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The Ultimate Fall Reading List for YA Book Fans
It’s time to cozy up with a new season of favorites, YA readers! From contemporary standalones that promise all the feels to fantastical finales guaranteed to cause book hangovers, there’s something for every well-versed fan of the genre to enjoy.
So how did we create this list of young adult must-reads? We took a look at the top titles publishing between September and December. This was measured by how many times a book has been added to Goodreads members' shelves. From there, we narrowed down our list to only include books that were rated at least four stars by early reviewers. If you're curious about how to read and rate prepublished books, check out our book giveaways.
Which of these fall gems will you be adding to your Want to Read shelf? Share them with us in the comments!
So how did we create this list of young adult must-reads? We took a look at the top titles publishing between September and December. This was measured by how many times a book has been added to Goodreads members' shelves. From there, we narrowed down our list to only include books that were rated at least four stars by early reviewers. If you're curious about how to read and rate prepublished books, check out our book giveaways.
Which of these fall gems will you be adding to your Want to Read shelf? Share them with us in the comments!
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Which YA books are you dying to read this season? Let us know in the comments!
Check out more recent blogs:
The Big Books of Fall
The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of 2018 (So Far)
Jenny Han's NY Screening of 'To All The Boys I've Loved Before'
Check out more recent blogs:
The Big Books of Fall
The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of 2018 (So Far)
Jenny Han's NY Screening of 'To All The Boys I've Loved Before'
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There are four guys on this list over two and a half books.
Charles wrote: "There are four guys on this list over two and a half books."1. Adam Silvera, co-author of What If It's Us and a best-selling author in his own right.
2. Val Emmich, author of Dear Evan Hansen.
3. Scott Westerfeld, author of Impostors.
4. Neal Shusterman, co-author of Dry,
5. Jarrod Shusterman, co-author of Dry.
Special mention goes to:
6. Steven Levenson;
7. Benj Pasek; and
8. Justin Paul, all of whom are accredited for contributing to the novel adaptation of their Broadway play.
To get to the point: There are 8 "guys" on this list over 4 books.
Abby wrote: "Charles wrote: "There are four guys on this list over two and a half books."1. Adam Silvera, co-author of What If It's Us and a best-selling author in his own right.
2. Val Emmich, author of Dear..."
I'd also like to add that it's likely that the books featured on this blog post stem from Goodreads statistics on how many readers have it on their shelves, and as such any statistics in relation to the authors has no bearing in 'discrimination' or 'under-'representation,' but is simply a representation of what YA readers are reading/plan on reading.
Ten of these are on my TBR, but I'm most excited about Muse of Nightmares and Evermore. I'm so behind on the Throne of Glass series and I don't know if I can catch up by Oct. 23rd!
Kingdom of Ashessssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Charles wrote: "There are four guys on this list over two and a half books."What's your point?
Oh Geez...I might need to expand my reading challenge XD with this many remaining releases.
Some books coming out in the next four months by indie/small publishers:Saving Death (I'm a good ways into this one and It's a inciting Romance with other genre elements, I can't stop reading).
The Confectioner's Guild (Fantasy/Mystery, I've read the first two chapters and it's very promising, and I loved Claire Luana's previous books).
The Fifth Knight: An Arthurian Legend Reverse Harem Romance (Fantasy, co-author is Luana, so I'm sure it's going to be good).
Empress Unveiled (Fantasy, have not read this one yet, but I've heard nothing but good things and lots of hype for it in my circle of friends).
There's a couple others, but at least one is NA and doesn't belong on this list.
I was already psyched for The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein and Girls of Paper and Fire, but there's some other interesting books here which escaped my notice, like This Is What It Feels Like!
Hey guys, blowing my own trumpet but Cold Fire Cold Fire: Shakespeare's Moon, ACT II, a retelling of Romeo and Juliet, is coming out on Friday - it´s the second book in the Shakespeare´s Moon series. If you like romance and time travel and suspense, you might want to check it out.The first book in the series, The Invisible Hand, will be on offer as an ebook for the whole of September.
If you like the series there´s loads of extra freebies and hidden stories around, so get in touch.
Thanks guys - happy reading!
James
Feeling real blessed at all of the highly rated queer rep books on this list <3 Just added a whole new handful to my list and I'm excited for things I didn't know I needed til now!
A lot of books with gorgeous covers in this post.
Abby wrote: "Charles wrote: "There are four guys on this list over two and a half books."1. Adam Silvera, co-author of What If It's Us and a best-selling author in his own right.
2. Val Emmich, author of Dear..."
Excellent point, Abby. That was frustrating me as well.
Soooo excited for Kingdom of Ash and Muse of Nightmares!!!!!!!!
Kingdom of Ash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t wait for Escaping from Houdini and Kingdom of Ash!!!! Girls of Paper and Fire sounds really good too!!
Pride, Summer Bird Blue, Girls of Paper of Fire, This is What It Feels Like (that cover!!) :)))
HOW ON EARTH DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT ANOTHER JACK THE RIPPER BOOK. STOKED.
Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ wrote: What's your point?"I'm not sure. I read through the list and realised none of the books really appealed to me. Tried to figure out why. I don't usually count up the authors by gender and I'm not actually bothered about under-representation or whatever people get bothered about, I just was surprised that I didn't notice the first couple times I read through the list how it was dominated by women.
Abby wroteSeriously though his name is Val don't tell me I'm the first person to make that mistake.
Ramona wrote: "I’m searching for people who’d like to take part in a big book exchange. You can be anywhere in the world. All you have to do is to buy your favourite book (just one) and send it to a stranger (I’l..."Um how does that work, if each person only contributes one book?
Jen wrote: "My real name is Hanna"Is it though. Is it really.
Two of these are on my TBR, but I also want to read Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women and Witchcraft.
Abby wrote: "Abby wrote: "Charles wrote: "There are four guys on this list over two and a half books."1. Adam Silvera, co-author of What If It's Us and a best-selling author in his own right.
2. Val Emmich, a..."
Agreed. It has nothing to do with representation. It's only based on what's on readers' shelves.
I’m looking forward to read “Dear Evan Hansen”, I’m such a fan of the musical. Also, I’m hyping the release of “Archenemies”, it’ll definitely be my favorite fall read! Maybe I’ll be reading “Pride” as well and “What if it’s us”.
So many I want to read. Where to start is the question.
@Janine I like the sound of these. Thanks for sharing!
Charles wrote: "There are four guys on this list over two and a half books."More than that. As far as I can remember this field has been female-dominated. Problem? More room for guys to write YA novels that are realistic, not just "dark fantasy" or "romantic comedy."
Really good ones are rare, regardless of the authors' gender (or of how many new authors publishers lure with lower payments).
Me, I don't see an author I know...I might browse if I had time to kill at the library, might discover someone I'd like reading, but for sure I am not buying.
Pride, The Lantern's Ember, Slayer, One of Us is Lying and Empress of All Seasons are some of the books on my wish list to be read!
If a book has Adam Silvera's name on it, then there's no way I'm not gonna read it.
Megs wrote: "If a book has Adam Silvera's name on it, then there's no way I'm not gonna read it."Why not?
Megs wrote: "If a book has Adam Silvera's name on it, then there's no way I'm not gonna read it."Agreed! He rips my heart out every time and I cry for more!
OMG KINGDOM OF ASHI'm readying my box of tissues :)
I cannot wait for The Last Wish of Sasha Cade by Cheyanne Young. It comes out next month and I already have all the feels!
Another one that might interest Fantasy readers: Song of the Dryad. It's a stand alone as well. Didn't add it before since it wasn't announced at the time.
Bhavika wrote: "OMG KINGDOM OF ASHI'm readying my box of tissues :)"
Are those sad tissues or happy tissues?
adeline wrote: "Livvyyyyy Blackthornnn"Still crying
KoA OMFG TOO EXCITED I ACTUALLY CAN'T I SWEAR IF IT DOESN'T IMMA ASJDJFODVKDD
