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23 Books with Multiracial Main CharactersGrowing up as a person with multiracial identities means being able to identify with multiple cultures and connect with various sides...
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14 Book Recs to Help You Manifest BraveryEpic Reads is teaming up with independent bookstores to get you Booked on a Feeling , and bringing you paperback book recs to suit...
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16 Books to Inspire Your Main Character Energy This SummerEpic Reads is teaming up with independent bookstores to get you Booked on a Feeling , and bringing you paperback book recs to suit...
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Reading These 12 Books Just Might Make You SmarterDo you ever just… love books?! We love how they shape the world we live in and how reading can open our minds to new ideas and...
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Start Reading ‘Brownstone’, a Coming-of-Age Graphic NovelAn exciting teen coming-of-age epic from author Samuel Teer and debut graphic novel artist Mar Julia, Brownstone is a vivid, sweeping,...
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The 15 Most Anticipated YA Books to Read in June 2024Ah, the sun is shining, windows are down, and the excitement in the air is palpable – it can only mean one thing: SUMMER IS (unofficially)...
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20 Romance Books That Prove We’re Obsessed with Summer LoveDo you need some joy right now? Because we need some joy right now. And nothing screams “joy!” to us quite like love. And summer....
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These 7 Mystery Books Kept Me Thinking Long After the Last PageSometimes, a book mesmerizes you so deeply that right after you finish it, you just need to sit and stare at a wall for a good 10-15 minutes....
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17 Books That Prove Speculative Fiction is the Best GenreIf you’re reading this post you either 1. already KNOW speculative fiction is the best and are looking for more books to add to your TBR (we...
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Start Reading the Queer Coming-of-Age Graphic Novel ‘Sunhead’In this queer coming-of-age teen graphic novel by breakout talent Alex Assan, high schooler Rotem feels herself growing apart from her...
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Start Reading ‘Sunrise Nights’, a Novel in Verse, with this Sneak PeekTwo young artists have a chance meeting on the last night of summer arts camp in this YA novel in verse and dialogue cowritten by acclaimed...
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32 YA Books with Trans and Nonbinary CharactersStories about transgender and nonbinary teenagers are important and necessary in YA fiction, full stop. While there are certainly more books...
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Start Reading ‘The Only Light Left Burning’, the Anticipated Sequel to ‘All That’s Left in the World’What If It’s Us meets They Both Die at the End in this sequel to the beloved postapocalyptic queer YA adventure romance All...
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Start Reading the Compassionate Debut Thriller ‘Looking for Smoke’Four teens on the Blackfeet Reservation find themselves the suspects of an investigation when a classmate is found murdered during the annual...
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Start Reading the Queer Dark Academia Thriller ‘The Lilies’One of Us Is Lying meets A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder in this don’t-dare-to-look-away dark academia thriller that explores how secrets...
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Start Reading ‘Queerceañera’, an Irresistible New Rom-ComThis irresistible and hilarious rom-com from acclaimed author Alex Crespo is a whirlwind of telenovela-level drama and hijinks when Joaquin...
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32 YA Books Featuring A Non-European Influenced Fantasy WorldHere at Epic Reads, there is no surprise we love a great fantasy book and can you blame us?! We love the intricate worldbuilding authors...
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38 Poetry Books & Novels in Verse Guaranteed to Take Your Breath AwayHave you ever wanted to approach poetry but weren’t sure where to start? Here at Epic Reads, we totally understand—there are so many poets and...
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Start Reading the Genre-Bending YA Mystery ‘Dark Parts of the Universe’Outer Banks meets Bone Gap in New York Times bestselling author Samuel Miller’s propulsive and genre-bending YA mystery, following a...
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The 16 Most Anticipated YA Books to Read in April 2024Y’all, there are SO many good books coming out in April—no foolin’! (SORRY) Between the new books from of Holly Price, June CL...
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Start Reading the Debut Graphic Memoir ‘Homebody’In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir about the journey one nonbinary person takes to...
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Start Reading ‘Darker by Four’, the Launch of an Epic Fantasy DuologyA vengeful girl. A hollow boy. A missing god. Rui has one goal in mind—honing her magic to avenge her mother’s death. Yiran is the...
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29 Fantasy Romance Books That You’ll Fall Deeply In Love With!We’re obsessed with a good fantasy novel . Badass characters, spellbinding worlds to lose ourselves in, a new magic system to learn?...
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13 YA Books Filled With Feminist Fury*climbs atop soapbox* IT’S OKAY TO BE ANGRY AT A WORLD THAT OPPRESSES YOU. *climbs down from soapbox* Many feminists, especially...
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In Defense of Unlikeable Girls in YA BooksFor too long, girls, women, and femmes have been expected to live by an arbitrary set of rules: to be quiet and agreeable, to not bring too...
