♥!The Young Adult Book Club!♥ discussion

Sometimes I really hate waiting for the next book in a series. Do you prefer reading a series or a stand alone novel? What are some of your favorite stand alone books?

John Green and Jennifer Echols seem to have a lot of stand alone novels. I really like Jennifer Echos. I have been having a problem where I lose interest in a series by the time the next book comes out so I've really gotten into stand alone novels lately.

Hmm, I find that most of the books I read are series. Also, the stand alones are very different in genre compared to the series books I read. I love the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night time and Wonder.

I prefer trilogies rather than series or standalones.
They are long enough so they can cover a lot of ground in a story, but not so long that you get overwhelmed with information. Waiting for the 3rd book in Kingkiller Chronicles. Ive tried to read The Book Thief last month but I'm too lazy, gonna pick it up now during vacations.

here's some of my favorite stand-alone:

Irena wrote: "here's some of my favorite stand-alone:


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I LOVED The Duff and all Kody Keplinger's standalone books!

i just finished this one today and it's my new favorite:

the standalone i just read it started off ok and i was addicted. it was really confusing and great as a crime thriller but when i worked out who the killer was i suppose it was kind of boring. i'd definetely recommend it though and can't wait to read

I just read Davis Bunn's new Book 'Unlimited'. You have got to check this out then watch for the movie of it coming out this month!
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If you're looking for a sort of fantasy/gothic/dark/creepy standalone, I'm currently in the middle of and it's pretty good. It's Young Adult, deals with a murder mystery with a paranormal edge to it.

Some fantasy/scifi/paranormal standalones:
fantasy:
fantasy/scifi: <--- highly recommend!
paranormal:
historical:

Some of my personal favorites:

I really liked . It put an interesting twist on a well loved story.

I love stand alone books. Most series I've read disappointed me in the end.
Here are my favorite YA stand alone:



Wow, they are more than I thought at first o.O.

Sophia wrote: "Hmm, I find that most of the books I read are series. Also, the stand alones are very different in genre compared to the series books I read. I love the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night tim..."

I also love Curious Incident. I liked A Spot of Bother as well. If you like Mark Haddon, I would recommend Brock Clarke as well. I'm kind of a total fan girl of Clarke though, so keep that in mind.

Also, I love stand alone novels. Series are nice and trilogies are cool, but stand alones are my favorites to read, depending on the author and story.

Love Rainbow Rowell's books.


This is one of my favorite books.

I'm such a commitment-phobe when it comes to series that standalones are my go to. I've got to say though I am loving the trend of companion series. So far I've seen them pop up a lot in the YA romance genre (such as Anna and the French Kiss) but I would love to see more of them! I love the idea of books where you get to explore the scope of a world without having to deal with reading the books in a certain order, being left on a dumb cliffhanger, or second book slumps.

I like to read a couple books in a series, take a break with a standalone or three, and then return to the series to finish it off. Some of my favourite standalones are "A Thousand Splendid Suns," "Life of Pi," and "The Book of Negroes."