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message 1: by Ayla (last edited Aug 22, 2017 08:17AM) (new)

Ayla (goodreadscomayla) | 655 comments Mod
Hi everyone! Here you can recommend your favorite contemporary books to others.

Please use this format when commenting:

[bookcover]
[booklink]
Age group: (middle grade/YA/adult)
Subgenre: (put whichever one of the subgenres listed below best describes this book)
Your review link: (optional: this is so people can get some more detailed thoughts on the book.)

If you want to recommend books in a different genre, here are the links to the other threads:
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Historical Fiction: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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message 2: by Ayla (last edited Jun 14, 2017 06:12AM) (new)

Ayla (goodreadscomayla) | 655 comments Mod
Romance:

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven _ Stolen A Letter to My Captor by Lucy Christopher

All the Bright Places (YA)
Stolen: A Letter to My Captor (YA)

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message 3: by Ayla (last edited Jun 14, 2017 09:36PM) (new)

Ayla (goodreadscomayla) | 655 comments Mod
Non-romance:

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas _ Room by Emma Donoghue

The Hate U Give (YA)
Room (A)
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message 4: by Ayla (last edited Jun 15, 2017 11:43AM) (new)

Ayla (goodreadscomayla) | 655 comments Mod
LGBTQ+ (books featuring one or multiple queer characters):

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

If I Was Your Girl

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message 5: by Ayla (last edited Jun 15, 2017 11:45AM) (new)

Ayla (goodreadscomayla) | 655 comments Mod
Mental illness

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven _ Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson _ Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella _ Optimists Die First by Susin Nielsen

All the Bright Places
Wintergirls
Finding Audrey
Optimists Die First

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message 6: by Ayla (new)

Ayla (goodreadscomayla) | 655 comments Mod
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message 7: by Ayla (last edited Jun 14, 2017 06:15AM) (new)

Ayla (goodreadscomayla) | 655 comments Mod
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The Hate U Give
Age group: YA
Subgenre: Non-romance
My review link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
All the Bright Places
Age group: YA
Subgenre: Romance/Mental illness
My review link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Not That Kind of Girl A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" by Lena Dunham
Not That Kind of Girl
Age group: Adult
Subgenre: Autobiography

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Wintergirls
Age group: YA
Subgenre: Mental illness

Stolen A Letter to My Captor by Lucy Christopher
Stolen: A Letter to My Captor
Age group: YA
Subgenre: Romance


message 8: by Erica (new)

Erica Room by Emma Donoghue
Room
Age group: Not sure but I'd guess adult
Subgenre: Non romance


message 9: by Ayla (new)

Ayla (goodreadscomayla) | 655 comments Mod
Erica wrote: "Room by Emma Donoghue
Room
Age group: Not sure but I'd guess adult
Subgenre: Non romance"


Thanks for your recommendation! :)


message 10: by Cordelianne (new)

Cordelianne | 192 comments Mod
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
If I Was Your Girl
Age group: YA
Subgenre: LGBTQ


message 11: by Cordelianne (new)

Cordelianne | 192 comments Mod
Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
Finding Audrey
Age group: YA
Subgenre: mentall ilness
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 12: by Cordelianne (new)

Cordelianne | 192 comments Mod
Optimists Die First by Susin Nielsen
Optimists Die First
Age group: YA
Subgenre: mental illness
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 13: by Ayla (new)

Ayla (goodreadscomayla) | 655 comments Mod
Cordelianne wrote: "Optimists Die First by Susin Nielsen
Optimists Die First
Age group: YA
Subgenre: mental illness
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."


Thanks for your recommendations!


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