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Yesterday by Rebecca 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. Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle Rebecca Serle's love letter to Italy plays with time to allow a grieving young is a perfectly imperfect heroine and things aren't entirely what they seem in Roth's first novel for adults

Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series, young 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

Especially during Pandemic Times, one of the genres I find myself gravitating toward listening to is young adult fantasy. It felt like a middle-grade novel to me, but it's marketed as a book for adults. threatened); and the themes of acceptance and the clarity of their presentation feel appropriate for young

01 Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves by Meg Long I was hooked by Meg Long's debut young adult science fiction novel about tough young Sena, her skittish fighting wolf Iska, and their desperate journey across the In Meg Long's Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, young Sena has lost both of her mothers to the brutal But the young woman he has found may have died of an ancient virus, and thawing the body for study could

Veronica is a curious young Victorian-era lady with progressive ideas, and I adore how matter-of-factly A hundred and fifty years later, a young archivist, Elodie Winslow, is drawn to the long-ago mystery. Jackaby is the first in the young adult supernatural mystery series of the same name, and in it, author Ji Lin is a young girl who would have dreamed of becoming a doctor if society would have allowed it, There's magical realism at the heart of this book, and Choo also examines colonialism, superstition, and young

Still on my to-read list: the newish The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie Walton, the young adult In Leila Sales's young adult book This Song Could Save Your Life, main protagonist Elise doesn't fit

In order to keep her husband, young daughters, and partner safe, Elise may have to keep some crucial heart-pounding pacing, captivating character development, and dark turns in this third book in her young adult mystery series.

Now retired, Carrie is a spectator at the US Open when she sees her record challenged by a young upstart It's incredible to see her healthy, vital, young dad. novel explores mortality, vulnerability, surprising moments of joy and reflection, an irresistible young Another novel I loved that involves a precocious, wise, reflective, tough young protagonist is This Is adult life.

structured routines—on certain days she finds her own way to the community center where she and other young adults with challenges and disabilities play and learn social and practical skills; on certain other

Signal Fires begins with three teenagers drinking in 1985, a car accident, a young doctor Ben Wilf, who Time passes, and a young family moves onto Division Street. Their astronomy-obsessed young son Waldo befriends the retired Dr. heart-pounding pacing, captivating character development, and dark turns in this third book in her young adult mystery series.

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

Script. 05 Every Summer After by Carley Fortune Carley Fortune offers a satisfying story of coming home, young determination to keep her heart closed might be shaken--along with everything else around which she's built her young adult life. Hannah Brooks looks like the young woman next door--but she's actually a highly skilled Executive Protection

01 This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger Krueger's writing is lovely, and while the adult characters sometimes feel like caricatures of evil villains, his young characters and the vivid setting of 1930s encounter various Depression-era characters who are also struggling to get by, there's some chaste young An adult figure with a magical-seeming ability to read people and to heal them becomes a pivotal and In this second and final book in Bardugo's young adult fantasy King of Scars duology, Nikolai, Zoya,

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff Lauren Groff's beautiful and brutal novel The Vaster Wilds follows a young buoyed only by meandering thoughts of the past--including her life's one tender connection, to the young Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher Lex Croucher's queer medieval rom-com--the author's debut young-adult But everyone's about to find out how disruptive a whip-smart, open-minded, and strong-willed young woman Victor LaValle's Lone Women begins in 1915 with a determined young woman, Adelaide Henry, covering her

That is, until a young girl appears, battered and bruised, and is resistant to help but clearly in need On certain days she finds her own way to the community center where she and other young adults with challenges

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

But the young woman he has found may have died of an ancient virus, and thawing the body for study could review, see How High We Go in the Dark. 04 Warcross (Warcross #1) by Marie Lu You may see much of this young adult story coming, but Warcross is an action-packed quest to right wrongs in an immersive video game Emika Chen is an orphaned young woman in a futuristic New York City.

The heart of this book is lovely: Connor is a young man figuring out who he is; he feels afraid of the fantasy version--which I'm intrigued by--as well as one set in England and other versions geared toward adult audiences) before he landed on a young adult approach.

