Before the Beginning
By: Anna Morgan
3.69
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
The story of four friends, a mysterious stranger, and the week when everything changed. For fans of…
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1. A Waltz for Matilda
By: Jackie French
3.74
Format: None pages, Paperback
In 1894, twelve-year-old Matilda flees the city slums to find her unknown father and his farm. But … read more
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- young adult
2. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
By: Becky Albertalli
3.88
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical… read more
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3. When Michael Met Mina
By: Randa Abdel-Fattah
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
Before Mina, my life was like a completed jigsaw puzzle but Mina has pushed the puzzle onto the flo… read more
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4. Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)
By: C.S. Pacat
4.16
Format: 464 pages, ebook
The ancient world of magic is no more. Its heroes are dead, its halls are ruins, and its great batt… read more
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- young adult
- lgbt
"Kindness is never a mistake. Somewhere in the heart it is always remembered."-C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)
"Kindness is never a mistake," said the Elder Steward. "Somewhere in the heart it is always remembered."-C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)
"I’m here to follow you.' His eyes were bright, his lips smiling, his hair gold in the shifting light from the fire. Will said, 'Of course you are."-C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)
"When the past is forgotten, then it can return. Only those who remember have the chance to stave it off. For the dark is never truly gone; it only waits for the world to forget, so that it may rise a…"-C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)
5. Rules for Vanishing
By: Kate Alice Marshall
3.76
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
In the faux-documentary style of The Blair Witch Project comes the campfire story of a missing girl… read more
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- mystery
- paranormal
- young adult
- lgbt
"What happened in the dark?"-Kate Alice Marshall, Rules for Vanishing
"I cannot tell if I am lying."-Kate Alice Marshall, Rules for Vanishing
"What do you wear when you go to meet a ghost?"-Kate Alice Marshall, Rules for Vanishing
"Do you want to know where Lucy went? She went to play the game. You can play, too. Find a partner. Find a key. Find the road. You have two days."-Kate Alice Marshall, Rules for Vanishing
6. The Bookbinder
By: Pip Williams
4.07
Format: 437 pages, Hardcover
A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more
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"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder
"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder
"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder
7. This Time It's Real
By: Ann Liang
4.02
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
When seventeen-year-old Eliza Lin’s essay about meeting the love of her life unexpectedly goes vira… read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
"We weren’t flirting,"-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real
"I want this to be real."-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real
"I'm not going anywhere. I promise."-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real
"I hope you remember to miss me when all this is over"-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real
8. Love Stories
By: Trent Dalton
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Trent Dalton, Australia's best-loved writer, goes out into the world and asks a simple, direct ques… read more
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- contemporary
"True love is exposing all the pieces."-Trent Dalton, Love Stories
"Love is knowing when you've come home."-Trent Dalton, Love Stories
"You ever felt that kinda low? The kind you want to stay in?"-Trent Dalton, Love Stories
"She realises now that grief is the price she will willingly pay to have loved someone so deeply."-Trent Dalton, Love Stories
9. Only a Monster (Monsters, #1)
By: Vanessa Len
3.87
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
It should have been the perfect summer. Sent to stay with her late mother’s eccentric family in Lon… read more
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- paranormal
- young adult
"What am I?"-Vanessa Len, Only a Monster (Monsters, #1)
"Don't look at them. Look at me." -Aaron Oliver"-Vanessa Len, Only a Monster (Monsters, #1)
"A Hunt and an Oliver together? How very Romeo and Juliet."-Vanessa Len, Only a Monster (Monsters, #1)
"You're a hero and I'm a monster. There's only one way that story ever ends."-Vanessa Len, Only a Monster (Monsters, #1)
10. Instant Karma (Fortuna Beach, #1)
By: Marissa Meyer
3.75
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Chronic overachiever Prudence Barnett is always quick to cast judgment on the lazy, rude, and arrog… read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
"It's ironic, right? The economy is great, but it's always a struggle for the little guy."-Marissa Meyer, Instant Karma (Fortuna Beach, #1)
