I seem to ask this every year and I always get loads of good book recommendations from it, so I thought I'd ask again this year -
What are your favourite YA books?
Personally, my favourites are:
- I love Meg Cabot. Anything by her really, but I adored The Mediator series.
- The Rachel Riley series by Joanna Nadin
- The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart
- Let's Get Lost - Sarra Manning
- Love Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur
- Bang Bang You're Dead by Narinder Dhami (This is a powerful and gripping book that I read in one sitting and I almost never do that!)
How about you guys?
Jai
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NaNo 2006: The Perfect Man - 91K words!
NaNo 2008: Untitled - 65K
NaNo 2009: ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
10,000 / 50,000
Okt 3, 2009 - 08 07
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Steve Chbosky
----------Boy Meets Boy - David Levithan
Define Normal - Julie Ann Peters
Luna - Julie Ann Peters
Th1rteen R3asons Why - Jay Asher
So Yesterday - Scott Westerfeld
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Okt 3, 2009 - 08 50
I LOVE Boy Meets Boy! Easily one of my favourites. Didn't like Luna because it depressed me, but I really adore Parrot Fish by Ellen Wittlinger.
Also:
the Rainbow Boys series by Alex Sanchez (and most of his other work)
Most anything by Scott Westerfeld
Animorphs by KA Applegate (yes, it's old)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
Children of the Red King series by Jenny Nimmo
Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage
Really I like anything that involves fantasy. I tend to read all the gay coming of age stories too because there weren't any even when I was growing up (and that was in the 90s!) so it's like getting back a piece of my childhood, but really I like fantasy best. Wizards and dragons and magic rock.
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Okt 3, 2009 - 09 21
Yeah, Luna was sort of sad, but it had an excellent message.
& I also loooove Scott Westerfelt. lol The only books I haven't read by him are the Midnighters..I need to get those..
And I haven't read all the Peeps books because the first one grossed me out. x3
I like the books like Luna/Boy Meets Boy for the messages.
----------It's hard for me to buy them, because I'm not sure what if my parents would approve... I'm all like 'stealth.' x3
But I just find them to be really beautiful books.
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Okt 3, 2009 - 10 19
- Anything by Sarah Dessen (they're all pretty much the same story told over and over again, anyway)
----------- Perfect Chemistry
- Gone
- S.E. Hinton books
It's pronounced "dack" -- All my stories are autobiographies. Some are just a little more shameless than others!
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Okt 3, 2009 - 10 50
Perks of Being a Wallflower
Thirteen Reasons...
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
An Abundance of Katherines
Also love the MG classics, such as Hatchet, The Giver, Holes....
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Winner - nanowrimo 2007
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Okt 3, 2009 - 14 19
Right now, I'm obsessed with John Green, so I'll say all three of his books
- Looking for Alaska
- An Abundance of Katherines
- Paper Towns
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Okt 3, 2009 - 14 57
The Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter
Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks
Gone series by Michael Grant
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Okt 3, 2009 - 15 33
I'm just going to list authors. *laughs*
Megan Whalen Turner
Sarah Rees Brennan
Meg Cabot
Tamora Pierce
Diane Duane
Patricia C. Wrede
Vivian Vande Velde
Lloyd Alexander
Robin McKinley
Monica Furlong
...that's a good start,
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03 - Never Upon a Time.
04 - Tales of an (Almost) Evil Overlord).
05 - Glory Doesn't Exist. (won!)
06 - Knight.
07 - Broken Ink.
08 - Broken Ink (cont.)
09 - Missing Lisa.
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Okt 13, 2009 - 13 49
Young Bond series - Charlie Higson
----------Percy Jackson and thr Olympians series - Rick Riordan
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
The Declaration / The Resistance - Gemma Malley
A Season of Secrets / Ways to Live Forver - Sally Nicholls
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
The Red Necklace - Sally Gardener
Inkheart Trilogy - Cornelia Funke
Cat Royal Series - Julia Golding
Dragonfly Pool / Journey to The River Sea / Company of Swans - Eva Ibbotson
The Thirty-Nine Steps - John Buchan
The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman
Maddigan's Fantasia - Margaret Mahy
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Okt 3, 2009 - 16 36
Seconding The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Boy Meets Boy, all of John Green's books, especially Looking for Alaska , and I used to adore Eva Ibbotson books!
