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12 of Your Favorite Co-Written Books!

Vanessa Diaz

Managing Editor

Book Riot Managing Editor Vanessa Diaz is a writer and former bookseller from San Diego, CA whose Spanish is even faster than her English. When not reading or writing, she enjoys dreaming up travel itineraries and drinking entirely too much tea. She is a regular co-host on the All the Books podcast who especially loves mysteries, gothic lit, mythology/folklore, and all things witchy. Vanessa can be found on Instagram at @BuenosDiazSD or taking pictures of pretty trees in Portland, OR, where she now resides.

This Riot Recommendation asking for your favorite co-written books is sponsored by Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika and Maritza Moulite.

Dear Haiti, Love Alaine book coverWhat does a seventeen-year-old Haitian American from Miami with way too little life experience have to say about anything? Actually, a lot. Thanks to “the incident,” Alaine Beauparlant is spending the next two months in Haiti on a “spring volunteer immersion project.” It’s definitely no vacation. Under the ever-watchful eyes of Tati Estelle and her lean-in queen of a mother, she is on strict orders to finally do things right. But spending her summer hiding out in Haiti turns out to unveil more than she bargained for, including a family curse. You know, typical drama. But nothing Alaine can’t handle.The Perdergast series


Telling a good story on one’s own is impressive enough, but sometimes two (or more!) heads are better than one! That’s why we asked you for some great co-written books. Here are 12 of your favorites!

The Pendergast series by Preston & Child

Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton

The Geurnsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

Frozen (Heart of Dread series) by Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston

The Way of All Flesh by Ambrose Parry

Dangerous Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohen and David Levithan

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Aurora Rising (the Aurora cycle) by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor

What if It’s Us by Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli

Burn for Burn by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivia