Spring’s almost here in my corner of the world and honestly: I’m excited to feel alive again. Thinking about spring made me want to put together this little list, of YA books to read based on your favorite season.
I don’t know if this is totally accurate, but for me, these kind of books just perfectly fit that time of the year, whether it’s because of their overall vibes, their settings or just… a feeling.
Side note : I barely have any YA fantasy/science-fiction reads here on this list. Which is totally me, but also, a bit sad. SO, please if you have any recommendations for me, shout in comments?!
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Your Favorite Season is Spring 🌸
For me, spring rhymes with new beginnings. Sunshine’s back in our lives, flowers are blooming, life’s starting again in a brand, new way.
For this season, I wanted to recommend some excellent YA Books with these themes.
In Search of Us, Ava Delleira
In Search of Us is a wonderful, underrated YA contemporary read. Divided between past and present, this story tells us about Angie, looking for her unknown father and Marilyn, her mother, the summer she fell in love. It’s beautiful and heartbreaking and just overall, stunning.
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The Fever King, Victoria Lee
Spring’s all about new beginnings and revolution rising and I don’t know, I feel like recommending The Fever King for this season okay.
In the former United States, Noam wakes up alone, sole survivor of a deadly virus that made him a technopath: someone that can control technology. This is an EXCELLENT roller-coaster of a book with a unique world-building and characters you’ll love!
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The Astonishing Color of After, Emily X.R. Pan
After her mother’s suicide, Leigh goes to Taiwan to meet her grandparents for the very first time. Between past and present, truth and illusion, Leigh will uncover family secrets, find herself and more.
This is a beautiful gem of a book and I feel like it fits this spring season well, too. It will give you SO many emotions. I mean, I cried, so… read it?!
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YA Books To Read If You Love Summer ☀️
Honestly, I’m a summer plant. I feel alive with the sunshine, the warmth and all the endless possibilities that summer seems to offer.
I compiled here 3 books set in summer, that also have these vibes I’m looking for, for the season. New, exciting possibilities, adventures, a little messed-up situations, as well. Overall, these books are thrilling and absolutely addictive. Just like summertime, to me.
The Unexpected Everything, Morgan Matson
Morgan Matson writes some of the best summer books, if you ask me. I picked The Unexpected Everything, because it gives me ALL the summery feels.
When all of Andy’s perfect plan is ruined, she finds herself stuck at her father’s home, having to walk dogs for the summer. Obviously, a whole damn lot of unexpected is thrown Andy’s way this summer and… it’s so wonderful. Romance, friendship, father/daughter relationship. It makes you want to live unexpected summers like this one.
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☂️ Related blog post: 10 YA Books With a Summer Romance You’ll Fall For
Between You, Me and the Honeybees, Amelia Diane Coombs
This book screams summer and it’s one of my favorites of ALL times okay. It’s about Josie, ready for a summer of beekeeping. A summer of lying to her mom about her wanting to go to college… and about falling for the neighbor’s grandson.
This is an excellent book filled with summer feels, little adventures by the water, falling in love, finding and re-discovering your passion and so on. I love it!
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Lies Like Wildfire, Jennifer Lynn Alvarez
If you’re into YA thrillers, I definitely recommend Lies Like Wildfire. Set in the summer in California, this book follows a group of friends, accidentally sparkling an enormous, deadly fire.
I loved the suspense in this one and the focus on friendships!
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☂️ Related blog post: 26 Summer-Themed YA Books To Read This Summer
Fall / Autumn is Your Favorite Season? Read these🍂
The fall season rhymes with new beginnings as well, more often than not, with new school years and new starts. It’s also time of changes, leaves painting themselves orange colors, sun setting earlier and spooky season on the horizon. Here are some of my recommendations if you love this season!
Admission, Julie Buxmaum
Chloe’s headed to the college of her dreams, she’s going to prom with her long-time crush, her mom’s about to grow even bigger on the Hollywood scene. It’s all good (great, even), until the FBI knocks at her door, talking about a college admission bribery scandal.
Inspired by a real story, Admission is an excellent family drama kind of book that also, I think, perfectly fits with the fall season. It’s about new beginnings and starting over, about examining privilege and just, beautiful bright summer leaves turning a sour color and falling.
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Broken Things, Lauren Oliver
I’m recommending Broken Things for those of you fans of autumn and the spooky season especially. I could recommend a lot of spooky books, but I wanted to pick this one, because I feel like it’s a bit underrated?
Everyone thinks Mia and Brynn killed their best friend… but they didn’t. On the anniversary of her death, the two teenagers are put together again by new clues and find themselves having to face, again, what really happened that fateful day. This was such a suspenseful, addictive kind of read!
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☂️ Related blog post: 10 Unsettling YA Books To Read for the Spooky Season
Serious Moonlight, Jenn Bennett
Serious Moonlight gives me all the autumn vibes, really. I think it’s because it’s a bit of a romance and mystery, it’s set in Seattle where it’s rainy and cloudy and just, feels like fall season a little bit.
Birdie loves a good mystery. When she discovers that a recluse, famous writer is staying at the hotel she’s working at, she finds herself wanting to uncover their identity. With the help of Daniel, a co-worker/person from her past/fellow intrigue fan, they set on a wild chase around Seattle. This is pure Jenn Bennett: filled with heart and so addictive.
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YA Books To Read If Winter is your Favorite Season ⛄️
Personally, I’m not a fan of winter, AT ALL. I despise the cold and everything about it, but I get the charm, as well. Cosy nights with a warm blanket, the snow falling outside and so on.
