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This is a list of young adult novels and series that I love.


Marked (House Of Night #1)

Marked (House Of Night #1)

P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

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The First Novel of the House of Night series of books. Zoey is a normal teenage girl until she is...

     

Novels (of the non graphic variety) read in 2018. (I tend to be a very generous rater)


Mr. Kiss and Tell (Veronica Mars #2)

Mr. Kiss and Tell (Veronica Mars #2)

Rob Thomas

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In the second book in the New York Times bestselling mystery series, Veronica Mars is back with a...

Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories

Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories

R.J. Palacio

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Wonder tells the story of Auggie Pullman: an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face, whose first...


Kids bullying
The Hate u Give

The Hate u Give

Angie Thomas

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A powerful and brave YA novel about what prejudice looks like in the 21st century. Sixteen-year-old...


Race police shooting black lives matter prejudice witness murder
Pride

Pride

Ibi Zoboi

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Pride and Prejudice gets remixed in this smart, funny, gorgeous retelling of the classic, starring...

Always and Forever, Lara Jean

Always and Forever, Lara Jean

Jenny Han

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Lara Jean’s letter-writing days aren’t over in this surprise follow-up to the New York Times...


Young Adults romance
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Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

Brene Brown

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"True belonging doesn't require us to change who we are. It requires us to be who we are." Social...

The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)

The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)

Rick Riordan

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Half Boy. Half God. ALL Hero. Honestly, blowing up another school was the last thing I wanted to...

Salt to the Sea

Salt to the Sea

Ruta Sepetys

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#1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the Carnegie Medal! Based on "the forgotten tragedy...

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Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry

Mildred D. Taylor

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Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

L. Frank Baum and Lorena Alvarez

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A complete and unabridged, illustrated edition of L. Frank Baum's classic tale of magic and...

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The Whispering Skull: Lockwood & Co. #2

The Whispering Skull: Lockwood & Co. #2

Jonathan Stroud

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In the six months since Anthony, Lucy, and George survived a night in the most haunted house in...


supernatural mystery horror
The Screaming Staircase: Lockwood & Co. #1

The Screaming Staircase: Lockwood & Co. #1

Jonathan Stroud

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When the dead come back to haunt the living, Lockwood & Co. step in . . . For more than fifty...


mystery horror lockwood & co paranormal
Flame in the Mist

Flame in the Mist

Renee Ahdieh

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The only daughter of a prominent Samurai, Mariko has always known that being a woman means she's not...

     

Novels (of the graphic variety) read in 2018. (I tend to be a very generous rater)


I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 4: Sadly Never After

I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 4: Sadly Never After

Skottie Young

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What a started as a normal, everyday, child-sucked-into-a-magical-land-to-fulfill-an-inane-quest has...

Sunstone, Vol. 2

Sunstone, Vol. 2

Stjepan Sejic

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Ally and Lisa are your typical couple - they play videogames, go on dates, and indulge in extreme...


Bdsm
Runaways Vol.1: Pride and Joy

Runaways Vol.1: Pride and Joy

Brian K. Vaughan

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Meet Alex, Karolina, Gert, Chase, Molly and Nico - a group of teens whose lives are about to take an...

Spider-Man/Deadpool, Vol. 1: Isn’t it Bromantic

Spider-Man/Deadpool, Vol. 1: Isn’t it Bromantic

Joe Kelly

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The Webbed Wonder and the Merc with a Mouth are teaming up for the first series EVER! It’s action,...

Saga, Vol. 9

Saga, Vol. 9

Brian K. Vaughan

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The multiple Eisner Award-winning series returns with a spacefaring adventure about fake news and...

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Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways

Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways

Zeb Wells

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Whose side are you on? As the tide of public opinion turns inexorably against Marvel's heroes, the...

Giant Days: Vol. 4

Giant Days: Vol. 4

John Allison, Lissa Treiman, Max Sarin and Liz Fleming

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It's springtime at Sheffield University-the flowers are blooming, the birds are singing, and...

Princeless, Vol. 6: Make Yourself Part 2

Princeless, Vol. 6: Make Yourself Part 2

Jeremy Whitley

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Mothers, Daughters, Dwarves, and Dragons collide in the epic conclusion to "Princeless: Make...

Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City

Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City

Guy Delisle

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Guy Delisle expertly lays the groundwork for a cultural road map of contemporary Jerusalem,...

The Wendy Project

The Wendy Project

Melissa Jane Osborne

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16-year-old Wendy Davies crashes her car into a lake on a late summer night in New England with her...

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From crime to literary fiction, The Independent has rounded up the recently published works of fiction from some of the literary world's most exciting new talents:


Goodbye, Vitamin

Goodbye, Vitamin

Rachel Khong

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Ruth is thirty and her life is falling apart: she and her fiancé are moving house, but he's moving...


Fiction
Conversations With Friends

Conversations With Friends

Sally Rooney

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A sharply intelligent novel about friendship, lust, jealousy, and the unexpected complications of...


Literary Fiction
Sweet Little Lies

Sweet Little Lies

Caz Frear

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What happens when the trust has gone? Cat Kinsella was always a daddy's girl. Until the summer of...


crime fiction
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman

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No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine. Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She...


Romance fiction
The Idiot: A Novel

The Idiot: A Novel

Elif Batuman

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Selin, a tall, highly strung Turkish-American from New Jersey turns up at Harvard and finds herself...


Literary Fiction
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Dragonflight

Dragonflight

Anne McCaffrey

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After ten long Turns, Lessa was ready to come out of hiding, to reclaim her birthright... and...


Dragonriders of Pern Pern
The Hobbit

The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien

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The Hobbit is the unforgettable story of Bilbo, a peace-loving hobbit, who embarks on a strange and...

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien

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Continuing the story begun in The Hobbit, this three-volume paperback boxed set of Tolkien's epic...

Dragonsong (Pern: Harper Hall #1)

Dragonsong (Pern: Harper Hall #1)

Anne McCaffrey

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Dragonsong (Pern: Harper Hall #1)

Valero

Valero

C. Borden

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The Warrior Elf from Elmnas that became a legend throughout Mythnium. Meet Valero on one of his...

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Dystopian fiction has been a staple on the best-seller lists for years. So here are the New York Times' best postapocalyptic novels for 2017:


Void Star: A Novel

Void Star: A Novel

Zachary Mason

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A riveting, beautifully written, fugue-like novel of AIs, memory, violence, and mortality Not far...


Science fiction
New York 2140

New York 2140

Kim Stanley Robinson

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As the sea levels rose, every street became a canal. Every skyscraper an island. For the residents...


Science fiction environment
NK3

NK3

Michael Tolkin

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With The Player and The Return of the Player, Michael Tolkin established himself as the master...


Science fiction fiction
Walkaway: A Novel

Walkaway: A Novel

Cory Doctorow

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From New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow, an epic tale of revolution, love,...


Science fiction fiction
American War

American War

Omar El Akkad

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An audacious and powerful debut novel: a second American Civil War, a devastating plague, and one...


Fiction
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Entertainment Weekly has been highlighting the best LGBTQIA representation in pop culture by putting together a list of young adult novels that showcase the wealth and diversity of the LGBTQ spectrum.


Wild Beauty

Wild Beauty

Anna-Marie McLemore

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Love grows such strange things. Anna-Marie McLemore's debut novel The Weight of Feathers garnered...


Young Adult LGBTQ Fantasy Romance
Spinning

Spinning

Tillie Walden

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Ignatz Award winner Tillie Walden’s powerful graphic memoir Spinning captures what it’s like to...


LGBTQ Young Adult
They Both Die At The End

They Both Die At The End

Adam Silvera

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n September 5th, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give...

Mask of Shadows

Mask of Shadows

Linsey Miller

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"I love every aspect of this amazing book―a genderfluid hero, a deadly contest, and vicious...


Young Adult LGBTQ Fantasy
Gentleman's Guide To Vice And Virtue

Gentleman's Guide To Vice And Virtue

Mackenzi Lee

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SIMON VS. THE HOMOSAPIENS meets the 1700s in this hilarious and swashbuckling standalone teen...

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