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A:
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian -- Sherman Alexie (contemporary)
The A-List -- Zoey Dean (contemporary)
Albrek's Tomb -- M.L. Forman (Adventurer's Wanted series, book 3) (fantasy)
Alex and Eliza: A Love Story -- Melissa de la Cruz (Alex and Eliza Series, #1) (historical romance)
Allegiant -- Veronica Roth (science fiction)
Alliance -- Mark Frost (The Paladin Prophecy series, book 2) (science fiction)
Anna and the French Kiss -- Stephanie Perkins (romance)
Anomaly -- Krista McGee (dystopian)
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing (Volume 1: The Pox Party) -- M.T. Anderson (historical)
Asylum -- Madeleine Roux (horror/suspense)
Audacity -- Melanie Crowder (historical fiction)
Awakening (Tankborn Trilogy, book 2) (sci-fi/dystopian)

B:
Beastly -- Alex Flinn (urban fantasy)
The Beautiful Between -- Alyssa B. Sheinmel (contemporary drama)
Better Off Friends -- Elizabeth Eulberg (romantic comedy)
Between Shades of Gray -- Ruta Sepetys (historical fiction)
Between Two Skies -- Joanne O'Sullivan (historical fiction)
A Big Dose of Lucky -- Marthe Jocelyn (historical fiction)
Black Ice -- Becca Fitzpatrick (thriller)
Bluefish -- Pat Schmatz (contemporary drama)
Bone Gap -- Laura Ruby (contemporary drama/magical realism)
The Book of Blood and Shadow -- Robin Wasserman (thriller)
Book Scavenger -- Jennifer Chambliss Bertman (contemporary)
The Book Thief -- Markus Zusak (historical)
The Books of Ember series -- Jeanne DuPrau (science fiction)
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind -- William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer (memoir)
Breathe -- Sarah Crossan (book 1 of 2) (dystopian)
Born at Midnight -- C.C. Hunter (Shadow Falls: The Beginning, book 1) (fantasy)
Burning for Revenge -- John Marsden (adventure)
Butter -- Erin Jade Lange (contemporary drama)
The Butterfly Clues -- Kate Ellison (thriller)
The Button War -- Avi (historical fiction)

C:
The Cardturner -- Louis Sachar (contemporary drama)
The Castle Behind Thorns -- Merrie Haskell (fantasy)
Cast Two Shadows: The American Revolution in the South -- Ann Rinaldi (historical fiction)
Catch You Later, Traitor -- Avi (historical fiction)
Chalice -- Robin McKinley (fantasy)
Challenger Deep -- Neal Shusterman (contemporary drama)
Champion -- Marie Lu (Legend Trilogy, book 3) (dystopian)
Chasing Secrets -- Gennifer Choldenko (historical fiction)
Chinese Cinderella -- Adeline Yen Mah (biography)
Chronicles of Kazam -- Jasper Fforde (fantasy)
City of Bones -- Cassandra Clare (urban fantasy)
City of Ember -- Jeanne DuPrau (see review for The Books of Ember series, book 1) (science fiction)
The Clique -- Lisi Harrison (contemporary drama)
Code Name Verity -- Elizabeth Wein (historical fiction)
Confessions of a Murder Suspect -- James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (thriller)
Conquest -- John Connolly and Jennifer Ridyard (Chronicles of the Invaders, book 1) (dystopian/science fiction)
Criss Cross -- Lynn Rae Perkins (contemporary drama)
Crossed -- Ally Condie (dystopian)

D:
Dairy Queen -- Catherine Gilbert Murdock (contemporary drama)
Dance of the Red Death -- Bethany Griffin (Red Death Saga, book 2) (post-apocalytpic/steampunk?)
The Darkest Night -- Shana Abe (The Sweetest Dark series, book 2) (historical fiction-fantasy)
Darkness Be My Friend -- John Marsden (Tomorrow series, book 4) (thriller)
Dead End in Norvelt -- Jack Gantos (historical fiction)
The Dead Girls Detective Agency -- Suzy Cox (paranormal mystery)
The Dead of Night -- John Marsden (Tomorrow series, book 2) (thriller)
Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel -- Val Emmich with Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul (contemporary)
Dear Haiti, Love Alaine; A Novel -- Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite (contemporary)
Dear Martin -- Nic Stone (contemporary drama)
Death Cloud -- Andrew Lane (Sherlock Holmes: The Legend Begins series, book 1) (historical mystery)
The Deepest Night -- Shana Abe (The Sweetest Dark series, book 2) (historical fiction-fantasy)
The Distance Between Us -- Kasie West (contemporary romance)
Divergent -- Veronica Roth (Divergent Trilogy, book 1) (science fiction)
Divergent Trilogy -- Veronica Roth (see individual books for reviews) (dystopian)
Downriver -- Will Hobbs (contemporary drama)
The Duke of Bannerman Prep -- Katie A. Nelson (contemporary drama)
Dumplin' -- Julie Murphy (contemporary drama)

E:
Echo -- Pam Munoz Ryan (historical fiction-fantasy)
The Edge of Falling -- Rebecca Serle (contemporary drama)
Eleanor's Story: An American Girl in Hitler's Germany -- Eleanor Ramrath Garner (historical memoir)
The Elite -- Kiera Cass (romance) (The Selection, book 2)
Emerald Green -- Kerstin Gier (see review for The Ruby Red Trilogy) (fantasy)
Emily's Dress and Other Missing Things -- Kathryn Burak (mystery)
Enchanted -- Alethea Kontis (fantasy) (The Woodcutter Sisters series, book 1)
Esperanza Rising -- Pam Munoz Ryan (historical fiction)
The Ever-after Bird -- Ann Rinaldi (historical fiction)
Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea -- Sungju Lee/ S. McClelland (memoir)
Every Soul a Star -- Wendy Mass (contemporary drama)
The Eye of Minds -- James Dashner (Mortality Doctrine series, #1) (science fiction)
The Eye of Zoltar -- Jasper Fforde (Chronicles of Kazam series, book 3) (fantasy)

F:
Fall of Five -- Pitticus Lore (see The Lorien Legacies series below) (science fiction)
The Fall -- Bethany Griffin (thriller)
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia, by Candace Fleming (history)
Far From the Tree -- Robin Benway (contemporary drama)
The Fault in Our Stars -- John Green (contemporary drama)
The Fiend and the Forge -- Henry H. Neff (fantasy)
The Fixer -- Jennifer Lynn Barnes (thriller)
Flipped -- Wendelin Van Draanen (contemporary drama)
The Fountains of Silence -- Ruta Sepetys (historical fiction)
Frost -- Marianna Baer (psychological thriller)
Full Cicada Moon -- Marilyn Hilton (historical fiction)
The Future of Us -- Jay Asher (science fiction/contemporary drama)

G:
The Gilded Cage -- Lucinda Gray (historical suspense)
Girls Like Us -- Gail Giles (contemporary drama)
The Giver -- Lois Lowry (dystopian)
The Glass Sentence (The Mapmakers Trilogy, #1) -- S.E. Grove (fantasy)
The Go-between -- Veronica Chambers
Godless -- Pete Hautman (contemporary drama)
Going Vintage -- Lindsey Leavitt (romance)
Gone -- Michael Grant (Gone series, #1) (dystopian thriller)
The Good Braider -- Terry Farish (contemporary drama)
Goodbye Days -- Jeff Zentner (contemporary drama)
Goodbye, Rebel Blue -- Shelley Coriell (contemporary drama)
Gossip Girl -- Cecily von Ziegesar (contemporary drama)
A Great and Terrible Beauty -- Libba Bray (occult mystery/suspense)
Greenglass House -- Kate Milford (mystery)
The Grimm Legacy -- Polly Shulman (fantasy)

