Provo Library’s Best Books of 2018 | YA Non-Fiction, Fiction, & Graphic Novels

Every year my local library puts on a “Best Books of…” event and I love it! A lot of the books I’ve already heard of, but I always come away with new books on my TBR! Even though I do work here, I wasn’t part of putting on the event or choosing the books–I was able to just attend as a patron, so that was super fun as well. I made my book club come with me too, so hopefully some of these books will make it into our discussions! Here’s a link for anyone who missed my post on the Adult non-fiction and fiction list.

Bolded books are ones that are on my TBR. Italics are ones I’ve read.

Non-Fiction

• The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
• Capsized!: The Forgotten Story of the SS Eastland Disaster by Patricia Sutton
• Boots on the Ground: America’s War in Vietnam by Elizabeth Partridge
• The Faithful Spy by John Hendrix
• Endurance: My Year in Space and How I Got There by Scott Kelly
• House of Dreams: The Life of L.M. Montgomery by Liz Rosenberg
• The Pride Guide by Jo Langford
• Mary’s Monster by Lita Judge
• We Are Not Yet Equal by Carol Anderson
• Just Mercy: A True Story of the Fight for Justice by Bryan Stevenson
• Blacklisted!: Hollywood, the Cold War, and the First Amendment by Larry Dane Brimmer

Fiction

• The Lying Woods by Ashley Elston
• A Lite Too Bright by Samuel Miller
• The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James
• Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman
• A Touch of Gold by Annie Sullivan
• The Traitor’s Game by Jennifer Nielsen
• The Iron Flower by Laurie Forest
• Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
• Pride by Ibi Zoboi
• My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, & Jodi Meadows
• Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi
• The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
• Meet Cute by Various Authors
• Sea Witch by Sarah Henning
• Sadie by Courtney Summers
• Dry by Neal Shusterman
• The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
• What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera
• Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich
• Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
• The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
• Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough
• Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
• The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
• The Prophet Calls by Melanie Sumrow
• What the Night Sings by Vesper Stamper
• The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza by Shaun David Hutchinson
• The Place Between Breaths by An Na
• And the Ocean Was Our Sky by Patrick Ness
• The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw

Comics & Graphic Novels

• Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
• Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation by Anne Frank
• Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
• The Prince & the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
• Sheets by Brenna Thummler
• Illegal by Eoin Colfer
• The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown
• Luisa Now and Then by Carole Maurel
• Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Penelope Bagieu

Have you read any of these? What young adult books would you add to the list?

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