my TOP 20 all time favourite YA contemporaries!

[@francescakyanda9182]

*pulls up Goodreads next to this video* ready ma'am

[@arshiyamalhotra2767]

something I always do while watching booktube/ bookstagram

[@sara-ru8kc]

Me too 😄

[@urfas.1225]

same ❤️🤣

[@danicasaguban3232]

As someone who adores fantasy literature and wishes to branch out into contemporary, this is the ideal video to appear on my reccomendations!

[@Miranda-jb3gb]

I’m the opposite! I want to dabble in the fantasy world.. but here I am watching a contemporary recommendation video 😅

[@dianaheiland1826]

@@Miranda-jb3gb 🤣

[@artsyputsy]

You + podcast?? Yes please! your voice is perfect for podcast imo. I love rewatching your videos & just listen to you talk while journaling.

[@thisstoryaintover]

aw thank you, that means a lot! 🥺💗

[@KristinKravesBooks]

I have seen Yolk everywhere but never really knew what it was about. I love books about sisters!!

[@willforlife_]

a large expanse of sea looks timeless

[@thisstoryaintover]

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[@farahali7546]

Ah! I literally just finished reading A Very Large Expanse of Sea last night and fell in love with it!! It was such a great book, and so relatable for me as a hijab-wearing Muslim woman (who was also 16 in 2002, like Shirin) It was also my first (and definitely not my last) Tahereh Mafi book!

[@sarahjay9364]

OMG, the Nick and Norah movie is iconic, it's what drove me to the book, which is also a huge favourite of mine. I love your list!

[@rhi1574]

Lots of amazing ones! I highly recommend I'll give you the sun, an emotional YA contemporary & one of my all time faves🤧

[@christinado3591]

i read parachutes & a very large expanse of sea because of you!! they're my favorite ya contemporary reads of all time and i'm super excited to start anna k and yolk :))

[@sandeinplayz4566]

I read Anna Karenina last year. I love old books. I definitely need to check out Anna K now.

[@tejaswinisparthasarathywrites]

I was in the mood to read contemporary right now. It's like you read my mind❤

[@dianaheiland1826]

I just went and bought Legendborn and Bright and Pale, I watched your review after I watched the unboxing of them, and because of your reviews I am more excited to read them. Thank you so much!!

[@dianaheiland1826]

So far, I am in love with The Bright and The Pale......such a good action packed book🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@jkmacrunnel]

I just recently started reading Sandhya Menon and I love her books! They are so fun, with such amazing characters. I also loved Eliza and Her Monsters and The Sun is Also a Star!

[@MahimaMS]

Not me adding every single book to my Amazon wishlist

[@izzyywallace7985]

i love how sophisticated you are 💕

[@logann-mackenziefroste563]

I am so hyped for all the recs! Awesome video!

[@takshatangudu8736]

Really love ur recs... I never loved contemporary, but now I do only because of you ❤

[@lilyreadsandotherthings]

I've been obsessed with contemporary lately!! Thank you so much for all the recs!!

[@ella2988-m5c]

yes please start a podcast!!

[@leoniesliberi]

I read A Long Way Done for the first time last month via audiobook and I immediately knew I had to get myself a physical copy. So when that arrived I read it again right away. I‘ve never read a book twice within the same month, but that book just really captured me

[@MaryJoHeadrick]

so many great recommendations!! I really want to read Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi, I love stories about siblings. I read Emergency Contact by her, and i didn't hate it but it definitely wasn't my favorite. I also HAVE to read some Tiffany D. Jackson this year, all of her stuff sounds amazing.

[@avanithebookgirl]

Rachel Cohn also wrote My Almost Flawless Tokyo Dream Life which is really good!

[@alyssacascos8665]

Challenger deep is such an amazing book! ❤❤❤I read it recently and loved it

[@KLC228]

I'm not too much of a contemporary reader but The Henna Wars is a favorite! I also really enjoyed American Panda, Long Way Down and Loveboat Taipei. I really did love all of Elizabeth Acevedo's books as well

[@clareseymour6227]

Love these recommendations and any that I haven’t read yet are for sure on my TBR! Some of my favorite YA contemporaries are The Poet X, Slay, everything by Angie Thomas, Every Last Word (has excellent OCD representation), and my all time favorite: The Sun Is Also a Star!💞

[@bookandanimelover4life582]

These all sound amazing!!! Thank you for making this list! I mainly read fantasy, but have been wanting to read a different genre and now I know what books to buy.

[@c_louie670]

Hi. You probably won't read this but I just wanted to say that I watch this video yesterday and decided to read a very large expanse of sea and I finish it in a few hours and love it so much. Thank you for recommending such an important book. I have many books you mention on my tbr. Love your channel.

