Here are my all-time favorite books. For more recommendations, visit Road Less Read.
Science Fiction
- A Psalm For The Wild Built by Becky Chambers
- A Prayer For The Crown Shy by Becky Chambers
- A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle
- The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
- Railhead by Phillip Reeve
- Nimona by ND Stevenson
- Slay by Brittney Morris
- Honor Among Thieves by Rachel Caine & Ann Aguirre
- Girl Gone Viral by Arvin Ahmadi
- The End And Other Beginnings by Veronica Roth
- Orion Lost by Alastair Chisholm
- The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer
- Artemis by Andy Weir
- The Circle by Dave Eggers
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
YA
- The Beauty That Remains by Ashley Woodfolk
- Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell
- Begin, End, Begin by Danielle Binks
- Watch Us Rise by Renee Watson
- A Sky Painted Gold by Laura Wood
- The Bogan Mondrian by Steven Herrick
- Don’t Read The Comments by Eric Smith
- The Finder by Kate Hendrick
- A Cuban Girl’s Guide To Tea And Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey
- The Incredible Adventures Of Cinnamon Girl by Melissa Keil
- Music From Another World by Robin Talley
- Meet Cute by Jennifer L. Armentrout
- The Remarkable Journey Of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- Color Outside The Lines by Sangu Mandanna
- Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow by Siobhan Curham
- The Beauty Is In The Walking by James Moloney
- Freedom Ride by Sue Lawson
- Underdog by Tobias Madden
- The Secret Science Of Magic by Melissa Keil
- The Rest Of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
- Beautiful Music For Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
- An Assassin’s Guide To Love And Treason by Virginia Boecker
- The Love Hypothesis by Laura Steven
- Because Of You by Pip Harry
- The Gentleman’s Guide To Vice And Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
- The Lady’s Guide To Petticoats And Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
- Leah On The Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
- The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe
- Read With Pride by Lucy Powrie
- I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
- You Should See Me In A Crown by Leah Johnson
- Meet Me At The Intersection by Rebecca Lim
- Georgia Peaches And Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown
- Kings, Queens And In Betweens by Tanya Boteju
- The Flywheel by Erin Gough
- Music From Another World by Robin Talley
- Amelia Westlake by Erin Gough
- Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
- Love Simon by Becky Albertalli
- Kindred by Michael Earp
- A Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy
Fantasy
- Coraline by Neil Gaiman
- Newt’s Emerald by Garth Nix
- The Threads Of Magic by Alison Croggon
- Taproot by Keezy Young
- Hungry Hearts by Elsie Chapman
- Future Girl by Asphyxia
- The Tea Dragon Society by Kay O’Neill
- Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker
- Squire by Sara Alfageeh
- The Star Thief by Lindsey Becker
- The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
- The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman