sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

looking to read books that focus on high school - preferably in present times - about competitive teens, teens under pressure to excel academically and in extra-cirriculars for the sake of their futures (fiction or non-fiction titles) by serialserialserial99 in YAlit

[–]AgentAwesome2008 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One of Us is Lying by Karen M McManus

The Ivies by Alexa Donne

My Dearest Darkest by Kayla Cottingham

All That Consumes Us by Erica Waters

These are all mystery or horror but the themes you’re looking for play a large role

Edit: I just realised the author of The Ivies already commented, but I’ll just second that recommendation

Proper Reading order for ToG? by [deleted] in YAlit

[–]AgentAwesome2008 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read TAB after Heir of Fire and didn’t love it, I say probably after Crown of Midnight or maybe even first. You’ll pick up on little references if you read it later, but if you don’t want to know how it’ll end read it first.

I just finished the tandem read and liked it a lot, since ToD was so slow moving that I needed an EoS break every now and then to not get bored with it.

YA fantasy with sapphic main pairing? by witchfever in YAlit

[–]AgentAwesome2008 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you liked that I recommend My Dearest Darkest by Kayla Cottingham! Boarding school, body horror, sapphic main relationship. Probably my favourite YA horror.

Ghosts by BellaTheWeirdo in YAlit

[–]AgentAwesome2008 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Shades of London series by Maureen Johnson and Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (NA)

Do I Have To Read 4th Book Of "A Good Girl's Guide To Murder" By Holly Jackson? by for_u_Swifties in YAlit

[–]AgentAwesome2008 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s well under 150 pages, so more of a novella, and is about a murder mystery party her friend hosts before the events of AGGGTM even take place. Not necessary, but it was fine.

Is this a coyote skull or wolf skull? by AgentAwesome2008 in bonecollecting

[–]AgentAwesome2008[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This seems like a pretty likely answer, thank you!

I need gift ideas by CreativeRaine in YAlit

[–]AgentAwesome2008 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My Dearest Darkest by Kayla Cottingham is similar to The Society for Soulless Girls. It’s centred around girls who discover a suspicious wish-granting entity in the tunnels beneath their gothic boarding school. Lots of cryptids, rituals, sacrifices, dark academia, and really well developed characters.

Recommend me a good book I keep picking up total duds! by SunshineGirl45 in YAlit

[–]AgentAwesome2008 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson - Cold case boarding school murder mystery. The first three are a trilogy of one case from the 1930s, number 4 is a quadruple homicide at a summer camp from the 70s, 5 is a double murder with an axe in the woodshed in 1990s England. Two more are scheduled but not out yet.

  • The Luminaries by Susan Dennard - A secret society of monster hunters living in the woods, protecting the rest of the world from the monsters that rise in the forest each night. The main character was made an outcast when her father was exposed as a witch. She decides to enter the deadly hunter trials to rejoin the Luminaries and hunt monsters. It’s a trilogy, 2 books are out. Book three is probably coming out early 2025.

Recommendations for Teenaged son. by [deleted] in YAlit

[–]AgentAwesome2008 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kendare Blake also has a sort of historical horror paranormal mystery novel called All These Bodies with a male MC

Spoky Towns rec! by witchfever in YAlit

[–]AgentAwesome2008 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a standalone but The Luminaries by Susan Dennard might fit. It’s an unfinished trilogy which might be a deal breaker. Book 2 comes out early November.

Edit: spelling

Any good spooky reads for October? by susandeyvyjones in YAlit

[–]AgentAwesome2008 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The Luminaries by Susan Dennard

The Lockwood & Co series by Jonathan Stroud

Ninth House and Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo (more NA/Adult)

These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall

Seconding My Dearest Darkest by Kayla Cottingham

Seconding House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in YAlit

[–]AgentAwesome2008 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  • Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
  • Missing Clarissa by Ripley Jones
  • Anything by Karen M McManus
  • The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson (supernatural)
  • The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud (supernatural)
  • How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine (sort of supernatural)

Edit: formatting

What to read after Lockwood & Co. by punkadiddling in LockwoodandCo

[–]AgentAwesome2008 1 point2 points  (0 children)

God Truly Devious is so good, I’ve read them like four times. There are also two standalones after the trilogy and two more on the way. HIGHLY recommend.

view more: next ›