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Beyond The Bestsellers: YA Books To Read If You Love THIS IS WHERE IT ENDS by Marieke Nijkamp

THIS IS WHERE IT ENDS by Marieke Nijkamp is about a small-town school shooting has been on the NYT Bestseller list since its release in 2016. Here are some other YA books to read if you love THIS IS WHERE IT ENDS.

10 Books Like THE HATE U GIVE by Angie Thomas

Need more books like THE HATE U GIVE? You'll want to pick up these powerful, #ownvoices novels about real life issues ASAP.

Beyond the Bestsellers: Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being A Wallflower

Fan of The Perks of Being A Wallflower? You'll want to read these YA books next.

Beyond the Bestsellers: Robin LaFevers’s “His Fair Assassin” Trilogy

The last book in Robin LaFevers’s New York Times Bestselling His Fair Assassin trilogy, Mortal Heart, hit shelves November 4. This historical ...

Beyond the Bestsellers: IF I STAY by Gayle Forman

With the film based on Gayle Forman’s bestselling If I Stay hitting theaters, it’s the perfect time for another edition of Beyond ...

Beyond the Bestsellers: So You’ve Read Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

In the spirit of continuing the discussion of diversity, it seems appropriate to talk about one of the few books ...

Beyond the Bestsellers: So You’ve Read SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson

  For this month’s edition of “Beyond the Bestsellers,” I’m going to do something a little bit different. This series ...

Beyond the Bestsellers: So You’ve Read “The Lunar Chronicles” by Marissa Meyer

Over the last few months, I’ve talked about a lot of contemporary/realistic YA fiction on Beyond the Bestsellers, including next ...

Beyond the Bestsellers: So You’ve Read Ellen Hopkins

Ellen Hopkins is not only a New York Times Bestselling author, she’s a perennially popular author. No matter how many ...

Beyond the Bestsellers: So You’ve Read Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

You’ve discovered next reads for the “Divergent” series and for Sarah Dessen so far in the “Beyond the Bestsellers,” but ...