Good as Gold
By: Candace Buford
3.55
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Fans of Netflix's Outer Banks will devour this contemporary YA novel with a propulsive mystery abou…
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1. Only This Beautiful Moment
By: Abdi Nazemian
4.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the Stonewall Honor–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a sweeping story of three genera… read more
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- audiobook
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
2. A Long Stretch of Bad Days
By: Mindy McGinnis
4.02
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Lydia Chass doesn’t mind living in a small town; she just doesn’t want to die in one. A lifetime of… read more
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- mystery thriller
- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- audiobook
"The action is wrong. But the person committing it is a breathing, thinking, living, feeling human being. And I can tell you that most of the time where there's violence, there's fear- and it's not on…"-Mindy McGinnis, A Long Stretch of Bad Days
3. Rez Ball
By: Byron Graves
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more
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- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
- audiobook
4. All the Fighting Parts
By: Hannah V. Sawyerr
4.44
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, a searing and defiant novel in verse about reclaiming agency a… read more
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- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
- audiobook
5. Where You See Yourself
By: Claire Forrest
4.16
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Where You See Yourself combines an unforgettable coming-of-age tale, a swoon-worthy romance, and mu… read more
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- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
- audiobook
6. Saints of the Household
By: Ari Tison
4.12
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town--tol… read more
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- audiobook
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
7. Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed
By: Dashka Slater
4.30
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to… read more
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- teen
- audiobook
8. The Rosewood Hunt
By: Mackenzie Reed
3.66
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Lily Rosewood dreams of taking over her family's company one day. Her grandmother, Rosewood Inc's c… read more
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- mystery thriller
- teen
- adventure
- young adult
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- audiobook
9. This Place Is Still Beautiful
By: XiXi Tian
4.06
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Two sisters. A shocking racist incident. The summer that will change both of their lives forever.De… read more
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- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Maybe one day we will find the right words, but at the moment, he just stands with me in this alley, shielded from the sun. Dark, but not alone."-XiXi Tian, This Place Is Still Beautiful
10. Forgive Me Not
By: Jennifer Baker
3.92
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In this searing indictment of the juvenile justice system, one incarcerated teen weighs what she is… read more
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- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
- audiobook
"...Counselor Susan was right about one thing: We’re more than our worst mistakes."-Jennifer Baker, Forgive Me Not
"All this got me wondering: Is that what forgiveness is? Is it forgetting and moving on? Is it doing whatever it takes to hear “I forgive you"-Jennifer Baker, Forgive Me Not
"We’re not the same. Nothing will ever be the same. I try to say it, but it doesn’t come out. It can’t, because all the hurt needs to be spewed out first. Along with all the shame, hiding, guilt."-Jennifer Baker, Forgive Me Not
"The way my parents are reacting to this and last week’s Trials reminds me how much is and isn’t in their control. We’re all experiencing this together with Letta, only we can’t be there to help her. …"-Jennifer Baker, Forgive Me Not
11. Thin Air
By: Kellie M. Parker
3.50
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Eight hours. Twelve contestants. A flight none of them might survive. A flight to Paris full of tee… read more
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- mystery thriller
- young adult
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- audiobook
12. The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin
By: Kip Wilson
3.92
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating historical novel about Hilde, an orphan who experiences Berlin on the cusp of World W… read more
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- young adult
- audiobook
13. I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom
By: Shannon C.F. Rogers
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Packed with voice, this is a powerful coming-of-age YA novel about a Filipina-American teen who tri… read more
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- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
- audiobook
14. And Don't Look Back
By: Rebecca Barrow
3.75
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
After her mother’s death, a teen pieces together the truth of her family’s past and what her mom wa… read more
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- mystery thriller
- young adult
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
15. Forever Is Now
By: Mariama J. Lockington
4.28
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A poignant and lyrical young adult novel-in-verse about a Black teen coming of age in an anxiety-in… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
16. What's Coming to Me
By: Francesca Padilla
3.54
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Seventeen-year-old Minerva Gutiérrez plans revenge on her predatory boss in this equally poignant a… read more
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- mystery thriller
- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- audiobook
17. All You Have to Do
By: Autumn Allen
4.09
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Powerful, thought-provoking, and heartfelt, this debut YA novel by author Autumn Allen is a grippin… read more
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- young adult contemporary
- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Pretending that race isn't a thing anymore is actually another way of being racist."-Autumn Allen, All You Have to Do
18. Into the Light
By: Mark Oshiro
3.98
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
When you're like me, you have to lie. It’s been one year since Manny was cast out of his family … read more
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- mystery thriller
- young adult
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- audiobook
19. We Light Up the Sky
By: Lilliam Rivera
3.21
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In a haunting, genre-bending YA, award-winning author Lilliam Rivera explores the social and racial… read more
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- audiobook
- teen
- young adult
- contemporary
20. Good as Gold
By: Candace Buford
3.55
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Fans of Netflix's Outer Banks will devour this contemporary YA novel with a propulsive mystery abou… read more
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- mystery thriller
- young adult contemporary
- teen
- adventure
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- audiobook
