Chill out over your summer break by losing yourself in the top YA reads of the year. We have selected a diverse range of titles from 2019 by outstanding Aussie talent.
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90 days of summer reading young adult highlights
Escape to another world with new fantasy releases Six of crows by Leigh Bardugo, Four dead queens* by Astrid Scholte and Shatter City: impostors 2* by Scott Westerfeld.
Try these new works by favourite authors, Graveyard shift in ghost town* by Michael Pryor and Dev1at3* by Jay Kristoff.
There are thought-provoking titles by indigenous authors like My father's shadow by Jannali Jones and Catching teller crow* by Ambelin Kwaymullina, Ezekiel Kwaymullina.
Find out more about 90 days of summer reading.
Summer reading recommendations for young adults
- Six of crows by Leigh Bardugo
- Rogue* by A. J. Betts
- The wicked king* by Holly Black
- Man in the water* by David Burton
- Devil's ballast* by Meg Caddy
- Mindcull by K.H. Canobi
- The surprising power of a good dumpling* by Wai Chim
- The boy who steals houses by C.G. Drews
- Kindred: 12 queer #LoveOzYA stories ed. by Michael Earp
- Highway bodies by Alison Evans
- How it feels to float* by Helena Fox
- As happy as here by Jane Godwin
- The honeyman and the hunter* by Neil Grant
- Love lie repeat* by Catherine Greer
- What I like about me* by Jenna Guillaume
- River stone* by Rachel Hennessy
- My father's shadow by Jannali Jones
- Aurora rising* by Amie Kaufman and Jay Krisoff
- It sounded better in my head* by Nina Kenwood
- Dev1at3* by Jay Kristoff
- Catching teller crow* by Ambelin Kwaymullina, Ezekiel Kwaymullina
- Shauna's great expectations* by Kathleen Loughnan
- Misrule* by Jodi McAlister
- As far as the stars by Virginia Macgregor
- Underdog: #loveozya short stories ed. by Tobias Madden
- All that impossible space by Anna Morgan
- Promise me happy* by Robert Newton
- Vardaesia* by Lynette Noni
- Making friends with Alice Dyson by Poppy Nwosu
- Whisper by Chrissie Perry
- Graveyard shift in ghost town* by Michael Pryor
- The secret commonwealth by Philip Pullman
- The secret runners of New York* by Matthew Reilly
- Pumpkinheads* by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks
- Four dead queens* by Astrid Scholte
- Land of fences* by Mark Smith
- This is how we change the ending by Vikki Wakefield
- Everywhere everything everyone* by Katy Warner
- Sensitive* by Allayne Webster
- Shatter City: impostors 2* by Scott Westerfeld
- Take the shot by Susan White
- After the lights go out* by Lili Wilkinson
- Impossible music by Sean Williams
- I am change by Suzy Zali
More information
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Image: cover detail from Land of fences by Mark Smith