I Had Such Friends
By: Meg Gatland-Veness
3.80
Format: 278 pages, Paperback
When Charlie Parker dies, it affects everyone who knew him. Everyone, that is, except for seventeen…
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1. We All Looked Up
By: Tommy Wallach
3.52
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
Before the asteroid we let ourselves be defined by labels: The athlete, the outcast, the slacker, … read more
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- fiction
- teen
- young adult
- contemporary
"It's not the end of the world."-Tommy Wallach, We All Looked Up
"Fiction described reality better than non-fiction."-Tommy Wallach, We All Looked Up
"The world is full of unknown mysteries and vague resolutions."-Tommy Wallach, We All Looked Up
"He was the kind of guy who had a unique facial expression dedicated to thinking."-Tommy Wallach, We All Looked Up
2. Breathing Under Water
By: Sophie Hardcastle
4.01
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
Nineteen minutes and eleven seconds separated us at birth. On the official documentation, he is ol… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"I think of the horizon at midnight, the sky and sea blurring together."-Sophie Hardcastle, Breathing Under Water
"It's everything and nothing ... It's like the absent moment between night and day."-Sophie Hardcastle, Breathing Under Water
"I feel time beginning to slow, until the last of him is grey powder on the sea and time stops altogether."-Sophie Hardcastle, Breathing Under Water
"The afterlife is not so much a place but rather what happens to me, to the others left behind, after Ben's life."-Sophie Hardcastle, Breathing Under Water
3. Before I Let Go
By: Marieke Nijkamp
3.98
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
Days before Corey is to return home to the snow and ice of Lost Creek, Alaska, to visit her best fr… read more
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- contemporary
- fiction
- young adult
- lgbt
4. Under Suspicion (Friday Barnes #2)
By: R.A. Spratt
4.21
Format: 96 pages,
"Friday Barnes, girl detective, is... under arrest?!" Getting arrested was the last thing Friday ex… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
5. Whisper
By: Lynette Noni
4.04
Format: 323 pages, Paperback
For two and a half years, Subject 684 -- "Jane Doe" -- has been locked underground in a secret gove… read more
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6. The Memory Book
By: Lara Avery
4.00
Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition
They tell me that my memory will never be the same, that I'll start forgetting things. At first jus… read more
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7. Girl in Pieces
By: Kathleen Glasgow
5.00
Format: 228 pages, Hardcover
Charlotte Davis is in pieces. At seventeen she's already lost more than most people lose in a lifet… read more
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8. How to Find a Missing Girl
By: Victoria Wlosok
3.65
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
For fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and Veronica Mars, this whip-smart thriller follows a sap… read more
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- contemporary
- fiction
- young adult
- lgbt
9. How It Feels to Float
By: Helena Fox
3.83
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Biz knows how to float. She has her people, her posse, her mom and the twins. She has Grace. And sh… read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- mental illness
- fiction
- contemporary
"Truth and truth split in two and walk side by side."-Helena Fox, How It Feels to Float
"Here I am, in borrowed bones, in makeshift skin, looking out it eyes that are a construct, breathing with lungs that are only a step–a basic rearrangement–away from leaves. How funny, to have a body …"-Helena Fox, How It Feels to Float
10. Seeing Other People
By: Diana Reid
3.42
Format: 295 pages, Paperback
Which comes first—those you love, or those you want? Charlie’s skin was stinging. Not with heat … read more
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- contemporary
- fiction
- lgbt
11. One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3)
By: Karen M. McManus
3.96
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
The explosive third and final thrilling instalment in the acclaimed One of Us... series. Ever since… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"What is Bayview best known for? Revenge."-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3)
"There has to be a whole other level of pain when your soul gets ripped in half."-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3)
"It's unreal how fast the inner voice you thought was gone can jump back into your head to tell you how much you suck."-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3)
12. The House of Now and Then
By: Jo Dixon
4.15
Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition
You should leave the past in the past ... or should you? A vividly told, jaw-droppingly twisty and … read more
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- fiction
13. You'd Be Home Now
By: Kathleen Glasgow
4.15
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces comes a breathtaking story about a tow… read more
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- mental illness
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"The air was better then."-Kathleen Glasgow, You'd Be Home Now
"Maybe people just use different things to fill up the emptiness. Until it becomes less about feeling empty and more about feeding something else."-Kathleen Glasgow, You'd Be Home Now
14. If You Still Recognise Me
By: Cynthia So
4.05
Format: 409 pages, Paperback
Elsie has a crush on Ada, the only person in the world who truly understands her. Unfortunately, th… read more
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- contemporary
- fiction
- young adult
- lgbt
"I wonder if Ada would be able to feel the sapphic vibes if she could see the things she and I wrote to each other through the eyes of someone who was an outsider to our friendship."-Cynthia So, If You Still Recognise Me
"And I lie down and look at the ceiling, and I wonder how adults learn to love with this feeling that the past is always growing bigger, that you're always losing mroe of yourself to it."-Cynthia So, If You Still Recognise Me
"I didn't truly believe it back then. That I deserved to be seen. I do now, though. I do. And being seen requires being open about myself. Joan looks at me, soft, patient. I want to be seen."-Cynthia So, If You Still Recognise Me
"There's nothing like meeting someone and feeling comfortable with them instantly. That to me is the closest thing we have to magic in the world. The inexplicable connection that we just feel, right a…"-Cynthia So, If You Still Recognise Me
15. The Secret Runners of New York
By: Matthew Reilly
3.89
Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition
'The windows on all the skyscrapers are smashed . . .No power, no lights, no people . . .It's a par… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
16. The Things That Will Not Stand
By: Michael Gerard Bauer
3.70
Format: 217 pages, Paperback
Sebastian is at a university open day with his best friend Tolly when he meets a girl. Her name is … read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
17. Burn Our Bodies Down
By: Rory Power
3.51
Format: 352 pages, ebook
From the author of the New York Times bestseller Wilder Girls comes a new twisty thriller about a g… read more
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- contemporary
- fiction
- young adult
- lgbt
"Keep a fire burning; a fire is what saves you."-Rory Power, Burn Our Bodies Down
"(...) if understanding a person meant I had to forgive them."-Rory Power, Burn Our Bodies Down
"I don't think the past ever really leaves, in Phalene. It breathes. It holds on."-Rory Power, Burn Our Bodies Down
"And maybe it's spite or maybe it's love but I can't really tell them apart anymore."-Rory Power, Burn Our Bodies Down
18. Weapon (Whisper, #2)
By: Lynette Noni
4.20
Format: 407 pages, Paperback
The #1 bestselling WHISPER series concludes with WEAPON: I already knew he was a psychopath. But… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"Maybe he's right Maybe I am a weapon But I'm not his weapon Not anymore"-Lynette Noni, Weapon (Whisper, #2)
"I need to see him again. Because I have questions, and something tells me he has the answers."-Lynette Noni, Weapon (Whisper, #2)
"I refuse to be the type of girl who waits for a prince to come riding in on a white horse to save the day."-Lynette Noni, Weapon (Whisper, #2)
19. Yes No Maybe So
By: Becky Albertalli
3.73
Format: 464 pages, ebook
New York Times bestselling authors Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed have crafted a resonant, funny,… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"Time is literally what life is made of."-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So
"Oranges don't have nipples," says Sophie"-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So
"There's nothing quite like the futility of being seventeen in an election year."-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So
"The truth is, it's a weird time to be coming of age. The world is really messy right now. And it's so hard to be twelve or thirteen or fifteen or seventeen, when you're old enough to get it, but... y…"-Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So
20. Every Line of You
By: Naomi Gibson
3.50
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In the face of overwhelming grief and bullying, tech-savvy Lydia pours all of herself into creating… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"I’m fine, honestly."-Naomi Gibson, Every Line of You
"I nod and smile again, although inside I feel completely different. I would like to scream loudly and beat everything to pieces"-Naomi Gibson, Every Line of You
"People just don't get it. You think, funeral, okay, maybe a little grief counseling, but then that's okay. We should kindly finish this and move on. But it's not over and it will never be over and ho…"-Naomi Gibson, Every Line of You
21. Anything But Fine
By: Tobias Madden
3.96
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Luca is ready to audition for the Australian Ballet School. All it takes to crush his dreams is one… read more
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- m m romance
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"What is it about hot jocks being dorky that is so impossible to resist?"-Tobias Madden, Anything But Fine
22. Unforgiven (Lexi Winter #1)
By: Sarah Barrie
4.32
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
Once a victim, she's now a vigilante. An addictive and suspenseful thriller for readers of Candice … read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
23. Henry Hamlet's Heart
By: Rhiannon Wilde
4.15
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
A sparkling queer YA romance set in Brisbane, Henry Hamlet’s Heart follows one guy and his sometime… read more
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- m m romance
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
24. Golden Boys (Golden Boys, #1)
By: Phil Stamper
3.76
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
National bestselling author Phil Stamper crafts the perfect summer friendship story, starring four … read more
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- contemporary
- fiction
- young adult
- lgbt
25. The Girl in Question
By: Tess Sharpe
4.35
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
High school is over, but Nora O'Malley's life isn't, which is weird now that her murderous stepdad … read more
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- contemporary
- fiction
- young adult
- lgbt
"It's fucking with fate."-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question
"Sometimes lying is the only way through to survival."-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question
"It's time to stop reacting. It's time to start attacking."-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question
"Sorry you got fired. A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. "-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question
26. Slingshot
By: Mercedes Helnwein
3.06
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An exciting debut contemporary young adult novel perfect for fans of Rainbow Rowell and Mary H. K. … read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
27. All the Best Liars
By: Amelia Kahaney
3.79
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A dark, modern psychological thriller and coming-of-age about obsession, manipulation, and the inte… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
28. The Breakup Lists
By: Adib Khorram
3.92
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Love is more complicated than “boy meets boy” in bestselling author Adib Khorram’s sharply funny ne… read more
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- contemporary
- fiction
- young adult
- lgbt
29. A Song Only I Can Hear
By: Barry Jonsberg
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Introducing Rob Fitzgerald: thirteen years old and determined to impress the new girl at school, bu… read more
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- contemporary
- fiction
- young adult
- lgbt
"Sometimes a person needs to keep things to himself. You don't tell me everything and that's fine. We all need to keep some stuff locked away. If we didn't, we could end up getting hurt."-Barry Jonsberg, A Song Only I Can Hear
30. Kissing Emma
By: Shaparak Khorsandi
3.39
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Emma and her mother are down on their luck. They're taking turns sleeping on the sofa in her nan's … read more
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- young adult
31. I Had Such Friends
By: Meg Gatland-Veness
3.80
Format: 278 pages, Paperback
When Charlie Parker dies, it affects everyone who knew him. Everyone, that is, except for seventeen… read more
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- m m romance
- teen
- lgbt
- young adult
- mental illness
- fiction
- contemporary
