I am wrapping up a Tortall marathon. Both the Alanna the Lioness and Wild Magic quartets hold up superbly after 15+ years as favorites. Enjoyed Protector of the Small and Beka Cooper, not sold on Trickster’s duo though ?
The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, The Fault In Our Stars by John Green, If I Stay by by Gayle Forman(I haven’t read the next book yet so can’t say on that one, but liked the first), Sunshine by Robin McKinley(this might be new adult, not young adult? but not positive, I’ve seen it on lists for YA so IDK), Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. . . these are just ones that immediately come to mind, but sure there are others. Don’t be discouraged from a book just cause it’s YA. Honestly, there’s no shame in reading it even if you’re an adult.
Out of My Mind and anything else by Sharon Draper, Thirteen Reasons Why, Dirty Little Secrets, The Book Thief, anything by John Green…”there are so many”, said the retired high school literacy coach/English teacher. 🙂
all of the Shadowhunter books (infernal devices, mortal instruments, dark artifices) currently reading the ACOTAR series & enjoying it – I’m on book 3 now read the first in the Red Queen series & liked it but haven’t read the rest yet
Phillip Pullman HiS Dark Materials Series, Sarah Dessen, Children of Blood and Bone, Jacqueline Woodson, Harry Potter series, L. M. Elliott Under a War Torn Sky and others too numerous to mention
Oh, I’m not done reading it yet(long story involving me deciding to buy it after checking it out from the library, waiting for delivery, and then misplacing it for like several weeks lol) but The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso. It’s sooo good already and I’m barely halfway in, and I can’t wait to read more.
@Stephanie I enjoyed it. I think there’s a lot social commentary (disguised as part of the story, of course). I read 1-3 with my kids. The 4th is on my pile to read with them when we finish the books my younger kids picked out (sisters grimm?and wings of fire…. not my thing)
Tamora Pierce, Marissa Meyers, E.D.Baker, Chanda Hahn, Megan Whalen Turner, Jessica Day George, Sarah Dessen, I shared a lot of books with my kids. This is just a partial list?
The His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman, Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman, the Wrinkle in Time books by Madeleine L’Engle, Railsea by China Miéville
I taught middle school so the list would be too long, but the ones that popped in my head were The Book Thief, Flipped by Wendelin van Draanen, Hunger Games, Redwall by Brian Jacques (first in a series), the Stravaganza books by Mary Hoffman (there are six of them), and any of Shel Silverstein’s poetry books. Also, When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne (another poetry book).
Shatter me series. It’s a post apocalyptic/dystopian society story, kind of like x-men meets the hunger games combined with a love triangle way better than twilight. The writer is amazing. Everything is so beautifully written I couldn’t put it down!
The Giver Tuck Everlasting Bridge to Terabithia Because of Winn Dixie A Tale of Despereaux Gathering Blue Miss Peregrines Home for Familiar Children Coraline
I love ACOTAR series (book 2 being my favorite of all time) The Grisha trilogy, just read The Female of the Species and it was so good and made me so emotional at the end. Undead Girl Gang was one I thought I would like but not give much thought about once it was read but HOLY COW this book was funny, and sad, it had a mystery element to it and I am still thinking about this book it was that good. One last one that I almost forgot about and it might be my favorite of all time The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Ried
K.M. peyton’s books, especially The Beethoven Medal, Pennington’s Seventeenth Summer, Pennington’s Heir. REread those frequently. THe Owl Service by Alan Garner is another one I REread from time to time. the Tricksters by Margaret Mahy.
Love Letters to the Dead. It was very good. I don’t normally read YA. But, I did this one.
Abarat series
Yes! I love these books!
I am wrapping up a Tortall marathon. Both the Alanna the Lioness and Wild Magic quartets hold up superbly after 15+ years as favorites. Enjoyed Protector of the Small and Beka Cooper, not sold on Trickster’s duo though ?
Mortal Instruments
Between Shades of Gray and Salt to Sea both by Ruta Sepetys.
I have read most all Percy Jackson books
I started reading Percy Jackson with my daughter, but I continued for myself.
I have read for myself and have read mangis chase and am now reading the trial of apollo
I loved Sarah Dessen’s Saint Anything.
The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, The Fault In Our Stars by John Green, If I Stay by by Gayle Forman(I haven’t read the next book yet so can’t say on that one, but liked the first), Sunshine by Robin McKinley(this might be new adult, not young adult? but not positive, I’ve seen it on lists for YA so IDK), Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. . . these are just ones that immediately come to mind, but sure there are others. Don’t be discouraged from a book just cause it’s YA. Honestly, there’s no shame in reading it even if you’re an adult.
Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater
Any books by Sarah dessen and Ellen Hopkins. But I also like many YA series like hunger games, blue bloods, etc. YA is my fave genre
Slammed by Colleen Hoover… it’s part 1 of a trilogy
If I stay, before I fall, The sky is everywhere, Thirst series by Christopher Pike
Christopher Pike!!!
loooove christopher pike.
Long Way Down – written in fierce, staccato verse. Addresses teen gun violence in a unique way.
That was really good!
Twilight and Hunger Games
John Green
The Throne of Glass Series. Falling Kingdoms Series. The Bone Witch series. Three Dark Crowns series. I love YA. Lol
You forgot the Court of Thorns and Roses series also.
@Stephanie oh my goodness. My other favorite!
Yeah, see!! You almost forgot!!
Are you copying down all these books we haven’t read???
Um. No. I’m at work. Are you copying them down?
The Book Thief
Everything by Jason Reynolds. Dear Martin by Nic Stone, Elenor and Park.
Dear Martin was surprisingly good!
The Hate U Give
Just be gorgeous by Barbara Wersba
Say Goodnight Gracie….can’t remember who wrote this
Annie On My Mind by Nancy Garden
The Vampire Academy series!
His Dark Materials books (The Golden Compass), Looking for Alaska
The uglies series
That was a fun series.
Out of My Mind and anything else by Sharon Draper, Thirteen Reasons Why, Dirty Little Secrets, The Book Thief, anything by John Green…”there are so many”, said the retired high school literacy coach/English teacher. 🙂
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Ask the Passengers by A. S. King ❤
The mortal instrument series the prequel called the infernal devices. So many YA I love
The Old Country
If The Hate U Give is YA, then why wouldn’t To Kill a Mockingbird be in the same category? I think it would be if published today.
Oh yes!!! As a former elementary reading teacher: Walk Two Moons, Because of Winn Dixie, Maniac Magee, Stone Fox.
Yes definitely. I loved the Raven Cycle books, and the six of Crows duology probably the most.
The Tyrant’s Daughter
Anything by Neal Shusterman.
Eleanor and Park
I totally fell in love with this book. Have you read anything else from Rainbow Rowell?
Me too! I read it as an adult but ??? this book. Haven’t read any of her others. Would you recommend anything else by her?
I haven’t read anything else by her. I was hoping you had 🙂
@Carrie? will let you know if I do
Fangirl. Read it directly after Eleanor and Park. Also good!
all of the Shadowhunter books (infernal devices, mortal instruments, dark artifices)
currently reading the ACOTAR series & enjoying it – I’m on book 3 now
read the first in the Red Queen series & liked it but haven’t read the rest yet
Everything I’ve ready by Maggie Stiefvater is good. Especially the Raven Cycle series.
Coe Booth’s books, and Push, by Sapphire.
The Pigman
The Bartimaeus trilogy. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WKNULFO
Phillip Pullman HiS Dark Materials Series, Sarah Dessen, Children of Blood and Bone, Jacqueline Woodson, Harry Potter series, L. M. Elliott Under a War Torn Sky and others too numerous to mention
Oh, I’m not done reading it yet(long story involving me deciding to buy it after checking it out from the library, waiting for delivery, and then misplacing it for like several weeks lol) but The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso. It’s sooo good already and I’m barely halfway in, and I can’t wait to read more.
Wrinkle in Time series
Sabriel
My favorite is lireal ❤️
Anything by Melina Marchetta. Looking for Alibrandi, On the Jellicoe Road, Saving Francesca, The Piper’s Son.
The Outsiders
Me too!
I’m rereading this one right now.
Looking for Alaska.
It is always Harry Potter.
delirium series by lauren oliver. vampire academy series by richelle mead.
Izzy Will Nilly
John Green’s books
Rick Yancey’s The 5th Wave series
Autoboyography, Splintered Series, Hush Hush Series
The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson
Beautiful Creatures and Mortal Instruments
I’m rereading the Beautiful Creatures now! Forgot all kinds of stuff. Lol
Lol, I’ve read the book the 1st time, now im listening the audiobook for my recap coz i 4got too! Haha..
Both really good books.
Looooove shatter me series!!
The Outsiders
All by A. S. King
The Breathing series by Rebecca Donovan. (3 books)
The Lumatere Chronicles by Melina Marchetta. (3 books)
Arc of the Scythe
Harry Potter
Hunger games
Red Queen
Divergent
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
I guess I like YA
I haven’t read the Red Queen series yet but I’m guessing it’s good? Lol. It’s on my read next pile.
@Stephanie I enjoyed it. I think there’s a lot social commentary (disguised as part of the story, of course). I read 1-3 with my kids. The 4th is on my pile to read with them when we finish the books my younger kids picked out (sisters grimm?and wings of fire…. not my thing)
Refugee
Jackaby series by William Ritter
Throne of glass series by sarah j maas
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Book Thief
So many: The Dark is Rising series, Unwind by Neal Shusterman, The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Sun is Also a Star just to name a few
Carnage by Lesley Jones.
