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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)
Als großer Fan von „To kill a mockingbird“ komme ich jetzt um „I kill the mockingbird“ absolut nicht mehr herum. Ansonsten habe ich die meisten Bücher zum Glück schon, aber das ein oder andere ist doch noch auf die Bestellliste gewandert.