What to read after binging that show
So, you just binged the latest trending show and don't know what you could possibly do now that you are without it? Well, I'm here to help! Here you'll find a helpful guide to match your current favourite show with the next YA novel you need to add to your TBR.
You're still shaking after the season finale of You...
None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney
This outstanding psychological thriller will quench your thirst for more serial killers.
In 1982, in the USA, the innovative FBI Behavioral Science section is breaking new ground, and two teenagers - Emma Lewis and Travis Bell - are recruited to interview convicted juvenile killers for information on cold cases.
Emma and Travis are untrained but they’ve both experienced violent crime, which has given them skills that make them valuable to the FBI. When they are drawn into an active case targeting teenagers, everything starts to unravel. Over Travis’s objections, Emma becomes the conduit between the FBI and Simon Gutmunsson - a super-intelligent, nineteen-year-old sociopath. And although Simon seems to be giving them the information they need to save lives, he’s also an expert manipulator playing a very long game…
You're craving more darkness after the second season of Shadow and Bone
The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni
This mysterious and magic-filled duology will tide you over until Shadow and Bone season 3.
Seventeen-year-old Kiva Meridan has spent the last ten years fighting for survival in the notorious death prison, Zalindov, working as the prison healer. When the Rebel Queen is captured, Kiva is charged with keeping the terminally ill woman alive long enough for her to undergo the Trial by Ordeal.
Then a coded message from Kiva’s family arrives, containing a single order- Don’t let her die. We are coming. Aware that the Trials will kill the sickly queen, Kiva risks her own life to volunteer in her place. If she succeeds, both she and the queen will be granted their freedom. But no one has ever survived.
You need more plant zombies in your life after watching The Last of Us
Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
No spoilers ... but you'll love this trilogy.
The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the Academy would touch…
And Ty’s squad isn’t even his biggest problem—that’d be Aurora Jie-Lin O’Malley, the girl he’s just rescued from interdimensional space. Trapped in cryo-sleep for two centuries, Auri is a girl out of time and out of her depth. But she could be the catalyst that starts a war millions of years in the making, and Tyler’s squad of losers, discipline-cases and misfits might just be the last hope for the entire galaxy.
You're missing the buzz you felt from Daisy Jones and the Six
Permanent Record by Mary H.K. Choi
This captivating book about music, finding your path and falling in love will keep you buzzing.
On paper, college dropout Pablo Rind doesn’t have a whole lot going for him. He’s up to his eyeballs in credit card debt. Never mind the state of his student loans. Pop juggernaut Leanna Smart has enough social media followers to populate whole continents. The brand is unstoppable. When Leanna and Pablo meet at 5:00 a.m. at the bodega in the dead of winter it’s absurd to think they’d be A Thing.
But as they discover who they are, who they want to be, and how to defy the deafening expectations of everyone else, Leanna and Pablo turn to each other. Which, of course, is when things get properly complicated.
You're holding out for another hero after Extraordinary
The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune
This super-fun, super-hero packed story will keep you feeling hopeful.
In Nova City, there are extraordinary people, capable of feats that defy the imagination. Shadow Star protects the city and manipulates darkness, and Pyro Storm is determined to bring the city to its knees using his power over fire. And then there’s Nick who … well, being the most popular fanfiction writer in the Extraordinaries fandom is a superpower, right?
After a chance encounter with Shadow Star, Nova City’s mightiest hero (and Nick’s biggest crush), Nick sets out to make himself extraordinary. And he’ll do it with or without Seth’s reluctant help …
You've devoured (insert-reality-dating-show-here) and are keen for more
Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales
This unique take on reality dating shows will keep you going until the next season of your favourite.
Eighteen-year-old Maya dumped her cheating ex-boyfriend Jordy two years ago. So, when she receives a call to participate in Second Chance Romance - a reality show in which the now-famous Jordy re-dates his ex-girlfriends - she isn’t interested … until she realizes she can use this opportunity to exact her revenge. If she can make it to the final spot on the show, she can reject Jordy in front of the nation, and publicly break his heart.
As the season finale approaches, can Maya execute her plan, or will she go off-script?