Five MORE Young Adult Recommendations

A few months back, as one of my first blog posts, I share five young adult book recommendations!

That post did really well, and I have received requests to do a second recommendation article for YA, and I am nothing if not someone who gives people what they want!

With that being said, here are five MORE young adult book recommendations!

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Dead Girls Can’t Tell Secrets by Chelsea Ichaso

Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller, Young Adult

My rating: 4.75 stars

Description via The Storygraph: “Piper's fall was no accident. Did someone want her dead? It's up to her sister to discover the truth in this shocking new thriller with an unreliable narrator, from the acclaimed author of Little Creeping Things.

Piper Sullivan was in a strange hiking accident last month and has been in a coma ever since. Her older sister, Savannah, can't pretend to be optimistic about it; things look bad. Piper will likely never wake up, and Savannah will never get any answers about what exactly happened.

But then Savannah finds a note in Piper's locker, inviting Piper to a meeting of their school's wilderness club...at the very place and on the very day that she fell. Which means there was a chance that Piper wasn't alone. Someone might've seen something. Worse, someone might've done something. But who would want to hurt the perfect Piper Sullivan...and why?

To discover the truth, Savannah joins the club on their weekend-long camping trip on the same mountain where her sister fell. But she better be careful; everyone in the club is a suspect, and everyone seems to be keeping secrets about that tragic day.

And Savannah? She's been keeping secrets, too…”

Why I recommend this: I honestly wasn’t expecting much of this book since I was able to get a paperback for a low price, but this was a really good young adult thriller.

If you like survivalist thrillers, this would be right up your alley. There is camping, revenge, an unreliable narrator and people being incredibly suspicious.

There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

Genre(s): Contemporary, Horror, Young Adult

My rating: 5 stars

Description via The Storygraph: “It's been almost a year since Makani Young came to live with her grandmother in landlocked Nebraska, and she's still adjusting to her new life. And still haunted by her past in Hawaii.

Then, one by one, the students of her small town high school begin to die in a series of gruesome murders, each with increasing and grotesque flair. As the terror grows closer and the hunt intensifies for the killer, Makani will be forced to confront her own dark secrets.

Stephanie Perkins, bestselling author of Anna and the French Kiss, returns with a fresh take on the classic teen slasher story that's fun, quick-witted, and completely impossible to put down.”

Why I recommend this: This book is 100% not for everyone. A lot of people do not like this because the twist doesn’t really make a lot of sense, but I really liked this. It was campy and fun and violent. Honestly, it had a lot of gore for a YA, but that is a bonus in my eyes. If you don’t need your thrillers to be completely sensical, and like reading about weird decisions and brutal and unique murders, this would be the book for you!

This also became a movie, but we won’t talk about that (it’s bad).

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Genre(s): Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult

My rating: 5 stars

Description via The Storygraph: “Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green's most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.”

Why I recommend this: An oldie but a goodie, this book actually holds up. The disability rep is really good, which I was not expecting if I’m being honest.

I read this book when I was in high school, and even though I know how the story goes, I think I cried more in my adulthood than back then.

This remains a really solid young adult book, and I recommend reading (or rereading) it!

Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds

Genre(s): Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult

My rating: 4.75 stars

Description via The Storygraph: “Debut author Justin A. Reynolds delivers a hilarious and heartfelt novel about the choices we make, the people we choose, and the moments that make a life worth reliving. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and John Green.

When Jack and Kate meet at a party, bonding until sunrise over their mutual love of Froot Loops and their favorite flicks, Jack knows he's falling--hard. Soon she's meeting his best friends, Jillian and Franny, and Kate wins them over as easily as she did Jack.

But then Kate dies. And their story should end there.

Yet Kate's death sends Jack back to the beginning, the moment they first meet, and Kate's there again. Healthy, happy, and charming as ever. Jack isn't sure if he's losing his mind.

Still, if he has a chance to prevent Kate's death, he'll take it. Even if that means believing in time travel. However, Jack will learn that his actions are not without consequences. And when one choice turns deadly for someone else close to him, he has to figure out what he's willing to do to save the people he loves.”

Why I recommend this: This was a book that really caught me in the first chapter, and I didn’t have the highest of hopes when I bought it.

I cried like a little baby and I was enamored with the love that our main characters have. I would recommend having plenty of tissues nearby.

All This Time by Mikki Daughtry and Rachael Lippincott

Genre(s): Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult

My rating: 5 stars

Description via The Storygraph: “From the team behind #1 New York Times bestseller Five Feet Apart comes a gripping new romance that asks: Can you find true love after losing everything?

Kyle and Kimberly have been the perfect couple all through high school, but when Kimberly breaks up with him on the night of their graduation party, Kyle's entire world upends--literally. Their car crashes and when he awakes, he has a brain injury. Kimberly is dead. And no one in his life could possibly understand.

Until Marley. Marley is suffering from her own loss, a loss she thinks was her fault. And when their paths cross, Kyle sees in her all the unspoken things he's feeling.

As Kyle and Marley work to heal each other's wounds, their feelings for each other grow stronger. But Kyle can't shake the sense that he's headed for another crashing moment that will blow up his life as soon as he's started to put it back together.

And he's right.”

Why I recommend this: Another book I reviewed for Write Through the Night last year, that I still think about.

I made the mistake of finishing this in my doctor’s waiting room, and had to hold back sobs so as to not alarm the other patients. This book explores grief in a really beautiful way, and I recommend it to any young person (or folks in their twenties like me).

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Have you read any of these books? Do you have any other young adult book recs? Let me know in the comments!