7 New YA Books to Read Over the Holidays
The only thing more important to your happiness during holiday breakother than a steady stream of just baked, festively frosted sugar cookiesis a giant stack of great books to keep you busy. We promise this round-up of recently-published reads will keep you occupied until the new year (and the next school semester) rolls around.
So start up the fireplace, grab some hot chocolate, and dive right into the slideshow up top.
1/8Yeah, that's rightnone of them are textbooks. Score.
Photo: Courtesy of Top Ten Clues You're Clueless2/8Top Ten Clues You're Clueless by Liz Czukas
Sort of like a modern-day Breakfast Club meets Nancy Drew, five teens working the Christmas Eve shift at a grocery store are forced to stick around after a bunch of money goes missing. While they're waiting for the cops to come, they attempt to solve the crime themselves and learn a lot about each other while they're at it.
Photo: Courtesy of No Place to Fall3/8No Place to Fall by Jaye Robin Brown
True, you shouldn't judge a book by a cover, but this one's so adorable. It would be the perfect addition to your bookshelf even if it wasn't also a must-read (which it very, very much is). About a good girl from a small town with big dreams, this sweetly Southern novel will make you feel like you, too, are growing up in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina.
Photo: Courtesy of Girl Online: The First Novel4/8Girl Online: The First Novel by Zoe Sugg
If you haven't read beloved YouTuber Zoella's debut novel yetwhich absolutely crushed first-week book sales, beating none other than J.K. Rowlingwhat are you waiting for?
Photo: Courtesy of The Cure for Dreaming5/8The Cure for Dreaming by Cat Winters
Like a little history with your YA? This period novel about a young suffragist in 1900 is just what your bedside table has been missing. You'll learn a lot about the fight for women's rights and what it was like to grow up in the early 20th century, but you'll also get a hefty dose of good old-fashioned romance and coming-of-age drama.
Photo: Courtesy of Bleed Like Me6/8Bleed Like Me by Christa Desir
A far cry from the happily-ever-after teen novels crowding the shelves, this all-consuming, heart-wrenching story tackles tough stuff like cutting, addiction, and abusive relationships. It's going to give you lots of feels, but the book's so expertly written, you won't even care.
Photo: Courtesy of Love and Other Theories7/8Love and Other Theories by Alexis Bass
This onea coming-of-ager about two best friends who try to skirt heartbreak by avoiding love only to find themselves, you guessed it, at serious risk of broken heartsdoesn't come out until December 30th, but by the time you get into your second week of holiday break, you're going to need something new to read, anyway.
Photo: Courtesy of Kiss Kill Vanish8/8Kiss Kill Vanish by Jessica Martinez
If you dig twisted, page-turning thrillers (uh&who doesn't?!), pick up this intriguing novel about a girl who ditches her old identity and runs away after witnessing a traumatic murder ordered by her father and carried out by her boyfriend. Kiss Kill Vanish is decidedly dramatic, but also a whole lot of fun.
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