Young adult fantasy/fiction book recommendations?

The Vampire Diaries series by L.J. Smith

Eragon series by Christopher Paolini

Vampire Kisses series by Ellen Schreiber

Blue Bloods series by Melissa De La Cruz

Cirque du Freak series by Darren Shan

Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead

The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare

Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George

Peeps by Scott Westerfeld

Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J. R. Ward (I only recommend this book if you are over the age of 16 and mature)

Night World series by L. J. Smith

The Host by Stephenie Meyer

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Faeriewalker series by Jenna Black

Angels in Pink by Lurlene McDaniel

Looking for Alaska by John Green

Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

You should really try reading Hunger Games. Its a pretty good book.

Check out some of these:

Night World Series by L.J. Smith

The Immortals Series by Alyson Noel

The House of Night Series by P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast

Looking Glass Wars Series by Frank Beddor

All of those have at least 3 or more books in the series. Also, P.C. Cast writes an amazing series, about 30-ish women who get switched with fictional goddesses. They are called Goddess of Light, Goddess of the Rose, etc. It's not a teen series but I read them as a teen and still love them, so give those a shot.

Happy reading!

I have a few recommendations.

The Darkest Powers series by Kelley Armstrong

The Dark Guardian series by Rachel Hawthorne

The Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare

The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare

The Blood Coven series by Mari Mancusi

The Evernight series by Claudia Gray

The Bluebloods series by Melissa de la Cruz

The House of Night series by P.C. Cast

Elphame's Choice & Brighid's Quest by P.C. Cast

The Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs

The Alpha and Omega series by Patricia Briggs

The Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead

The Morganville Vampire series by Rachel Caine

The Weather Warden series by Rachel Caine

The Outcast Season series by Rachel Caine

The Fallen series by Lauren Kate

These are just the novels on the top of my head. If I think of any more, I'll post them. Enjoy.

Ender's Game

Ender's Shadow

The Host

The Hunger Games

The Red Pyramid

I loved the The Hunger Games trilogy which I have reviewed here

http://oopsireadthatbook.blogspot.com/2011/06/hung...

Pretty Little Devils By Nancy Holder - Its not fantasy but its awesome!

http://oopsireadthatbook.blogspot.com/2011/06/hung...

Sea Change by Aimme friedman- Paranormal mystical fare

Review

http://oopsireadthatbook.blogspot.com/2011/06/rati...

Shadow Hills-fantasy

Review

http://oopsireadthatbook.blogspot.com/2011/06/shad...

Beastly By Alex Flinn-fantasy

http://oopsireadthatbook.blogspot.com/2011/06/beas...

I am soon going to be reviewing more of my favorite books like Before I fall and Siren by Tricia Rayburn.

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cassandra clare, Obert Skye, these authors are fantasy That I liked, there is also the temeraire series by Naomi Novik, and Christopher Paolini is a good author too, Hungry City Chronicles is a good one, then there is Raising Dragons, Oracles of Fire, both by the same author and they intertwine with each other. And yes definitely the Host!

The house of Night is a must it is an amazing series also the wolves of mercy falls is really good. the book series called the fallen angels by lauren kate. there is also the deadly little series (including deadly little lies./secrets/games) there is also an emerging series by bri despain with grace devine and the lost saint. then there is also the hush, hush series. I have read all of these and they are addicting i must say. Sorry if this is overload but im a big time reader of this genre and i have enjoyed all of these series

