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Book Recommendations for Young Adults

Contemporary

Internment by Samira Ahmed
 
Let Me Hear A Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson
 
A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Taherch Mafi
 
This Time Will Be Different by Misa Sigura
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The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Kahn
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Heroine by Mindy McGinnis
 
The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
 
We are Okay by Nina LaCour
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Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
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The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan

 

 

 

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

 

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 

 

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

 

Looking for Alaska by John Green             

 

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

 

If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)  by Gayle Forman

 

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

 

It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini   

 

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

 

Crank (Crank, #1) by Ellen Hopkins            

 

Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks (as "Anonymous")  

 

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver       

 

Just Listen by Sarah Dessen         

 

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas   by John Boyne 

 

Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson  

 

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank                

 

Paper Towns by John Green        

 

Tote Mädchen lügen nicht by Jay Asher  

 

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 

 

The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

 

Impulse (Impulse, #1)   by Ellen Hopkins

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