11. Weather Girl
By: Rachel Lynn Solomon
3.62
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Ari Abrams has always been fascinated by the weather, and she loves almost everything about her job… read more
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- contemporary
12. Imogen, Obviously
By: Becky Albertalli
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
With humor and insight, #1 New York Times bestseller Becky Albertalli explores the nuances of sexua… read more
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- contemporary
- young adult
- lgbt
"Every breath she breathes feels like a love letter."-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously
"1987: the world’s biggest pancake ever (well, at the time). My parents actually got to eat part of it!"-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously
"So which one of us is more queer?" "Well," I pause, "I'd have to see the two of you trying to sit in chairs."-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously
"Tessa’s eyes catch mine, and her lips tug up at the corners, just barely. And the noise in my brain falls away. All the times I said I’m straight. All the times everyone’s said I’m straight. There it…"-Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously
13. The Island
By: Natasha Preston
3.47
Format: 303 pages, Paperback
Hot on the heels of the New York Times bestsellers The Twin and The Lake, another pulse-pounding re… read more
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- mystery
- young adult
- contemporary
14. You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight
By: Kalynn Bayron
3.59
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
At Camp Mirror Lake, terror is the name of the game . . . but can you survive the night?This heart-… read more
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- contemporary
- mystery
- young adult
- lgbt
"I turn my Black ass right around and book it back to my cabin, where I close and lock the door."-Kalynn Bayron, You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight
15. The Things She's Seen
By: Ambelin Kwaymullina
3.80
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Nothing's been the same for Beth Teller since the day she died. Her dad is drowning in grief. He… read more
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- mystery
- paranormal
- young adult
"My science teacher said that just because two things happened together didn't mean one was because of the other, or as she put it: correlation does not imply causation."-Ambelin Kwaymullina, The Things She's Seen
16. Scattered Showers
By: Rainbow Rowell
3.95
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
Rainbow Rowell has won fans all over the world by writing about love and life in a way that feels t… read more
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- contemporary
- young adult
- lgbt
"It had felt so good to cry. Like her outsides matched her insides."-Rainbow Rowell, Scattered Showers
"You shouldn't focus on the bad things...Because you draw them toward you. Happiness is about focusing on good things and drawing those things toward you."-Rainbow Rowell, Scattered Showers
"If you're a careful as you're supposed to be, you seem neurotic. I feel neurotic. Now. And I never used to be. I'm the sort of person who'd share an ice cream cone with a dog...But now I wipe down my…"-Rainbow Rowell, Scattered Showers
"We think of ourselves - of everything - as having an ideal state. Like, we mature to an ideal state, and then we decay. What if the middle isn't the ideal? What if every moment along the curve is ide…"-Rainbow Rowell, Scattered Showers
17. Not My Problem
By: Ciara Smyth
4.13
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Aideen has plenty of problems she can’t fix. Her best (and only) friend is pulling away. Her mother… read more
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- contemporary
- young adult
- lgbt
"I dug deep down into my empathy store and found a dried-up old raisin."-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem
"She really did look relieved. Like the stick up her her ass had decreased in width or length."-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem
"I'd never met someone I hated more. Would it have been wrong to burn her house down to get out?"-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem
"It's all a load of bolloxology, but I'm not going to let that get in the way of making fun of you, am I?"-Ciara Smyth, Not My Problem
18. Sick Bay
By: Nova Weetman
4.28
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Meg uses Sick Bay to hide from other kids. She’s struggling with changes at home, wears slippers to… read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
19. The Other Side of Tomorrow
By: Hayley Lawrence
4.23
Format: 295 pages, Paperback
What if you thought you had forever ... To live your life. To tell your story. But what if forever … read more
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- young adult
20. Completely Normal (and other lies)
By: Biffy James
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Love has rules. So does grief. And Stella Wilde’s about to break them all. Stella Wilde is secre… read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
