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Read Alike List Juvenile/YA Fiction If you liked…. -The Fault in our Stars—If I Stay by Gayle Forman, Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell, Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin, Every Day by David Levithan, Zac and Mia by A.J. Betts, Paper Towns by John Green, Winger by Andrew Smith, And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard, An Abundance of Katherines by John Green, Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson, Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins, The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews, Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple, The Future of Us by Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler, My Life After Now by Jessica Verdi, The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson, Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler, Love and Leftovers by Sarah Tregay, How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr, It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, Looking for Alaska by John Green, Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin, 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher, 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson, Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour by Morgan Matson, The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider, Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, Ask the Passengers by A.S. King, Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira -Divergent—Matched by Allyson Condie, Delirium by Lauren Oliver, Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins , The Giver by Lois Lowry, Unwind by Neal Shusterman, The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness, Legend by Marie Lu, the Gone series by Michael Grant, Blood Red Road by Moira Young, The Maze Runner by James Dashner, The Selection by Kiera Cass, Article 5 by Kristen Simmons, Witch & Wizard by James Patterson, The Way We Fall by Megan Crewe, Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi, Enclave by Ann Aguirre, Reboot by Amy Tintera, The Program by Suzanne Young, Taken by Erin Bowman, Birthmarked by Caragh M. O’Brien, The Kindling by Jennifer Armstrong, The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson, Skinned by Robin Wasserman, Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari, Streams of Babel by Carol Plum-Ucci, Renegade by J.A. Souders, The Hollow People by Brian Keaney, The Farm by Emily McKay, Breathe by Sarah Crossan -The Hunger Games—the Gone series by Michael Grant, Divergent by Veronica Roth, Legend by Marie Lu, The Maze Runner by James Dashner, City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau, Article 5 by Kristen Simmons, The Way We Fall by Megan Crewe, Partials by Dan Wells, How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff, Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi, Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis, Breathe by Sarah Crossan, Unwind by Neal Shusterman, Graceling by Kristin Cashore, Delirium by Lauren Oliver, Inhuman by Kat Falls, The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson, Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden, Blood Red Road by Moira Young, Renegade by J.A. Souders, The Farm by Emily McKay -Diary of a Wimpy Kid—the Big Nate series by Lincoln Pierce, Middle School by James Patterson, Captain Underpants by Dave Pilkey, Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading by Tom Greenwald, the Dear Dumb Diary series by Jim Benton, the Amber Brown series by Paula Danziger, the Sideways Stories from Wayside School series by Louis Sachar, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger, Middle School is Worse than Meatloaf by Jennifer L. Holm, Super Amoeba by Jennifer L. Holm, Justin Case by Rachel Vail, My Rotten Life by David Lubar, the Dork Diaries series by Rachel Renee Russell, The Legend of Spud Murphy by Eoin Colfer, Mail Order Ninja by Joshua Elder, the Amelia series by Marissa Moss, Frindle by Andrew Clements, the Franny K. Stein series by Jim Benton, Attack of the Mutant Underwear by Tom Birdseye, Star Jumper by Frank Asch, Notes from a Totally Lame Vampire by Tim Collins, The Dunderheads by Paul Fleischmann, Dear Max by Sally Grindley, the My Weird School series by Dan Gutman, the Stink Moody series by Megan McDonald, Masters of Disaster by Gary Paulsen, Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen, How to Grow Up and Rule the World by Scott Seegert, My Life as a Book by Janet Tashjian, the Ramona series by Beverly Cleary, the Judy Moody series by Megan McDonald -Harry Potter—Magyk by Angie Sage, Eragon by Christopher Paolini, the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan, the Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, The Wizard’s Map by Jane Yolen, The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper, the Maximum Ride series by James Patterson, Pendragon: The Merchant of Death by D.J. MacHale, Mister Monday by Garth Nix, The Ranger’s Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan, Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey, His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman, The Lost Years of Merlin by T.A. Barron, The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke, Inkheart by Cornelia Funke, A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin, The Secrets of Droon series by Tony Abbott, The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander, Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins, Fablehaven by Brandon Mull, So You Want to be a Wizard? by Diane Duane, Half Magic by Edward Eager, Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynn Jones, The Charlie Bone series by Jenny Nimmo, The Neverending Story by Michael Ende, the 39 Clues series, Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer, The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani, The Familiars series by Adam Jay Epstein, James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl -Twilight—Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia, The Host by Stephanie Meyer, Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion, The Selection by Kiera Cass, Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick, Fallen by Lauren Kate, The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater, Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater, Illuminate by Aimee Agresti, The Vampire Diaries series by L.J. Smith, Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz, Evermore by Alyson Noel, Delirium by Lauren Oliver, The Dark Heroine by Abigail Gibbs, Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini, Starling by Lesley Livingston, The Mediator series by Meg Cabot -If I Stay—Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver, Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin, The Everafter by Amy Huntley, Chasing Brooklyn by Lisa Schroeder, Absent by Katie Williams, Tears of a Tiger by Sharon M. Draper, Before I Die by Jenny Downham, Through to You by Emily Hainsworth, Willow by Julia Hoban, Would You by Marthe Jocelyn, Hold Still by Nina La Cour, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour by Morgan Matson, The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira, This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales, Love You Hate You Miss You by Elizabeth Scott, My Last Kiss by Bethany Neal, The Year of the Rat by Clare Furniss, The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider, An Abundance of Katherines by John Green -Magic Tree House—the 39 Clues series, The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone, Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett, Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke, the Dinotopia series by James Gurney, the How to Train Your Dragon series by Cressida Cowell, The Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner, The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop, The Baseball Card Adventure series by Dan Gutman, the Geronimo Stilton series, The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks, The Time Warp Trio series by Jon Scieszka, The Secrets of Droon series by Tony Abbott, The Zack Files series by Dan Greenburg, The Bailey School Kids series by Debbie Dadey, the Encyclopedia Brown series by Donald J. Sobol, the My Weird School series by Dan Gutman, the Sideways Stories from Wayside School series by Louis Sachar, The Borrowers series by Mary Norton, the Secret Zoo series by Bryan Chick - The Mortal Instruments—Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia, The Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare, Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor, Fallen by Lauren Kate, Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris, Cinder by Marissa Meyer, The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater, the Stravaganza series by Mary Hoffman, A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray, the House of Night series by P.C. Cast, Every Other Day by Jennifer Barnes, Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick, The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross, Soulless by Gail Carriger, A Temptation of Angels by Michelle Zink, the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead, Unearthly by Cynthia Hand, Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton, Wake by Lisa McMann, The Chronicles of Nick by Sherilyn Kennyon, Bloodlines by Richelle Mead, the Morganville Vampires series by Rachel Caine, Angel Burn by Lee Weatherly, Paranormalcy by Kiersten White, Extraordinary by Nancy Werling, Wake by Amanda Hocking, The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff, the Summoning by Kelley Armstrong, Guardian of the Dead by K. Healey -Lemony Snicket—A House Called Awful End by Philip Ardagh, The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi, the 39 Clues series, Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo by Obert Sky, The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart, Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy, Magyk by Angie Sage, Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer, Coraline by Neil Gaiman, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken, The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls by Elise Primavera, Horton Halfpot by Tom Angleberger, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes: a Story, School of Fear by Gitty Daneshvari, A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz, 13 Curses by Michelle Harrison, Great Ghost Rescue by Eva Ibbotson, Enchanted Glass by Diana Wynn Jones, Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise, The Witches of Dredmoore Hollow by Riford McKenzie, What-the-Dickens by Gregory Maguire, The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper, Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke, How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell, The Beastologist series by R.L.
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