Read + Rest: Karina's Book Rec's

Painting by Tammy Dickerson's Artistic Journey

Hello to the month of March! To kick off this series, we will start with Karina's most anticipated book recommendation list. The list consists of a wide variety of genres and reading levels, but all the books are deemed amazing and worth trying. I too have read almost most of the books listed below, and can also say that I agree that basically all are worth reading.

* = fantastic

** = inconceivably wonderful

*** = favoritest

title - author

Series									Single Books

The Books of Bayern- Shannon Hale** Princess Academy- Shannon Hale* Austenland- Shannon Hale The Hunger Games- Suzanne Collins** The Underland Chronicles- Suzanne Collins Peter and the Starcatchers- Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson** The Selection- Kiera Cass** The Ender Quintet- Orson Scott Card** Ender’s Shadow Books- Orson Scott Card** The First Formic War- Orson Scott Card The Second Formic War- Orson Scott Card The Mithermages- Orson Scott Card Homecoming- Orson Scott Card Pathfinder- Orson Scott Card Harry Potter- J.K Rowling** Percy Jackson and the Olympians- Rick Riordan* The Heroes of Olympus- Rick Riordan** Pegasus- Kate O’Hearn Ranger’s Apprentice- John Flanagan** Brotherband Chronicles- John Flanagan* 39 Clues- Scholastic (Various Authors) The Mysterious Benedict Society- Trenton Lee Stewart Sisters Grimm- Michael Buckley Septimus Heap- Angie Sage The Maze Runner- James Dashner* Divergent Trilogy- Veronica Roth** Carve the Mark- Veronica Roth The Doll People- Ann M. Martin & Laura Godwin* Matched Trilogy- Ally Condie Willow Falls- Wendy Mass The Candymakers- Wendy Mass A Tale of Two Castles- Gail Carson Levine Winterling Series- Sarah Prineas* Shatter Me- Tahereh Mafi Isabel of the Whales- Hester Velmans Dragonsdale- Salamanda Drake Emily Windsnap- Liz Kessler The Ruby Red Trilogy- Kerstin Gier* The 5th Wave- Rick Yancey* The Giver- Lois Lowry Flavia de Luce- Alan Bradley Red Queen- Victoria Aveyard* Gone- Michael Grant Delirium- Lauren Oliver* The Testing- Joelle Charbonneau Dividing Eden- Joelle Charbonneau Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children- Ransom Riggs Lone City Trilogy- Amy Ewing** The Cerulean- Amy Ewing The Winner’s Trilogy- Marie Rutkoski** Keeper of the Lost Cities- Shannon Messenger* Grisha Trilogy- Leigh Bardugo* Six of Crows- Leigh Bardugo* Throne of Glass- Sarah J. Maas* A Court of Thorns and Roses- Sarah J. Maas** Crescent City- Sarah J. Maas* Lunar Chronicles- Marissa Meyer* Renegades- Marissa Meyer* Legend- Marie Lu Twilight- Stephenie Meyer* The Crown’s Game- Evelyn Skye To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before- Jenny Han** Summer- Jenny Han Burn for Burn- Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian The Thousandth Floor- Katharine McGee* American Royals- Katharine McGee CHERUB- Robert Muchamore Three Dark Crowns- Kendare Blake The Mortal Instruments- Cassandra Clare (Judith Lewis) Caraval- Stephanie Garber (third book meh) Seraphina- Rachel Hartman Crazy Rich Asians- Kevin Kwan** Me Before You- Jojo Moyes The Kiss Quotient- Helen Hoang** The Silver Trilogy- Kerstin Gier The Rosie Project- Graeme Simsion Heartstopper- Alice Oseman*

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden- Joanne Greenberg*** Book of a Thousand Days- Shannon Hale The Actor and the Housewife-Shannon Hale* Ella Enchanted- Gail Carson Levine* Fairest- Gail Carson Levine The Wish- Gail Carson Levine The Secret Garden- Frances Burnett Out of My Mind- Sharon Draper* A Mango Shaped Space- Wendy Mass* Every Soul a Star- Wendy Mass Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life- Wendy Mass Counting by Sevens- Holly Sloan The Westing Game- Ellen Raskin Holes- Louis Sachar Remarkable- Lizzie Foley Graceling- Kristin Cashore (series, but dislike rest) Jane, Unlimited- Kristin Cashore** And Then There Were None- Agatha Christie Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend- Matthew Dicks Paper Towns- John Green* The Fault in Our Stars- John Green* Turtles All the Way Down- John Green* Looking for Alaska- John Green Summerlost- Ally Condie Atlantia- Ally Condie Tuck Everlasting- Natalie Babbitt The Help- Kathryn Stockett** Heartless- Marissa Meyer** I’ll Give You the Sun- Jandy Nelson** The Sky is Everywhere- Jandy Nelson* Everything, Everything- Nicola Yoon* The Sun is also a Star- Nicola Yoon* Me and Earl and the Dying Girl- Jesse Andrews Eleanor and Park- Rainbow Rowell* Carry On- Rainbow Rowell Landline- Rainbow Rowell* Fangirl- Rainbow Rowell* A Man Called Ove- Fredrik Backman All the Bright Places- Jennifer Niven The Girl with the Silver Eyes- Willo Davis Roberts Buddy is a Stupid Name for a Girl- Willo Davis Roberts Wonder- R.J. Palacio** The Color Purple- Alice Walker** Meridian- Alice Walker** My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She’s Sorry- Fredrik Backman Children of the Fleet- Orson Scott Card Where’d You Go, Bernadette- Maria Semple** Tell Me Three Things- Julie Buxbaum That Inevitable Victorian Thing- E.K. Johnston Rooms- Lauren Oliver Hunted- Meagan Spooner Milk and Honey- Rupi Kaur* The Shadow Society- Marie Rutkoski Catalyst- Laurie Halse Anderson Speak- Laurie Halse Anderson Shout- Laurie Halse Anderson Ready Player One- Ernest Cline** The Duff- Kody Keplinger The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society- Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows* The Alchemist-Paulo Coelho Sadie- Courtney Summers The House on Mango Street- Sandra Cisneros* The Little Prince- Antoine Saint Exupery All We Ever Wanted- Emily Giffin Brave New World- Aldous Huxley Becoming- Michelle Obama Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe- Benjamin Alire Sáenz Firefly Lane- Kristin Hannah The Great Alone- Kristin Hannah The Nightingale- Kristin Hannah** The Glass Castle- Jeannette Walls* Educated- Tara Westover* The Girl With Seven Names- Hyeonseo Lee All the Light We Cannot See- Anthony Doerr** The Balloonists- Eula Biss Gone Girl- Gillian Flynn The Book Thief- Markus Zusak** The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna- Juliet Grames Born a Crime- Trevor Noah* The Lover’s Dictionary- David Levithan The Grace Year- Kim Liggett Little Women- Louisa Alcott Red, White & Royal Blue- Casey McQuiston One Last Stop- Casey McQuiston The Midnight Lie- Marie Rutkoski Normal People- Sally Rooney** Conversations with Friends- Sally Rooney* Red at the Bone- Jacqueline Woodson Rising Out of Hatred- Eli Saslow Radio Silence- Alice Oseman* I Was Born for This- Alice Oseman Loveless- Alice Oseman Having and Being Had- Eula Biss Beautiful World, Where Are You- Sally Rooney Beloved- Toni Morrison Convenience Store Woman- Sayaka Murata All Our Hidden Gifts- Caroline O’Donoghue