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
I love this book so much!
Tamora Pierce, Marissa Meyers, E.D.Baker, Chanda Hahn, Megan Whalen Turner, Jessica Day George, Sarah Dessen, I shared a lot of books with my kids. This is just a partial list?
Love Marissa Meyers
“Wonder”.
Wonder
something strange and deadly series and the witchlands series both by susan dennard
@Megan I’m 57 y.o and I read children and YA books yet.
The Secret Garden
Sea of Tranquility
Fault in our Stars
Hunger Games, Beautiful Creatures, Divergent, The Fault in Our Stars
Don’t know if it counts as YA, since it’s for a bit younger audience, but The Phantom Tollbooth
The Diviners
The Giver
Perks of Being a Wallflower
Between Shades of Gray
Everything Everything
Golden compass
The Shadow Children Series – Margaret Peterson Haddix
Excellent
Hunger Games, Divergent, House of Nights
A short history of the girl next door by Jared reck. Loved it!
every day by David Levithan
Wonder by RJ Palacio
The His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman, Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman, the Wrinkle in Time books by Madeleine L’Engle, Railsea by China Miéville
I Love A Wrinkle In Time!
Mapmaker Chronicles!
Tuck Everlasting
Hunger Games & Divergent & Percy Jackson
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian
The list is too long lol
I taught middle school so the list would be too long, but the ones that popped in my head were The Book Thief, Flipped by Wendelin van Draanen, Hunger Games, Redwall by Brian Jacques (first in a series), the Stravaganza books by Mary Hoffman (there are six of them), and any of Shel Silverstein’s poetry books. Also, When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne (another poetry book).
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants!
Eleanor and Park; The War that Saved my Life; Vincent and Theo.
The Uglies series!
Harry Potter
Shatter me series. It’s a post apocalyptic/dystopian society story, kind of like x-men meets the hunger games combined with a love triangle way better than twilight. The writer is amazing. Everything is so beautifully written I couldn’t put it down!
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly. Defies all labels
The Hate U Give
It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel.
The Selection Series by Kiera Cass
The Book Thief and
anything by Laini Taylor
Colleen Hoover.
Keeper of the Lost Cities series. Eargon Series, and my daughter who’s 11 Just read the Selection series and enjoyed it.
I read Huger Games and loved it, but didn’t like divergent as much.
Hated Twlight.
Loved VC Andrews.
Everything, Everything
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
The Giver
Tuck Everlasting
Bridge to Terabithia
Because of Winn Dixie
A Tale of Despereaux
Gathering Blue
Miss Peregrines Home for Familiar Children
Coraline
The Giver and Number the Stars by Lois Lowry.
Tales of Despereaux and Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane both by Kate DiCamillo.
Following
T.H.U.G
“The Hate U Give” –
Angie Thomas
There are so many…lol
I love ACOTAR series (book 2 being my favorite of all time) The Grisha trilogy, just read The Female of the Species and it was so good and made me so emotional at the end. Undead Girl Gang was one I thought I would like but not give much thought about once it was read but HOLY COW this book was funny, and sad, it had a mystery element to it and I am still thinking about this book it was that good. One last one that I almost forgot about and it might be my favorite of all time The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Ried
The Tryle Trilogy, Speak
Lots of them. My favorite is The Giver series
Sweet Valley Series.
Fallen❤
Twilight. John Green books. Fault in our stars. And lots more.
Everyday by David Levithan
K.M. peyton’s books, especially The Beethoven Medal, Pennington’s Seventeenth Summer, Pennington’s Heir. REread those frequently. THe Owl Service by Alan Garner is another one I REread from time to time. the Tricksters by Margaret Mahy.
When the VC Andrews books first started. I enjoyed them..aren’t they YA?
I really enjoyed The Fault in our Stars
More than All the Numbers
The Lunar Chronicles
The Gender Game
The Girl Who Dared To Think Series
Ravenspire Series
Bitches of Ever After
A Night Divided by Jennifer Neilson. Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech. Out of the Dust by Karen Hess
The Wildwood Chronicles, Harry Potter… really, I’m 29 and ya is still most all I read.
Harry Potter, divergent, hunger games, eragon
I’ll Give You the Sun, The Tragedy Paper
Blue bloods, hunger games, twilight, Divergent, Cinder, Harry Potter.
Wolf by Wolf! And Ruthless.
Far from the Tree by Robin Benway, actually any of her books. Also check out Brandy Colbert!
Also the His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman
John marsden & Libby Gleeson
The Earthsea trilogy by Ursula K LeGuin
The Abhorsen series by Garth Nix
The Book Thief
The Giver series by Lois Lowry and Anne of Green Gables. Banner in the Sky, Where the Red Fern Grows, The Hatchett series…