H:
Heart of a Samurai -- Margi Preus (historical fiction)
The Heroes of Olympus series -- Rick Riordan (see individual books in the series for reviews) (fantasy)
Hidden Like Anne Frank: 14 True Stories of Survival, by Marcel Prins & Peter Henk Steenhuis (historical memoir)
Home for the Holidays -- Heather Vogel Frederick (contemporary drama)
Hope was Here -- Joan Bauer (contemporary drama)
Horn of Moran -- M.L. Forman (Adventurers Wanted series, book 2) (fantasy)
The Hound of Rowan -- Henry H. Neff (fantasy)
The House of the Scorpion -- Nancy Farmer (science fiction)
The Hunger Games -- Suzanne Collins (science fiction)

I:
I Am Number Four -- Pittacus Lore (Lorien Legacies series, book 1) (science fiction)
I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You -- Ally Carter (Gallagher Girls series, book 1) (spy fiction)
If I Stay -- Gayle Forman (contemporary drama)
I'll Meet You There -- Heather Demetrios (contemporary drama)
Impossible -- Nancy Werlin (fantasy)
Infinity -- Sherrilyn Kenyon (Chronicles of Nick series, #1) (dark fantasy)
The Inheritance Games -- Jennifer Lynn Barnes (The Inheritance Games series, book 1)
Insurgent -- Veronica Roth (science fiction)
Invictus -- Ryan Graudin (science fiction)
The It Girl -- Alloy Entertainment (created by Cecily von Ziegesar of Gossip Girl fame) (contemporary drama)
The Ivies -- Alexa Donne (contemporary thriller)

J:
Just Listen -- Sarah Dessen (contemporary drama)

K:
A Killing Frost -- John Marsden (thriller)
Killing Mr. Griffin -- Lois Duncan (contemporary drama)

L:
The Last Dragonslayer -- Jasper Fforde (Chronicles of Kazam series, book one) (fantasy)
Legend -- Marie Lu (Legend Trilogy, book 1) (dystopian)
Legend Trilogy -- Marie Lu (dystopian)
Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances -- John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle (romance)
The Librarian of Auschwitz -- Antonio Iturbe (fictionalized biography)
Lies We Tell Ourselves -- Robin Talley (historical fiction / LBGTQ fiction)
Like Water on Stone -- Dana Walrath (historical fiction)
The Lines We Cross -- Randa Abdel-Fattah (contemporary drama)
The List -- Siobhan Vivian (contemporary drama)
London Eye -- Tim Lebbon (dystopian)
The Lonely Hearts Club -- Elizabeth Eulberg (contemporary drama)
A Long Walk to Water -- Linda Sue Park (historical fiction)
Looking for Alaska -- John Green (contemporary drama)
The Lorien Legacies -- Pittacus Lore (see the review for I Am Number Four) (science fiction)
The Lost Hero -- Rick Riordan (fantasy)
The Lost Property Office -- James R. Hannibal (fantasy)
Love, Life, and the List -- Kasie West (contemporary romance)
Lovely War -- Julie Berry (historical part-fiction, part-fantasy)
The Lunar Chronicles -- Marissa Meyer (fantasy--includes Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, Fairest, Winter)
The Luxe -- Anna Godbersen (historical-romance)
The Lynburn Legacy series -- Sarah Rees Brennan (see individual books under "U") (romantic fantasy)

M:
The Maelstrom -- Henry H. Neff (fantasy) (The Tapestry series, book 4)
Making Bombs for Hitler -- Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch (historical fiction)
Masque of the Red Death -- Bethany Griffin (post-apocalyptic/steampunk) (Red Death Saga, book 1)
Matched -- Ally Condie (dystopian)
Matched Trilogy -- Ally Condie (dystopian)
The Maze Runner -- James Dashner (dystopian)
Meet the Sky -- McCall Hoyle (contemporary drama)
Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 -- Richard Paul Evans
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children -- Ransom Riggs (fantasy/suspense)
Monster -- Walter Dean Myers (contemporary drama)
The Moorchild -- Eloise McGraw (fantasy)
Mostly Good Girls -- Leila Sales (contemporary drama)
My Name is Not Easy -- Debby Dahl Edwardson (multicultrual contemporary fiction)

N:
Navigating Early -- Clare Vanderpool (historical adventure)
New Boy -- Tracy Chevalier (literary/historical fiction)
The Night is for Hunting -- John Marsden (thriller)
99 Days -- Katie Cotugno (contemporary)
no-name baby -- Nancy Bo Flood (historical fiction)
Nothing -- Janne Teller (contemporary fiction)

O:
Oblivion -- Sasha Dawn (thriller)
Of Poseidon -- Anna Banks (fantasy) (The Syrena Legacy Series, book 1)
The One -- Kiera Cass (romance) (The Selection series, book 3)
Out of My Mind -- Sharon M. Draper (contemporary)
Out of the Easy -- Ruta Sepetys (historical fiction)
The Outsiders -- S.E. Hinton (contemporary drama)

P-Q:
The Paladin Prophecy -- Mark Frost (fantasy-thriller)
The Paladin Prophecy series -- Mark Frost (see individual books for reviews) (fantasy-thriller)
Paper Towns -- John Green (mystery)
Passenger -- Alexandra Bracken (Passenger series, book 1) (fantasy)
Pennyroyal Academy -- M.A. Larson (Pennyroyal Academy Series, #1) (fantasy)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower -- Stephen Chbosky (contemporary drama)
The Phoenix Files -- Chris Morphew (science fiction)
The Poe Estate -- Polly Shulman (fantasy)
The Poet X -- Elizabeth Acevedo (contemporary prose-poetry)
Pointe -- Brandy Colbert
Pretties -- Scott Westerfeld (see the entry for Uglies) (science fiction)
Pretty Little Liars -- Sara Shepard (contemporary drama)
Pride and Premeditation -- Tirzah Price (historical mystery)
Prodigy -- Marie Lu (Legend Trilogy, book 2) (dystopian)

R:
Reached -- Ally Condie (dystopian)
Rebellion -- Karen Sandler (Tankborn Trilogy, book 3) (dystopian)
Resist -- Sarah Crossan (sequel to Breathe) (dystopian)
Revolutionary -- Krista McGee (Anomaly series, book 3) (Christian dystopian)
Ripper -- Amy Carol Reeves (A Ripper Novel series, book 1) (historical suspense/paranormal)
The Ruby Red Trilogy -- Kerstin Gier (fantasy)
Rumble -- Ellen Hopkins (contemporary drama)

S:
Safekeeping -- Karen Hesse (contemporary drama)
Sapphire Blue -- Kerstin Gier (see review for The Ruby Red Trilogy) (fantasy)
Saving Hamlet -- Molly Booth (contemporary fantasy/drama)
Schooled -- Gordon Korman (contemporary drama)
The Second Siege -- Henry H. Neff (The Tapestry series, book 2) (fantasy)
The Secret Ingredient -- Laura Schaefer (contemporary drama)
The Secret of Nightingale Wood -- Lucy Strange (contemporary magical realism)
The Secret School -- Avi (historical fiction)
The Selection -- Kiera Cass (romance) (The Selection series, book 1)
The Seven Rays -- Jessica Bendinger (fantasy)
Shadow of the Bear -- Regina Doman (fantasy)
Shift -- Jennifer Bradbury (mystery)
Shiver -- Maggie Stiefvater (paranormal romance)
Silhouette of a Sparrow -- Molly Beth Griffin (historical)
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants -- Ann Brashares (contemporary drama)
Skin -- Donna Jo Napoli (contemporary drama)
Slathbog's Gold -- M.L. Forman (Adventurer's Wanted series, book 1) (fantasy)
Slay -- Brittany Morris (contemporary)
Smile -- Raina Telgemeier (graphic novel/contemporary drama)
So B. It -- Sarah Weeks (contemporary drama)
The Son of Neptune -- Rick Riordan (The Heroes of Olympus series, book 2) (fantasy)
The Song of the Quarkbeast -- Jasper Fforde (Chronicles of Kazam series, book two) (fantasy)
Speak -- Laurie Halse Anderson (contemporary drama)
A Spy in the House -- Y.S. Lee (The Agency series, book 1) (historical mystery)
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight -- Jennifer E. Smith (romance)
The Story of Us -- Deb Caletti (contemporary drama)
A Study in Charlotte -- Brittany Cavallaro (mystery)
Subject Seven -- James A. Moore (science fiction)
The Summer I Turned Pretty -- Jenny Han (romance)
Surviving the Applewhites -- Stephanie Tolan (contemporary drama)
The Sweetest Dark -- Shana Abe (The Sweetest Dark series, book 2) (historical-fantasy)
Switched -- Amanda Hocking (fantasy)

T:
Tangerine -- Edward Bloor (contemporary drama)
Tankborn -- Karen Sandler (Tankborn Trilogy, book 1) (dystopian)
Tankborn Trilogy -- Karen Sandler (dystopian)
The Tea Shop Girls -- Laura Schaefer (contemporary drama)
The Tea Shop Girls series -- Laura Schaefer (contemporary drama)
Ten -- Gretchen McNeil (suspense)
The Thief -- Megan Whalen Turner (fantasy)
The Thing About Jellyfish -- Ali Benjamin (contemporary)
Things I Can't Forget -- Miranda Kenneally (romance)
Thirteen Days to Midnight -- Patrick Carman (horror)
13 Little Blue Envelopes -- Maureen Johnson (romance)
Thirteen Reasons Why -- Jay Asher (contemporary drama)
Timebound -- Rysa Walker (science fiction)
The Tomorrow Series -- John Marsden (thriller)
Tomorrow, When the War Began -- John Marsden (The Tomorrow Series, book 1) (thriller)
The Tragedy Paper -- Elizabeth Laban (romance)
Trust Me, I'm Lying -- Mary Elizabeth Summer (Trust Me series, book 1)(mystery-suspense)
TTYL -- Lauren Myracle (contemporary drama)
Tweet Cute -- Emma Lord (contemporary rom-com)
Twelve Minutes to Midnight -- Christopher Edge (mystery-suspense)
Twilight -- Stefenie Meyer (fantasy)
Twisted -- Laurie Halse Anderson (contemporary drama)
Twisted Fate -- Norah Olson (suspense)

U:
Uglies / Pretties -- Scott Westerfeld (science fiction)
An Unlikely Friendship -- Ann Rinaldi (historical)
Undivided -- Neal Shusterman (Unwind Dystology series, book 4) (dystopian)
Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary (1939-1944) -- Aranka Siegal (historical memoir)
Unspoken -- Sarah Rees Brennan (The Lynburn Legacy, book 1) (dystopian)
Unsouled -- Neal Shusterman (Unwind Dystology series, book 3) (dystopian)
The Unteachables -- Goron Korman (contemporary)
Untold -- Sarah Rees Brennan (see The Lynburn Legacy) (dystopian)
Unwholly -- Neal Shusterman (Unwind Dystology series, book 2) (dystopian)
Unwind -- Neal Shusterman (Unwind Dystology series, book 1) (dystopian)
Up to This Pointe -- Jennifer Longo (contemporary drama)

V:
Velvet Undercover -- Teri Brown (historical suspense)
VIII -- H.M. Castor (historical fiction)

W:
Warriors in the Crossfire -- Nancy Bo Flood (historical)
The Wells Bequest -- Polly Shulman (fantasy)
We Were Liars -- E. Lockhart (contemporary drama)
What I Saw and How I Lied -- Judy Blundell (historical fiction)
When Audrey Met Alice -- Rebecca Behrens (contemporary drama)
When Dimple Met Rishi -- Sandhya Menon (contemporary drama)
Why We Broke Up -- Daniel Handler (romance)
The Wicked and the Just -- J. Anderson Coats (historical fiction)
Wolf Hollow -- Lauren Wolk (contemporary drama)

X-Y:
The Year We Were Famous -- Carole Estby Dagg (historical fiction)
You Bring the Distant Near -- Mitali Perkins (contemporary fiction)
You Have Seven Messages -- Stewart Lewis (contemporary drama)

Z:
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