Readers' Advisory for Young Adults

A guide to finding reading recommendations for young adults.

If you like adventure, start with...

my side of the mountain by jean craighead george   the call of the wild by jack london   peak by roland smith   walk two moons by sharon creech

If you like contemporary, start with...

aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe by benjamin alire saenz   the hate you give by angie thomas   turtles all the way down by john green   i'll give you the sun by jandy nelson

If you like dystopian, start with...

renegades by marissa meyer   legend by marie lu   scythe by neal shusterman   red queen by victoria aveyard

If you like fantasy, start with...

beasts of prey by ayana gray   rebel of the sands by alwyn hamilton   seraphina by rachel hartman   throne of glass by sarah j. mass

If you like graphic novels, start with...

heartstopper by alice oseman   white bird by r. j. palacio   the girl from the sea by molly knox ostertag   the vampire slayer volume one by sarah gailey

If you like historical fiction, start with...

a suffragists guide to the antartic by yi shun lai   one for all by lillie lainoff   the blood years by elana k. arnold   salt to the sea by ruta sepetys

If you like horror, start with...

you're not supposed to die tonight by kalynn bayron   this delicious death by kayla cottingham   she is a haunting by trang thanh tran   saint juniper's folly by alex crespo

If you like humor, start with...

this will be funny someday by katie henry   i kissed shara wheeler by casey mcquiston   the field guide to the north american teenager by ben philippe   the year i stopped trying a novel by katie heaney

If you like magical realism, start with...

secret of the moon conch by david bowles and guadalupe garcia mccall   the red pyramid by rick riordan   what the river knows by isabel ibanez   ballad and dagger an outlaw saints novel by daniel jose older

If you like memoirs and biographies, start with...

vincent and theo the van gogh brothers by debra heiligman   a quantum life by hakeem oluseyi and joshua horwitz   the denim diaries by laurie boyle crompton   brown girl dreaming by jaqueline woodson

If you like mystery, start with...

one of us is lying by karen m. mcmanus   the fire keeper's daughter by angeline boulley   the benedict society by trenton lee stewart   truly devious by maureen johnson

If you like nonfiction, start with...

just mercy a true story of the fight for justice adapted for young adults by bryan stevenson   accountable the true story of a racist social media account and the teenagers whose lives it changed by dashka slater   no summit out of sight the true story of the youngest person to climb seven summits by jordan romero   in my feelings by vidal annan jr

If you like romance, start with...

to all the boys i've loved before by henny han   betting on you by lynn painter   teh sun is also a star by nicola yoon   artifacts of an ex by jennifer chen

If you like science fiction, start with...

skyward by brandon sanderson   star wars high republic path of deciet by tessa gratton and justina ireland   a song of salvation by alechia dow   atom bomb baby by brandon gillespie

If you like books in Spanish, start with... / Si te gustan los libros en español, empieza por...

percy jackson by el ladron del rayo by rick riordan   yo no soy tu perfecta hija mexicana by erika l. sanchez   harry potter y la piedra filosofal by j.k. rowling   una perfecta oportunidad by andrea smith

See the full list of book recommendations for young adults.