"This isn't all on you. But god forbid we blame the dude. Fucking patriarchy."-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)
"I considered letting my own meltdown come to the surface, but I had no way of knowing how long it would last once I let it, so I didn't. I put it in the black well instead, backing away so I wouldn't…"-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)
"Maybe it was better to accept that when someone died there were some things that were never going to happen, and this was just another one of them. Because death left things unfinished. Unsaid. Unsew…"-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)
21. Royals
By: Tegan Bennett Daylight
3.35
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Six teenagers. An empty shopping centre. No Wi-Fi. And … a baby? Acclaimed author Tegan Bennett Day… read more
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- contemporary
- mystery
- young adult
- lgbt
22. Grace Notes
By: Karen Comer
4.16
Format: 327 pages, Paperback
, This song has a grace note a tiny note that's there for embellishment but can easily be ignored… read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
"Restrictions can't stop our music, can't stop us."-Karen Comer, Grace Notes
"together we weave a set of colours so beautiful that surely every listener's heart expands"-Karen Comer, Grace Notes
"The world has stopped still, yet we can feel our frenzied, uncertain energy spinning the Earth."-Karen Comer, Grace Notes
"Surely traditions have to evolve? Surely daughters can choose their own happiness? Surely our world can handle this new virus?"-Karen Comer, Grace Notes
23. Hamlet is Not OK
By: R.A. Spratt
3.40
Format: 240 pages, ebook
Selby hates homework. She would rather watch daytime television – anything to escape the tedium of … read more
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- young adult
24. The Agathas (The Agathas #1)
By: Kathleen Glasgow
3.93
Format: 405 pages, Hardcover
Last summer, Alice Ogilvie’s basketball-star boyfriend Steve dumped her. Then she disappeared for f… read more
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- mystery
- young adult
- contemporary
"She basically just told kindness to fuck off."-Kathleen Glasgow, The Agathas (The Agathas #1)
25. Pumpkin (Dumplin', #3)
By: Julie Murphy
4.17
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Waylon Russell Brewer is a fat, openly gay boy stuck in the small West Texas town of Clover City. H… read more
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- contemporary
- young adult
- lgbt
"The body I have shouldn't change how deserving I am of my dreams. - Millie"-Julie Murphy, Pumpkin (Dumplin', #3)
"When the world isn't selling what you're looking to buy, you just have to take it upon yourself to cut your own pattern."-Julie Murphy, Pumpkin (Dumplin', #3)
"She's got that nervous energy that spawns anytime you're about to share something you love with someone and are suddenly thinking of all of its flaws you're usually indifferent to."-Julie Murphy, Pumpkin (Dumplin', #3)
"There are times when I feel like I can’t be me. I can’t simply exist. I have to offer something in exchange. Something that absolves me of being fat and gay and even worse—both of those things at onc…"-Julie Murphy, Pumpkin (Dumplin', #3)
26. I Kissed Shara Wheeler
By: Casey McQuiston
3.88
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop and Red, White & Royal Blue comes a deb… read more
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- contemporary
- mystery
- young adult
- lgbt
"You were the only one it could be."-Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler
"Get a clarifying shampoo and suck it up, Kylo Ren."-Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler
"Why is it so bad to want to feel special, or loved, or accpeted?"-Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler
"What do you say when The Girl tells you that you're The Girl to her?"-Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler
27. Unnecessary Drama
By: Nina Kenwood
3.80
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
From the award-winning author of It Sounded Better in My Head comes a deliciously entertaining enem… read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
28. The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling
By: Wai Chim
4.01
Format: 392 pages, Paperback
Anna Chiu has her hands pretty full looking after her brother and sister and helping out at her dad… read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
29. Dancing Barefoot
By: Alice Boyle
4.19
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 2021 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing Evie Vanhoutte is a teacher… read more
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- contemporary
- young adult
- lgbt
30. The Meet-Cute Project
By: Rhiannon Richardson
3.42
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A teen girl who will do whatever it takes to find a date for her sister’s wedding. Mia’s friends… read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
31. Before the Beginning
By: Anna Morgan
3.69
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
The story of four friends, a mysterious stranger, and the week when everything changed. For fans of… read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- contemporary
- mystery
- paranormal
