The ONLY SFF/YA/Etc. Book List You'll Need: 100+ Recs!

At least, until you’ve read them all. These are pieces of my soul. Enjoy.

Sorted alphabetically by title/genre, using the second word for ones starting with ‘the/a’. I’ve marked the first book in series with *. (Queer books are marked with †.)

An Ink Drawing Of A Towering Stack Of Books

Fantasy
Literary Fiction
Nonfic: Business | Creativity | Food | History | Humor | Lit | Philosophy | Psych | Science | Tech
Scifi
Romance
Young Adult

Fantasy

Aquicorn Cove by Kay O’Neill^†
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas *^†
Charmed List by Julie Abe
Clash Of Steel by C.B. Lee^†
Coraline by Neil Gaiman // Get It: Amazon
Fire Star by A.L. Tait* // Get It: Amazon
Garlic & The Vampire by Bree Paulsen *^†
Girl From The Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag^† // Get It: Amazon
Golden Compass by Philip Pullman* // Get It: Amazon
Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman // Get It: Amazon
Gwen & Art Are Not In Love by Lex Croucher^† // Get It: Amazon
House On Hoarder Hill by Kelly Ngai* // Get It: Amazon
Left-Handed Booksellers Of London by Garth Nix*^† // Get It: Amazon
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree*^† // Get It: Amazon
Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan* // Get It: Amazon
Lost Hero by Rick Riordan* // Get It: Amazon
Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker & Wendy Xu^† // Get It: Amazon
Newt’s Emerald by Garth Nix // Get It: Amazon
Princess Princess Ever After by Kay O’Neill^† // Get It: Amazon
Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan* // Get It: Amazon
So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens^† // Get It: Amazon
Squire by Nadia Shammas & Sara Alfageeh // Get It: Amazon
Star Thief by Lindsey Becker // Get It: Amazon
Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas*^† // Get It: Amazon
Sword Of Summer by Rick Riordan*^† // Get It: Amazon
Taproot by Keezy Young^† // Get It: Amazon
Tea Dragon Society by Kay O’Neill*^† // Get It: Amazon
Threads Of Magic by Alison Croggon // Get It: Amazon
Tidesong by Wendy Xu // Get It: Amazon
Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag* // Get It: Amazon
Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle* // Get It: Amazon

Literary Fiction

Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald // Get It: Amazon
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee // Get It: Amazon

Nonfiction

Business

Anything You Want by Derek Sivers // Get It: Amazon
Your Music & People by Derek Sivers // Get It: Amazon

Creativity

Art Of Noticing by Rob Walker // Get It: Amazon
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert // Get It: Amazon
Keep Going by Austin Kleon // Get It: Amazon
Never Say You Can’t Survive by Charlie Jane Anders^† // Get It: Amazon
Show Your Work by Austin Kleon // Get It: Amazon
Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon // Get It: Amazon
Writing The Shadow by Joanna Penn // Get It: Amazon

Food

Garlic & Sapphires by Ruth Reichl // Get It: Amazon

History

Bygone Badass Broads by Mackenzi Lee^† // Get It: Amazon

Humor

488 Rules for Life by Kitty Flanagan // Get It: Amazon
Best Wishes by Richard Glover // Get It: Amazon
Bridge Burning & Other Hobbies by Kitty Flanagan // Get It: Amazon
Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want To Come by Jess Pan // Get It: Amazon

Literature

Figuring by Maria Popova // Get It: Amazon
Velocity of Being by Maria Popova // Get It: Amazon
Weird Things Customers Say In Bookshops by Jen Campbell* // Get It: Amazon

Philosophy

Bright Shining by Julia Baird // Get It: Amazon
Courage To Be Disliked by Ichrio Kishimi & Fumitake Koga // Get It: Amazon
Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker // Get It: Amazon
Phosphorescense by Julia Baird // Get It: Amazon
Please Unsubscribe, Thanks! by Julio Vincent Gambuto // Get It: Amazon

Psychology

Cultish by Amanda Montell // Get It: Amazon
Hell Yeah Or No by Derek Sivers // Get It: Amazon
Power Of Habit by Charles Duhigg // Get It: Amazon

Science

Breath by James Nestor // Get It: Amazon

Technology

Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley // Get It: Amazon
Shallows by Nicholas Carr // Get It: Amazon
Talent by Tyler Cowen & Daniel Gross // Get It: Amazon
You’ve Been Played by Adrian Hon // Get It: Amazon

Romance

All Hail The Underdogs by E.L. Massey^† // Get It: Amazon
Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun^† // Get It: Amazon
Chef’s Kiss by T.J. Alexander*^† // Get It: Amazon
Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur^† // Get It: Amazon
Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun^† // Get It: Amazon
Love At First Set by Jennifer Dugan^† // Get It: Amazon
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston^† // Get It: Amazon
Sizzle Reel by Carlyn Greenwald^† // Get It: Amazon

Science Fiction

1984 by George Orwell // Get It: Amazon
Animal Farm by George Orwell // Get It: Amazon
Artemis by Andy Weir // Get It: Amazon
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley // Get It: Amazon
Circle By Dave Eggers* // Get It: Amazon
Daughter Of The Deep by Rick Riordan // Get It: Amazon
End & Other Beginnings by Veronica Roth // Get It: Amazon
Force Collector by Kevin Shinick // Get It: Amazon
Future Girl by Asphyxia // Get It: Amazon
Girl Gone Viral by Arvin Ahmadi // Get It: Amazon
Hatch by Michelle Saftich // Get It: Amazon
Infinity Particle by Wendy Xu // Get It: Amazon
In Real Life by Cory Doctorow & Jen Wang // Get It: Amazon
Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers*^† // Get It: Amazon
Nimona by N.D. Stevenson^† // Get It: Amazon
Orion Lost by Alastair Chisholm // Get It: Amazon
Psalm For The Wild-Built by Becky Chambers*^† // Get It: Amazon
Railhead by Philip Reeve*^† // Get It: Amazon
Shattered Warrior by Sharon Shinn & Molly Knox Ostertag // Get It: Amazon
Slaughterhouse-5 by Kurt Vonnegut // Get It: Amazon
Slay by Brittney Morris // Get It: Amazon
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers^† // Get It: Amazon
We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen // Get It: Amazon

