YA Book Recommendations
The Wrath and the Dawn duology by Renée Ahdieh
The Red Rising trilogy by Pierce Brown
(*Note: I’ve also listed this on the general/epic/adult fantasy recs page because this is pretty brutal but SO GOOD. Also note that I’ve only read the first three books.)
The Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas
(*Note: I’ve also listed this on the general/epic/adult fantasy recs page because the latter books are no longer marketed as YA due to their increasingly mature content.)
The Black Witch series by Laurie Forest
The Shadow and Bone trilogy by Leigh Bardugo
The Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo
The Juliette Chronicles by Tahereh Mafi
A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
(*Note: I’ve only read the first book so far)
Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer
The Elemental Trilogy by Sherry Thomas
Strange The Dreamer by Laini Taylor
(*Note: I’ve only read the first book so far)
The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins
The Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth
(*Note: I haven’t read the third book)
The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
The Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare
The Last Hours series by Cassandra Clare
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
(*Note: I’ve only read the first book)
The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
(*Note: I haven’t read the final book yet)
The Tiger Saga by Colleen Houck
(*Note: I haven’t read the final book yet)
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
The Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead
The Bloodlines series by Richelle Mead
(*Note: I’ve only read the first three books so far)
The Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
(*Note: I know there’s a lot of boo-ing about these books, but no one can deny that Stephenie Meyer inspired a lot of young readers to enjoy reading again! She helped open up the YA genre to a whole slew of new readers, so I tremendously respect her for managing that!)
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
The Starbound series by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
Basically everything Maria V. Snyder
(*Note: I haven’t read all of these, but everything I’ve read of Maria’s is always amazing!)
The Illuminae Files by Amie Kaufmann and Jay Kristoff
Lore by Alexandra Bracken
The Fable duology by Adrienne Young
(*Note: I’ve only read the first book so far)
The Morganville Vampires series by Rachel Caine
(*Note: there are a heap of books in this series — maybe 15? — and I’ve read perhaps 10 of them years ago when they first came out!)
Starry Eyes by Jenn Bennett
The Nyxia Triad by Scott Reintgen
(*Note: I’ve only read the first book so far)
The Lux series by Jennifer L. Armentrout
The River of Time trilogy by Lisa T. Bergren
Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
This Mortal Coil trilogy by Emily Suvada
(*Note: I’ve only read the first book so far)
The Selection series by Kiera Cass
Jade Fire Gold by June C.L. Tan
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim
Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim
This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi
