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My Best YA Zombie Books offer more than just blood and gore and dangly limbs and eyeballs. How about thoughts about the meaning of community, of the will to live, and of life itself? Here is my list of the Best YA Zombie Books, updated for 2025!
After reading 10 Blind Dates, I decided to come up with a list of other YA books that featured numbers. My rule was that the number couldn’t just be in the title, but also had to be a plot feature. Here’s my list of YA number books!
52 Reasons to Hate My Father by Jessica Brody – Lexington’s a teen heiress whose dad makes her get a new menial job every week if she wants access to her trust fund.
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson – Ginny’s aunt sends her on a scavenger hunt across Europe
Ten Things We Did and Probably Shouldn’t Have by Sarah Mylnowski
Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler – Anna’s best friend tells her that twenty days in Zanzibar Bay is the perfect time for a summer fling. But Anna’s hiding a secret.
99 Days by Katie Contugno – Molly has to figure out how to get through all 99 days of summer.
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo – a heist book with a team of six!
13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher – now controversial for its treatment of mental health and self-harm, but definitely fits the list.
The 100 by Cass Morgan – the show was definitely better, but this book about a hundred teens sent to re-colonize Earth after a nuclear war definitely fits the theme!
7 Clues to Winning You by Kristin Walker – this scavenger hunt-themed book is also a YA romance.
10 Truths and a Dare and also 10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston.
Have you read any of these and do you have any other suggestions for the list?
Truthfully, this post should probably be called My Very Honest But Possibly Unpopular Opinions about YA Liar Books. So .. what do I think are the Best YA Books About Liars?
Which YA Books About Witches have cast their spell on me, and which witch books do I still want to read? This list has been updated in 2025 and features the best YA Books About Witches: old and new teen books about witchcraft in both contemporary and historical settings.
[Read more…]I’ve been thinking about the important role that YA has played in the #MeToo movement by telling powerful stories about sexual assault and its aftermath. Here are four powerful YA books about sexual assault and rape culture that I have read and recommend. I’d be interested to hear about others you recommend.
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