Books I've Recommended This Year

If you're looking for something to read this summer, start by going through this list of books I've recommended to you throughout the school year.  You can also keep up with what I'm reading this summer.  I'll post recommendations for you all summer long. 

Let's start with the 2012-13 Truman Nominee Books:

I've read & recommend these:
After Ever After, by Jordan Sonnenblick (I also recommend the companion book Drums, Girls, & Dangerous Pie)
Bruiser, by Neal Shusterman
Girl Stolen, by April Henry (This was the winning book!)
Heist Society (Heist Society #1), by Ally Carter (I also recommend Uncommon Criminals, #2 & Perfect Scoundrels, #3)
Paranormalcy (Paranormalcy #1), by Kiersten White (I also recommend Supernaturally, #2 & Endlessly, #3)
The Gardener, by S.A. Bodeen
The Grimm Legacy, by Polly Shulman
Virals (Virals #1), by Kathy Reichs (I also recommend Seizure, #2 & Code, #3)

The other Truman Nominees that I just didn't get around to reading are:
Scrawl, by Mark Shulman
Soccerland, by Beth Choat
The Lost Hero, by Rick Riordan

Series of books I've recommended this year:

Divergent:  Divergent (#1), Insurgent (#2), & Allegiant (#3 - will be released on 10/22/13) - by Veronica Roth
The Maze Runner:  Maze Runner (#1), The Scorch Trials (#2), The Death Cure (#3), & The Kill Order (Prequel) - by James Dashner
Chaos Walking: The Knife of Never Letting Go (#1), The Ask & the Answer (#2), & Monsters of Men (#3) - by Patrick Ness
The Selection: The Selection (#1), The Elite (#2), The One (#3 - will be released on 5-6-14), & The Prince (a short story told from a different perspective during the same time period as #1) - by Kiera Cass
Legend: Legend (#1), Prodigy (#2), Champion (#3 - will be released November 5, 2013) - by Marie Lu
Matched: Matched (#1), Crossed (#2), & Reached (#3) - by Allie Condie
Delirium: Delirium (#2), Pandemonium (#2), & Requiem (#3) - by Lauren Oliver
The Mortal Instruments: The City of Bones (#1), City of Ashes (#2), City of Glass (#3), City of Fallen Angels (#4), City of Lost Souls (#5), & City of Heavenly Fire (#6 - release date is spring of 2014) - by Cassandra Clare
The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel (#1), Clockwork Prince (#2), & Clockwork Princess (#3) - by Cassandra Clare
The Iron Fey: The Iron King (#1), The Iron Daughter (#2), The Iron Queen (#3), & The Iron Knight (#4) - by Julie Kagawa
Blood of Eden: The Immortal Rules (#1) & The Eternity Cure (#2) - and more eventually, I'm sure - by Julie Kagawa
Last Survivors:  Life As We Knew It (#1), The Dead & the Gone (#2), This World We Live In (#3) - by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Gallagher Girls: I'd Tell You I Loved You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You (#1), Cross My Heart & Hope to Spy (#2), Don't Judge a Girl By Her Cover (#3), Only the Good Spy Young (#4), Out of Sight, Out of Time (#5), & United We Spy (#6 - coming in September 2013) - by Ally Carter
Gone: Gone (#1), Hunger (#2), Lies (#3), Plague (#4), Fear (#5), & Light (#6) - by Michael Grant
Book of Ember: The City of Ember (#1), The People of Sparks (#2), The Prophet of Yonwood (#3), & The Diamond of Darkhold (#4) - by Jeanne Dupree
Dog's Purpose: A Dog's Purpose (#1) & A Dog's Journey (#2) - by W. Bruce Cameron
Incarceron: Incarceron (#1) & Sapphique (#2) - by Catherine Fisher
The Fox Chronicles: The Adoration of Jenna Fox (#1), The Fox Inheritance (#2), & Fox Forever (#3) - by Mary A. Pearson
The Ascendance Trilogy: The False Prince (#1), The Runaway King (#2), & Untitled (#3 - due out in 2014) - by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Secrets of My Hollywood Life: Secrets of My Hollywood Life (#1), On Location (#2), Family Affairs (#3), Paparazzi Princess (#4), Broadway Lights (#5), & There's No Place Like Home (#6) - by Jen Calonita
Lorien Legacies: I Am Number Four (#1), The Power of Six (#2), & The Rise of Nine (#3) - by Pittacus Lore
Breathe: Breathe (#1), Resist (#2 - coming October 8, 2013)
Slated: Slated (#1), Fractured (#2 - coming in September 2013)
Caster Chronicles: Beautiful Creatures (#1), Beautiful Darkness (#2), Beautiful Chaos (#3), & Beautiful Redemption (#4) by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
Skinjacker Trilogy: Everlost (#1), Everwild (#2), & Everfound (#3) - by Neal Shusterman
Dark Divine: The Dark Divine (#1), The Lost Saint (#2), & The Savage Grace (#3) - by Bree Despain
Malice: Malice (#1) & Havoc (#2) - by Chris Wooding

Other Stand-alone titles I've recommended this year:
Five Flavors of Dumb, by Antony John
The Truth About Forever, by Sarah Dessen
Along for the Ride, by Sarah Dessen
Lock & Key, by Sarah Dessen
The Compound, by S.A. Bodeen
The Eleventh Plague, by Jeff Hirsch
Magisterium, by Jeff Hirsch
Between the Lines, by Jodi Picoult & Samantha VanLeer
The Treachery of Beautiful Things, by Ruth Francis Long
Nobody, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Okay for Now, by Gary D. Schmidt
Girl in the Arena, by Lisa Haines
The Brooklyn Nine, by Alan Gratz
Discovering Wes Moore, by Wes Moore
The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
Between Shades of Grey, by Ruta Sepetys
The Devil's Arithmetic, by Jane Yolen

 Happy reading!