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Leah Johnson (she/her) is an eternal midwesterner and author of award-winning books for children and young adults. Her bestselling debut YA novel, You Should See Me in a Crown, was a Stonewall Honor Book, the inaugural Reese's Book Club YA pick, and in 2021, named by TIME as one of the 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time. She is also the author of the critically acclaimed middle grade novel, Ellie Engle Saves Herself, and the editor of the USA Today bestselling anthology, Black Girl Power. When she’s not writing, you can find her at Loudmouth Books, her Indianapolis-based independent bookstore that specializes in highlighting the work of marginalized authors and uplifting banned or challenged books. ...more

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	You Should See Me in a Crown 4.07 avg rating — 43,148 ratings — published 2020 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Serendipity: Ten Romantic Tropes, Transformed by Marissa Meyer (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Elise Bryant (Goodreads Author), Elizabeth Eulberg (Goodreads Author) 3.21 avg rating — 4,703 ratings — published 2022 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rise to the Sun 3.60 avg rating — 3,358 ratings — published 2021 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ellie Engle Saves Herself 4.11 avg rating — 923 ratings — published 2023 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cool. Awkward. Black. by Karen Strong (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Amerie (Goodreads Author), Kalynn Bayron (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 462 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder 3.73 avg rating — 484 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	There's Always Next Year by Leah Johnson (Goodreads Author), George M. Johnson 3.41 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 2025 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bree Boyd is a Legend 4.12 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2025 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Girl Power by Leah Johnson (Goodreads Author), Elise Bryant (Goodreads Author), Ibi Zoboi (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I never needed this race, or a hashtag, or the king to be a queen. I was born royalty. All I had to do was pick up my crown.”
― Leah Johnson, You Should See Me in a Crown

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“Just because it could be worse doesn't mean you don't get to acknowledge how much it sucks, you know.”
― Leah Johnson, You Should See Me in a Crown

tags: inspirational, relatable, young-adult

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“And I know then what I've always known: Campbell is never going to make a space for me to fit. I'm going to have to demand it.”
― Leah Johnson, You Should See Me in a Crown

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Top 5 Books Move Onto Final Poll

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

by V.E. Schwab

7 votes, 17.1%

I Let You Go

by Clare Mackintosh

6 votes, 14.6%

The Girl in the Mirror

by Rose Carlyle

4 votes, 9.8%

Kitchens of the Great Midwest

by J. Ryan Stradal

4 votes, 9.8%

Hamnet

by Maggie O'Farrell

4 votes, 9.8%

Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened

by Allie Brosh

3 votes, 7.3%

The Water Keeper

by Charles Martin

3 votes, 7.3%

Heartburn

by Nora Ephron

3 votes, 7.3%

Fifty Words for Rain

by Asha Lemmie

2 votes, 4.9%

On the Come Up

by Angie Thomas

2 votes, 4.9%

Migrations

by Charlotte McConaghy

2 votes, 4.9%

Clap When You Land

by Elizabeth Acevedo

1 vote, 2.4%

You Should See Me in a Crown

by Leah Johnson

0 votes, 0.0%

41 total votes

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“Who is to say that robbing a people of its language is less violent than war?”
― Ray Gwyn Smith, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza

tags: language, oppression, victims, war

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“We felt so small with the city lights stretching forever below us, and we yelled at the top of our lungs because we were just these small humans but we felt more longing than could ever fit inside us.”
― Nina LaCour, The Disenchantments

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“So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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