Here are 17 books that caught my interest lately.
Fresh, off-beat, quirky or curious titles that might deserve more attention…
Young Adult. dystopias. middle grade fiction. beach reads.
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01: PAUL ACAMPORA, „I Kill The Mockingbird“, 176 pages, May 2014. [Middle Grade]
02: E. LOCKHART, „We were Liars“, 240 pages, May 2014.
03: MARIKO TAMAKI, „This one Summer“, 320 pages, May 2014. [YA Graphic Novel]
04: JASON REYNOLDS, „When I was the Greatest“, 240 pages, January 2014.
05: N.D. Wilson, „Boys of Blur“, 208 pages, January 2014. [Middle Grade Fantasy]
06: NON PRATT, „Trouble“, 384 pages, February 2014.
07: KATE RACCULIA, „Bellweather Rhapsody“, 340 pages, January 2014. [YA Mystery]
08: LAURA MARX FITZGERALD, „Under the Egg“, 247 pages, March 2014. [Middle Grade]
09: MELISSA KANTOR, „Maybe One Day“, 384 pages, February 2014.
10: EMERY LORD, „Open Road Summer“, 342 pages, April 2014.
11: ANNIE CARDI, „The Chance you won’t return“, 352 pages, April 2014.
12: ROBERT DINSDALE, „Gingerbread“, 421 pages, February 2014.
13: SARAH BETH DURST, „The Lost“, 352 pages, May 2014. [Dystopian YA, Book 1 of 3]
14: MATT HAIG, „Echo Boy“, 400 pages, February 2014. [Dystopian YA]
15: MIKE CAREY, „The Girl with all the Gifts“, 416 pages, January 2014. [Dystopian YA]
16: CHARLES SWIFT, „The Newman Resident“, 337 pages, 2014. [Dystopian YA]
17: CLAIRE NORTH (Catherine Webb), „The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August“, 416 pages, January 2014.
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More? Here are three new YA books that feature disabled main characters:
01: KIMBERLY ELKINS, „What is visible“, 320 pages, June 2014.
02: GAIL GILES, „Girls Like Us“, 224 pages, May 2014.
03: CAMMIE McGOVERN, „Say what you will“, 352 pages, March 2014.
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related Posts:
- my 20 Best Books of 2013 (Link)
- my 20 Best Books of 2012 (Link)
- my 20 Best Books of 2011 (Link)
- Summer Reading – 60 books for the next couple of months! (Link)
- Still unread: books I plan to read (pretty soon?) (Link)
- 40 disappointing Literary Classics (Link)
- Essay: “Futter für die Bestie – Literaturkritik in digitalen Zeiten” (Link, German)
and:
- Underdog Literature, April 2014 (Best Nonfiction of 2014, Link)
- Underdog Literature, March 2014 (Best Books of Spring 2014, Link)
- Underdog Literature, February 2014 (Best Books of World War One, Link)
- Underdog Literature, January 2014 (Link)
- Underdog Literature, December 2013 (Special Best-of-2013 Edition, Link)
- Underdog Literature, November 2013 (Special Young Adult Edition, Link)
- Underdog Literature, October 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature, September 2013 (Special Crime Fiction Edition, Link)
- Underdog Literature, August 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: July 2013 (Special German Edition, Link)
- Underdog Literature: June 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: May 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: April 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: March 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: February 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: January 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: December 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: November 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: October 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: September 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: August 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: July 2012 (Special German Edition, Link)
- Underdog Literature: June 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: May 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: April 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: March 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: February 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: January 2012 (Link)