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You'll enjoy these titles because: These sweeping YA fantasies are perfect for a cozy day when you want to curl up with a book full of fierce characters in a magical world with high stakes and extraordinary adventures. The intricate world-building will draw you in from the very first page and keep you hooked till the very last. With these stories, you will not just read about their journeys; you will experience it alongside the characters.

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  • Dance of Thieves follows the protagonist Kazi of Brightmist, a street thief who has become one of the queen’s elite Rahtan, as she travels to Tor’s Watch to investigate rumors that the powerful Ballenger family is hiding a fugitive who threatens…
    Book, 2018New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2018
  • Shatter Me is a unique novel, as the writing style is almost diary-like while still holding to novel elements. It begins by introducing Juliette, who desperately tries to convince herself she is not insane, as she writes over and over again. She has…
    Book, 2018New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018
  • This novel is action-packed with tropes, adventure, and characters that will keep anyone hooked. It is a dual POV novel, following street thief Paedyn and Enforcer Kai, whose full name is Malakai. Their world revolves around their abilities, or lack…
    Book, 2023New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, [2023]
  • Nova Artino, the protagonist of Renegades, is an anarchist with the power to put pepole to sleep. She was raised by violent anarchists after her family was murdered. In the aftermath, superheroes calling themselves the Renegades rose to power,…
    Book, 2017New York : Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, 2017
  • Cinder follows Cinder, a cyborg mechanic in New Beijing, several hundred years in the future. New technologies, such as droids, robots, and interactive apps, roam the streets; however, humans who have become cyborgs are still looked down upon.…
    Book, 2020New York : Square Fish, Feiwel and Friends, 2020
  • In Vow of Thieves, Kazi and Jase return to Tor's Watch, seeking only peace, but arriving to find the Ballenger kingdom under attack by a stealthy who will do anything to be in control. When an ambush leaves Jase gravely injured and Kazi captured,…
    Book, 2019New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2019
  • Sunrise on the Reaping follows Haymitch, Katniss, and Peeta's mentor during their games. Haymitch is involved in the 50th Hunger Games, the second Quarter Quell, where he learns many dark secrets about the tyrannical government. Due to the Quell's…
    Book, 2025New York : Scholastic Press, 2025
  • Watch Me presents a conflict ten years after the collapse of The Reestablishment, following Shatter Me, which follows Juliette Ferrars. It takes place in the secluded Ark Island. The book is a dual POV, following James Anderson, Adam Kent's little…
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Storytide, an imprint HarperCollins Publishers, [2025]
  • Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo is a fantasy heist novel set in the city of Ketterdam, part of the author's Grishaverse. Other novels in the Grishaverse include the Shadow and Bone series as well as the King of Scars duology. The story holds…
    Book, 2015New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2015
  • Shadow and Bone follows Alina Starkov, a normal seventeen-year-old cartographer in Ravka, a split world, whose life changes when she discovers she is a Sun Summoner, the only Grisha alive who can destroy the Shadow Fold, a rip of darkness that…
    Book, 2013New York : Square Fish, 2013