A couple people have asked me about book recommendations, so based on my 2017 reads I’ve whipped up a few random lists for you. The only way I could think to do this was by creating a few categories, because everyone’s taste is different.
P.S. Not all of these books were published in 2017, but I read them all last year.
Books that teen Theresa would have <3 <3 <3 and fangirled all over
- A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi
- The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
- Want by Cindy Pon
- The Crown’s Game by Evelyn Skye
- Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones
Books that I think everyone should read
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
- Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
- See also, the next list.
Books that are devastatingly good (but also nearly destroyed me or messed with my head)
- The Broken Earth books by N. K. Jemisin
- The Changeling by Victor LaValle
- My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbalestier
Books for fairytale lovers
- Roses and Rot by Kat Howard
- The Girl Who Swallowed the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
- Ash by Malinda Lo
- Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie Dao
Books for the worldbuilding afficionados
- The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco
- The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley
- A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
Newest comfort reads
- Archangel’s Shadows by Nalini Singh
- Caraval by Stephanie Garber
Insta-buy Authors
- Renee Ahdieh – Historical fantasy + romance
- Sabaa Tahir – Big not quite grimdark epic fantasy + romance side plot
- Marjorie Liu – Monstress graphic novels
Compulsively readable, oh God I dislike those tropes, but why am I so invested? Someone help me I have a problem…
- The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare (Have you seen the TV show? I can’t wait for season 3 – also I’m glad they aged up the characters, because some of these themes are kinda iffy for YA)