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If You Liked The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare...You might like:
The Night World series by L.J. Smith
Clockwork Angel (Prequel)
The Archived by Victoria Schwab
If You Liked Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling...You might like:
Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage
Young boy, Septimus is a rare (7th son of a 7th son)wizard. Another major character is Jenna.
Wizards, Queens, dragons, adventure, mythical creatures
The Tapestry Series by Neff. Young boy doesn't know he's a wizard until he's tested for admittance to magical school. Book spans one year with threat of bigger evil in the background. Similar to Harry Potter but a good read with great characters in its own right.
The Bartimaeus Trilogy/series by Jonathan Stroud (The Amulet of Samarkand, The Golem's Eye, Ptolemy's Gate and The Ring of Solomon~presequel). Nathaniel is a magician's apprentice learning the art of summoning demons and other magic to become part of British parlament. After a major event in his childhoo he sets out to get revenge on his master and another high powered magician named Simon Lovelace. Told from the demon Bartimaus point of view and also of Nathaniels.
If You Like Steampunk...You might like:
Leviathan trilogy by Scott Westerfeld (Leviathan, Behemoth, Goliath).
Story revolves around 2 main characters – a boy and a girl pretending to be a boy so she can be in the British Air service aboard the massive Whale ship, Leviathan.
Alternate history – WWI – British Darwinists fight against the German Clankers.
Matt Cruse trilogy by Kenneth Oppel (Airborn, Skybreaker, Starclimber)
Main character is Matt Cruse, who is living his dream living and working on a huge airship.
Adventure – shipwreck - pirates – mythical beings - hints of romance with friend, Kate
The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare
The Affinity Bridge by George Mann
Fever Crumb by Phillip Reeve
Souless by Gail carriger
The Madness Project? It's steampunk fantasy. :D
The Inventor's Secret by Andrea
Illusions of Fate by Kiersten White
Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
If You Like Modern Fairy Tales...You might like:
Jackson Pearce is the way to go. She's done modern retellings of Red Riding Hood (Sisters Red) and Hansel and Gretel (Sweetly) so far. The Little Mermaid (Fathomless)
Depends on your age but...
The Sisters Grimm: Micheal Buckly
These books are fairy tale-esque, yet full of dark twists and humor. Two orphaned sisters are sent to live with their grandmother in New York State and help her figure out a series of unusual crimes (Which are really magic beings messing with the city...). This is also a series, so you'll be busy for a while:)
Beastly, Cloaked, and A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn
Michael Buckley and Alex Flinn are really good. If you haven't already, try Gail Carson Levine's books, like Ella Enchanted, Fairest, or the Princess Tales.
Beauty by Robin McKinley
The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
Red Riding Hood - Sarah Blakley-Cartwright.
Of Beast and Beauty by: Stacey Jay
Scarlet in the Snow by: Sophie Masson
Cruel Beauty by: Rosamund Hodge
The Sweetest Spell by: Suzzane Selfors
If You Like Vampires...You might like:
The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer
The Vampire Diaries by L. J. Smith
Cirque Du Freak series by Darren Shan
Crusade and Damned by Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguié
The Morganville Vampires series by Rachel Caine
Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantasky
Vampire Academy and Bloodlines Series by Richelle Mead
House of Night series by P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast.
Vampire Kisses Series
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The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa
Blue Bloods Series by Melissa de la Cruz
Silver Kiss by: Annette Curtis Klause
A Shade of Vampire by: Bella Forrest
Captain Korina If You Like YA Fiction with a Male POV...
You might like:
The Maze Runner Trilogy by James Dashner (Maze Runner, Scorch Trials, Death Cure)
Dystopian/Sci-Fi mix.
The Pendragon series by D.J. Machale. Lots of adventure.posted 2 years ago. ( edit | reply | permalink | delete )
Flash Burnout by LK Madigan. Blake is torn between being a boyfriend and a friend to a girl (Marissa). He and Marissa take photography together and one day he snaps a picture of a homeless woman...only to find out it was Marissa's mother who left her. I really liked this and I loved Blake's voice!
Also these books by John Green: Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns, and Will Grayson, Will Grayson (2 male POVs!)
Captain Korina
The CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater is half and half. So is Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn.
Dark Life and Rip Tide by Kat Falls
Chronicles of Nick (Infinity, Invincible, Infamous) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan (both series)
Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard
Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness (The KNife of Never Letting Go, The Ask and the Answer, Monsters of Men)
The Replacement
White Cat (Curse Workers, 1) by Holly Black
Leviathan by Westerfeld
Ranger's Apprentice series and Brotherband series by John Flanagan
Star Wars books by various authors.
