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Tyrell (Tyrell, #1)
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Sexy
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Some Boys
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Patty Blount (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 9,161 ratings
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Girl in Pieces
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Kathleen Glasgow (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 259,344 ratings
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Beauty Queens
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Libba Bray (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 55,187 ratings
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Letters from the Inside
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3.70 avg rating — 5,654 ratings
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The Dirty Truth
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4.31 avg rating — 88 ratings
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Flirtin' With the Monster: Your Favorite Authors on Ellen Hopkins' Crank and Glass
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4.18 avg rating — 2,287 ratings
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Easy (Contours of the Heart, #1)
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Tammara Webber (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 229,062 ratings
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| 410 |
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If You Find Me
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Emily Murdoch (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 24,347 ratings
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| 411 |
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Symptoms of Being Human
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Jeff Garvin (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 18,964 ratings
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| 412 |
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The Discarded Ones
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3.70 avg rating — 135 ratings
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| 412 |
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Broken Point (The Wayward Gifted, #1)
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Donna K. Childree (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 87 ratings
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| 412 |
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Lucky Go Happy: Make Happiness Happen!
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Paul Van Der Merwe (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 88 ratings
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Manifesto of the Free People's Union
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Jakub Lasak (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 34 ratings
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The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
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3.82 avg rating — 8,855 ratings
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Amy & Roger's Epic Detour
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Morgan Matson (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 94,661 ratings
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| 416 |
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Flinging Dirt (Dirt, #2)
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Rebecca Montemurro (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 27 ratings
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| 419 |
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Destroying Avalon
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Kate McCaffrey (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 1,358 ratings
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Being Nikki (Airhead, #2)
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Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 29,915 ratings
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Snitch
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Allison van Diepen (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 3,370 ratings
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Tilt
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Ellen Hopkins (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 18,445 ratings
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Waiting for You
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Susane Colasanti (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 21,914 ratings
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Beautiful Me
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Natasha Jennings (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 242 ratings
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The Beginning of Everything
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Robyn Schneider (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 60,611 ratings
score: 582,
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| 425 |
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Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
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Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 1,608,859 ratings
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Asking For It
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Lisa, Bright and Dark
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3.63 avg rating — 3,949 ratings
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The House on Mango Street
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3.69 avg rating — 227,758 ratings
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Real Live Boyfriends: Yes. Boyfriends, Plural. If My Life Weren't Complicated, I Wouldn't Be Ruby Oliver (Ruby Oliver, #4)
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E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 5,986 ratings
score: 555,
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Until the End (Final Friends, #1-3)
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4.05 avg rating — 2,822 ratings
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Almost
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Anne Eliot (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 15,285 ratings
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The Host (The Host, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 1,044,315 ratings
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Izzy, Willy-Nilly
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Cynthia Voigt (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 3,619 ratings
score: 546,
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Does My Head Look Big In This?
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3.65 avg rating — 12,200 ratings
score: 545,
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Leftovers
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3.81 avg rating — 3,481 ratings
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One for the Murphys
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Lynda Mullaly Hunt (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 33,560 ratings
score: 539,
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Venomous
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Christopher Krovatin (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 1,303 ratings
score: 538,
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The Packing House
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G. Donald Cribbs (Goodreads Author)
4.42 avg rating — 73 ratings
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| 440 |
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The Piper's Son
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Melina Marchetta (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 11,689 ratings
score: 534,
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Mockingbird
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4.20 avg rating — 35,617 ratings
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A Different Blue
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Amy Harmon (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 38,806 ratings
score: 529,
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I Was Here
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Gayle Forman (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 68,273 ratings
score: 528,
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One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies
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Sonya Sones (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 8,141 ratings
score: 527,
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Since You've Been Gone
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Morgan Matson (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 116,530 ratings
score: 523,
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Oliver Twist
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3.88 avg rating — 423,452 ratings
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Can You Sue Your Parents for Malpractice?