Trying) by Cristina Fernandez How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying) is a charming, irresistible young adult story about superheroes, villains, a crushing premed course load--and the everyday bravery involved The young women's wartime experiences take Viv to glamorous Harrod's, settle Grace in a dusty old bookshop

But the young woman he has found may have died of an ancient virus, and thawing the body for study could for my full review of You Can't Be Serious. 04 Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman Rachel Hartman's young adult story follows irresistible, hardheaded, wonderfully faulted Tess as she breaks from rigid medieval In Hartman's Tess of the Road, Tess doesn't fit the mold of an obedient, quiet young woman in her medieval Tess of the Road zigzags in an appealing way through phases of Tess's young explorations.

heart-pounding pacing, captivating character development, and dark turns in this third book in her young adult mystery series.

teammate and crush Ryan (who did become an Olympic champion) talks her into helping him coach Hallie, a young Love and Other Words, The Soulmate Equation (a favorite), and Autoboyography (another favorite and a young adult LGBTQ+ gem). 05 Beach Read by Emily Henry Is it fair for a person (me) with particular requirements

Veronica is a curious young Victorian-era lady with progressive ideas, and I adore how matter-of-factly A hundred and fifty years later, a young archivist, Elodie Winslow, is drawn to the mystery. I thought this was lovely. 05 Jackaby ​ Jackaby is the first in a young adult supernatural mystery series Ji Lin is a young girl who would have dreamed of becoming a doctor if society would allow it, but she's There's magical realism at the heart of this book, and Choo also examines colonialism, superstition, and young

Young adult Maddie's life in London is exhausting.

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.

Walk and Duchess are an unlikely pair, a milquetoast cop and a defiant young teen. Fun fact: the author is brothers with the prolific and talented young adult author John Green, and the The author has created two independent, defiant, appealingly strong young women split by time (and, secondarily Soulmate Equation. 05 Normal People by Sally Rooney In Rooney's novel Normal People, Marianne, a solitary young

But to me, the voices in this book felt self-obsessively and insecurely young adult even in the timeline

Walk and Duchess are an unlikely pair, a milquetoast cop and a defiant young teen. Fun fact: the author is brothers with the prolific and talented young adult author John Green, and the The author has created two independent, defiant, appealingly strong young women split by time (and, secondarily Soulmate Equation. 05 Normal People by Sally Rooney In Rooney's novel Normal People, Marianne, a solitary young

The thief came and shattered what was left of young Griz's life. This is listed as an adult title but feels to me like a dark young adult post-apocalyptic novel with Naomi Alderman offers a dark and fascinating look at a world where the traditional male-female and old-young Samrina Khan, the head epidemiologist; single-minded young Stephen the wunderkind; gruff, bighearted

So when young hotshot Dominic Yun shows up and, as a male, automatically has the ear of their misogynistic Love and Other Words, The Soulmate Equation (a favorite), and Autoboyography (another favorite and a young adult LGBTQ+ gem).

In Leila Sales's young adult book This Song Could Save Your Life, main protagonist Elise doesn't fit

That is, until a young girl appears, battered and bruised, and is resistant to help but clearly in need On certain days she finds her own way to the community center where she and other young adults with challenges

review of Migrations. 03 Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon Solomon offers a sweet, romantic young adult story with emotions that feel authentic; the book showcases competition, honesty, youthful exploration

editorialization about class and race--plenty of substance and depth to make it feel like a book for adults rather than necessarily a young adult title.