Matt Cruise series by Kenneth Oppel
I am Number Four
Deadline by Chris Crutcher....Realistic Fiction
Anna Dressed in Blood
Au Revoir Crazy European Chick
Spanking Shakespeare
Insignia by S.J. Kincaid
The False Prince
Nothing by Robin Friedman
Looking For Alaska by John Green
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Elemental series by Brigid Kemmerer has half and half...
Ender's Game
I Hunt Killers (series) by Barry Lyga
Hatch by James Stevens
If you like werewolves...You might like:
The Wolves of Mercy Falls (Shiver, Linger, Forever) by Maggie Stiefvater - not your typical werewolf, these guys turn into wolves when it's cold so they're basically wolves all winter and then human for the summer.
NightShade series by Andrea Cremer.
Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce
Raised by Wolves By Jennifer Lynn Barnes.
Dark Guardian series by Rachel Hawthorne
Blood and Chocolate
The Dark Divine series by Bree Despain
The Wereling by Stephen Cole
The Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs. It's not YA, but it's not adult adult, either, if you catch my meaning.
13 to Life by: Shannon Delany
Unleashed by: Nancy Holder
If You Like Dragons...You might like:
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Raising Dragons by Bryan Davis
Eon by Alison Goodman - a long read, but well worth it.
Here There Be dragons by James Owen
Firelight series by Sophie Jordan
Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
Tales of Starlight by Bryan Davis.
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If You Like Zombies...Forest of Hands and Teeth.
World War Z
Ashes
Enclave
In Ashes, they're still alive and in Enclave, they're mutants so I don't know if those really count.
Ashes by Ilsa Bick. It's a trilogy and the 2nd book is already out - Shadows. My sis-in-law has already read it and said it's good. I'll be reading it soon.
If you are someone who reads zombie books, you probably don't have a problem with a bit of gore. But just in case that is as issue for you, I've heard that in Shadows, Bick takes really amps up the gore.
Warm Bodies
The Enemy series by Charlie Higson.
Also the Rot and Ruin series by Jonathan Maberry.
The Enemy series takes the perspective of multiple kids that have survived after a plague causes adults to become animal-like and hungry for flesh. It builds and gives different perspectives. It's really great.
The Rot and Ruin series is in a world with typical zombies but there are multiple story arcs and it flows and there is pain and joy and it's an all-around great story that happens to have zombies.
Mark Tufo Zombie Fallout series
If You Like Pirates....You might like:
Bloody Jack series by LA Meyer
To Catch A Pirate by Jade Parker
Isle of Swords by Wayne Thomas Batson
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry
If You Like Books With Angels...You might like:
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
Hush Hush series by Becca Fitzpatrick
Fallen series by Lauren Kate
Halo Trilogy by Alexandra Adornetto
Angel Trilogy by L. A. Weatherly
The Fallen Series by Thomas Sniegoski
If You Like Historical YA Fiction...You might like:
Musician's Daughter by Susanne Dunlap.
War Horse.
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Code Name Verity
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
Vixen by Jillian Larkin
The Girl Is Murder by Iris Anderson
Countdown by Deborah Wiles
The Sally Lockhart trilogy by Philip Pullman. Jen! Jen! Jen! *bounces up and down* Looooooooooook!! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498382/
Out of the Easy by Ruta Septys
If You Like Those Tricky Fae...You might like:
Linger and Ballad by Maggie Stiefvater
The Iron Fae series!
Tithe by Holly Black
Wicked Lovely series by Melissa Marr
The Faire Folk trilogy by Gillian Summers
Need (series) by: Carrie Jones
Hallowmere Series - Tiffany Trent
How to Ditch Your Fairy - Justine Larbalestier
The Replacement - Brenna Yovanoff
Fablehaven - Brandon Mull
If you like YA books about Mermaids...You might like:
Tempest Rising by: Tracey Deebs
Sea Change by: Aimee Friedman
Midnight Pearls by Debbie Viguie
Fathom by Jackson Pearce
If you like Magic/Witches...You might like:
Pretty much anything by Cate Tiernan
Blue is for Nightmares (4 book series) by: Laurie Faria Stolarz
The Assassins Curse (2 book series) by: Cassandra Rose Clarke
Scent of Magic (3 book series) by: Maria V. Sydner
Wicked (3 book series) by: Nancy Holder and Debbie Vuige
Daughter of the Forest by: Juliet Marillier
The Casters Chronicles by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (Casters are pretty much like witches :p)
Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCulloug
Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
Illusions and Fate by Kiersten White
Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore
Everlasting by Angie Fraiser
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