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3.78 avg rating — 1,052 ratings
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Fat Cat
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Robin Brande (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 5,480 ratings
score: 519,
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Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys
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3.92 avg rating — 32,848 ratings
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Tell the Wolves I'm Home
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Carol Rifka Brunt (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 148,725 ratings
score: 513,
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Just as Long as We're Together
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Judy Blume (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 13,334 ratings
score: 501,
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Dream Smashers
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Angela Carlie (Goodreads Author)
3.51 avg rating — 205 ratings
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In Leah's Wake
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3.24 avg rating — 2,934 ratings
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| 452 |
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Torn
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Amber Lehman (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 743 ratings
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| 452 |
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All My Life (First Things, #1)
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Rucy Ban (Goodreads Author)
3.52 avg rating — 1,761 ratings
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| 452 |
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Supernatural Hero
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Eran Gadot (Goodreads Author)
4.42 avg rating — 204 ratings
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| 452 |
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The Love Story That Shouldn't Have Been
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3.91 avg rating — 116 ratings
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| 452 |
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Seven Cuts
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Kady Hunt (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings
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At First Blush
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Beth Ellyn Summer (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 212 ratings
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One for the Road (Road #1)
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Elise K. Ackers (Goodreads Author)
4.68 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Rafferty Lincoln Loves...
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Emily Williams (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Get You the Moon
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Hasnita Singh (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Teenage Dirtbag (Dirt #1)
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Rebecca Montemurro (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 68 ratings
score: 499,
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Seeing Voices
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Olivia Smit (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 112 ratings
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| 465 |
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Dumplin' (Dumplin', #1)
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Julie Murphy (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 91,728 ratings
score: 496,
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Red Tears
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3.90 avg rating — 640 ratings
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| 467 |
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Once Upon a Road Trip (Once Upon a Road Trip, #1)
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Angela N. Blount (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 465 ratings
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| 468 |
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School Monitor
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3.69 avg rating — 84 ratings
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The Girls
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Lori Lansens (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 22,290 ratings
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| 469 |
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Last Night I Sang to the Monster
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Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 8,281 ratings
score: 491,
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The Demon Magician
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| 472 |
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The Miseducation of Cameron Post
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Emily M. Danforth (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 59,483 ratings
score: 486,
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Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
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4.15 avg rating — 654,443 ratings
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Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, #3)
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3.74 avg rating — 1,969,300 ratings
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| 475 |
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More Happy Than Not
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Adam Silvera (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 67,955 ratings
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| 476 |
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Damaged: Natalie's Story
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Talia Jager (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 115 ratings
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
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4.27 avg rating — 227,515 ratings
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| 478 |
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Beautiful Malice
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Rebecca James (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 8,146 ratings
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Inside Out
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3.85 avg rating — 2,111 ratings
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I Am the Messenger
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Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 168,706 ratings
score: 474,
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Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1)
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Christopher Paolini (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 1,919,515 ratings
score: 474,
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Pandemonium (Delirium, #2)
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Lauren Oliver (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 245,160 ratings
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| 483 |
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Drowning Instinct
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Ilsa J. Bick (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 4,818 ratings
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| 484 |
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Never Enough
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Denise Jaden (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 1,565 ratings
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| 485 |
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Broken China
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4.24 avg rating — 943 ratings
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| 486 |
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The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #1)
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Michelle Hodkin (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 190,312 ratings
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| 487 |
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Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: 101 Stories of Life, Love and Learning
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3.94 avg rating — 19,536 ratings
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Kendra
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4.14 avg rating — 1,737 ratings
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| 489 |
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Something like Normal
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Trish Doller (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 16,835 ratings
score: 451,
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| 489 |
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The Running Dream
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Wendelin Van Draanen (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 32,297 ratings
score: 451,
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| 491 |
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King of the Screwups
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K.L. Going (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 2,545 ratings
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The Vincent Boys (The Vincent Boys, #1)
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Abbi Glines (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 75,134 ratings
score: 449,
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Bang!
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4.19 avg rating — 2,333 ratings
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Life In The Fat Lane
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Cherie Bennett (Goodreads Author)
3.49 avg rating — 2,379 ratings
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How to Ruin a Summer Vacation (How to Ruin, #1)
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Simone Elkeles (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 10,422 ratings
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Because of Low (Sea Breeze, #2)
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Abbi Glines (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 56,965 ratings
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
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4.01 avg rating — 717,092 ratings
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The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl (The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl, #1)
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Barry Lyga (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 6,755 ratings
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Making Faces
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Amy Harmon (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 80,388 ratings
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Crank, Speak, and What Happened to Cass McBride are such good books and also my favorites :]
Speak, Cut, and Thirteen Reasons Why are wonderful books! You can read them again and again without getting tires of them!
