The 7 Best YA Books to Read Right Now
1/9The 7 Best YA Books To Read Right Now
It's been said that 2015 is the year of identity, and the YA books released this fall prove it. Current favorites and debut authors alike tackled issues of sexuality, body confidence, disability, and gender in contemporary and historical novels. Take a study break this finals season with one of these seven great reads!
2/9__First & Then by Emma Mills __
In this modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice, high school senior Devon Tennyson finds herself drawn to the seemingly-arrogant football captain Ezra Lynley after he mentors her younger cousin, Foster, who’s just moved in with her family. Author Emma Mills tells Teen Vogue, “I hope readers are left with the thought that people have an incredible capacity to learn and grow and love. And also the idea that change doesn’t always tear things apart — sometimes it brings things together.”
3/9__Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy __
From the author of Side Effects May Vary, Dumplin' tells the story of Willowdean, a self-proclaimed “fat girl” competing in the Miss Teen Blue Bonnet Beauty Pageant. She’s comfortable in her own skin and owns her curves, but starts to doubt herself after striking up an unlikely romance with Private School Bo, her coworker at the local fast food joint. This story of body diversity and self-confidence was one of our favorites this season.
4/9The Accident Season by Moira Fowley-Doyle
Moira Fowley-Doyle’s debut is a riveting story of 17-year-old Cara’s discovering the secret behind the “accident season” — a curse that’s haunted her family for generations, killing her father and leaving the rest of the family with physical and mental scars.
5/9Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
In this spin-off of the New York Times-bestselling Fangirl, we finally get to see Wren’s opus for ourselves — a novel-length book about Simon and Baz, boy-wizard roommates at the Watford School of Magicks. Sound familiar? It should. But Simon and Baz are no Harry and Ron, partially because they are still trying to figure out their unresolved feelings for each other. Long story short (no pun intended): it’s amazing.
6/9Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
Maddy is allergic to the world, and as a result, hasn’t left her house in 17 years. But when Olly moves in next door, she begins to wonder if he’s worth taking a (literally) deadly risk. Their gorgeous love story plays out through a series of diary entries, drawings, letters, and vignettes.
7/9Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
In the highly-anticipated finale to the Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series, Jacob is back and ready to use his new powers, traveling back in time to Victorian England to rescue the Peculiar Children from a heavily-guarded fortress.
8/9These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly
These Shallow Graves follows Jo Montfort, the heiress to a large publishing fortune and an aspiring reporter, as she investigates her father’s mysterious death. It’s the best kind of historical fiction — a distinctly modern heroine trapped by the confines of her society, a swoon-worthy love interest, and a precisely woven mystery.
