Read in 2017.

Asterisk denotes progress.
  1. Holding Up the Universe By Jennifer Niven
  2. The Crown By Kiera Cass
  3. Openly Straight By Bill Konnigsberg
  4. George By Alex Gino
  5. We are Okay By Nina LaCour
  6. None of the Above By I. W. Gregorio
  7. Buffering By Hannah Hart
  8. #Girlboss By Sophia Amoruso
  9. You Know Me Well By Nina LaCour and David Levithan
  10. This Book is Gay By Juno Dawson
  11. Anna Karenina By Leo Tolstoy*
  12. Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story By David Levithan
  13. Mosquitoland By David Arnold
  14. The DUFF By Kody Keplinger
  15. What We Left Behind By Robin Talley
  16. All the Bright Places By Jennifer Niven
  17. We Should All Be Feminists By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  18. Dash + Lily's Book of Dares By Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
  19. Born Digital: How Children Grow Up in a Digital Age By John Palfrey and Urs Gasser*
  20. The Hate U Give By Angie Thomas*
  21. The Upside of Unrequited By Becky Albertalli
  22. The Girls By Emma Cline*
  23. Looking for Alaska By John Green
  24. The Improbable Theory of Ana + Zak By Brian Katcher

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