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Our Favorite Young Adult Novels in 2022
Our Favorite Young Adult Novels in 2022
Do they still feel the same way about each other or is there something waiting to tear them apart again?

Our Favorite Young Adult Novels in 2022

We’re back with another list of recommendations! And this time it’s our favorite young adult novels! If you’re looking for some good recommendations, you’re at the right place.

With that in mind, let’s get started!

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

From the author of Throne of Glass comes this equally intense and thrilling young adult book series, devised as a loose retelling of Beauty and the Beast.

In the eponymous first installment, now a new adult favorite, a young human huntress named Feyre is captured and forced to become the ward of a part-faerie, part-beast High Lord called Tamlin.

Though cold to one another at first, Feyre’s irrepressible human spirit and curiosity soon endear her to Tamlin, and their lives intertwine as she learns the ways of the fae.

But this contentment is shattered when Feyre realizes the curse that hangs over Tamlin and his people… and finally understands that only she has the power to save them.

A Separate Peace by John Knowles

One of the most quietly impactful young adult books you’ll find on an AP English reading list, A Separate Peace centers on a complicated friendship between two adolescent boys.

Gene and Finny are roommates at the quintessentially northeastern Devon School, where they become thick as thieves despite their very different personalities.

But as the shy, unathletic Gene grows jealous of Finny’s easy confidence, he’s driven to do something unforgivable—after which their lives will ever be the same.

Set against the sobering backdrop of WWII, A Separate Peace makes universal themes of loyalty and loss of innocence seem incredibly personal, and ensures this story is one the reader will never forget.

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

Theodore Finch is a teenage outcast: an academic slacker and self-labeled freak, he suffers from undiagnosed bipolar disorder and constantly obsesses over death.

He believes he has nothing in common with Violet Markey, a popular cheerleader and classmate—that is, until the two are jostling for space at the top of the school bell tower, both planning to jump. Finch quickly realizes there’s more to Violet than meets the eye, and Violet finds her first true confidante since the death of her sister.

But even as their relationship blooms, they can’t outpace their demons, and are forced to grapple with them over the course of this quippy yet moving YA novel.

American Street by Ibi Zoboi

Fabiola Toussaint might have been born in America, but she’s lived in Port-au-Prince almost all her life. Now, she and her Manman are returning to the States at last. Armed with an invitation from her aunt in Detroit, she’s determined to build une belle vie — a good life, richer in possibilities than the one she left behind in Haiti.

But Immigration detains Manman as soon as they land in JFK, and Fabiola is forced to fly on to Detroit alone, unable even to cry as the vastness of America passes beneath her. Her aunt Marjorie, she knows, lives on the intersection of American Street and Joy Road. What she doesn’t know is how to fit in with her three American cousins— and when she’ll see her mother again.

Shortlisted for the National Book Award, American Streetis an elegant, deeply moving debut that mines Pushcart nominee Ibi Zoboi’s own experiences growing up as a Haitian-American immigrant. With subtle characterization and a vivid sense of place, it’s already emerged as a contemporary classic.

Unspoken Words by Thea Nikitis

Shy and introverted Nikoletta doesn’t know what she’s in for when she meets Mark. But an uncanny friendship blooms into romance. But over the years, the two go their separate ways, only to be reunited a couple of years later, back in Greece.

Do they still feel the same way about each other or is there something waiting to tear them apart again?

The novel is a must-read for those who love clichéd romance and stories of star crossed lovers.

 

The book will soon be available on Amazon.