Adding:
John Marsden. The Tomorrow series and everything in between, especially Checkers and Winter
Sonya Hartnett - she does not get enough love around here. She's amazing and does amazing YA. Cannot recommend her books enough. Of a Boy, All My Dangerous Friends, Surrender, Butterfly - she's great.
Melina Marchetta - I'll just keep whoring out Australian authors here, but seriously, Looking for Alibrandi is the Aussie teenage girl bible.
Nicks Earls - 48 Shades of Brown, Monica Bloom
Alyssa Brugman - Walking Naked
Jaclyn Moriarty - I find her hilarious. I think most of her books published in the U.S. are retitled
Okay I'm done being the Australian contingent now.
Judy Bloom - well, obviously...
Meg Rosoff
Gayle Forman - If I Stay. Just finished reading this
Ann M. Martin's stuff other than the Babysitters' Club and all that, although they are classic as anything
Cynthia Voigt
Might come back with more. My brain is suddenly gone, but I read soooo much YA it's not even funny.
36,670 / 50,000
Okt 3, 2009 - 17 48
1. Castaways of the Flying Dutchman
----------2. The Graveyard book
3. The Hunger Games/Catching Fire
Let's see, 10,000 words. Time to insert the random zombie attack!
50,233 / 50,000
Okt 3, 2009 - 17 53
Liar by Justine Larbalestier is amazing
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Okt 3, 2009 - 18 31
My favorite YA books are pretty much everything by the following authors.
-Sarah Dessen, who writes these really amazing coming-of-age romancy teen novels.
-Elizabeth Scott, who sometimes writes exactly like Sarah Dessen (Perfect You) or writes about really disturbing topics (like in 'Living Dead Girl.')
-Lurlene McDaniel, writes depressing stories, mainly about kids who get cancer and/or some other horrible illness. And then they normally die.
-Scott Westerfeld, best teen scifi writer I've ever read. Particularly his series Uglies was really good.
-Meg Cabot, has written, like, 50 books. She's the queen of YA chick lit.
-Marie Lamba, wrote this really great book called What I Meant. She's not all that well known, but it's a great novel.
-Sonya Sones, writes great in-verse books.
-Siobhan Vivian, wrote Same Difference and A Little Friendly Advice. Both very good novels.
Oh and there's this author... god, I can't remember his name. It's something like Robert Courmier. Or something like that. He wrote I Am The Cheese, which is this super confusing novel that doesn't make sense until the last chapter. But once it makes sense, you just HAVE to reread it, because, MY GOD, it's unbelievable. He also wrote The Rag and Bone Shop, which is this amazing novel about this interagator who is trying to get this kid to confess to a murder, but the kid's only, like, 7. It's all about what the guy's really after: the truth or a confession.
----------My 2008 NaNo: Broken Soul, complete at 54,610 words.
My 2009 NaNo: Almost. How do you grieve for someone you don't want to miss?
40,833 / 50,000
Okt 3, 2009 - 18 56
"Gallagher Girls 3's first draft was a NaNoWriMo project too. Would do it again if timing was right." -Ally Carter on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/OfficiallyAlly)
Cool, eh?
----------Cups of Tea Consumed: 47
Books Read During NaNo That Influenced My Plot/Characters: 10
Vlogbrothers Videos Watched: 33
Times Screwed Up in Class Because of Not Paying Attention: 13
Spazzes: 4
10,065 / 50,000
Okt 3, 2009 - 19 13
Anything by Lloyd Alexander (Glad to see there are some other fans here!)
Pendragon Series by DJ MacHale
Dark is Rising Series by Susan Cooper
Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
I was into the Princess Diaries series for awhile, until I realized that each book was equal to only one quarter of a school year... Then I got bored. I would like to read some of Meg Cabot's other stuff though.
10,000 / 50,000
Okt 3, 2009 - 22 09
Oh and there's this author... god, I can't remember his name. It's something like Robert Courmier. Or something like that. He wrote I Am The Cheese, which is this super confusing novel that doesn't make sense until the last chapter. But once it makes sense, you just HAVE to reread it, because, MY GOD, it's unbelievable. He also wrote The Rag and Bone Shop, which is this amazing novel about this interagator who is trying to get this kid to confess to a murder, but the kid's only, like, 7. It's all about what the guy's really after: the truth or a confession.
Yes! I read his book 'The Chocolate War' when I was in high school and it was amazing! Definetely had an impact on my current reading / writing
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Okt 4, 2009 - 06 16
HECK YES! John Marsden, Melina Marchetta and Jaclyn Moriarty are awesome.
Some of my other favourites... long time since I've read them...
The Juniper Game
anything by Christobel Mattingly
The Billabong series by Mary Grant Bruce
The Monster of the Month series
Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants was pretty good too.
Anything by Jacqueline Wilson - Tracy Beaker, That Girl.
Ahh, so many good memories!
20,012 / 50,000
Okt 4, 2009 - 06 24
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Paper Towns by John Green
This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Let it Snow by Maureen Johnson, John Green, and Lauren Myracle
Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
The Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty
I love YA fiction :)
35,677 / 50,000
Okt 4, 2009 - 08 13
Paper Towns by John Green
This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Let it Snow by Maureen Johnson, John Green, and Lauren Myracle
Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
The Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty
I love YA fiction :)
This is pretty much my exact list XD. I especially love The Book Thief, Looking for Alaska, Uglies, The Hunger Games, and 13 Little Blue Envelopes. Also, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher and Going Bovine by Libba Bray are amazing.
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-What mood is that?
-Last-minute panic.”- Calvin & Hobbes
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Paper Towns by John Green
This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty
It's like you're reading my mind, maddyluna! I completely agree with all of these.
I love everything Sarah Dessen. She's a total inspiration to me, as corny as that sounds.
I also love:
The Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
All American Girl by Meg Cabot
The Opposite of Invisible by Liz Gallagher
The Key to the Golden Firebird by Maureen Johnson
Bloom by Elizabeth Scott
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers
And anything by Carrie Jones and Maggie Stiefvater
There are so many more, but I'll keep it short :-)
----------NaNo 2009 - YA Contemporary
33,688 / 50,000
Okt 4, 2009 - 18 09
The Dark is Rising Sequence, Octavian Nothing, the Ender series and Bean series, Hunger Games books
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Okt 4, 2009 - 20 14
Glad to see that I'm not the only Tamora Pierce fan out there. ^_^
My YA bias probably comes from how I was raised -- along with personality differences, of course -- but I don't care for most "mainstream" YA fiction. Be that as it may, I still love the genre. I grew up on Brian Jacques (who wrote Castaways of the Flying Dutchman). He's considerably more well known for his books surrounding the Redwall world. Martin the Warrior had just come out when I was in 6th grade, and that was book number five or six. He's on book 18 or 19 now. :P
And, of course, Tamora Pierce. I began with The Immortals, and never turned back.
More recently, I've discovered the Mortal Instruments trilogy (had them practically shoved at me by a friend this past summer), and then stumbled upon the Heir Trilogy completely on my own a couple months ago. (Lovelovelove the last one. And I don't even know why. :D)
Also, to whoever first mentioned the Animorphs: I was in jr. high when those were still coming out. Thanks for making me feel old, LOL.
----------2009: Jewels of Corus: Valeisha 13,426/50,000
2008: FellBlade 263/50,000
2007: Primordial Dawn: Rise of Morning 1,756/50,000
2006: The Life and Times of Annie Price 50,611/50,000
2005: Acheron Rising 10,289/50,000
50,000 / 50,000
Okt 5, 2009 - 02 26
Haha, trust me, I feel old too. Such great books though, I still have the entire collection sitting on my shelves. I loan them out as often as possible because they're a pain in the butt to find these days.
50,509 / 50,000
Okt 5, 2009 - 02 40
Everything by Diana Wynne Jones
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Having been called in here very many times over the past few months to answer for this or that misdemeanor, Oliver was well acquainted with the room's nuances and eccentricities – most of them fungal.
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Okt 5, 2009 - 07 56
Everything by John Green. Pretty much blows 90% of YA lit out of the water. PAPER TOWNS is my favorite book.
My favorite Sarah Dessen is THE TRUTH ABOUT FOREVER.
THE CITY OF EMBER by Jeanne DuPrau
SWEETHEARTS by Sara Zarr
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER, obviously
Cassandra Clare's trilogy
----------2004: Sending Letters (50k)
2005: Journey to the Dragon (57k)
2006: Things Alter (56k)
2007: By Heart (67k)
2008: Willow Twins (64k)
2009: Her Last Paradise
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Okt 5, 2009 - 09 18
Most anything by Sarah Dessen, probably (I didn't really enjoy Lock and Key, to be honest, and I haven't read her newest one yet).
Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan is cute, if a little... irritating in the beginning, but I just don't like the kinds of characters that act as if they're so cool and unique. It definitely tones down as the book progresses, though.
I think The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya would count as YA. It's just so over-the-top and amusing, plus the translation from the Japanese version is basically flawless; I was impressed!
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30,777 / 50,000
Okt 5, 2009 - 10 16
I love YA lit (you know, the GOOD kind that's sometimes hardt to find...)! A lot of my favorites have already been mentioned, but here are some anyway:
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Paper Towns by John Green
I Am the Messenger by Marcus Zusak
The Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray
Going Bovine by Libba Bray (brand new and absolutely amazing)
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (probably my fave YA lit of all time)
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks - E. Lockhart
The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan (really, anything by him)
Audrey, Wait! - Robin Benway
Nearly anything by Meg Cabot
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You - Peter Cameron
Then you have more contemporary classics that teens read now, like Catcher in the Rye and the Bell Jar. I think that about covers it for now!
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"You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star." -Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
10,000 / 50,000
Okt 5, 2009 - 13 18
Oh, yes, I just read the Bell Jar this summer for school
----------and it was excellent.
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Okt 5, 2009 - 17 08
So, many wonderful listings, but I didn't see Where the Red Fern Grows, which always makes me sob.
----------There is also a trilogy about The Twins of Petaybee by McCaffery/Scarborough, which is a lot of fun.
And, a book I read last year by a new author Jennifer Nails called "Next to Mexico" - really wonderful and sweet.
F. Paul WIlson and James Patterson have also come out with Young Adult titles. Wilson is great, better then his last adult novel actually. The Patterson books ssem a little too action moviey for me.
"Stay the course, light a star." - Richard Le Gallienne
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Okt 5, 2009 - 18 15
Touching Earth Lightly by Margo Lanagan (Australian author) would have to be one of my favourite books... and I've never been able to finish reading it. It is chillingly good, and very hard-hitting. I've got three of her books signed by her when I met her, and I explained that I had never been able to finish reading the book because it just touched me so strongly because it reminded me of a situation I had been in and the reality of a friend who was so destructive I could see her falling to pieces in front of me and not being able to do anything about it.
Polymer (author escapes me at the moment and a google search isn't helping) would be another I love. It's a science fiction book aimed at older teens (the characters are 18-19) and there is a lot of sex in it.
Obernewtyn by Isobell Carmody is another favourite. I loved the first book, and was pretty good as a stand alone book, but the rest of the series is good too. In fact I love it so much that when I found an original edition in a second hand store I just had to buy it so I could have the original as well as the omnibus.
And which adult hasn't read Harry Potter?
----------NaNoWriMo- Day 3
Given up on current idea and going back to finish last years!