I compiled here 3 excellent YA books with snowy, winter feels. Well, two, actually, and a third one that just has these colder, unsettling winter feels, to me.
Girls Made of Snow and Glass, Melissa Bashardoust
Girls made of Snow and Glass is my number 1 recommendation for winter fans. I mean, the title already gives a bit of a clue, but… this is THE perfect Snow White retelling and I adore it.
Split between two POV and past and present, this story is about Mina, planning to win the King’s heart with her beauty and become queen. It’s also about Lynet, the King’s daughter… who could be queen, as well. This captivating, thrilling, snowy tale just transported me and I loved it.
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One Way or Another, Kara McDowell
If you love the Christmas, snowy season, One Way or Another is absolutely PERFECT for you. It’s such an endearing, heartwarming, winter-feels kind of book.
Paige has never been able to make a proper decision, forever crippled by anxiety of making the wrong choice. When she needs to choose between spending Christmas vacation in New York (the city of her dreams) or in a remote cabin with her best friend and long-time crush… she doesn’t know what to do. Fate steps in, allowing her to live the two different possibilities…
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☂️ Related blog post: 10 YA Books To Read To Get Into The Christmas And the Winter Holidays Spirit
The Falling Girls, Hayley Krischer
Last, but certainly not least, I want to recommend The Falling Girls. I feel like this YA thriller is so atmospheric, a little bit cold and just gives off the perfect vibes for winter fans, I think.
Shade and Jadis have been best friends since forever, sharing everything… until Shade joins the cheerleaders and, slowly but surely, changes. When one of the cheerleaders dies unexpectedly (and very mysteriously), Shade starts suspecting her best friend… An addictive tale about toxic, obsessive female friendship!
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I actually read “The Fever King” in spring last year and I totally agree that it’s perfect for that season. <3 I loved the first book so much and can't wait to read book two! This is such a lovely post idea.
Ah yay, I’m so happy to hear that! I can’t wait for you to read book two,I hope you’ll love it! 😀
There are so many on here that I can’t wait to read 🤩🤩
Thank you so much for the recommendations 🤍😊
Ahh thank you so much for reading!! <3 <3
Mariiiiie, how come I’ve never heard of Serious Moonlight before, because that is UP MY ALLEY??? I’ve worked in a hotel and I’ve gone on some shenanigans in Seattle with my host sister back in the day and an author’s secret identity!??!?!
Ahhh yes you’re right this sounds EXACTLY like the kind of book you could love! I hope you’ll give it a try sometime soon. Jenn Bennett just writes the best contemporary reads <3 <3
I personally love Spring, it’s so full of joy and hope, but I also love summer because of all the time off school! I’ll have to check out Between You, Me and the Honeybees, I actually have hives in my garden and I love beekeeping so I think this will be perfect for me (I’m also such a romantic lol).
I also wanted to let you know that I recently found Parachutes in a bookshop and HAD to pick it up after hearing about it on this blog – I can’t wait to read it!
Have a lovely week!!
Zoë
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Agree ahah, spring and summer are the best times <3 Ooooooh, Between You Me and the Honeybees was MADE for you then! I really hope you will love it <3
Oh my god 🥺 this just made my entire week, thank you so much!! 🥺 I hope you will love it as much as I did! Have a fantastic week <3 <3
I love this post and all your recommendations. I feel like the covers even resemble the appropriate season which I love 😍 Ah… I haven’t thought about The Fever King in a while but it was such a good book. I loved the character work sooo much. Maybe I should reread it 😂. Did you enjoy the sequel (if you’ve read it yet)?
Ahh thank you so much, Sophie! 🥺 I read the sequel, The Electric Heir, yes and I really loved it as well! I feel like it’s such a good duology overall. I hope you’ll finish reading it sometime! <3
Ah I love this post so much Marie! I have yet to read The Fever King, it’s been on my tbr for so long one day I’ll get to it. I totally agree with you that Morgan Matson’s books scream summer, The Unexpected Everything is such a summer vibe. I remember reading it and just feeling the summer feelings. Serious Moonlight also gives autumn vibes, autumn feels like an overcast day or like a full moon and seeing everything in a new light? (idk it’s just what it feels like to me because autumn is that transition season too).
Ok I think I have a fantasy rec for you, The Bone Witch trilogy and I believe it fits Winter best. It follows Tea who learns she’s a bone witch, able to raise the dead and I recently finished the trilogy. It’s become one of my all time fav series. Winter is a month of hibernation of death in nature unless the plants are evergreen. It’s also a season disliked by the vast majority of people, Tea our main character, is an amazing morally grey character. She makes choices that cause her to be disliked, however there’s a reason for these choices and whilst she doesn’t always go about things in the best way. I feel like she embodies Winter, she accepted that she would become a villain in people’s eyes to try and do a good thing. A bit like how without Winter we wouldn’t have Spring. I’m sorry if that was really long and rambly, I hoped that made some sense to you but it’s such a good series.
Clo thank you so so much and i’m so sorry for my really late reply!! 🥺 I hope you’ll give these books a try, especially The Fever King, I have a feeling you’d LOVE this one!
Oooooh intriguing!! I need to check it out, adding it to my goodreads now! Thank you so much!! and I hope you’re doing well 🥺
Loved this recommendation post 💕 I read Between You, Me and the Honeybees last summer and I can confirm that it’s the perfect book for this season 🥰 My favorite season is winter though ❄️ I don’t think I’ve heard many people talk about Girls Made of Snow and Glass, I’ll have to check it out!
Thank you so much, Caro! I hope you’ll give Girls Made of snow and glass a try, it’s such a underrated gem <3