This was the author's first young adult book. When we are young, we consume the world in great gulps, and it consumes us, and everything is mysterious

Both offer unlikely heroes, action, and some dark humor, although Yee's young adult book is more playful

This was the author's first young adult book. When we are young, we consume the world in great gulps, and it consumes us, and everything is mysterious

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.

novel explores mortality, vulnerability, surprising moments of joy and reflection, an irresistible young Another novel I loved that involves a precocious, wise, reflective, tough young protagonist is This Is It's incredible to see her healthy, vital, young dad. adult story about superheroes, villains, a crushing premed course load--and the everyday bravery involved Kate Quinn makes the urgency of World War II code breaking come alive through the stories of three young

Young Anna lives in fifteenth-century Constantinople with her sickly sister, frustrated with endlessly Fun fact: the author is brothers with the prolific and talented young adult author John Green, and the Walk and Duchess are an unlikely pair, a milquetoast cop and a defiant young teen. The author has created two independent, defiant, appealingly strong young women split by time (and, secondarily Although successful young novelist Alice just met Felix, a young man working in a warehouse in the seaside

Our Evenings explores a young, often cruel, existence at a British boys' boarding school; later fits Young Dave Win, the son of a Burmese father he never met and a devoted, kind seamstress mother, attends Later, Giles and his parents will separately pop in and out of Dave's adult life at crucial moments-- Dave shares the stories of his young life as though in a dream: it was repeatedly quite alarming to me anticipate and then hear accounts or murmurings of various terrible cruelties inflicted upon Dave (and other young

her up and take care of her and to follow the lead of this wise-beyond-her-years, intensely spiritual young This is Hargrave's first book for adults, but she has several other young adult and children's books But there’s no permanently hiding the wandering, ranting, furious young men. Then Addie meets a young man in a hidden-away bookstore--and he's the first person in almost three hundred the radar to instinctively and knowledgeably help their patients rather than rely on, for example, young

This middle-grade writing collaboration inserts a clever young protagonist into the behind-the-scenes middle-grade collaborative work by Ruta Sepetys ( Salt to the Sea ) and Steve Sheinkin ( Bomb ), the young here , and you can also check out my review of Kate Quinn's great codebreaking historical fiction for adults

Lauren Groff's beautiful and brutal novel The Vaster Wilds follows a young servant girl running from girl is essentially nameless--she doesn't attach to any of the insulting, ridiculing, or general names adults buoyed only by meandering thoughts of the past--including her life's one tender connection, to the young

her up and take care of her and to follow the lead of this wise-beyond-her-years, intensely spiritual young This is Hargrave's first book for adults, but she has several other young adult and children's books But there’s no permanently hiding the wandering, ranting, furious young men. Then Addie meets a young man in a hidden-away bookstore--and he's the first person in almost three hundred the radar to instinctively and knowledgeably help their patients rather than rely on, for example, young

In the novel we follow young Louisa, an aspiring artist, and her inspiration, a dying artist with an the story is a work of art, and in repeated trips back in time, we see the friends' various painful young adulthoods and the inspiration for the painting. feeling that the extreme emotional turmoil Louisa experiences as she hears the years-old story of the young As a young artist, it is charming that Louisa is deeply affected by the power of the artwork that was

When a couple and young son move into the flat below her, Gretel begins to worry that the man of the of 12 at the end of the war is perfectly straddling the status of unaware childhood and responsible young adulthood and a capability for action and objection. Gretel's unwanted bond with the young boy downstairs brings memories flooding back from her own childhood

Jacob has been scrabbling for existence since he was a young boy. beginning to be known as Fagin--and gradually, driven by a measure of empathy, taking in and training young Epstein's textured story imagines what shaped the figure of Fagin into a ringleader of young thieves same slum; his acting through reluctant necessity in training and putting a roof over the heads of young character development inspire empathy for Dickens's traditionally wily, cutthroat, notorious exploiter of young

It's incredible to see her healthy, vital, young dad. Alice gets to live as her young self again, with the benefit of adult wisdom but temporarily carefree Emma Straub is also the author of The Vacationers, All Adults Here, Modern Lovers, and other books.

Generation , nonfiction by Jonathan Haidt that explores technology and an explosion of mental illness in young dangerous revelations in a small village, Broken Country ; and I'm reading Layne Fargo's novel about young explores the explosion of smartphones and social media and links it to the mental health epidemic in young in memory of Owen Willers, and which shines a light on the importance of mental wellness and invites young edition of Broken Country courtesy of Simon & Schuster and NetGalley. 03 The Favorites by Layne Fargo Young