... All YA books deal with "real" problems. As a matter of fact, books about siblings, school, dating, divorce, ect. happen a lot more in life then a books about addicts, suicide, and eating disorders. Don't get me wrong, I get what you mean by "real problems", but I think it should be worded differently. \
For best Teen books about REAL problems I DEFINITELY think that "Speak" should be at the top of the list. Some books shouldn't be on the list though, even as an option, like the "Uglies" series and books like that since those are impossible to happen in the present.
DUDE, I STARTED TO READ THIRTEEN REASONS WHY AND I STARTED TO GET KINDA WEIRDED OUT, SO I STOPPED.SPEAK WAS MADE INTO A MOVIE, IT WAS PRETTY GOOD.
The perks of being a wallflower is my all time favorite book!
Great list.I either have already read them or am plaining on too.
I love Speak.
You forgot White Oleander though.
ive been wanting 2 read cut since 4th grade and im in the 7th grade. i wanna read it soo bad lolz
Ellen Hopkins books are beautifully written and are page turners.
so glad none of those twilight books are on this list. that whole twilight stuff is so overrated and its not what kids today worry about. vampires? werewolves? please give me a break
Mandy wrote: "... All YA books deal with "real" problems. As a matter of fact, books about siblings, school, dating, divorce, ect. happen a lot more in life then a books about addicts, suicide, and eating disord..."Deffinately agree with you
I think that I Heart You, You Haunt Meisn't really dealing with real problems,getting haunted by her dead boyfriend... not really a real life problemI don't mean to offend anyone =)
Who in their right mind voted for Percy Jackson? Great book yes, R'eal' problems NO!
Nataytay wrote: "For best Teen books about REAL problems I DEFINITELY think that "Speak" should be at the top of the list. Some books shouldn't be on the list though, even as an option, like the "Uglies" series an..."I agree. I saw the uglies adn was like...What? Why is that on there?!
Guistinna wrote: "DUDE, I STARTED TO READ THIRTEEN REASONS WHY AND I STARTED TO GET KINDA WEIRDED OUT, SO I STOPPED.SPEAK WAS MADE INTO A MOVIE, IT WAS PRETTY GOOD."
Are you serious??? I didnt know it was a movie!
Jenn{WeEzEr LuVa!!!!} wrote: "Who in their right mind voted for Percy Jackson? Great book yes, R'eal' problems NO!"I know. That shouldnt be on there. Thats fantasy. Not likely to happen...
Because I Am Furniture & Wintergirls broke my heart i tried super duper hard not to cry but i did anyway cuz it shows u that some of the problems we complain about sometimes are practically nonexistent compared to some of the problems in most of these books....think about it but these are some good books BTW :D
In Beastly, a self-centered boy is turned into a monster by a witch. This is a real problem amoung teens today--NOT! Who are the 21 people who voted for this book? Oh, I know! 21 people who were turned into idiots by witches!
Henryetta wrote: "In Beastly, a self-centered boy is turned into a monster by a witch. This is a real problem amoung teens today--NOT! Who are the 21 people who voted for this book? Oh, I know! 21 people who were ..."your right!! :)
I don't know what people were thinking...
and gossip girl is on here why? i read the entire series and theyre all totally superficial problemslove speak, 13 reasons why & the outsiders though
Why is "Gossip Girl" on here? :P All superficial problems. Oh, and read "Freaky Green Eyes" by Joyce Carol Oates.. Its absolutely amazing.
Alice in Time is a great book about divorce bullying and mistakes.
After giving "Beastly" some thought, I do see a connection to teens today. There is so much emphsis on good looks, clothes, and popularity amoung teens. This book address that problem. The results is pure fantasy, but perhaps the emphsis on "outward appearance" was the connection that the voters saw. I was too fast to judge. By the way, "Beastly" has been made into a movie that will be released in March 2011. You can bring up the trailer on the internet.
