do you have any book recs?
anon bby i always have book recs ôヮôand here is an extensive list (just for you :D haha) sorted out bygenre. i’ve bolded some of my personalfavourites, too.
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancy
Across the Universe by Beth Revis
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
Birthmarked by Caragh M. O’Brien
Blood Red Road by Moira Young
Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Divergent by Veronica Roth
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Long Walk by Stephen King
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
The Memory Palace by Hari Kunzru
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
you mustn’t forget YA fiction
13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone by Kat Rosenfield
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Any Way the Wind Blows by Carlin Grant
Artemis Fowl by Erin Colfer
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson
Ask the Passengers by A.S. King
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson
The Curious Incident of the Dog in The Night-Time by Mark Maddon
Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Honey Girl by Lisa Freeman
I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
Just One Day by Gayle Forman
Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Looking for Alaska by John Green
The Lost Prince by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by emily m. danforth
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio
On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
The Only Alien on the Planet by Kristen D. Randle
Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
South of Sunshine by Dana Elmendorf
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki & Mariko Tamaki
Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
A Tyranny of Petticoats edited by Jessica Spotswood
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan
The 13th Reality: TheJournal of Curious Letters by James Dashner
A Monster Calls byPatrick Ness
The Akhenaten Adventure (Children of the Lamp) byP.B. Kerr
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Black: The Birthof Evil (The Circle series) by Ted Dekker
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Drift bySharon Carter Rogers
Everlost by Neal Shusterman
Every Day byDavid Levithan
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
The Green Mileby Stephen King
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
TheHourglass Door by Lisa Mangum
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
LevenThumps by Obert Skye
The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
TheMortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
The Night Circus by ErinMorgenstern
Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan
Peter and theStarcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
The Prestige byChristopher Priest
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Recklessby Cornelia Funke
The Rest of Us Just Live Here by PatrickNess
The Rook by Daniel O’Malley
The Thief Lord by CorneliaFunke
Zeroes by Scott Westerfeld, MargoLanagan, & Deborah Biancotti
The Chronicles of Narniaby C.S. Lewis
A Darkher Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
DragonRider by Cornelia Funke
Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George
TheDragon’s Blade: The Reborn King by Michael R. Miller
Eragonby Christopher Paolini
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
TheHobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
Of Fire andStars by Audrey Coulthurst
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Queenof the Tearling by Erika Johansen
Saga by Bryan K. Vaughan &Fiona Staples
The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
Shadow and Boneby Leigh Bardugo
Storm Glass by Maria V. Snyder
Throne of Glassby Sarah J. Maas
Book of a Thousand Days byShannon Hale
Ever by Gail Carson Levine
Fairest byGail Carson Levine
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Just Ella byMargaret Peterson Haddix
A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn
Peter andthe Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Reckless byCornelia Funke
The Storyteller’s Daughter by Cameron Dokey
WildOrchid by Cameron Dokey
serious(ly good) sci-fi (not dystopian)
Bruiser by Neal Shusterman
The Dark Side ofNowhere by Neal Shusterman
Ender’s Game by Orson ScottCard
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Hitchhiker’s Guideto the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Host by StephanieMeyer
The Hollow City by Dan Wells
The House of theScorpion by Nancy Farmer
Ready PlayerOne by Ernest Cline
terrific thrillers/fast-paced reads
Dark Places by GillianFlynn
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
TheHollow City by Dan Wells
Life As We Knew It by Susan BethPfeffer
The Merciless by DanielleVega
The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by CharlieHuston
Rebecca by Daphne duMaurier
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
The Shining byStephen King
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
The Wheelman by DuaneSwierczynski
Almost Like Being inLove by Steve Kluger
Austenland by Shannon Hale
Every Day byDavid Levithan
Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
TheFault in Our Stars by John Green
On The Jellicoe Road byMelina Marchetta
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
SinceYou’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson
South of Sunshine by DanaElmendorf
Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
promising paranormal romance
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Bruiser by Neal Shusterman
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
The Host by Stephanie Meyer
The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare
The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
absolutely astounding adult fiction
Can’tWait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg
City of the Mind by PenelopeLively
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Dark Places by GillianFlynn
Fried Green Tomatoes At the Whistle Stop Cafe by FannieFlagg
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Help by KathrynStockett
Keep Me Posted by Lisa Beazley
Illusions:Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
Memoirs of aGeisha by Arthur Golden
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore byRobin Sloan
The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death byCharlie Huston
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by JeanetteWinterson
Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Their EyesWere Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston
The Thirteenth Tale byDiane Setterfield
The Wheelman by Duane Swierczinski
Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone byKat Rosenfield
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Timeby Mark Haddon
The Green Mile by Stephen King
I Am theMessenger by Markus Zusak
The Lost Prince by Frances HodgsonBurnett
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Mr. Penumbra’s24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Murder on the Orient Express byAgatha Christie
Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
TheMysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Nancy Drew (allof them!) by Carolyn Keene
On The Jellicoe Road by MelinaMarchetta
The Prestige by Christopher Priest
The Rook by DanielO’Malley
The Series of Unfortunate Events by LemonySnicket
Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
A Study inScarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Thirteenth Tale by DianeSetterfield
The Westing Game by EllenRaskin
The Vanishing by Wendy Webb
honestly the best historical fiction
All theLight We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
The Book Thief by MarkusZusak
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Fried Green TomatoesAt the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
The Help byKathryn Stockett
The King’s Shadow by ElizabethAlder
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
Lies WeTell Ourselves by Robin Talley
The Lost Prince by Frances HodgsonBurnett
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Out of theDust by Karen Hesse
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by PatrickSuskind
Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
A Tyranny ofPetticoats edited by Jessica Spotswood
The Vanishing by WendyWebb
Brave, New World by Aldous Huxley
The Count of Monte Cristo byAlexandre Dumas
A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
Downand Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
Frankenstein byMary Shelley
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Little House onthe Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
A Little Princess by FrancesHodgson Burnett
Murder on the Orient Express by AgathaChristie
Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
Of Miceand Men by John Steinbeck
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
ThePicture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Pride and Prejudice byJane Austen
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
TheSecret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Sense and Sensibilityby Jane Austen
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
TheirEyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Nurston
To Kill aMockingbird by Harper Lee
House Arrest by AnnaDeavere Smith
The Importance of Being Earnest by OscarWilde
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
The Mountaintop byKatori Hall
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
84 Charing Cross Road byHelene Hanff
The Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Call the Midwife:A True Story of the East End in the 1950s by Jennifer Worth
Devilin the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair thatChanged America by Erik Larson
Down and Out in Paris and London byGeorge Orwell
Dude, You’re A Fag by C.J. Pascoe
Fun Home: AFamily Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Grammar Snobs Are Great BigMeanies: A Guide to Language for Fun and Spite by JuneCasagrande
Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash
My Horizontal Life byChelsea Handler
My Thirteenth Winter: A Memoir by SamanthaAbeel
Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data byCharles Wheelan
Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers by LillianFaderman
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
The Professor and theMadman by Simon Winchester
Reading Stephen King: Issues ofCensorship, Student Choice, and Popular Literature by Brenda MillerPower
The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground AbortionService by Laura Kaplan
The Profession of Violence by JohnPearson
The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and TheirMeanings by Jan Harold Brunvand
You’re Never Weird on theInternet (Almost) by Felicia Day
brilliant books about books
The Girl WhoWas on Fire: Your Favorite Authors on Suzanne Collins’ Hunger GamesTrilogy by Wilson Leah
Harry, a History: The True Story of a BoyWizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon byMelissa Anelli
Repotting Harry Potter: A Professor’sBook-By-Book Guide for the Serious Re-Reader by James W. Thomas
TheWand in the World: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy by LeonardS. Marcus
Out Of The Dust by KarenHesse
Poems from Homeroom: A Writer’s Place to Start by KathiAppelt
Stop Pretending: What HappenedWhen My Sister Went Crazy by Sonya Sones
Where the SidewalkEnds by Shel Silverstein
breathtaking
books for book-lovers
84Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
The Anybodies by N.E. Bode
TheBook Thief by Markus Zusak
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by RobinSloan
The Professor and The Madman by Simon Winchester
Shadowof the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Thirteenth Tale by DianeSetterfield
