Clean Reads discussion

I'm a college age student who is sick of reading about early high schoolers. I'm more okay with high school age in settings that are not high school (apocalypse or fantasy) so that it is easier to suspend my disbelief. I like fantasy, sci-fi, historical fiction, and romance. Some of my favorite books (no particular order) are Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen), Six Crimson Cranes (Elizabeth Lim), Penryn and the End of Days (Susan Ee), Blade of Ash (CFE Black), Harry Potter (JK Rowling), Lord of the Rings (JRR Tolkien). Any suggestions are appreciated.

Here’s a few recs you might like.
The River of Fallen Stars is the first of a historical fiction/fantasy series with protagonists in their early 20s. (For transparency, this is my series, but it seems to fit what you’re looking for.) There’s currently 2 books with the 3rd coming out later this year.

Are you ok with mysteries? I enjoyed the first two books of Tirzah Price Jane Austen murder mystery series. (First book is a retelling of P&P)

The Bachelor Girl's Guide to Murder was a really humorous historical mystery featuring a female duo of sleuth friends.

A couple other historical fiction/romances…
My Fine Fellow
Shades of Pemberley (A great P&P spinoff about the daughter of Wickham and Lydia)
Sarah M Eden has some great regencys. While the Jonquil/Lancasrer series is my personal favorite, her new huntresses series focuses on a slightly younger group of characters and may be more what you’re looking for.

An older book I discovered recently I thought was cute Daddy-Long-Legs

Hope this helps!

Oh and Annette Larsen has some good historical fiction/fantasy books too. I’ve read a few from her princesses of Dalthia series, but she has another series of fairytale retelling also available.

@madison Hey, where can I get your book? It sounds very interesting! ;)

I’m reading the Once Upon a Broken Heart series by Stephanie Garber and they are mostly clean! There’s a little bit of innuendo but nothing explicit.

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Bown are clean, victorian mysteries with a bit of romance. If you like Pride and Prejudice you will enjoy the series.

Jaye wrote: "@madison Hey, where can I get your book? It sounds very interesting! ;)"

Thanks! It’s available on Amazon (ebook and paperback) as well as Kindle Unlimited. There’s a link in my profile if you want to check it out 😊

Hi Rebecca - If you're looking for a clean read with young adult characters, check out Redirection, https://a.co/d/j8bY3pm. Free book promotion January 9, 2024 and it's on Kindle Unlimited. Enjoy!Redirection

Rebecca - I have not read all these but I know they are clean authors in the fantasy genre. I am not sure of the age of characters. E.A. Winters, Rachel E. Scott, Mary Mecham, Annette K. Larsen, Sarah Beran. Hope that list helps!

Definitely recommend reading these books!

The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery


Shard of Glass by Emily Deady


Son of the Deep by K.B. Hoyle

I LOVED the blue castle 💕

Try Powerless by Lauren Roberts- romantasy and is absolutely AMAZING and also idk if this is what you are looking for but Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ The Fixer is a political thriller about a girl in high school but she deals with congressmen and presidents its my favorite book. ❤️❤️❤️