*Prancer!* wrote: "Nataytay wrote: "For best Teen books about REAL problems I DEFINITELY think that "Speak" should be at the top of the list. Some books shouldn't be on the list though, even as an option, like the "..."
It's on there because the Uglies series may be Scifi, but it still deals with one of the most problem among teens nowadays, the overall worry about physical appearance. This then can be related to how many teens have such horrible self-esteem which leads to big problems.
It's on there because the Uglies series may be Scifi, but it still deals with one of the most problem among teens nowadays, the overall worry about physical appearance. This then can be related to how many teens have such horrible self-esteem which leads to big problems.
Hold Still by Nina LaCour, It's a must read.
Guistinna wrote: "DUDE, I STARTED TO READ THIRTEEN REASONS WHY AND I STARTED TO GET KINDA WEIRDED OUT, SO I STOPPED.SPEAK WAS MADE INTO A MOVIE, IT WAS PRETTY GOOD."
I don't blame you, but I finished it and it was good.
Jessi wrote: "Speak, Cut, and Thirteen Reasons Why are wonderful books! You can read them again and again without getting tires of them!"very true i stil cry in Thirteen Reasons Why
thirten reasons why?? JUST finished the book and it's a really good book but it makes me really think and i luv it.
i think Gemma by Meg Tilly is a book that you should include in the list! by the way nice list ^_^
Go Ask Alice? Have you even READ that book? It is a pile of crock! There is nothing in it that is accurate or discusses real teen problems, including the fact that the entire thing is a *lie*.
Henryetta wrote: "In Beastly, a self-centered boy is turned into a monster by a witch. This is a real problem amoung teens today--NOT! Who are the 21 people who voted for this book? Oh, I know! 21 people who were ..."It's about a real problem symbolically because It's about a boy finding out life isn't about being beautiful on the outside but what's inside is what counts. :) And if you find a person who loves not just for your looks, but your personality, they are the one.
Willow after and speak changed my life completely. i absolutely loved them they are now and forever my favorite books :)
thirteen reasons why made me cry uncontrollably. i would recommend it to anyone and everyone
By Time you read this i'll be dead made be sob! it ismy all time favorite book ever!!!!
My favorites are Speak, Cut, Uglies, and Specials
My favorites are Speak, Cut, Uglies, and Specials
"Return of the Skeleton Man"? Seriously? Am I the only teenager who doesn't have problems with strange old skeleton creatures chasing me and kidnapping my parents?
Meaghan wrote: "My favorites are Speak, Cut, Uglies, and Specials"lol that is a lil odd to be on there....
LOL I love how Uglies is #12 and it's a sci-fi book. And After by Amy Efaw, cuz all teenagers throw their babies in the dumpster. . . Along with others. *slaps-forehead*
Charlotte wrote: ".... After by Amy Efaw, cuz all teenagers throw their babies in the dumpster. . . Along with others. *slaps-forehead*"I guess it depends on how you define "real"- "real" as in "extremely difficult/serious" or "real" as in "common". Efaw's book definitely falls into the former, not the latter :)
Sarah wrote: "Charlotte wrote: ".... After by Amy Efaw, cuz all teenagers throw their babies in the dumpster. . . Along with others. *slaps-forehead*"I guess it depends on how you define "real"- "real" as in "..."
That's true. :) The sci-fi books on here are pretty funny though. Although then again, they're all dealing with personal problems within the books so I can see why. .
Speak has been made into a movie and it's rated PG-13. I read this whole book within a couple days. It was great except for the creep and the brief rape part.
Nataytay wrote: "For best Teen books about REAL problems I DEFINITELY think that "Speak" should be at the top of the list. Some books shouldn't be on the list though, even as an option, like the "Uglies" series an..."Uglies did deal with the presssure to accept yourself and not give in to society's pressure blindly without questioning it.
Sarah wrote: ""Return of the Skeleton Man"? Seriously? Am I the only teenager who doesn't have problems with strange old skeleton creatures chasing me and kidnapping my parents?"What are you talking about? That happens to me all the time! ;)
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