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you may have missed erica's "
grains of sand" post. to recap, we're on a mission:
LET'S BOOST CONTEMPORARY YA SALES!
INCREASE THE DEMAND!
the past few months i've been racking up my own list of YA reads, especially realistic YA reads. (i'll be honest, many titles are still on my TBR list. i can't wait to devour them though!) i'll share my list with you!
HAVE YOU CHECKED OUT THESE AUTHORS OR TITLES YET?
*note: if the spacing is all wonky on this post, i tried to fix it at least half a dozen + 2 times.
Meg Cabot — She has many titles you will enjoy, especially The Princess Diaries series.
Sarah Dessen — Read everything she's published. You'll especially love The Truth About Forever, This Lullaby, Keeping the Moon.
- Maureen Johnson — Read all her titles. Definitely read Suite Scarlett and Girl at Sea.
Don't msis Gingerbread, Shrimp, and Cupcake by Rachel Cohn
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
North of Beautiful by Justina Chen
Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway
Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern
Dream Factory and Scrambled Eggs at Midnight by Brad Barkley & Heather Hepler
The Liar Society by Lisa and Laura Roecker
Anna and The French Kiss and Lola and The Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
The Summer of Skinny Dipping by Amanda Howells
Rich Boys by Jenny O'Connel
- Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr
- Mandy Hubbard --Ripple and Pride and Prejudice and You Wish
(Mandy Hubbard as) Amanda Grace-- Getting Caught and But I Love Him written with Cyn Balog
Jandy Nelson--The Sky is Everywhere
- Sarah Darer Littman's Confessions of a Closet Catholic, Purge, Want to go Private, and Life, After
The only one of these I've read is The Liar Society, but it was really good.
ReplyDeleteYay! Good looking out for contemporary YA! :)
ReplyDeleteSince I write YA contemp, I'm all for YA contemp love. :D
ReplyDeleteThis is a great list. I'd love to see more YA contemporary in the marketplace. I don't think all this paranormal dystopian stuff is healthy in such large doses! :)
ReplyDeleteA lot of these are on my TBR list, too! Yay!
ReplyDeleteI loved Story of a Girl and I love everything Sarah Dessen! But there are a whole bunch on here I haven't read - many I haven't heard of (gasp!) - so thanks so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteGreat ones and I am so happy I've read most of them. (Glad to see Into The Wild Nerd Yonder--it's one of my faves). I am reading If I Stay right now and just finished Five Flavors of Dumb (which is so awesome---put it on your TBR list).
ReplyDeleteThanks for the list...
ReplyDeleteAlways good to know y/a contemporary books.
A great list- some I knew, but some are totally new to me! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI've read a bunch of these - great choices. I love Maureen Johnson. Her books always make me laugh.
ReplyDeleteHere are some others:
Laura Toffler-Corrie's The Life and Opinions of Amy Finawitz, Eighth Grader
April Henry's Girl, Stolen
AS King's Please Ignore Vera Dietz
CJ Omololu's Dirty Little Secrets
Cheryl Rainfield's Scars
Eric Luper's books
Holly Cupala's Tell Me a Secret
Francisco X. Stork's Last Summer of the Death Warriors
John Green's books
Gayle Forman's If I Stay and Where She Went
Yay for YA contemp! I've read most on your list and loved them all. Thanks for your list as now I can find those that I missed. :)
ReplyDeleteI've read SEVERAL (and own) on this list--and yep, all those Sarah Dessen novels. Don't forget "That Summer"! And Deb Caletti! Her books are great, too. :o)
ReplyDeleteContemp. YA is my total favorite genre. By far. It's where I started writing~ <3