I just started reading YA contemporary books and I would like to know what are some recommendations?

[Michelle]

Please only YA contemporary books! Thanks!

[Kath]

Rainbow Rowell-- start with Eleanor & Park.
Sarah Dessen-- start with The Truth About Forever. (You can start with any of their books, just my recommendation).
Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock. I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson. Anything by Sara Zarr (Story of a Girl is a good place to start, although my favorite is The Lucy Variations). Hope some of these work for you!

[Deanna]

We Were Liars - E. Lockhart
Will Grayson, Will Grayson - John Green
If I Stay & Where She Went - Gayle Forman
Never Never - Colleen Hoover
Jumping Off Swings - Jo Knowles
The Spectacular Now _ Tim Thorp
A Little Something Different - Sandy Hall
Sarah Dessen - What Happened to Goodbye
Rainbow Rowell - Eleanor & Park

[Michelle]

Wow thanks to both of you! I will look into all of these.

[Andrea]

* Two boys kissing - David Levithan
* Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe - Benjamin Alire Sáenz
* If I stay - Gayle Forman
* Where she went - Gayle Forman
* The sky is everywhere - Jandy Nelson
* Eleanor & Park - Rainbow Rowell
* Wintergirls - Laurie Halse Anderson
* The spiderking's daughter - Chibundu Onuzo
* Will Grayson Will Grayson - John Green & David Levithan
* Girl saves boy - Steph Bowe
* The book thief - Markus Zusak
* Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell
* Before I die - Jenny Downham
* Death of a superhero - Anthony McCarthy
* The perks of being a wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
* My sister lives on the mantelpiece - Annabel Pitcher
* Numbers - Rachel Ward
* Submarine - Joe Dunthorne

[Gerd]

Annie on my mind - Nancy Garden

[Michelle]

Everyone is saying to read Eleanor & Park and Fangirl so I will definitely give those a try.

Thanks everyone for the recommendations.

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- Audrey wait by robin benway
- this is what happy looks like by Jennifer e smith
- this song can save youre life by leila sales
- heist society by ally carter
- night School by c.j daughtery
- kasie west books
- amy spalding books
- morgan matson books
- geek girl by holly smale
- boys dont knit by t.s eaton

[Beata]

I'm pretty new to contemporary too, but I've figured out it's best if you find an author you really like and read all of their books. Here are some authors and books I like:

- Rainbow Rowell(my personal favourite is Fangirl)
- John Green (obviously. Start with TFIOS)
- Stephanie Perkins
- Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
- The Anne of Green Gables series (seriously the best. I can't believe people don't read this anymore. READ IT EVERYBODY!)
- I'll Give You the Sun
- Panic
- Meant to Be

Also, I saw that someone recommended The Book Thief earlier. That's one of my favourite books ever, but it's historical fiction. There's a BIG difference between contemporary and historical, but if you're into that then Micheal Morpurgo is also amazing.

[Michelle]

Is Panic really a contemporary book? I thought it was leaning towards dystopian.

[London]

Just wanted to add, try Maureen Johnson. Some of her books are better than others but Suite Scarlett is really great.

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Michelle wrote: "Is Panic really a contemporary book? I thought it was leaning towards dystopian."

Panic is contemporary, its not happy og Lucky but it takes Place now in todays worlkd, so yes contemporary. Heared its supposed to be scary, but books can be contemporary and scary at the same time.(all fall Down,night School++)contemporary just means no supernatural or sifi elementes which is right for panic.

[Alexa]

Pretty much any Sarah dessen book...

[Michelle]

@Oda Okay. That makes sense. Thanks.

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Happy to help :D

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the princess diaries by meg cabot

[Lori]

Anna and the french kiss, Lola and the boy next door and Isla and the Happily Ever After all by Stephanie Perkins. All awesome. Rainbow Rowell Fangirl and Eleanor and Park. 13 reasons why by Jay Asher. Cursed by Jennifer L Armentrout

[Alex]

Jenny Han books

[Jamie]

Colleen Hoover is AMAZING!

[Marisa]

Any John Green book is amazing, I strongly recommend. Eleanor and Park is also amazing (heartbreaking, but amazing). And since you read Anna I recommend you pick up Lola and the Boy Next Door. It's really really good.

[Lina]

Lola and the Boy Next Door
Just One Day
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
the unbecoming of mara dyer is one of my favorites.

[Michelle]

All of you are great! I have so many new books to start!

[Florencia]

Do yourself a favour and read The sea of tranquility by Kadja Millay. I don't know of anybody who hasn't loved it.

-Melina Marchetta: true wizard of the great writing. My favourites are On the Jellicoe Road, The piper's son (which is the sequel to Saving Francesca, which I thought was okay) and her fantasy triology.
-Since you've been gone, by Morgan Matson. Fun, heart-warming and very Dessen-ish.

And the rest I'd recommend have been already mentioned.

[Rune]

All the bright places by jennifer niven.

[Lisa]

You gotta read The Boy Who Sneaks in My Bedroom Window ;)

[Kim]

1. Anything by Sarah Dresden
2. I know this is an older series but you should try the gossip girl series one of my all time favorites
3 to all the boys I loved before and the summer I turned pretty by Jenny Han

[Michelle]

I have just finished reading those two books by Jenny Han. They were great.

[Jessica☆]

My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
Solitaire by Ashley Oseman
If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch
... and any Kody Keplinger books! :)

[Deanna]

I just started reading Claire Contrares' books ( ) and love them. But they are definitely NA instead of YA, so depends on how mature of a reader you are.