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The Best Supernatural Penitentiary Books Featuring Prisons

If you’re interested in the kinds of stories that get told in and about prison, and then this list is for you! These mostly YA books are all largely set in prisons, detention facilities, and penitentiaries, across a range of ...
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Best Books List, Contemporary, Dystopian, Fantasy, YA Fandom, YA/NA

The Best YA Audiobooks

We all love the written word. But sometimes we’ll yearn to have our books read to us, just like they were when we were kids being told bedtime stories. Good thing there are audiobooks! With amazing narrators who bring the ...
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Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Romance, Sci Fi, YA/NA

The Best YA Alien Romance Books

Outer space, alien worlds, first contact – there’s something amazing, appealing, and romantic about the idea of the final frontier coming into a collision course with our home planet of Earth. What happens when we meet aliens? What changes in ...
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Dystopian, Fairytale Retellings, mermaids, Romance, Sci Fi

Fabulous Lunar Chronicles Fairy Tale Giveaway

Are you a lover of fairytale retellings AND sci-fi? If yes, this giveaway is for YOU! To celebrate the upcoming launch of NeverSea (book 1 in the Echoes of the Lost Series) – a sci-fi retelling of Peter Pan and ...
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Apocalyptic, Best Books List, Dystopian, Horror, Paranormal, Paranormal Romance

70+ thrilling and spooky books to read for Halloween 2022 (updated new releases!)

It’s October, and you know what that means? It’s almost Halloween! Halloween 2022 is just around the corner, and of course absolutely everyone is gearing up for this year’s celebrations – from costume parties, to pranks, to decorations, and everything else in ...
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Dystopian, Sci Fi

Best book cover designs for YA scifi dystopia

As much as I talk about the importance of book cover design (fitting in, not standing out) sometimes I don’t take my own advice… until my books aren’t selling as well as they should be, then I update them with ...
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Dystopian, News, Sci Fi, YA Resources

YA Sci-fi, Alien Themed Anthology: Now Accepting Submissions

YA Sci-fi Alien Short Story Anthology Submission. Oct. 31st Deadline – December Release Story must not be published anywhere else during the 6 month period. – 5-7k story length (fully edited) – Accepting 12-16 stories – Completed stories. No teasers/openings ...
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Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Sci Fi

18 FREE YA Sci-Fi and Dystopian Books!

Science Fiction fans, rejoice! Here’s a list of great YA SF books – from dystopia to romance – and all of them are guaranteed to give you a good time. But the best part? They’re all free! So check out ...
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Dystopian, Fantasy, Sci Fi, YA/NA

The Best Time Travel Books for Teens

Time travelling is something we all wish we could do. Who wouldn’t want to go to the future and see what happens to our world? Or who wouldn’t want to go to the past and fix their mistakes – or ...
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Apocalyptic, Dystopian

The Best YA Post-Apocalyptic/Dystopian Books

There seems to be no shortage of YA post-apocalyptic and dystopian fiction! In this list, you’ll find some great YA post-apocalyptic and dystopian reads from 2014! So if you think you’ve missed some or you’ve been craving a good read, ...
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