[@srch-10]

so hyped for all the recs!!! 💗💗

[@maloreads9175]

You’re foundation looks so good and natural! Love it

[@heyitsdaliiii]

I thought you weren’t gonna post so I was so happy when I saw this lol (but like you posting less is absolutely fine (not that you need approval lmao) as long as you’re happy/ier)

[@bebella9005]

Literally all of these sound right up my alley wth! I’ve only read 4 of them, but I added all the others to my list - can’t wait to read them all! Great video 💕

[@JayleneP]

YES PODCAST!

[@Spook_theSnoop]

Love your tshirt! Your style is so cute. As always the book reccomendations are awesome.

[@smashinghorror4062]

The Shatter Me series is one of my top five series of all time! It has to be on your TBR soon, highly recommend.

[@KatiesBookNook426]

I’m reading yolk rn and loving it!

[@graceezri8870]

I love your contemporary recs I read Parachutes because of you and I loved it!!💜

[@erinsbooks]

Love Slay! Also you should start a podcast.

[@dieorwrite9460]

I read I'll Be the One because I saw you recommending it and I absolutely loved it ❤️❤️

[@thisstoryaintover]

YES, so glad to hear that! 🙌🏾♥️

[@praachishah1606]

You deserve way more subscribers!!

[@bookwormdystopian]

Love your recommendations.

[@Lanaxparillaxwife]

I love yolk & with the fire on high I do like poet x but I just hate the mom so much. I also love dash & lily

[@evildoesnotsleep-x2b]

anna k is amazing

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Yes! Say is so good!

[@fifij6262]

Also if you haven’t read it yet you should read Dorthy must die! It’s a fantasy series about basically what happens after Dorthy decides to come back to Oz and become a cruel dictator. Then our main character Amy (also from Kansas) end up in us and has to kill Dorthy!

[@sterlingh9930]

a large expanse of the sea was SO good

[@fara16]

HONEY GIRL ✨ PODCASTING CLASS ✨ Only 3 minutes in and I feel deeply seen 😂❤️

[@sarahhulse9979]

You’re absolutely gorgeous!!!!

[@hean462]

I really loved Turtles all the Way Down but I is it confirmed in the book that Aza has OCD? I found it also to be a lot of Anxiety inside of it and I really loved that it wasn’t narrowed down to one diagnosis. But maybe I don’t remember it right. :) love the video!

[@thisstoryaintover]

To be honest I'm not sure! I definitely think it was more than one thing now that I think about it. And agreed, I appreciated as well!

[@fifij6262]

I think you should really read some other now! It’s a YA Contemporary that I read like a month ago and absolutely fell in love with all the characters and the story!!!

[@summer.1638]

your voice is super relaxing

[@louisity]

I posted my videos about the YA Contemporary books that I like & love. 🤎 I read a lot of contemporary books because of BLouRay Book Club. 📖💙🤎 I have enjoyed Mary H.K. Choi's books. 👍😊

[@heyimsasa]

thanks so much for another fantastic recommendations video! 💖💖💖

[@cynthiaholmes5124]

Frankly in love was so great and so is honey girl 💜💙

[@shaynaloveswiss1]

GIRL DO A MAKEUP TUTORIAL!

[@dianaheiland1826]

Have you read LORE yet by Alexandra? Do you have any thoughts? Did you like it, love it, ?

[@dianaheiland1826]

What is your opinnion of Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare? Sorry if I already asked you.

[@louisity]

It is Filipino-American, since Filipino is a gender neutral word. 😊 Filipino here from the Philippines. 😊👋 You can also say Fil-Am. 😁

[@vaishnaviprabhakar5686]

Do you know Tamil? I love your videos Love from India ❤️

[@veroniciakim7948]

have you read we hunt the flame??

[@mansoorhamiya2335]

Very lovely

[@tashvisingh1923]

I am trying to find a book but I can't remember its name please help!!! So the book cover has 2 characters on a balcony and their backs are facing each other, the cover was bluish-purplish I think. The male character's name was Adam, he lived with his dad and brother. And female character loved to watch movies. She smoked too. She went to her neighbor's house because he had movie collection. This went on for some time before he tried to assault her. And then Adam came and beat him up real good. Yeah that's all I can remember.

[@readerssea]

**immediately pulls up wishlist to add everything**

[@readerssea]

I recently bought Yolk is on my tbr for a vlog next month and I am SOOOO excited to get to it!! 💗

[@readerssea]

The Perks of Being a Wallflower has been sitting on my shelf for ages... I really need to get to it 😪

[@readerssea]

Elizabeth Acevedo is my queen. I love her 🙌🏼

[@readerssea]

Thank you so much for all the amazing recommendations. So many were already on my tbr. Definitely need to get to most of them asap 😍😍

[@monikakamila]

I love ya

[@chocolateoreo6489]

❤❤❤

[@aquarion6457]

The girl on the cover of ill be the one isnt fat at all.

[@hannahclairereads7835]

I thought I’d love Yolk because we have similar book tastes, but I couldn’t get into it. The characters were so annoying.