Riot Recommendation

17 Of Your Favorite Best Contemporary YA

This Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Penguin Teen.
Turtles All the Way Down is about love, resilience, and the power of lifelong friendship. But at its heart is Aza Holmes. Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also navigating daily existence within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.      
So many contemporary YA novels come to mind, from Fangirl to The Hate U Give, that choosing a best is hard! From the fun, to the romantic, to the ones with social justice themes we just can’t narrow it down—there are so many excellent choices! So we asked you to tell us what you thought was the best contemporary YA and you responded. Here are 17 of your favorites! The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon I’ll Give You the Sun by  Jandy Nelson To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by  Jenny Han Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon Up to This Pointe by Jennifer Longo The Education of Margot Sánchez by Lilliam Rivera Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero