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A

A Bad Boy Stole My Bra by Lauren Price

A Change Is Gonna Come by Various Authors
A Pocketful of Crows by Joanne Harris
A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard
A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares by Krystal Sutherland
A Very Large Expanse Of Sea by Tahereh Mafi 
The Accident Season by Moira Fowley-Doyle 
The Actual One by Isy Suttie
Again Again by E. Lockhart 
All The Lonely People by David Owen
Ascension by Victor Dixen 
As Black As Ebony by Salla Simukka 
As I Descended by Robin Talley
As Red As Blood by Salla Simukka
As White As Snow by Salla Simukka 
Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff 

B


Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton

The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
Birdy Flynn by Helen Donohoe
Black Water by Cormac O'Keefe
Blood Moon by Lucy Cuthew 
Bone by Yrsa Daley-Ward
Book Of Forgotten Authors by Christopher Fowler
The Boy I Am by K.L. Kettle
Brand New Boy by David Almond
Burn by Patrick Ness
Bygone Badass Broads by Mackenzi Lee

C


The Caged Queen by Kristin Ciccarelli 

Caraval by Stephanie Garber
City of Saints and Thieves by Natalie C. Anderson
Cleo by Lucy Coats  
Corruption by Jessica Shrivington
The Crow Rider by Kalyn Josephson 
Crown Of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
The Curse of Time by Marjorie Mallon 


D


Dare to Fall by Estelle Maskame

Daughter Of The Zel by Phoebe Ritter
Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich  
Disruption by Jessica Shrivington 
Distortion by Victor Dixen 
D.O.G.S. by M.A. Bennett
Dry by Neal Shusterman
Dumplin' by Julie Murphy 

E


Easy Prey by Catherine Lo

The Eden Paradox by Barry Kirwan
Electric Dreams by Philip K. Dick
Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio
The Enigma Game by Elizabeth Wein 
The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F.C. Yee
The Everlasting Rose by Dhonielle Clayton
Everything All At Once by Steven Camden
The Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune
Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider 


F


Fall Out by C. G. Moore
Final Draft by Riley Redgate
Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
Fire Colour One by Jenny Valentine 
Fire Lines by Cara Thrulburn
The Flat Share by Beth O'Leary
Flawed by Cecelia Ahern  
Floored by Various Authors
Forever by Judy Blume 
F.O.X.E.S. by M.A. Bennett
The Frair's Lantern by Greg Hickey
Front Lines by Michael Grant

G

The Game Weavers by Rebecca Zahabi 
Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Giant Days by Non Pratt
Girls With Sharp Sticks by Suzanne Young 
Gut Feelings by C.G. Moore

H


Heartless by Marissa Meyer

The Hockey Saint by Howard Shapiro 
Holding Up The Universe by Jennifer Niven 
Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash
Horrorgami by Paper Dandy


I


I Hold Your Heart by Karen Gregory 

I'll Be Home For Christmas by Various Authors
The Illumination of Ursula Flight by Anna Marie Crowhurst
In Search Of Us by Ava Dellaria
The Iron Warrior by Julie Kagawa
The Iron Web: Discovery by Kristin Ravelle
The Island by M.A. Bennett

J


The Jungle by Pooja Puri


K


Keeper of the Dawn by Dianna Gunn

L


Last Bus to Everland by Sophie Cameron
The Last Namsara by Kirsten Ciccarelli
Leah On The Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
The Light That Gets Lost by Natasha Carthew
Longbow Girl by Linda Davis

M


Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff

The Masked Truth by Kelley Armstrong
Meat Market by Juno Dawson 
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
Moonrise by Sarah Crossan
My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick 

N


Nemesis by Brendan Reichs

Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
No Sad Songs by Frank Morelli 
No Shame by Anne Cassidy
North of Porter by Kirkland Ciccone
Notes on Being Teenage by Rosalind Jana
Not So Pure And Simple by Lamar Giles
The November Criminals by Sam Munson 
Nowhere Else But Here by Rachel Cotton

O


ODY-C Volume 1 by Matt Fraction & Christian Ward
On The Come Up by Angie Thomas
One Shot by Tanya Landman
Otherworld by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller
Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland
Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley
Out Of The Blue by Sophie Cameron

Outwalkers by Fiona Shaw

P


Paper Avalanche by Lisa Williamson 

Paper Butterflies by Lisa Heathfield
Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan, Matthew Wilson, Cliff Chiang
Pardon My Heart by Marcus Jackson
The Planetsider by G. J. Ogden 
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo 
The Price Guide To The Occult by Leslye Walton 
Prisoner Of Ice and Snow by Ruth Lauren
Puddin' by Julie Murphy
Purple Hearts by Michael Grant

Q




R


Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

The Reaction by Helena Coggan
Rebecca Newton and the War of Gods by Mario Routi 
Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton 
Rebel With A Cupcake by Anna Mainwaring 
Release by Patrick Ness
Renegades by Marissa Meyer
The Return of the Young Prince by A.G. Roemmers
Roseblood by A.G. Howard
Rules For Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall

S


Scythe by Neal Shusterman 

Secret Garden Artist Edition by Joanna Basford
Secrets For The Mad by dodie
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo 
She Must Be Mad by Charly Cox
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 
Silver Stars by Michael Grant
The Sky Weaver by Kristen Cicarelli
Songs About A Girl by Chris Russell
Songs For A Lost Kingdom by Steve Moretti
The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood
S.T.A.G.S. by M.A. Bennett
Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman  
Star Struck by Jenny McLachlan 
The State of Grace by Rachael Lucas
Street Song by Sheena Wilkinson

T


Tell Us Something True by Dana Reinhardt

Things A Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls 
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
This Is Not A Love Story by Keren David
This Train Is Being Held by Ismée Williams
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The Taste of Blue Light by Lydia Ruffles
Three Things I Know Are True by Beth Culley
True Sisters by Keren David
Truly, Wildly, Deeply by Jenny McLachlan 
Truth or Dare by Non Pratt
Tulip Taylor by Anna Mainwaring

U


The Unadjusteds by Marisa Noelle
The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

V




W


War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi

The Wave by Lochlan Bloom
We Come Apart by Sarah Crossan and Brian Conaghan 
We Were Wolves by Jason Cockcroft
What Goes Down by Natalie K. Martin 
What We Left Behind by Robin Talley
When Everything Feels Like The Movies by Raziel Reid
Wild Embers by Nikita Gill
The Witch's Kiss by Katharine & Elizabeth Corr
With The Fire On High by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell
The Wonder of Us by Kim Culbertson 

X




Y


The Year After You by Nina de Pass 


Z


Zenith by Sasha Alsberg & Lindsay Cummings 

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