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Young Adult [YA] and New Adult [NA] Literature

Young Adult literature isn't exclusive to only young adults, so here's a place for both the young and the young at heart to discuss books, news, movies based on books, and everything else related to YA. Book suggestions, discussions, and questions are definitely encouraged!


January Book Club Discussion: A Sky Beyond the Storm (An Ember in the Ashes #4) by Sabaa Tahir

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Past Book Club Selections:

These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski

Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater

Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

Aurora Rising by Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman

'Dance of Thieves' duology by Mary E. Pearson

The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQusiton

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

King of Scars (Nikolai Duology #1) by Leigh Bardugo

The Wicked King (Folk of the Air #2) by Holly Black

Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7) by Sarah J. Maas

Bring Me Their Hearts by Sara Wolf

Starry Eyes by Jean Bennett

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

War Storm by Victoria Aveyard

A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas

The Belles by Dohnielle Clayton

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

Wonder Woman by Leigh Bardugo

Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas

Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray

The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

A List of Cages by Robin Roe

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner

The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

The Midnight Star by Marie Lu

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas

And I Darken by Kiersten White

The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater

The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Truthwitch by Susan Dennard

Blood Red Road by Moira Young

Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley

I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch

A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

The Well's End by Seth Fishman

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

Every Day by David Levithan

The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

Legend by Marie Lu

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

Angelfall (Penryn and the End of Days #1) by Susan Ee

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

A Long, Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan

Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

Graceling by Kristin Cashore



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books - All about books

The Hunger Games - Book series & movie franchise

His Dark Materials - Book series

Divergent Trilogy - Book series & movie franchise

The Uglies - Book series

Graceling - Book series

Percy Jackson - Book series & movie franchise

Tamora Pierce - YA Fantasy author

Genovia - Princess Diaries discussion

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What are you opinions on Friends?

I personally love the show Friends, but as the show ended, I was upset about the way the conclusions ended for some people. First, I would like to think that Joey would have grown up a bit more by the end and found someone he could relly on and actually love. Second, were Rachel and Ross really meant to be together? And anything else you guys felt was a little messed up at the end of Friends, be sure to comment. Remember, no shaming people for having unpopular opinions!

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2024/12/02
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books where they hate each other at first meeting then have a argument and end up kissing

Ok so I am looking for books where they have the opposite of a meet cute and instantly hate each other till they have an argument and end up kissing but dont stop disliking each other until a few chapters later . w. I read this in hes so fine by Zelda French where they absolutely despise each other on first meeting and thought it was so cute especially with the bantering and fluff. Female /male or male /male young adult and new adult

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2024/12/02
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YA Time Travel Books?

Any suggestions appreciated!

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2024/12/02
18:59 UTC

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November Wrap Up

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2024/12/02
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Weekly General Chat Thread

Hello bookworms! Use this thread to post about anything book related that might not warrant its own post, including:

  • What you are planning to read this week
  • Photos/descriptions of your latest book haul
  • Recent YA/NA book news
  • Fan fiction requests and recommendations
  • Subreddit questions and concerns
  • Anything else you can think of!

If you are discussing a book, make sure you use spoiler tags!

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2024/12/02
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My November wrap-up!

The Beer and the Nightingale: 3.5 ⭐️ Ash Princess: 2.5 ⭐️

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2024/12/02
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romcom books that are actually good

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2024/12/01
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November Wrap-Up

Going

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2024/12/01
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November Wrap-Up

The Blonde Dies First was my favorite this month. I enjoyed the characters and story and I didn't predict the ending!

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2024/12/01
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November Reads 🤍🖤

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2024/12/01
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Once Upon A Broken Heart & Caravel - Can Someone Explain the Love Interest??

I just started OUABH and am only 100 pages in. From the things I've accidentally been spoiled by, I thought she ends up with Jacks - but now Apollo is proposing to her? And I heard Luc comes back at some point?

I'm really confused. I skipped Caravel because I'm only really interested on Eva ending up with Jacks. Does she - or should I read Caravel for that ending instead?

Please don't spoil the entire series - just let me know what I should do to end up with the Eva x Jacks ending 😩

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2024/12/01
08:43 UTC

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November 2024 Wrap Up!

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Self-Promotion Sunday: a place to promote your work, projects, or social media accounts

Hello bookworms! This is Self-Promotion Sunday, a place where you can promote any of the following:

  • A book you wrote
  • Your blog
  • Your Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, etc
  • Your Discord channel
  • a subreddit you created
  • your Etsy shop

As a rule, individual self-promotion posts are not allowed on this subreddit, but a weekly post will now be scheduled so you can promote your projects to other bookworms.

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2024/12/01
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November Wrapped

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2024/12/01
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books where one is rebellious and the other one is supposed to be good influence and they hate each other at first

i am looking for books like wild child and or royals by rachel hawkins where one of them is rebellious and they end up in situation where they assign someone to be a good influence on them . i want them to not like each other at start and the more rebellious one . find them stuffy at first and the other one to also be annoyed by them than they catch feelings for each other . female /male or male /male

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2024/11/30
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Once Upon a Broken Heart series

Hi!

Just finished this series, and I'm split between loving it or being very meh about it. Thing is, I devoured it so quickly that I surely missed so many interesting points, and now I'm left wondering all sorts of things.

For example: while Jacks did have an attraction for Evangeline (did he? 😅), he still wanted to get back with Donatella for a second try till nearly the end of book 2, right? Even if he knew he didn't love her (did he, again? 😅). Because he knew he couldn't have a happy ending with Eva, based on the Archer curse.

But then, when he saves Eva, but she loses her memories, why is he so into her getting them back again in book 3? He wanted for her to forget about him, so she could live a good life. And then she remembers him (and he even begs her to), but then he's still set on sacrificing his heart and losing her.

I'm very confused, and again, it could be just down to me going too fast.

I guess that says that the series had potential for me, but some clarifications would definitely benefit me.

Thank you!

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2024/11/30
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contemporary fantasy w/ sapphic subplot?

hii!! i'm looking for some ya books with the criteria mentioned in the title. preferably those that came out were published within the last 3-5 years. please only recommend ya books. thanks in advance!!

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2024/11/30
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Best Paranormal Romance to Reread

Hi! I am 27, lol, and recently reread ‘Wake’ by Lisa Mcmann and The Night World Series by LJ Smith. Loved both of those when I was about 13. I’m trying to keep the nostalgia kick going…any other recommendations? I’m trying to remember what books I loved in circa 2008-2012. Who remembers big paranormal romance from that time? Similar to the titles mentioned….ty!

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2024/11/30
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Book for mature 14 year old girl

I’m looking for a book me and my little sister can read together. She loved Mondays not Coming by Tiffany Jackson. she loves thrillers (like me) but mine are usually a little darker. She’s mature in the way of dealing with a lot of family drama and addiction issues for our other siblings. So she can handle those themes easily. Any ideas?

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2024/11/30
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YA Books with Snakes?

Can be snakes on the cover, in the title, etc. Thank you!

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2024/11/29
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Book recs for a young teen

I'm looking for book suggestions suitable for a young teen (15). I’m intrigued by books like "The Secret History","Bunny", and "A Certain Hunger" but Im worried that they might be too complex or difficult to understand. If you have any recommendations that are similar to these books but are appropriate for a younger audience then I would greatly appreciate them!

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2024/11/29
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What Did You Read This Week?

Hello, bookworms!

This is the weekly thread for discussion about what books you've recently read, books you're reading, and books you want to read. Tell us what you think about them! What did you like or dislike about them? Did you interpret any symbolism or themes you particularly liked? Would you recommend them? This discussion space is all yours!

Posting Guidelines:

  • Please either italicize (one asterisk on each end) or bold (two asterisks on each end) book titles and include author name(s).
  • Please observe our spoiler policy and use the spoiler code, which can be found on the sidebar, as necessary. In depth discussion is encouraged as long as use of the spoiler code is exercised!

Have exceptional discussions!

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2024/11/29
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Made an assumption about the ending of Legendary (Caraval Séries book 2) How close am I?

I’ve basically made an assumption about the ending of Caraval series or at least the second book… and I wanted to tell someone lol I’ve just finished chapter 20 in Legendary, and I pretty sure this is how it’s going to play out

Tella figures out Legends identity, tells Jacks. Jacks kills legend. Gets all the Fates powers back and they are released from the cards. Caraval never returns… something like that. I could be very wrong but it’d be funny if I was right. Also pretty sure Tella will suffer from the curse for the rest of her life, however long that would be… then again… somehow (new revelation), the current empress (probably finds out Tella was sneaking around the palace or maybe they meet in one of the secret passages!!) might take an interest in Tella because of her being Jacks’ fiancé. 🤔 she might be the new heir if jacks disappears? Interesting interesting.

I’m just rambling lol it’s very chaotic because I was thinking as I was writing if that makes sense. Have a good night!

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2024/11/29
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Made an assumption about the ending to Legendary (Caraval Séries book 2) how close am I?

I’ve basically made an assumption about the ending of Caraval series or at least the second book… and I wanted to tell someone lol I’ve just finished chapter 20 in Legendary, and I pretty sure this is how it’s going to play out

Tella figures out Legends identity, tells Jacks. Jacks kills legend. Gets all the Fates powers back and they are released from the cards. Caraval never returns… something like that. I could be very wrong but it’d be funny if I was right. Also pretty sure Tella will suffer from the curse for the rest of her life, however long that would be… then again… somehow (new revelation), the current empress (probably finds out Tella was sneaking around the palace or maybe they meet in one of the secret passages!!) might take an interest in Tella because of her being Jacks’ fiancé. 🤔 she might be the new heir if jacks disappears? Interesting interesting.

I’m just rambling lol it’s very chaotic because I was thinking as I was writing if that makes sense. Have a good night!

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2024/11/29
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Finished Illuminae, quick review (Spoiler Free) and going to read Memento now on my phone

Hey everyone! I finished Illuminae last night, which took me a little over a week to read. It took some time to fully grasp the story, but the audiobook really helped clarify things especially with the more confusing parts

I’d rate it 4.5 stars overall, loved Ezra and Kady so much as both a relationship and as individual characters. I’ve previously read Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff’s Aurora Rising series around 2022-2023, and absolutely loved it—five stars across the board. So, while Illuminae didn’t top Aurora Rising, it was still an amazing read and very immersive!

I read both the physical book and listened to the audiobook thanks to a suggestion from a reddit user on this subreddit (I forgot your username but thanks for the suggestion dude!), which was a great experience. I’m planning to buy Gemina soon, since I found Obsidio at a thrift shop, so that was a win, just missing the 2nd book aha 😅

Even though I enjoyed the audiobook, I’m not sure I will buy the audiobook for Gemina, so I might stick with the physical copy for book 2 and see how we go, since I’m almost used to this format Kaufman and Kristoff have set up for this series.

Now, I’m starting Memento today and hoping to finish it in one go—if I don’t get too distracted 🤭

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2024/11/29
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Enemies to friends troupe recommendations

I'm looking for book recommendations that have the enemies to friends troupe that is strictly platonic, no romantic feelings between the two characters.

I prefer "high stakes", aka not characters that simply don't like each other for some petty reason, it needs to run pretty deep / have substantial reason as to why they are enemies.

Can be the main plot or a subplot of a book.

Can be a standalone or developed through a series.

Examples of books I like that have this kind of troupe as a subplot are: (spoiler blocks on the particular characters just in case)

- Defy the Night trilogy >!(Prince Corrick and Lochlan)!<

- Chaos Walking trilogy >!(Todd and Davy)!<

Thank youuu :)

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2024/11/29
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Halo - Frankie Rose

Did anyone else read the above? It was a YA dystopian book about a girl brought up and trained to fight in a coliseum. The fighters wore collars around their necks that injected them with this drug that stopped all thought and feeling. Her training partner, during their fight, yanked her collar off and managed to tell her enough to escape before he died. She manages to get out and ends up in this like tent city full of people who’ve escaped from the place she comes from.

There were two books and I was absolutely obsessed with them. Book 2 ended on a massive cliffhanger and then NOTHING. No third book. No announcement from the author. I’ve never been able to find anything out about what happened and I’ve always been gutted because I loved the series.

Just wondered if anyone else had read them and if anyone knew what happened with the author.

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2024/11/29
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Forgotten Series

(Edit: Series has been found. Thank you!!)

Hello all, I’ve been looking for a YA series that I’ve read in my youth but I cannot remember the name of the series or the author…

it was written somewhere between 2005-2015. Each book in the series contained 3 short stories, they were mostly about vampires, ghosts or demons and usually contained a main romance plot for each story.

For the cover I believe they were mostly black with half of a face of one of the characters in the stories. Usually they had one main colour other than black such as blue.

I hope that some of you can help me find this series and that I provided enough information.

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2024/11/29
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Can someone give me a detailed and thorough summary of Curious Tides?

I loved Curious Tides by Pascale Lacelle when I read it many months ago and now I want to read the second book, Stranger Skies, but I completely forgot everything that happened 😭

Can someone please give me a full summary of Curious Tides? I srsly need all the details and spoilers 🙏

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2024/11/28
23:28 UTC

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