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Attention all bookworms
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items Looking for your next great read? From heartfelt coming-of-age stories to thrilling fantasies and swoon-worthy romances, this list has a variety of choices for all readers!
Sections
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Young Adult | Fantasy
Thriller | Mystery
Contemporary Fiction
Horror
Young Adult | Fantasy
The Summer I Turned Pretty
A coming-of-age drama series based on Jenny Han’s bestselling novels. It follows Isabel “Belly” Conklin as she spends her summers at Cousins Beach, navigating first loves, heartbreak, and the complexities of family and fr...
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The story follows Melinda, a high school freshman who becomes an outcast after calling the police at a summer party. Struggling with trauma from a sexual assault she cannot yet put into ...
Speak - Anderson, Laurie Halse: Books
When their father dies in a plane crash, two teenage girls—Camino in the Dominican Republic and Yahaira in New York—discover they are sisters, connected by his double life. Told in lyrical verse, the story explores grief, family, secrets, and the pow...
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Captivating young adult fantasy novel that blends elements of romance, magic, and wartime intrigue. Set in a world where gods have awakened after centuries of slumber, the story follows Iris Winnow, an eighteen-year-old journalist striving to support...
Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1) by Rebecca Ross
Once a reckless, arrogant princess named Anne, she was destined to rule—but betrayal on her wedding night destroys everything. Years later, Anne returns from the grave not to be queen, but to become feared as Blackbeard—the terror of the seas.
Genre...
Bloody Black: A Pirate Standalone Romantasy eBook
It follows Kelsey Hayes, a young woman who takes a job at a circus and discovers that a white tiger named Ren is actually an Indian prince cursed to live as a beast. Drawn into a magical quest across India, Kelsey must help break the centuries-old cu...
Tiger's Curse (The Tiger Saga, #1) by Colleen Houck
Set in the mysterious Southern town of Gatlin, the story follows Ethan Wate, a teenage boy longing to escape his small town, and Lena Duchannes, a girl with a dark secret. She’s a Caster, part of a family with magical powers.
Genre: Young Adult/ Ro...
Beautiful Creatures (Beautiful Creatures, 1): 9780316231657: ...
Set in 1986, the story follows two misfit high school students. Eleanor, a new girl with a troubled home life, and Park, a quiet, music-loving boy. Over the course of the school year, they bond over comics, mixtapes, and shared moments on the bus, sl...
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
A captivating contemporary fantasy that weaves magic, ambition, and family legacy into a tale of rivalry and romance. Set in an alternate New York City, the story follows two powerful witch families—the Antonovas and the Fedorovs—as they vie for cont...
One for My Enemy by Olivie Blake
Thriller | Mystery
Fast-paced, twist-filled novels dive deep into manipulation, survival, and how far people will go to protect their secrets.
Genre: Psychological Thriller/ Mystery
The Housemaid Series by Freida McFadden
A gripping dark academia novel about friendship, obsession, and the blurred line between performance and reality.
Genre: Fiction/ Mystery/ Thriller
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
Marcella “Cella” Gibbons is one half of a magical pair (a “dimidium”), tied to her other half, Max Middlemore—both scholars at Seinford and Brown College of Agriculture and Magic, set among the red mesas of rural New Mexico.
Genre: Fantasy/ Romance/...
The Book of Autumn by Molly O'Sullivan
Contemporary Fiction
Picking Daisies on Sundays
A sweet romantic comedy that follows Daniella “Daisy” Maria as she nears graduation. She’s always been a hopeless romantic binging rom-coms and dreaming of love, but the biggest love she ever felt was for her childhood be...
Picking Daisies on Sundays: Cincotti, Liana
The story follows Elise, who has always felt at home living with her aunt and uncle after her parents passed away. But as she starts middle school, friendships change, bullying begins, and she feels increasingly out of place.
Genre: Contemporary Fi...
Eight Keys by Suzanne LaFleur
It follows Dannie Kohan, a driven lawyer in New York City, who has her life perfectly planned. But after a strange, vivid vision of her life five years in the future where she is with a different man than her fiancé—everything begins to unravel.
Gen...
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
Horror
Witty, spooky, and empowering modern fairy tale about independence, friendship, and a touch of witchcraft.
Genre: Horror/ Fiction
Cackle by Rachel Harrison
A dark academia fantasy novel set at Drayton College, a magical school hidden in a secret pocket of Savannah.
Genre: Fantasy/ Horror/ Dark
An Academy for Liars
Death, mortality, and indebtedness
Sisterhood and grief
Identity and belonging
Horror
When I Was Death by Alexis Henderson