How is your holiday shopping going? Looking for some books as gifts? I already shared my Adult Fiction and Nonfiction Book Gift Guide, as well as the Babies to Middle School Book Gift Guide. Today, I’m finally sharing my…
Gift Guide: Young Adult Books
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YA Books I Read This Year
Autoboyography is an LGBT+ novel and one that I gave 5 stars. I just adored it!
Called Upon was kind of a surprise read for me this year! I really enjoyed it, and I love the mysteries and twists.
Violet Ghosts is about a transgender teen who has had a ghost best friend for years. Suddenly, she’s seeing other ghosts, and she has to figure out how to help them. It’s a darker read – with some heavy topics addressed – but oh so good!
This Poison Heart was amazing. There will be at least one more book, which I didn’t realize until I finished this one. I assumed it was a standalone. This is the author who wrote Cinderella is Dead, which I liked, but This Poison Heart is so much better.
None Shall Sleep is perfect for people who love mysteries/thrillers/true crime. It’s a YA book, but the main characters are in college, which I love seeing!
The Hollow Inside has so much included – family issues, the MC being LGBT+, past wrongs trying to be made right, and lots of mysteries and suspense. Highly recommend.
This Is Why We Lie was a really good mystery. I didn’t piece it all together, which is fun!
A Quiet Kind of Thunder was a really beautiful contemporary novel. There was a lot in the book, specifically about anxiety and depression, that I could relate to.
The Girl From the Sea is an LGBT+ graphic novel that was really enjoyable and beautifully illustrated.
YA Books I Want to Read
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The Corpse Queen by Heather M. Herrman
Time Will Tell by Barry Lyga (which I was recently gifted)
The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh
The Other Merlin by Robyn Schneider
After the Ink Dries by Cassie Gustafson (Author) Emma Vieceli (Illustrator)
If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrich
This gives me lots of ideas for books for my daughter and neice! Thanks for sharing!
Jill – Doused in Pink
Great choices. I liked A Quiet Kind of Thunder, which I read kind of randomly and isn’t as well known!
The Girl from the Sea looks really good. And honestly I love anything King Arthur themed, so I am really looking forward to The Other Merlin.
I really liked the Corpse Queen. I’ve had Autoboyography since it first came out but have yet to read it. I need to! I love the authors of that one. Thanks for sharing this list, I’ve added The Girl From the Sea to my school library order list.
Anything by Sara Barnard is a good choice. Love her books.
I’m so happy to see Autoboyography included. It was one of my rare 5 star reads and remains an all-time favorite.
So many great books here. Definitely excellent gift ideas.
This is such a fantastic list including some I’d never heard of but am now very intrigued by. And oh my goodness, all the covers are absolutely stunning! Thanks for sharing your recommendations. 🙂
I still need to read Autoboyography, it sounds AMAZING and I love their books too!
I’ve had Autoboyography on my shelf for years but haven’t read it yet even though I love Christina Lauren and LGBT+ YA novels! Hopefully I’ll read it this year. The Hollow Inside sounds really good!
Ohh that cover for Called Upon looks awesome and I’m intrigued just from it – I might have to snoop on Goodreads for that one. Autoboyagraphy is one I’ve had on my radar along with The Corpse Queen, but I’ve yet to read them.