Help! I need good clean book recs!

[Atlin]

I am trying to get two of my best friends into reading. They have read the fault in our stars and a few other smaller books. But I need clean book recommendations! I really want to get us all the same boon for Christmas and read them together!

[Sam]

the percy jackson books by rick riordan, she drives me crazy by kelly quindlen, cemetery boys by aiden thomas, the house in the cerulean sea by tj klune, so this is ever after by ft lukens.

[Atlin]

Om so all of us are around 16 and so we kinda want like a cute romance. But clean. I recently read "Not If I Save You First" and if any of you have read that I want a book like that!!!

[Janine]

I’m not a fan of the term “clean” because it implies there’s something unclean about books with whatever it is (sex, swearing?). Can we use a different word, like maybe chaste?

[Atlin]

Ya of course. I don't really care what word we use I just don't want it to revolve around sex or have sex in it. I am pretty much fine with swearing.

[Janine]

Great, thank you Atlin. I would recommend Megan Whalen Turner’s Queen’s Thief series if you don’t mind characters who eventually get married (so presumably are having sex, but we don’t see it on page).

This is my favorite YA fantasy series ever. The first book, The Thief, has no romance in it (that doesn’t start until book two) and reads younger than the rest. The series had a cult following among grown ups even before YA fantasy novels started to cross over.

The books have a lot of twists and turns and the romance is really romantic and plays out in an unexpected way. I recommend not reading the blurbs or reviews if you can avoid it because they spoil things. The reading order is:

The Thief
The Queen of Attila
The King of Attolia
A Conspiracy of Kings
Thick as Thieves
Return of the Thief

If you can’t get into The Thief (some people can’t but still love the others) skip ahead to The Queen of Attolia. These books are amazingly good IMO.

[Wyetha]

Mystery, Thriller, Dystopian YA Novels

Wilder Girls, Rory Power
Rules for Vanishing, Kate Alice Marshall
The Agathas, Kathleen Glasgow

[Lynn :)]

The Lunar Chronicles are really good!

[Sarah]

I'd recommend YA series. A few of my favorites are The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia Wrede, and Protector of the Small by Tamora Pierce.

[Kasi]

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[Mimi]

Okayyyy let's see:


clean romance:
any sarah adams books
lynn painter books
(better than the movies the do over Mr wrong number)

rachel lynn Solomon books very very mild like its not even there

as long as the lemon trees grow
(on the history side and politics)

kismat connection

the bodyguard (I recommend this)

tweet cute

my fine fellow (romance historical fiction it's so good tho)

emergncy contact(also very good)


fanatsy:
keeper of the lost cities

gilded by marissa meyer

the selection

caraval series
Once upon a broken heart series

and enchantment of ravens (standalone)

idk the genre but it's rly good(romance, comedy, mystery)

Dial A for aunties

If u want middlegrade here r some very good ones

city of ghosts

city spies

good luckkkk

[Nicole]

I just read ‘The Wishing Game’ and it’s a really heartwarming, clean read. Sounds like exactly what you are looking for.

[Emily]

The Renegades series by Marissa Meyer is really good. It’s set in a sci-fi universe but at its heart it’s a really moving romance.

As far as contemporary romance goes, the Hallisburg Prep series by Emily Lowry is a sweet high school romance. Both are clean!

[Circa24]

It depends on the genres you like. If you enjoy Sci-Fi, I'd recommend "Fuzzy Nation" or "Redshirts" by John Scalzi. (The first is a rewrite of the 1960s classic Little Fuzzy. The second follows a group of starship personnel who wear red uniforms and go into hiding every time an away mission comes up because the "red shirts" always get killed (a Star Trek meme).

If you're looking for something with an overtly Christian theme, I'd recommend "The Book of Rodney" by Angelica Asher. It tells the story of a klutz named Rodney who, after a head injury, really develops the power to see angles.

If you're into voyages of self-discovery, I'd recommend Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer.

Mrs. Burk by Ptera Hunter is a long, free-style poem that follows the life of an elderly woman backward to her teen years.

A great book aimed at kids but which works for adults is "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night," by Mark Haddon, where a young boy decides to solve the mystery of who murdered his neighbor's dog. The twist is the boy has Asperger's syndrome or something akin to it.

[Christy]

I would suggest The Selection by Kiera Cass. It’s a cute and wholesome series. Sarah Dessen is also an author who writes clean romance type books.

[roguereader]

the jinn daughter by rania hanna -it's an ARC right now, though

[Payal]

The House in the Cerulean Sea.

[Lauren ♡︎]

I'm definitely a spice girly but I do want some clean recs because I don't think I've read any in so long..

[Barbara]

The Book Spy by Alan Hlad
Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb

[Anjalijpk]

Marissa Meyer books are usually good and clean.

[Debra]

daevabad trilogy by s.a. chakraborty

[TimeFliesAway]

I genuinely have no idea what y'all mean with "clean" lol. A healthy romance? Or a clean writing style, easy to read? Or a linear plot with no chaos, going straight to the point? Or a non-fiction book about cleaning?

[Regina the Constant Reader]

Snowy Serendipity by Melissa Ferguson would make a great Christmas present for a buddy read.

[Chris]

Just finished The Clause in Christmas by Rachel Bloome, no sex romance and great for the season.

[Alpineee]

Pax and pax journey home (duology) by Sara Pennypacker :)

[Barbara]

"Where'd You Go, Bernadette" by Maria Semple is a great, sweet, funny book about a teenage girl putting clues together to find her mother.
Also, Love Walked In and Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos are wonderful books (but should be read in order, Loved Walked In being first). An added bonus, she also wrote two other books with the same characters if you like the first two.

[Deborah]

Atlin wrote: "I am trying to get two of my best friends into reading. They have read the fault in our stars and a few other smaller books. But I need clean book recommendations! I really want to get us all the s..."

“Matching Miss Moon” by K. Lyn Smith comes to mind as a Sweet Clean Romance, about how the daughter of a small town mayor meets a sculptor. It is the Regency era, so societal restrictions apply, but there are no balls to attend. “Clean” means no open door sex scenes and there may be a kiss or kisses. Other books are by Dorothy Sheldon - I believe all of hers are “clean”.

[Deborah]

lol 😂. Did you say you guys are 16? Then forget my suggestions and read Harry Potter. If you are ambitious, then read the classics: anything by Charles Dickens, Edgar Allen Poe for mystery/horror, Mark Twain, and if you are girls or like female authors, then read anything by Jane Austen, Charlotte and Emily Brontë, or “Anne of Green Gables”. All of these are great, but if you want something contemporary, then I cannot help you. Good hunting and good for you to reach out to a reading audience!

[TimeFliesAway]

Ok I still don't get why the word "clean", but She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat, Vol. 1 (Volume 1) is perfect for Christmas.
Or I'm Kinda Chubby and I'm Your Hero Vol. 1.
Both feature delicious food.

Other examples:
- 熱帯魚は雪に焦がれる 1 Nettaigyo wa Yuki ni Kogareru 1
- Whisper Me a Love Song, Vol. 1
- Boyfriends Volume One
- Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon, Vol. 1
- 私の推しは悪役令嬢。 1 Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou. 1

[Barbara]

Next Door Cowboy by Rose Luv
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

[❁ Aileen ❁]

The Raven boys series is really good. Has fantasy, a little romance, friendship, diversity and representation :)

[Alicia]

This is a great series! I first read the first 4 books back in 2012 and now rereading them because there are 3 more books in the series! I highly recommend!
Reckless Magic: The Star-Crossed Series by Rachel Higginson

[Janine]

There is another thread here on this topic, you can find more suggestions there:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Ryebread]

I feel like I should no what "a clean book" is but I don't. Can somebody explain?

[karissa m]

@riley the bookworm it basically means not a lot of language smut or violence

[karissa m]

some people prefer books like this for religious reasons or they just don't like violence smut or language

[karissa m]

Also forgot to add a lot of people can have different views on what a "clean" book is like for me clean means no sex and I like to read these kinds of books just because I simply don't like to read that kind of stuff but for someone else it might mean no gore or violence

[Jacy]

the cheat sheet

[karissa m]

@Janine Ballard I agree that clean is not the correct terms for these books