YA Books

This is an area of literature that I've become very fond of. It wasn't until several years ago that I really starting picking up YA books to read, and now it seems like almost half the books I read are YA. Titles are listed alphabetical by author's last name (yes, how very librarian of me). Please feel free to add your own recommendations or comments about any books listed here.

* Didn't like it
** It was OK
*** Liked it
**** Loved it
***** Gonna buy it

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard *****
Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard *****
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo ****
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo ****
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo ****
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo ****
The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken ***
The Bitter Kingdom by Rae Carson ****
The Crown of Embers by Rae Carson ****
The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson ****
Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore *****
Fire by Kristin Cashore ****
Graceling by Kristin Cashore *****
The Crown by Kiera Cass *****
The Elite by Kiera Cass *****
Happily Ever After by Kiera Cass *****
The Hier by Kiera Cass ****
The One by Kiera Cass *****
The Selection by Kiera Cass *****
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare ****
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare *****
Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare *****
Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare *****
The Wicked and the Just by J Anderson Coats ****
The Naming by Alison Croggon ***
The Girl in the Clockwork Collar by Kady Cross *****
The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross *****
The Girl With the Iron Touch by Kady Cross *****
The Girl With the Windup Heart by Kady Cross *****
Mistwood by Leah Cypess ****
Nightspell by Leah Cypess ****
Truthwitch by Susan Dennard **
If I Stay by Gayle Forman ****
Where She Went by Gayle Forman **
Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier *****
Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier *****
Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier *****
Frostfire by Amanda Hocking ***
Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas *****
Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas *****
Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas *****
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas *****
Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes***
Allegiant by Veronica Roth ****
Divergent by Veronica Roth ****
Insurgent by Veronica Roth ****
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell ****
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell ***
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell *****
Silence by Michelle Sagara *****
Out of the Easy by Ruta Septys **
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir ***
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor ***
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein ****