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, Suzanne Collins

The Darkangel 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

Unleashed by Kris Reisz

Blood and Chocolate and The Silver Kiss, Annette Curtis Klause

The Thief Trilogy by Meghan Whalen Turner

Skinned, Robin Wasserman

The Forest of Hands and Teeth, Carrie Ryan

The Demon’s Lexicon, Sarah Rees Brennan

Pretty Dead, Francesca Lia Block (releases June, 2009)

Boneshaker, Cherie Priest

Crown Duel, Sherwood Smith

Beautiful Creatures, Kami Garcia and Margie Stohl

Realistic Fiction:

Suite Scarlett, Maureen Johnson

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

Paper Towns, John Green

Octavian Nothing, MT Anderson