Bookfessions

Here you will find a list of books recommended to me by fellow followers, along with any little notes relevant to the book (e.g., what books are similar to it, what about the book is most memorable, etc.). This page will be continuously updated, so keep a look out! Links will be provided to Goodreads in case you would like more information on a book.

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Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton
—If you liked Mortal Instruments

Matched by Ally Condie
—Dystopian genre

Across the Universe by Beth Revis
—Taste of sci-fi; hint of romance

Divergent by Veronica Roth

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
—One of my personal favorites

The Help by Katheryn Stockett
—Great character development; about African-American maids in the 1960s

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
—Very sad, but excellent, book set in the South during the 1930s

Here Today by Ann M. Martin
—YA; set during the year Kennedy was assassinated

Angel by L.A. Weatherly
—Part of a trilogy;

The Other Countess by Eve Edwards
—A romance where a young man must marry his family back into fortune

The Gallagher Series by Ally Carter
—The first book of this series is “I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You”

Vampire Academy Series by Richelle Mead
—The first book in this series is “Vampire Academy”

Terrier by Tamora Pierce
—YA

Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce
—A stand-alone sequel to “Terrier”

Morganville Vampire Series by Rachel Caine
—YA vampire series; the first book is “Glass Houses”

Trickster’s Choice by Tamora Pierce
—YA

Inkheart Series by Cornelia Funke
—A girl named Meggie and her father Mo have the gift to read things out of books; long, but worth it

His Dark Materials Series by Philip Pullman
—The first book is “The Golden Compass”

The Luxe by Anna Godbersen
—The first book in the series is “The Luxe”; set in New York City around 1900

The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith
—first published in the early 90s, this series predates all the Twilights and other modern vampire books out there; the first book is “The Awakening”

Women of the Otherworld Series by Kelley Armstrong
—The first book is “Bitten” and is about werewolves

The Inheritance Cycle Series by Christopher Paolini
—The first book is “Eragon”

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
—Charlie Gordon is a mentally retarded adult who becomes a genius through an experimental operation

Delirium by Lauren Oliver
—Lena Holoway lives in a world where there is a cure for love. Ninety-five days before her treatment, she ends up falling in love and now must deal with it.

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
—A young girl created a series of audiotapes giving thirteen reasons why she committed suicide.

The Droughtlanders by Carrie Mac
—The first in the Triskelian Trilogy, it is a futuristic novel.

Before I Die by Jenny Downham
—A girl named Tessa has a short time to live and creates a list of things to do before she dies—the first thing on that list is “Sex.”

The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty
—Three girls become pen pals with three boys and their story is told through forms of written communication.

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
—A girl growing up in Nazi Germany steals books. Narrated by Death.

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
—A young girl who is abused by her father runs away in order to find out more about her mother. Deals with racism in the South during the 60s.

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
—A girl gets seven chances to relive her last day while figuring out her death.

The Other Side of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon
—An American girl gets tangled in a mess of betrayal and revenge.

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin
—A girl has to grapple with a head injury that leaves her with a four-year memory loss. This is a (unique) love story.

The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
—The first in the Darkest Powers Trilogy. Chloe can see ghosts and gets put into a group home by her aunt and soon finds out that the other kids there are rather “special,” too.

The Anita Blake Series by Laurell K. Hamilton
—A grown-up fantasy book where vampires exist in the normal world alongside humans. The first book is Guilty Pleasures.

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
—Set in India during the Emergency years in the 60s and 70s, this is a grim story about the lives of characters while going through the campaigns of forced sterilization and slum destruction.

Unwind by Neal Shusterman
—A dystopian novel where there was a Second Civil War regarding reproductive rights.