GENRE INDEX

CONTEMPORARY YOUNG ADULT RESOURCES
(NOTE: BOOK TITLES will have their AUTHORS included )

ACTION/ADVENTURE

• ​Black Sun   |  Rebecca Roanhorse
• Fable  |  Adrienne Young
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe​
• The Mitchells vs. the Machines  
• The Shadows Between Us |  Tricia Levenseller 
• She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
• The Umbrella Academy​

ADULT CROSSOVER

• ​Black Sun   |  Rebecca Roanhorse
• Love, Zac   |  Reid Forgrave
• The Vanishing Half  |  Brit Bennett

ANIMATION

• The Mitchells vs. the Machines  
• She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
• The Sims 4​

COMEDY

• Be Dazzled  |  Ryan La Sala
• The Half of It
• Jackpot All Bet$ Are Off  |  Nic Stone
• The Mitchells vs. the Machines  
• Never Have I Ever​​​
• The Umbrella Academy​

DRAMA

• The Half of It
• The Umbrella Academy
• Never Have I Ever
• Words on Bathroom Walls

DYSTOPIA/UTOPIA

• The Gilded Ones | Namina Forna
• She-Ra and the Princesses of Power​

FANTASY​

• Fable  |  Adrienne Young
• The Gilded Ones  |  Namina Forna
• Are you Listening?  |  Tillie Walden
• Black Sun   |  Rebecca Roanhorse
• The Magic Fish  |  Trung Le Nguyen
• The Shadows Between Us |  Tricia Levenseller 
• She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

• The Umbrella Academy​​

GRAPHIC NOVEL

• ​Are you Listening?  |  Tillie Walden
• Displacement |  Kiku Hughes​​
• Go with the Flow   | Lily Williams & Karen Schneeman
• Heartstopper  |  Alice Oseman
• The Magic Fish  |  Trung Le Nguyen

HISTORICAL FICTION

• Displacement |  Kiku Hughes​​
• The Vanishing Half  |  Brit Bennett

• Everything Sad is Untrue (a true story)   |  Daniel Nayeri

LGBTQ+

• Are you Listening?  |  Tillie Walden
• Be Dazzled  |  Ryan La Sala
• The Black Flamingo |  Dean Atta
• Black Sun   |  Rebecca Roanhorse
• The Bridge   |   Bill Konigsberg
• Felix Ever After  |   Kacen Callender
• ​The Half of It​​
• Heartstopper  |  Alice Oseman
• The Magic Fish  |  Trung Le Nguyen
• Never Have I Ever​ ​
• She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
• The Vanishing Half  |  Brit Bennett
• You Asked for Perfect  |  Laura Silverman​

MAGICAL REALISM

• Are you Listening?  |  Tillie Walden
• Displacement |  Kiku Hughes​​
• Everything Sad is Untrue (a true story)   |  Daniel Nayeri
• The Magic Fish  |  Trung Le Nguyen
• If These Wings Could Fly | Kyrie McCauley​ ​

MYSTERY

• ​Burn Our Bodies Down |  Rory Power​​
• ​Five Total Strangers  | Natalie D. Richardson
• The Shadows Between Us |  Tricia Levenseller 
• Tornado Brain |  Cat Patrick
• The Umbrella Academy

NONFICTION​

• ​Anything Goes |  Emma Chamberlain
• Let's Be Real with Sammy Jaye  |  Sammy Jaye
• Love, Zac   |  Reid Forgrave
• The Teen Magazine   |  edited by Mia Johansson ​

POETRY​ (includes novel in verse & music lyrics)

• The Black Flamingo |  Dean Atta
• Chlorine Sky  |  Mahogany L. Browne
• ​Dancing with the Devil by Demi Lovato [Pop, Rock, Ballad]

REALISTIC FICTION

• The Bridge   |   Bill Konigsberg
• Chlorine Sky  |  Mahogany L. Browne
• Don't Ask Me Where I'm From  |  Jennifer De Leon
• Everything Sad is Untrue (a true story)   |  Daniel Nayeri
• ​Felix Ever After  |   Kacen Callender​
• Frankly in Love   |  David Yoon​
• Furia   |  Yamila Saied Méndez​
• Go with the Flow by  Lily Williams & Karen Schneeman​​
• Heartstopper  |  Alice Oseman
• ​Jackpot All Bet$ Are Off  |  Nic Stone​
• A Pho Love Story  |  Loan Le
• Something Happened to Ali Greenleaf  |  Hayley Krischer
• Tornado Brain |  Cat Patrick​
• You Asked for Perfect  |  Laura Silverman

ROMANCE​

• Be Dazzled  |  Ryan La Sala
• ​The Bridge   |   Bill Konigsberg
• ​Felix Ever After  |   Kacen Callender
• Frankly in Love   |  David Yoon​​
• The Half of It​​
• Heartstopper  |  Alice Oseman
• If These Wings Could Fly | Kyrie McCauley
• Jackpot All Bet$ Are Off  |  Nic Stone​
• Never Have I Ever​​​
• ​A Pho Love Story  |  Loan Le
• The Shadows Between Us  |  Tricia Levenseller
• The Vanishing Half  |  Brit Bennett
• Words on Bathroom Walls
• You Asked for Perfect  |  Laura Silverman​ ​

SCIENCE FICTION​

• Black Sun   |  Rebecca Roanhorse 
• The Gilded Ones  |  Namina Forna
• She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

• The Umbrella Academy​​​​

SIMULATION/GAMES​

• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe​
• The Sims 4​

SPECULATIVE FICTION

• Black Sun   |  Rebecca Roanhorse
• Burn Our Bodies Down |  Rory Power
• Displacement |  Kiku Hughes​​​
• If These Wings Could Fly | Kyrie McCauley

SUSPENSE/THRILLER

• ​Five Total Strangers  | ​Natalie D. Richardson

#OWN VOICES​​​

• The Black Flamingo |  Dean Atta
• Chlorine Sky  |  Mahogany L. Browne
• Everything Sad is Untrue (a true story)   |  Daniel Nayeri
• Felix Ever After  |   Kacen Callender
• Frankly in Love   |  David Yoon
• Furia   |  Yamila Saied Méndez
• The Half of It​​
• The Magic Fish  |  Trung Le Nguyen
• A Pho Love Story  |  Loan Le​
• The Vanishing Half  |  Brit Bennett​ ​

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