My Top 15 Female Authors for International Women's Day 2018

There are so many incredible authors out there, a great deal of them female, and I think YA is a genre that embraces that. There are over 200 books on my bookshelves, and over 100 of them are written by women.

So to celebrate phenomenal female authors, here are my top 15! (Listed alphabetically)

1. Sara Barnard
2. Kendare Blake
3. Holly Bourne
4. Suzanne Collins
5. Jenny Downham
6. Becca Fitzpatrick
7. Gayle Forman
8. Lauren Oliver
9. Veronica Roth
10. J.K. Rowling
11. Carrie Ryan
12. Maggie Stiefvater
13. Paula Weston
14. Lisa Williamson
15. Moira Young

I can't wait to discover even more!

Happy International Women's Day!

Molly Looby

Author / Editor in Chief at Molten Publishing / Freelance Editor / Writing Coach / Reviewer / Blogger / Wrimo / Movellian / ZA Ready

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Top 25 YA Books and Series! World Book Day 2018

Happy World Book Day, everyone! I've done many lists here on this blog, and this year's no different.

This year I've listed my top 25 YA stand-alones and series. It was an insanely difficult task with some very difficult choices, but here are the books that made my list alphabetical by author.

1. Beautiful Broken Things - Sara Barnard
2. A Quiet Kind of Thunder - Sara Barnard
3. The Reapers are the Angels - Alden Bell
4. Anna Dressed in Blood Duology - Kendare Blake
5. Am I Normal Yet? - Holly Bourne
6. The Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
7. One - Sarah Crossan
8. Before I Die - Jenny Downham
9. Just One Day - Gayle Forman
10. Gone Series - Michael Grant
11. Paper Towns - John Green
12. Lorien Legacies Series - Pittacus Lore
13. Warm Bodies Series - Isaac Marion
14. Chaos Walking - Patrick Ness
15. The Rest of Us Just Live Here - Patrick Ness
16. Before I Fall - Lauren Oliver
17. Divergent Trilogy - Veronica Roth
18. Harry Potter Series - J.K. Rowling
19. The Forest of Hands and Teeth Trilogy - Carrie Ryan
20. Daughter of Deep Silence - Carrie Ryan
21. Wolves of Mercy Falls Trilogy - Maggie Stiefvater
22. Rephaim Series - Paula Weston
23. The Art of Being Normal - Lisa Williamson
24. Dustlands Trilogy - Moira Young
25. The Book Theif - Markus Zusak

Check them out this World Book Day!

Happy reading!


Molly Looby

Author / Editor in Chief at Molten Publishing / Freelance Editor / Writing Coach / Reviewer / Blogger / Wrimo / Movellian / ZA Ready

molly@moltenpublishing.co.uk

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