general books

Safe As Houses

By Eric Walters

A historical fiction book about effects of Hurricane Hazel in Canada during October of 1954. The book is told from the perspective of thirteen-year-old Elizabeth Hardy, an 8th grade student who has a part time job as a babysitter.

Priory of The Orange Tree

By Samantha Shannon

A fantasy novel set in a world divided by ancient rivalries, the story follows the lives of several compelling characters as they navigate political intrigue, mythical creatures, and a battle for power that could reshape their world forever

(Dragons and Lesbians yay!!)

(WLW + queer in general)

Cinderella is Dead

By Kalynn Bayron

Kind of a retelling of the Cinderella story but it is focused on Sophia Grimmins, a queer teenager living in the same world as Cinderella, 200 years after her death. Young women that are coming of age are forced to attend balls to be chosen as wives of men they've never met.

(WLW)

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

By Taylor Jenkins Reid

Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself.

(Mostly WLW but there's other queer characters)

I Am Number Four Series

By Pittacus Lore

This is also a movie however only one book was made into a movie. I Am Number Four follows the titular character Number Four after the death of another of his kind, Number Three. His kind, the Loric, were all but wiped out by the Mogadorians, but nine gifted children and their keepers managed to escape with a charm that stops them from being killed out of order

Fallen

By Lauren Kate

Fallen is the first young adult paranormal romance novel from the Fallen series written by Lauren Kate. The novel revolves around a young girl named Luce who is sent to Sword & Cross Reform School in Savannah, Georgia, after she is accused of murdering a boy by starting a fire.

In The Lives Of Puppets

by TJ Klune

In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees live three robots - fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They're a family, hidden and safe.

The Hunger Games

By Suzanne Collins

Twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live event called The Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed. When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her younger sister's place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence. But Katniss has been close to death before.