Young Adult Chick Lit Reading List

If you like the Gossip Girl series, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, or the Clique series then you like books in series with strong, female leading characters. You like drama, action, fashion, and are not afraid to state your opinion. Chances are that you’ve finished reading these series and are awaiting the next book with anticipation. While you are waiting why not give these authors a try???

Hailey Abbott writes the series Summer Boys as well as several fun stand-alone novels. She likes to write about the beach, romantic trysts, and family drama.

Libba Bray writes the Gemma Doyle series set Victorian England but with all the drama of Gossip Girls. There are also elements of fantasy and mystery.

Kate Brian writes the Private series in which 15-year-old Reed Brennan uncovers dark secrets about her private boarding school. Kate also has written many stand-alone novels.

Meg Cabot is most known for her Princess Diary series but she writes so much more—from murder mysteries to hilarious Bridget Jones-esque romances. Look her up in the catalog; you will like everything she writes.

Jen Calonita writes the Secrets of my Hollywood Life series that follows the glamorous life of Kaitlin Burke.

Ally Carter writes the Gallagher Girls series. It is about a boarding school for exceptional women that teaches essential skills to being a spy but the main character finds that it is more dangerous to fall in love.

Zoey Dean writes several series: A-List, Tallent, and Hollywood Royalty. She likes to write about characters who have fame and fortune and are not afraid to flaunt it!

Sarah Dessen writes thought provoking and touching stand-alone novels that deal with real life issues and strong female characters.

Melissa De La Cruz writes several series Au Pairs (about being a hot nanny), Ashleys (about being a queen bee in a private girls school), and Blue Bloods (about a girl who finds out she is a vampire. Ahhhh!).

Sarah Mlynowski writes a fun and snarky fantasy about a girl who finds out that her younger sister is a witch in the series Magic in Manhattan. Sarah also writes humorous stand-alone novels.

Lauren Myracle writes the Internet series about the friendship for three sixteen-year-old girls through their Internet messages.

J. Minter writes the Inside Girl series about the scandalous lives of the privileged in Manhattan’s trendiest neighborhoods.

Sara Shepard writes the series Pretty Little Liars about the lives of the uber rich in Rosewood Pennsylvania.

Scott Westerfeld is best known for his Uglies series in which he explores the real meaning of beauty in society but he also writes stand-alone novels and science fiction/fantasy.