Young Adult New York Times Read Alikes: July 26, 2015

#1 Recommendations. For readers who enjoyed PAPER TOWNS, by John Green, here are more novels about strong female protagonists:

• Perfect Escape by Jennifer Brown
• Just One Day by Gayle Forman
• We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
• Let’s Get Lost by Adi Alsaid
• If I Stay by Gayle Forman

#2 Recommendations. For readers who enjoyed LOOKING FOR ALASKA, by John Green, here are more novels about people who change your life:

• All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
• Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
• 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
• The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
• Winger by Andrew Smith            

#3 Recommendations. For readers who enjoyed ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL, by Jesse Andrews, here are young adult novels that deal with illness: 

• The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
• The Probability of Miracles by Wendy Wunder
• This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl by Esther Earl
• I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
• Every day by David Levithan

#4 Recommendations. For readers who enjoyed THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak, try these novels that deal with great courage of young people and tragedy:            

• The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
• Copper Sun by Sharon Draper
• Maus : a survivor's tale By Art Spiegelman

#5 Recommendations. For readers who enjoyed MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN, by Ransom Riggs, more novels about children  who are on their own: 

• Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding
• The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
• The Night Gardener A Scary Story by Jonathan Auxier