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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.

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

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Down Comes the Night, a young adult fantasy story featuring magical 01 Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft I love the setup of Saft's romantic young adult fantasy novel

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

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

lightfiction, #heartwarming, #booksaboutbooks 03 A Good Girl's Guide to Murder ​ It's been years since a local young Is this kind of a young adult fiction version of the Serial podcast? I'm really hoping so. I recently mentioned this book in the Greedy Reading List Six Newish Young Adult Mysteries I Want to This one went straight to the top of my young adult mystery reading list.

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

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

Maas's popular young adult fantasy about the collision of faeries and humans, the first in a series; Maas I resisted reading this young adult fantasy for a long while. I liked the brave young female protagonist in Maas's book Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass #1), but I In A Court of Thorns and Roses, the first of five books in Maas's series of the same name, young Feyre She's asked to play the role of a maid to an unassuming, wealthy young woman and play a key part in a

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

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

This young adult science fiction story has been on my list for a while because of its irresistible premise I'm liking this mix: young adult space science fiction story, dystopian fantasy series prequel, and character-driven

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.

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

This title was listed in the Greedy Reading List Six Newish Young Adult Mysteries I Want to Read. 03 I'm alternating between a fictionalized celebrity story with heart; a young adult mystery with a nerdy

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

This is the epitome of glorious young adult fantasy, but the book is truly character driven. In Other Lands is the epitome of glorious young adult fantasy—there’s a portal; there are mermaids, elves , harpies, trolls, and all the rest; there’s a school to train up promising young teens; and there are

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Until his eleventh life, when a young girl arrives at his deathbed. Side note: Claire North is a pen name for Catherine Webb, a young-adult author who wrote her first book But during her next go-round, she survived being born--only to die young in an accident.

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

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

Knoll's novel was inspired by real events; Bright Young Women  traces a serial killer targeting young Jessica Knoll's novel Bright Young Women  is inspired by real-life events: the targeting of a sorority I read Bright Young Women  for my book club. For my full review, check out Bright Young Women . 03 Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera Listen for the Emiko Jean is also the author of the great young adult stories Tokyo Ever After  and Tokyo Dreaming  

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

But she catches the eye of the well-known young military advisor Fanli, and as she becomes trained in 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

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

A successful young-adult author, shy Helen is excited to be part of the adaptation of her work into a

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.

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

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

memoir from a larger-than-life performer; a comedian's funny memoir; a fast-paced WWII-set mystery for young out of a writing collaboration; and historical fiction with a touch of magical realism about a brave young In 1840 in London, young Arthur lives near the sewage-filled River Thames, desperate to escape poverty girl to a young adult facing missteps and disappointment, through her unlikely journey to stand-up, here , and you can also check out my review of Kate Quinn's great codebreaking historical fiction for adults

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

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 novel was inspired by real events; Bright Young Women  traces a serial killer targeting young women Jessica Knoll's novel Bright Young Women  is inspired by real-life events: the targeting of a sorority I read Bright Young Women  for my book club.