Young Adult
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
One of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus
Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson
Across the Universe by Beth Revis
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Unearthed by Amie Kaufman and Meghan Spooner
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman
And I Darken by Kriesten White
Middle Grade
Lockwood & Co.: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Best. Night. Ever. Edited by Jen Malone
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Spy School by Stuart Gibbs
Chomp by Carl Hiaasen
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein
Liesl and Po by Lauren Oliver
Counting by 7’s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Adult Sci Fi
Vicious by Victoria Schwab
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Sevenseves by Neil Stephenson
Lock-In by John Scalzi
The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Writing Craft
Secrets of Story by Matt Bird
Story Engineering by Larry Brooks
Story Genius by Lisa Cron
The Emotional Craft of Fiction by Donald Maass
The Magic Words by Cheryl Klein
Deep Work by Cal Newport
…So many great books, so little time!
Rebecca J. Allen 