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Top Ten Books I’d Give To Readers Who Have Never Read NA and/or Paranormal YA:
Rose’s List of Top Books She Would Give To Readers Who Never Read New Adult:
- Easy by Tamarra Webber- This book is the epitome of NA in my opinion. It is one of my all time favorite books ever and definitely drew the largest crowd for my book club I run here at home.
- Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover- this is another good example of NA. It hits all the important key aspects of NA without being cliche.
- Faking It by Cora Carmack- I liked this one better than the first book and it is absolutely entertaining!
- Thoughtless by S.C.Stephens- I loved this entire trilogy. It deals with a similiar issue as Maybe Someday, but this book has an entirely different feel to it. I loved reading this…and just keep reading, I promise, the main character matures more as the books progress… yes she annoyed me, too, at first.
- Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire- I think this book is a good example of how NA can be so different from both YA and regular contemporary romance. This book is a must read if you like NA.
Julie’s List of Top Books She Would Give To Readers Who Never Read Paranormal YA:
- Soul Screamers by Rachel Vincent (This is my #1 favorite series to recommend – it is unique, has lots of great characters, a creepy world, and some great plot twists.)
- Iron Fey by Julie Kagawa (This series is a bit too journey for my usual tastes, but the characters and Faery world are really well done. I felt like I got a great lesson in everything faery and all the types of creatures.)
- Shattered Souls by Mary Lindsey (I really liked the premise and thought the message was meaningful.)
- Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake (I thought this was a unique ghost story.)
- Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (Because Dimitri is my book boyfriend.)
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A solid half of the books on this list I’ve gotten from the library and returned without reading. Now I have to go find them again and read them (eventually). Recommendations involving book boyfriends are especially persuasive (hello, Jamie Fraser, right?)
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Well I hope you get a chance to give these books another chance 🙂 And yes, Jamie Fraser is the reason I keep up with the massive Outlander series 🙂
Jamie Fraser is enough reason for ‘most anything
I just recommended Hoover the other night to a friend who likes Jodi Picoult, but is getting a bit tired of how she ends her novels.
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Ooh good recommendation. The authors have very different writing styles, but hope your friend enjoys 🙂
i have never read anything by Picoult, but I have, i think, 2 of her books…. i take they aae sad endings????
Some great choices, girls. I still have Easy on my bookshelf…gotta get to that one. 😉 Love Carmack, Hoover, Stephens, McGuire, Vincent, and Mead!! And now I have a few more authors to check out. 😉
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You really do need to read Easy 🙂
yes yes yes read it now!!!!!!!
Vampire Academy is definitely a good choice for the vampire introduction and the Fey series as well for a less darker (yet still not light) read for that genre as well. ^^ Nice choices! I unfortunately didn’t read any of the NA choices. :/
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What I like about both VA and Iron Fey is all the world building. It is awesome for both genres 🙂
Soul Screamers Yay! I LOVE that series although i might love Vampire Academy a wee bit more 🙂
Is it just me who doesn’t understand this whole New Adult thing? I mena I didn’t know it existed until late last year and it keeps cropping up. What’s the difference between YA, NA and Adult?
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Scarlett is is all about age group of the characters. YA is under 18 (coming of age from teenager to adulthood) and NA is more like 18-24 (kind of like college years, first career, etc). Then after that it is just adult.
I can’t decide which series I like more – Dimka or Tod? Hard one.
Scarlett Julie pretty much explained it… try a few of the books I listed and see if you get the feel… to me it feels a lot like YA, but more mature…and it reads better and easier in my opinion than a lot of regular adult fiction
Great picks! Although I’d prioritize the YA list first before the NA, not really the biggest fan of NA here.
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I think that a lot of NA has become basically contemporary romance with a lot of sex in it. The NA books that I like are ones that feel a lot like a mature YA book… I do not know if that makes any difference to you, but yeah… I like NA books that focus on the young twenty year old’s “coming of age” story. I like books with a great love story and unforgettable characters. (And just for information purposes here, I love YA as well)
YAYAY Soul Screamers! This series was fabulous, PLUS there are so many of them, you get a lot of the world building.
Great lists ladies <3
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I need to read this series. I know it is one of Julie’s favorites.
I love that we both fangirl over that series Jess 🙂
I’ve moved Soul Screamers up my TBR list, and I’m pretty sure that I have Shattered Souls too. If I don’t, I will definitely be adding it 😉 Great picks, ladies!
I think it helps that I’ve met both authors of those books multiple times and really like them as people too 🙂