Armchair BEA: Day 5 – My Favorite Young Adult Books

Posted May 30, 2014 by Emily in Armchair BEA / 18 Comments

One of today’s topics is middle school / young adult novels, but I’m just going to focus on YA. And since this is a YA book blog, I’m pretty sure I discussed the benefits of YA before. SO, today I’m just going to share some of my favorites. Now, I organized them by genre, but beware, I’m very bad at distinguishing different genres from each other. Also some books could belong to more than one genre. Also, I tried to include books that are more uncommon so some of them aren’t my absolute favorites.

Fantasy White Cat by Holly Black Graceling by Kristin Cashore Grasping at Eternity by Karen Amanda Hooper Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers Unbreathable by Hafsah Laziaf Timeless by Alexandra Monir	Dystopians The Maze Runner by James Dashner Uninvited by Sophie Jordan Delirium by Lauren Oliver Orleans by Sherri L. Smith Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Realistic Fiction Letters to Nowhere by Julie Cross If I Stay by Gayle Forman The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry Being Sloane Jacobs by Lauren Morrill Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver	Unrealistic Realistic Fiction Double Crossed: A Spies and Thieves Story by Ally Carter Heist Society by Ally Carter I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You by Ally Carter The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting Clarity by Kim Harrington Forgotten by Cat Patrick

What are some of your favorite YA books?

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18 responses to “Armchair BEA: Day 5 – My Favorite Young Adult Books”

Wesley Hoffmann

I like how you arranged them into more specific lists, super handy!
May 30, 2014, 7:58 am
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- Emz Chang
  
  Thanks for the compliment and for stopping by! 🙂
  May 31, 2014, 10:02 pm
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Kristina

Love the lists, great suggestions, several I haven’t read yet
May 30, 2014, 8:57 am
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- Emz Chang
  
  I hope you try (and like) some of them!
  
  Thanks for stopping by, Kristina! 🙂
  May 31, 2014, 10:03 pm
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Trisha

I love the category “unrealistic realistic fiction”; I know so many books which could be put in that category.
May 30, 2014, 11:06 am
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- Emz Chang
  
  I’m glad you like it! To be honest, some books in the realistic fiction section could be in the unrealistic realistic one…
  
  Thanks for stopping by, Trisha! 🙂
  May 31, 2014, 10:04 pm
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Julie S

I really like how you have these recommendations in shelves. That is really cool. I’ve added some to my TBR 🙂
May 30, 2014, 12:01 pm
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- Emz Chang
  
  Thanks, I hope you enjoy the ones you added!
  
  Thanks for stopping by, Julie! 🙂
  May 31, 2014, 10:05 pm
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Tellulah Darling

Excellent selection! Did you ever read Holly Black’s Tithe? Great dark take on fae mythology.
May 30, 2014, 12:22 pm
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- Emz Chang
  
  I haven’t read Tithe, but I really enjoyed her Curse Workers series. Got to add that to my TBR, thanks for suggesting it!
  
  Thanks for stopping by, Tellulah! 🙂
  May 31, 2014, 10:06 pm
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fredamans

I’ve loved a few of those myself. 🙂
May 30, 2014, 3:25 pm
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- Emz Chang
  
  Yay for good books and similar tastes!
  
  Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
  May 31, 2014, 10:07 pm
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suzanne cowles

Thanks for recommending: I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls). Adding to Goodreads.
May 30, 2014, 4:09 pm
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- Emz Chang
  
  You’re welcome! I hope you like it – the Gallagher Girls series is one of my favorites.
  
  Thanks for stopping by, Suzanne! 🙂
  May 31, 2014, 10:07 pm
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Karsyn Smith

I also tried to give some more unknown books in my Armchair BEA Day 5 post, with both YA and my open topic.
May 30, 2014, 6:07 pm
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- Emz Chang
  
  You’re awesome for trying to help get the word out about other good books people need to read, but probably don’t know about!
  
  Thanks for stopping by, Karsyn! 🙂
  May 31, 2014, 10:08 pm
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Kristen

Love the UnRealistic fiction category!! It is realistic… yet not. I’ll have to check out some of the titles I am unfamiliar with.
May 30, 2014, 10:18 pm
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- Emz Chang
  
  🙂 I hope you like them!
  
  Thanks for stopping by, Kristen! 🙂
  May 31, 2014, 10:09 pm
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