Young Adult

Young adult reviews are organized alphabetically by author. If there’s a star, I’ve featured the book and/or series in one of my year-end favorite reads round-ups.

• Crewel World series by Gennifer Albin
• Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer by Katie Alender
• The Opposite of Here by Tara Altebrando
• The Fixer by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• Lovely War by Julie Berry
• Romanov by Nadine Brandes
• Unremembered by Jessica Brody
• In Some Other Life by Jessica Brody*
• Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter*
• Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter
• All Fall Down by Ally Carter*
• See How They Run by Ally Carter
• Not If I Save You First by Ally Carter*
• The Selection series by Kiera Cass*
• The Crown by Kiera Cass*
• The Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare*
• Reached by Ally Condie*
• Atlantia by Ally Condie
• Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard*
• Strange and Ever After by Susan Dennard
• 10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston
• Not in the Script by Amy Finnegan
• Just Like the Movies by Kelly Fiore
• Modern Fairy Tales by Alex Flinn (Beastly, A Kiss in Time, Cloaked, Bewitching, Towering and Mirrored)
• Beheld by Alex Flinn
• Two Summers by Aimee Friedman
• Falls the Shadow by Stefanie Gaither (interview)
• Caraval by Stephanie Garber*
• Legendary by Stephanie Garber
• Finale by Stephanie Garber*
• Babe in Boyland by Jody Gehrman*
• Follow Me Back by A.V. Geiger*
• Dream A Little Dream by Kerstin Gier
• Becoming Jinn by Lori Goldstein
• Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo
• To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
• The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand
• My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows*
• My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows*
• Bad Hair Day by Carrie Harris
• Hex Hall series by Rachel Hawkins*
• Miss Mayhem by Rachel Hawkins
• Lady Renegades by Rachel Hawkins
• Royals by Rachel Hawkins*
• The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die by April Henry
• The Silence of Bones by June Hur
• Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson
• The Shadow Cabinet by Maureen Johnson
• What I Like About You by Marisa Kanter
• Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
• Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
• Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff*
• A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
• A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer
• Call It What You Want by Brigid Kemmerer
• Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
• There Will Be Lies by Nick Lake
• Alienated by Melissa Landers
• Epic Fail by Claire LaZebnik
• The Secrets We Keep by Trisha Leaver
• This Monstrous Thing by Mackenzi Lee
• The Secret of a Heart Note by Stacey Lee
• Under A Painted Sky by Stacey Lee*
• The Agency series by Y.S. Lee
• Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
• Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis
• Spinning Starlight by R.C. Lewis
• Forbidden by Kimberley Griffiths Little (interview)
• The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord
• Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
• The Princess in the Opal Mask by Jenny Lundquist*
• Wanderlost by Jen Malone*
• Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson
• If These Wings Could Fly by Kyrie McCauley
• Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough*
• Just for Clicks by Kara McDowell
• A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis
• The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore
• Ditched: A Love Story by Robin Mellom
• The Apothecary by Maile Meloy
• Let the Sky Fall by Shannon Messenger
• Let the Wind Rise by Shannon Messenger
• Cinder by Marissa Meyer*
• Scarlet by Marissa Meyer*
• Cress by Marissa Meyer*
• Winter by Marissa Meyer*
• Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi
• Don’t Even Think About It by Sarah Mlynowski
• The Library of Lost Things by Laura Taylor Namey
• Strands of Bronze and Gold by Jane Nickerson
• Once Upon A Kiss by Robin Palmer*
• Damage Done by Amanda Panitch
• The Perfect Escape by Suzanne Park
• Love Songs and Other Lies by Jessica Pennington
• Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
• Wish You Were Italian by Kristin Rae
• What You Always Wanted by Kristin Rae
• A Million Suns by Beth Revis*
• Truly Madly Royally by Debbie Rigaud
• The Liar Society series by Lisa and Laura Roecker
• Divergent series by Veronica Roth*
• Crown of Coral and Pearl by Mara Rutherford*
• Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed
• The Archived by Victoria Schwab
• The Unbound by Victoria Schwab
• Bookish Boyfriends by Tiffany Schmidt
• The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman
• The Deceivers by Kristen Simmons
• Geek Girl series by Holly Smale*
• This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith
• The Statistical Probability of Love At First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
• Catalyst by Kristin Smith* (interview)
• Forgotten by Kristin Smith* (interview)
• Fearless by Kristin Smith*
• Scars Like Wings by Erin Stewart*
• The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
• Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
• Dear Martin by Nic Stone
• Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone
• It’s Not Me, It’s You by Stephanie Kate Strohm*
• The Date to Save by Stephanie Kate Strohm
• Love À La Mode by Stephanie Kate Strohm
• Trust Me, I’m Lying by Mary Elizabeth Summer
• At First Blush by Beth Ellyn Summer* (interview)
• An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
• The Paper Girl of Paris by Jordyn Taylor
• Here Lies Daniel Tate by Cristin Terrill*
• The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas*
• The Perilous Sea by Sherry Thomas*
• The Immortal Heights by Sherry Thomas*
• Enchantée by Gita Trelease
• Nothing But Sky by Amy Trueblood* (interview)
• Across a Broken Shore by Amy Trueblood* (interview)
• A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman
• Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch
• Love & Luck by Jenna Evans Welch
• Variant by Robison Wells
• The Distance Between Us by Kasie West
• The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West
• Lucky in Love by Kasie West*
• Pivot Point by Kasie West*
• P.S. I Like You by Kasie West*
• Love, Life and the List by Kasie West
• Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss by Kasie West*
• Listen to Your Heart by Kasie West
• Moment of Truth by Kasie West
• Endlessly by Kiersten White*
• Illusions of Fate by Kiersten White
• White Rose by Kip Wilson* (interview)
• Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon*
• The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon
• Pride by Ibi Zoboi