So, to be honest, because I used to read like two a week for work for well over a year (I was a copy editor for Dreamspinner), approximately none of them stuck in my head, and then I took a long break from reading them, except when I was assigned them as a copy editor for Ellora’s Cave. So I don’t really read them anymore outside of YA. (Although I did read next year’s Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston, and I loved it.) There are a few exceptions – I do like NA, and my favorites there are Coffee Boy by Austin Chant, Off Campus by Amy Jo Cousins and Trust the Focus by Megan Erickson.
In YA, I’m a huge fan of Adam Silvera, Caleb Roehrig, and Shaun David Hutchinson, and I finally read Alex London with Black Wings Beating and thought it was great. I’d say my top faves are probably, in no particular order (although the top 5 listed are probably by top 5 overall):
- Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig
- History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera
- Jack of Hearts (and other parts) by L.C. Rosen
- Autoboyography by Christina Lauren
- How to Repair a Mechanical Heart by JC Lillis
- At the Edge of the Universe by Shaun David Hutchinson
- The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich
- This is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kheryn Callender
- Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg
- The Art of Starving by Sam J. Miller
- I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
- Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
- Picture Us in the Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert
- Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley
- Black Wings Beating by Alex London
- Timekeeper by Tara Sim
ETA: *runs up panting and waving a copy of The Wicker King by K. Ancrum in the air* I can’t believe I forgot to mention this one but it is so special and I’m so mad that no one has asked me for a Raven Boys comp since I read it because it is absolutely the Raven Boys comp you are looking for.
This is Peter Darling erasure
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