoir traces her path from an attention-seeking, beloved young girl to a young adult facing missteps and disappointment, through her unlikely journey to stand-up, to the embracing

ICYMI: The second in Johnson's young adult mystery series offers growing friendships, determined sleuthing , and young detectives' inspiration and instincts. Johnson also wrote the young adult Shades of London series, which is based on Jack the Ripper's crimes

remember the joy of the past and accept the beauty in the present with her aging parents and her growing young-adult

different lives in two eras and forced to choose; and I'm reading The Box in the Woods, a stand-alone young adult mystery from Maureen Johnson that features smart, determined Stevie Bell from the Truly Devious Train by Amita Parikh In Amita Parikh's upcoming (to be published December 6) novel The Circus Train, a young adult mystery from Maureen Johnson. Maureen Johnson also wrote the young adult Shades of London series, which is based on Jack the Ripper's

Kingdom, the first in Tahereh Mafi's series inspired by Persian mythology; and I'm reading Erin Stewart's young adult novel The Words We Keep. Threads, is scheduled for publication next month. 03 The Words We Keep by Erin Stewart In Erin Stewart's young adult novel The Words We Keep, Lily has been trying to hold it all together since walking in on her

Emiko Jean's young adult light fiction is delightful, youthful, sometimes wonderfully silly, and heartwarming Emiko Jean's young adult light fiction Tokyo Ever After is the story of Izumi (Izzy) Tanaka, an everyday For other great young adult books, you might try the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Fantastic Stand-Alone Young Adult Books. And for young adult royal stories, try Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series.

self-obsessed and sloppy, and he's allowed himself to become distant from his only living daughter, now a young adult who's drifting in her life. But before he can set out for Arizona to try to win back his young love, his estranged brother dies,

historical fiction story with magical elements; I'm reading the wonderful Ann Liang's soon-to-be-published young adult rom-com, I Hope This Doesn't Find You; and I'm listening to a historical fiction mystery based , Del Rey. 02 I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang I fell in love with Ann Liang's fake-dating young adult novel This Time It's Real, read it in one rainy afternoon, and included it in my Greedy Reading

adult rom-com about fake relationships, allowing vulnerability, and living as your true self; and Silver in the Bone, the first in Alexandra Bracken's young adult fantasy series of the same name, which offers In Ann Liang's young adult rom-com This Time It's Real, when seventeen-year-old Eliza's class essay about 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

Nina's young-adult daughter Ash thinks Nick might be too smooth, and the timing of his entrance into

Next Read involve answering a few questions about your tolerance for violence, rough language, and adult (Note that there is also a Find Your Next Read request form for Young Readers and Teens.) Three other titles suggested to me as promising adult and young adult science fiction, fantasy, and dystopian

The Box in the Woods is another smart, funny, intriguing young adult mystery from Maureen Johnson. Stevie is recruited by a young entrepreneur with a passion for true-crime podcasts to revisit a murder (And Nate might even be writing again, if his irritating young superfan camper Lucas has anything to Maureen Johnson also wrote the young adult Shades of London series, which is based on Jack the Ripper's

This is the author's debut novel. 03 Seascraper by Benjamin Wood Young adult Thomas Flett lives a quiet He lives with his overbearing mother, who had him when she was quite young and has never revealed much

Emily Henry's Happy Place, scheduled for release April 25; and I'm reading the first in Tracy Deonn's young adult fantasy series, Legendborn. Legendborn is the first in Tracy Deonn's young adult Legendborn Cycle series.

Return of Ellie Black , Detective Chelsey Calhoun is shocked by the reappearance of Ellie Black, a young While Chelsey struggles to be patient with the young woman who is coping with layers of trauma, she realizes Emiko Jean is also the author of the great young adult stories Tokyo Ever After and Tokyo Dreaming

Before he can set out for Arizona to try to win back his young love, his estranged brother dies, and Green In John Green's nonfiction book Everything Is Tuberculosis , he tells his story of befriending a young Anthropocene Reviewed (which was one of my six favorite nonfiction reads the year I read it) as well as the young adult novels An Abundance of Katherines, Turtles All the Way Down, The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for

it's 1930 in the Kentucky Appalachians, and Amanda Rye is a traveling packhorse librarian, a widowed young The MacInteers--tough yet tender mother Rai, her clever daughter Sass, playful young adult Finn, and

Rachel Lynn Solomon crafts another sweet, quirky, funny, romantic young adult story that plays with time and irresistible premises that play with time, as in her Groundhog Day -type setup for this romantic young adult story. Solomon is also the author of The Ex Talk, Weather Girl, and the wonderful young adult Today Tonight prepublication digital edition of this book (published last week) courtesy of Simon & Schuster Books for Young

The sequel to Long's young adult fantasy/science fiction debut Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves takes Long's first novel was Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, a science fiction novel about Sena, a tough young Years earlier, Remy failed to protect her young charge, and now she's determined to locate the grown-up young woman and secure her safety. You might like other young adult books I've reviewed on the site; you can check them out here.

