Reading List

This is a list of some of my favorite current titles in young adult fiction —there’s an emphasis on genre, because that’s what I read most, but some realistic titles as well. There are also many older books I love, and you can find a lot of them listed at Holly Black’s book recommendation page.

Book recommendations:The Darkest Powers series, Kelley Armstrong

Bliss, Lauren Myracle

The Twilight Saga, Stephenie Meyer

The Hunger Games series, Suzanne Collins

The Darkangel series by Meredith Anne Pierce

The Changeover by Margaret Mahy

The Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray

Tantalize and Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Tithe, Valiant and Ironside by Holly Black

The Midnighters series by Scott Westerfeld

Liar by Justine Larbalestier

Uninvited by Justine Musk

Graceling and Fire by Kristin Cashore

Wicked Lovely series by Melissa Marr

Unleashed by Kris Reisz

Blood and Chocolate and The Silver Kiss, Annette Curtis Klause

The Thief series by Meghan Whalen Turner

Skinned, Robin Wasserman

The Forest of Hands and Teeth series, Carrie Ryan

The Demon’s Lexicon series, Sarah Rees Brennan

Pretty Dead and anything else by: Francesca Lia Block

Boneshaker, Cherie Priest

Crown Duel, Sherwood Smith

Beautiful Creatures, Kami Garcia and Margie Stohl

Moonshine, by Alaya Johnson

The Replacement, Brenna Yovanoff (coming in Sept.)

Matched by Ally Condie (coming in October)

Realistic Fiction:

Suite Scarlett (and everything else by), Maureen Johnson

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, E. Lockhart

Paper Towns (and everything else by), John Green

Octavian Nothing, MT Anderson

The Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter

Before I Fall, Lauren Oliver

Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan

What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blondell

Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie

Sweethearts and Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr

Twenty Boy Summer, Sarah Ockler