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    Home » Blog » Recommended Book Lists

    Light & Fun Young Adult Books

    Published: Jan 25, 2018 · Modified: Sep 22, 2021 by Tiffany Dahle · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Need a light book after a heavy read? Young adult fiction genre is filled with awesome options for a little refreshing read when your last book left you feeling down.

    A collage of young adult book covers that are light and fun.

    Was your last book too dark? Feeling the need for something more whimsical and light?

    When I've just read a string of books that leave me feeling heavy-hearted and dreary, I turn to palette cleansing books from the YA genre.

    That's not to say that YA books don't have depth or sad plot lines, but if you pick just the right ones they can be a refreshing change of pace after a deep WWII novel for example. (Yes, I'm looking at you Beneath a Scarlet Sky.)

    I keep a running list of books on my Amazon Wishlist and in my Kindle To Read folder. I snap up the deals as I find them and put them in my queue.

    Its a great way to always have something light and refreshing ready to go when I need it!

    Young Adult Palette Cleansing Books

    The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

    I devoured Everything, Everything by this same author so I was excited to choose this as our official book club pick for June 2018. You can read all about the book and see the book club discussion questions here.

    Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch

    The Selection by Kiera Cass

    Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

    Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

    Windfall by Jennifer E. Smith

    What happens when a girl buys a guy a lottery ticket . . . and they win??

    Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett

    They had me at "a delightful spin on You've Got Mail." 

    Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway

    A more typical teen romance book but it looks just lovely.

    When It's Real by Erin Watt

    Hired to be the fake girlfriend of a popstar? The description made me laugh out loud.

    Zenn Diagram by Wendy Brant

    1 part math, 1 part magic. This teen romance sounds so sweet.

    Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

    • By the same authors as Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist. 

    I Temporarily Do by Ellie Cahill

    • Ellie knows everything about the need for palette cleansing, just check out her When Joss Met Matt.  

    Paper Princess by Erin Watt

    "This generation's Cruel Intentions." Intrigued.

    15 palette cleansing books after a dark and heavy read

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