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Some of my favorite books of all time are the Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner: "The Thief", "The Queen of Attolia", "The King of Attolia", and "A Conspiracy of Kings". Each one gets better and better. Don't read them out of order. They're set in an old Greece-like world with an original pantheon of gods - not sure that's fantasy, exactly, but it's pure gold. There's at least one more in the series coming (I hope!), and I hope it has a map! You definitely should try Diana Wynn Jones. "The Dark Lord of Derkholm" is one of my favorites. Its sequel "Year of the Griffin" is great, too. "Howl's Moving Castle", with its sequels "Castle in the Air", and "House of Many Ways", and "Unexpected Magic" (an anthology; the last 1/3 is the novella "Everard's Ride", which you should read first, in case you don't like the short stories) are some of my favorites of hers. "Hawksong" by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes is the only book to have the dubious privilege of being reread twice in a row. I finished it at 2am and immediately flipped back to the beginning and read it again, all the way through. That's not saying it's the best book here, though. Unfortunately, its sequels (in my opinion) get worse and worse until (SPOILER WARNING) the heir to the throne abdicates in favor of her uncle's illegitimate daughter (and, she believes, peace), running off with her lesbian lover. I pretend Hawksong stands on its own. Vivian Vande Velde's "Heir Apparent" and "Dragon's Bait" are a couple more favorites. Robin McKinley writes both some fantastic fairy-tale retellings ("Beauty", "Spindle's End") and (fantastic) original work that are among my favorite books ever. Particularly "The Blue Sword". Its prequel is "The Hero and the Crown". "Belle: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast" by Cameron Dokey is my favorite B&tB retelling. IF you're not counting "The Hob's Bargain" (I wouldn't) by Patricia Briggs, which only has a vaguely similar theme. She also wrote "Masques" and "Wolfsbane" (its sequel). Her Mercedes Thompson and Alpha and Omega series are also good storytelling, but I'll warn you (as I wish someone had warned me) that there's explicit sex in them, in case it's something you'd wish to avoid. "The Goblin Wood" by Hilari Bell. Gerald Morris writes a hysterical series retelling Arthurian legends. He's finally finished it; I think there are ten.The first is "The Squire's Tale", the second is "The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady", and the third is "The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf". So that gives a hint about the mood :) Some of them are best enjoyed in order; some kind of run concurrently, or one inside another; just read them in order to be safe. If you're familiar with the story of King Arthur, you'll be prepared for the final two books, which are downright depressing. The rest were great - you don't need to read those last 2 if you don't want to :) T.H. White's "The Sword in the Stone" (part of "The Once and Future King", which I haven't read yet) is a fun tale of King Arthur before he becomes King. The Disney movie is almost exactly like the book. Kathy Tyers has a Christian science-fiction trilogy I really like, "Firebird", "Fusion Fire", and "Crown of Fire". Patricia C. Wrede has The Enchanted Forest Chronicles (4 books), but I didn't like the two in the middle ("Searching for Dragons" and "Calling on Dragons") as much as the "bookends" ("Dealing with Dragons" and "Talking to Dragons"). I might like her "Sorcery and Cecilia" series better (written with Caroline Stevermer). I also lover her "Snow White and Rose Red". Shannon Hale's "Goose Girl" was good, although I didn't like the sequels as much as the original. So those are some of (most of) my favorite books. Some of them are significantly below my (and probably your) reading level (I'm 22), but I still read them over and over. I don't think any of them are any "younger" than the other books you listed. Many of these authors have other books that I either just haven't read or didn't like as well or at all, so explore and you'll probably have more than enough material for the summer :) I hope you enjoy these as much as I have. P.S. My favorite book is "The Count of Monte Cristo" (PLEASE don't associate it with the movie, which is practically a completely different storyline with similar character names!!) My edition, by Modern Library, which I bought at Barnes & Noble, has 1462 pages. If you can read the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit, you could literally read this, although it doesn't mean you'd necessarily enjoy it. It has a lot of history in it. But the plot and many sub-plots are beautiful. My edition, like every English edition, is a translation from French, and I am recommending not just the story itself, but my translation - I can't guarantee that another translation will be as enjoyable. Sorry. Thought I'd put in my oar, since you're looking for good books :D

YA Fantasy series I've read so far...

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Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Need by Carrie Jones

Wings by Aprilynne Pike

Fallen by Lauren Kate

Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

Trylle by Amanda Hocking

Illuminate by Aimee Agresti

The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter

Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkings

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

Bloodlines by Richelle Mead

Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

Fallen by Lauren Kate

Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini

Mercy by Rebecca Lim

Halo by Alexandra Adornetto

Angel by L.A Weatherly

Celestra Series by Addison Moore

Immortal City by Scott Speer

Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins

Forbidden by Syrie James

The Last Vampire by Christopher Pike

Poison Princess by Kresley Cole

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia

You should check out the novel Creatura by Nely Cab. It's got 5 stars in Amazon. The book is a good read with unexpected twists & turns