I have read these books recently or years ago. Either way, they left a lasting impression on me.
- Batman: Nightwalker — Marie Lu
- Chronicles of the Guardians Series — Rita A. Rubin
- Clockwork Girl — Athena Villaverde
- Daytripper — Fábio Moon
- Divergent Series — Veronica Roth
- Ellen Outside the Lines — A.J. Sass
- Fire Becomes Her — Rosiee Thor
- Helium — Rudy Francisco
- I Am the Messenger — Markus Zusak
- I Rise — Marie Arnold
- Medusa — Rosie Hewlett
- One for All — Lillie Lainoff
- Rage is a Wolf — K.T. Mather
- Reflection — Elizabeth Lim
- Sir Callie and the Champions Champions of Helston — Esme Symes-Smith
- Snow Like Ashes Series — Sara Raasch
- The Book Thief — Markus Zusak
- The Carls Series — Hank Green
- The Dead and the Gone — Susan Beth Pfeffer
- The Hate U Give — Angie Thomas
- The Infernal Devices Series — Cassandra Clare
- The Kingdom of Back — Marie Lu
- The Only Pirate at the Party — Lindsey Stirling and Brooke S. Passey
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower — Stephen Chbosky
- The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness — Lori Schiller and Amanda Bennett
- The Silver Linings Playbook — Matthew Quick
- The Skinjacker Trilogy — Neal Shusterman
- The Young Elites Series — Marie Lu
- Tuesdays with Morrie — Mitch Albom
- Turtles All the Way Down — John Green
- Unwind Dystology Series — Neal Shusterman
- Warcross Series — Marie Lu
- We Are Okay — Nina LaCour
- We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria — Wendy Pearlman
- Yesterday I Was the Moon — Noor Unnahar