Lizz's Top 10 YA Fantasy Series

These are chosen in no particular order and I'll probably add to this list as time goes on ... because we all know I can't choose favorites.

1. Harry Potter by J K Rowling

2. Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

3. Grishaverse by Leigh Bardugo

4. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

5. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

6. The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

7. The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare

8. The Elemental Trilogy by Sherry Thomas

9. Mirrorworld by Cornelia Funke

10. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

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I am always intrigued with the idea of books that CHANGE how you think. I was fortunate enough to experience a few of these reads as a child. Fiction stories that not only changed what I thought, but also, I like to think, changed who I became. Now as an adult these books have shifted to more non-fiction, but I still am charged and empowered by a book that makes me think and then CHANGES me. I’m not talking about books I love. There are plenty of those from childhood including titles like T he Little Princess, Secret Garden, Blueberry, Sky Running, and The Blue Fairy Book . These are titles I read again and again. Although I loved their stories, I don’t think they actually changed me. No these books are: Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery is still a favorite as an adult. I got a first edition for my 18 th birthday and I cried. I think I cried because it meant I was heard, my parents, who gifted me the book, knew me, knew how important the story was to me. I...

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