Lucy and Linh by Alice Pung
NPR's Best Books of 2016
162 books — 46 voters
Bright We Burn by Kiersten WhiteChildren of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiThe Hazel Wood by Melissa AlbertReign the Earth by A.C. GaughenDread Nation by Justina Ireland
YA Novels of 2018
1,021 books — 5,004 voters

Now I Rise by Kiersten WhiteThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasWhen Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya MenonWonder Woman by Leigh BardugoThe Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
Highly Anticipated 2017 Releases
232 books — 271 voters
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayThe Diviners by Libba Bray
YA Paranormal Historical Fiction
119 books — 79 voters

The Love That Split the World by Emily HenryOrchards by Holly ThompsonPerfect Liars by Kimberly Reid
Mixed-Race MG, YA
369 books — 155 voters
Cold Fire by Kate Elliott
Feminist romance novels
85 books — 55 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Story of My Life by Helen Keller
Memoirs by Women
3,017 books — 3,032 voters
The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodA Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston
Best Feminist Fiction
1,504 books — 2,675 voters

Marked by P.C. CastGraceling by Kristin CashoreA Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,224 books — 68,399 voters
Before I Fall by Lauren OliverThe Forbidden Wish by Jessica KhouryPlease Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. KingAll the Rage by Courtney SummersWe Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Strong and believable female characters
136 books — 40 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyVanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayTwelfth Night by William ShakespeareTwelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose
There Ought to be a Band
2,436 books — 1,106 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakNumber the Stars by Lois LowryThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferWhat I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
YA Holocaust & WWII Novels
495 books — 790 voters

Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez
YA Fiction set in the 1930s
81 books — 61 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe FitzOsbornes at War by Michelle   CooperWhat I Saw and How I Lied by Judy BlundellTen Cents a Dance by Christine FletcherPaper Hearts by Meg Wiviott
YA Fiction set in the 1940s
237 books — 159 voters

The Diviners by Libba BrayBright Young Things by Anna GodbersenLair of Dreams by Libba BrayWitness by Karen HesseIngenue by Jillian Larkin
YA Fiction set in the 1920s
90 books — 109 voters
The Watch That Ends the Night by Allan Wolf
YA Fiction set in the 1910s
135 books — 79 voters

Witness by Karen HesseCON-Fidence by Todd StrasserThe Liberation of Gabriel King by K.L. GoingThe Slave Dancer by Paula FoxFiregirl by Tony  Abbott
Powerful Middle-Grade Reads
41 books — 8 voters
North of Beautiful by Justina ChenBefore I Fall by Lauren OliverWe Were Liars by E. LockhartRevolution by Jennifer DonnellyFirsts by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn
The Redemption of the Mean Girl
17 books — 4 voters

Compulsion by Martina BooneGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLegacy of Kings by Eleanor HermanStrands of Bronze and Gold by Jane NickersonIllusion by Martina Boone
Revisionist History in YA
10 books — 1 voter
We Were Liars by E. LockhartBurn for Burn by Jenny HanFire with Fire by Jenny HanSuicide Notes from Beautiful Girls by Lynn WeingartenPlaces No One Knows by Brenna Yovanoff
Hell is a teenage girl
64 books — 10 voters

Witch Child by Celia ReesA Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayThe Red Necklace by Sally GardnerBeautiful Creatures by Kami GarciaFallen by Lauren Kate
Standalone-Should'ves
9 books — 3 voters
Charm and Strange by Stephanie Kuehn
Diverse Horror
277 books — 167 voters

Now I Rise by Kiersten WhiteWayfarer by Alexandra BrackenWonder Woman by Leigh Bardugo
YA Novels of 2017
1,100 books — 6,567 voters
Orchards by Holly ThompsonPaper Hearts by Meg WiviottThe House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
YA Novels in Verse
289 books — 315 voters

The Watch That Ends the Night by Allan WolfWitness by Karen Hesse
Novels in Verse
427 books — 755 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Books You Are Tired Of Hearing About
736 books — 1,012 voters

Top Ten Clues You're Clueless by Liz CzukasThe Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski
Fall 2014 Young Adult Releases
227 books — 918 voters
Holes by Louis SacharLooking for Alaska by John GreenNumber the Stars by Lois LowryThe Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketStargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Best Young Adult Books
13,095 books — 80,188 voters


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