But Nina's young-adult daughter Ash thinks Nick might be too smooth, and the timing of his entrance into

Nothing; I mentioned the great Folk of the Air trilogy in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series.

She's struggling both emotionally and financially as she tries to support her two young children. One of my favorite elements is how Finlay, a mom of two very young children, is absolutely irresistible Cosimano is also the author of the young adult mystery series Nearly Gone, the young adult fantasy series Seasons of the Storm, and the young adult books Holding Smoke and The Suffering Tree.

In Skyhunter, the first book in Marie Lu's young adult Skyhunter duology, Lu offered complex motivations In Blanchet's young adult fantasy debut, Herrick's End, Ollie's only friend Gwen has disappeared. In this young adult novel, the first in a magical fairy tale duology from Elizabeth Lim, main protagonist adult story follows irresistible, hardheaded, wonderfully faulted Tess as she breaks from rigid medieval powers (yet maintains her new, successful career as a children's author--with promise of becoming an adult

Summers's young adult fiction begins with a fascinating premise--sisters are torn apart by tragedy and My book club recently read this suspenseful young adult book by Courtney Summers. In The Project, Lo and Bea are young sisters whose parents die in a car accident. In a classic Mom-Reads-a-Young-Adult-Book disconnect, I found myself repeatedly distracted by Lo's jarringly Summers is also the author of Sadie, Some Girls Are, This Is Not a Test, and other young adult books.

01 Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter I LOVED this young adult book. Lynn Painter's adorable young adult rom-com Better Than the Movies is about Liz Buxbaum, a fabulously the growth, the banter, the heartbreaking, heartwarming growth, the fun--this is basically a perfect young adult romantic comedy. In Ann Liang's young adult rom-com This Time It's Real, when seventeen-year-old Eliza's class essay about

Young adult Emeline lives a largely solitary life as a Minor Defect. Yet she is also drawn to Hal, a mischievous young man who is far from part of the Elite and who makes

I was taken with the main characters of the past storyline here: a young boy at a children's home and Almost thirty years ago, Dennis, a young boy from a children's home, washed away in the rough waves of Now his sister Amanda, a young adult who first learned of Dennis while researching her birth mother,

In Marie Lu's young adult dystopian series starter Legend, the Republic and Colonies war with each other , a plague separates the haves from the have-nots, and young people fighting to find out the truth might In Marie Lu's young adult Legend, the first in the dystopian series of the same name, the west of the Lu is the author of multiple young adult series (Legend, Warcross, The Young Elites, and Skyhunter) as well as the stand-alone adult novel The Kingdom of Back.

The first in the series sets up a strong young Black heroine who bucks tradition as she explores her Legendborn, with its Arthurian references, during the same period I was reading another (very different) young adult book with references to Arthur and his court, Silver in the Bone. independent network of magic, inheritance, bucking expectations, and pending danger for her strong young Legendborn is the first in Tracy Deonn's young adult Legendborn Cycle series.

For one mindboggling year when they're young adults, the sisters reach the heights of fame as the pop

In the second book in Emiko Jean's fun young adult series, princess Izzy balances pressures, privilege In Emiko Jean's young adult story Tokyo Ever After, we met Izumi (Izzy) Tanaka, an everyday, average The biggest news is that her parents--once young star-crossed lovers, now mature grown-ups ready to build

It often felt like a young-adult story because of the significant focus on young Peanut and her own challenges

In Elizabeth Wein's young adult historical fiction novel, it's 1943, and a British spy plane has crashed The plane's young pilot and its passenger are best friends, but only one of the girls survives. Wolf by Wolf is the first book in Graudin's young adult duology (the second, Blood by Blood , is also Yael, a tough young woman who escaped from a concentration camp, has been training as a spy for years