Young Adult

Amelia Westlake Was Never Here by Erin Gough^† // Get It: Amazon
Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa^† // Get It: Amazon
An Assassin’s Guide To Love & Treason by Virginia Boecker^† // Get It: Amazon
Autoboyography by Christina Lauren^† // Get It: Amazon
Beauty That Remains by Ashley Woodfolk^† // Get It: Amazon
Because Of You by Pip Harry^† // Get It: Amazon
Begin, End, Begin by Danielle Binks^† // Get It: Amazon
Bellegarde by Jamie Lilac^† // Get It: Amazon
Bogan Mondrian by Steven Herrick // Get It: Amazon
Borrow A Boyfriend Club by Page Powars^† // Get It: Amazon
Breakup, Makeup by Stacey Anthony^† // Get It: Amazon
Café Con Lychee by Emery Lee^† // Get It: Amazon
Cheer Up: Love & Pompoms by Crystal Frasier^† // Get It: Amazon
Color Outside The Lines by Sangu Mandanna^† // Get It: Amazon
Cuban Girl’s Guide To Tea & Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey* // Get It: Amazon
Don’t Read the Comments by Eric Smith // Get It: Amazon
Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow by Siobhan Curham // Get It: Amazon
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell // Get It: Amazon
Fall Of Whit Rivera by Crystal Maldonaldo^† // Get It: Amazon
Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonaldo^† // Get It: Amazon
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender^† // Get It: Amazon
Flywheel by Erin Gough^† // Get It: Amazon
Fools In Love by Rebecca Podos^† // Get It: Amazon
Geekerella by Ashley Poston* // Get It: Amazon
Gentleman’s Guide To Vice & Virtue by Mackenzi Lee*^† // Get It: Amazon
Georgia Peaches & Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown^† // Get It: Amazon
Going Off Script by Jen Wilde^† // Get It: Amazon
Hate U Give by Angie Thomas* // Get It: Amazon
Her Good Side by Rebekah Weatherspoon // Get It: Amazon
Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy by Faith Erin Hicks^† // Get It: Amazon
How To Win A Breakup by Farah Heron // Get It: Amazon
Hungry Hearts by Elsie Chapman^† // Get It: Amazon
Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl by Melissa Keil // Get It: Amazon
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston^† // Get It: Amazon
I Was Born For This by Alice Oseman^† // Get It: Amazon
I Wish You All The Best by Mason Deaver^† // Get It: Amazon
If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales^† // Get It: Amazon
Instant Karma by Marissa Meyer* // Get It: Amazon
Kindred by Michael Earp^† // Get It: Amazon
Kings, Queens & In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju^† // Get It: Amazon
Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy^† // Get It: Amazon
Love, Simon by Becky Albertalli* // Get It: Amazon
Loveless by Alice Oseman^† // Get It: Amazon
Meet Me At The Intersection by Rebecca Lim^† // Get It: Amazon
Meet Cute by Jennifer L. Armentrout^† // Get It: Amazon
Music From Another World by Robin Talley^† // Get It: Amazon
My Mechanical Romance by Alexene Farol Follmuth // Get It: Amazon
Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales^† // Get It: Amazon
Northranger by Rey Terciero^† // Get It: Amazon
On The Come Up by Angie Thomas // Get It: Amazon
One True Loves by Elise Bryant // Get It: Amazon
One True Me & You by Remi K. England^† // Get It: Amazon
Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie^† // Get It: Amazon
Out Of The Blue by Jason June^† // Get It: Amazon
Paper & Hearts Society by Lucy Powrie*^† // Get It: Amazon
Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons^† // Get It: Amazon
Prince & The Dressmaker by Jen Wang^† // Get It: Amazon
Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell // Get It: Amazon
Queens Of Geek by Jen Wilde^† // Get It: Amazon
Radio Silence by Alice Oseman^† // Get It: Amazon
Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Geminhart* // Get It: Amazon
Rest Of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness^† // Get It: Amazon
Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters^† // Get It: Amazon
Riley Weaver Needs A Date To The Gaybutante Ball by Jason June^† // Get It: Amazon
Rise To The Sun by Leah Johnson^† // Get It: Amazon
Secret Science Of Magic by Melissa Keil // Get It: Amazon
Serendipity by Marissa Meyer // Get It: Amazon
Six Times We Almost Kissed by Tess Sharpe^† // Get It: Amazon
Sky Painted Gold by Laura Wood // Get It: Amazon
Solitaire by Alice Oseman // Get It: Amazon
Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan^† // Get It: Amazon
Stars & Smoke by Marie Lu *† // Get It: Amazon
Tale Of Two Princes by Eric Geron^† // Get It: Amazon
This Time It’s Real by Ann Liang // Get It: Amazon
Tim Te Maro & The Subterranean Heartsick Blues by H.S. Valley^† // Get It: Amazon
Twelfth Grade Night by Molly Booth*^† // Get It: Amazon
Underdog by Tobias Madden^† // Get It: Amazon
You Should See Me In A Crown by Leah Johnson † // Get It: Amazon

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The ONLY SFF/YA/Etc. Book List You’ll Need: 100+ Recs!