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Study Break: 11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation
Edited by Aashna Avachat

Told over the course of one academic year, this collection of interconnected stories, set on the same fictional campus, explores different parts of “the college experience” and features students from different cultures, genders and interests who learn more about who they are and who they want to be. 
 
For more books that take place in a college setting, check out these titles. Begin Again by Emma Lord and First Year Orientation edited by Lauren Gibaldi. 
Blood Debts
by Terry J. Benton-Walker

Cristina and Clement, 16-year-old twin heirs to a powerful, magical, dethroned family in New Orleans, must find a way to trust each other and their family's magic to solve a decade's old murder and stop another massacre from destroying the city.
 
Did you enjoy Blood Debts and want similar books to read? Check out these titles. This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron and White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson.
An Improbable Season
by Rosalyn Eves

While in Regency London for their first Season, Thalia, her sister Kalli and their cousin Charis find their big plans to discover their own happily-ever-afters thwarted by scandal, love and the expectations of high society. 
 
Are you interested in reading other titles similar to this? Check out Sixteen Scandals by Sophie Jordan and The Davenports by Krystal Marquis. 
Harvest House
by Cynthia Leitich Smith

When strange things start happening at night near a new, supposedly haunted, rural attraction, including a creepy man stalking young Indigenous women, Hughie Wolfe and his friends set out to discover the truth in order to protect themselves and their community.
 
Are you looking for more creepy reads? Check out these titles once you finish reading Harvest House. Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dinaline and The Cost of Knowing by Brittney Morris.   
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Harley Quinn: Ravenous
by Rachael Allen

Getting paired with the most high-profile inmate at Arkham for her internship, college student Harleen Quinzel, with her patient's help, finds the only way to stop the terror that haunts the halls of the asylum is to let her darkness out. 
 
Looking for other DC universe stories? Check out Poison Ivy: Thorns a graphic novel by Kody Keplinger and Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass a graphic novel by Mariko Tamaki. 
Case Closed. Volume 86
by Gåoshåo Aoyama

When an heiress drowns in a hotel pool, Conan and Sera are on the scene to dredge up the truth. Then a screenwriter is found dead in a scenario straight out of one of her mystery scripts. And Conan and Harley investigate a mythical beast that seems to be committing very real murders. Meanwhile, Conan tries to learn something--anything--about Rum, the high-ranking Man in Black who's as secretive as he is dangerous. With these mysteries lurking in the shadows, how can Conan keep his mind on his cases? 
 
For other stories revolving around solving mysteries, check out these great reads. School Judgement by Nobuaki Enoki and Nancy Drew: The Palace of Wisdom by Kelly Thompson. 
Focus On Dystopia 
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The Grace Year
by Kim Liggett

Dreaming of a life outside the strict society that criminalizes teen girls and banishes them into the wild to be “purified,” 16-year-old Tierney discovers that many of the banished girls are being poached and sold on the black market.
 
Are you looking for more books similar to The Grace Year? Check out these novels. Fatal Throne by Candace Fleming and Enter the Body by Joy McCullough. 
Shatter me
by Tahereh Mafi

Ostracized or incarcerated her whole life, Juliette is freed on the condition that she use her abilities in support of the dictatorship, but Adam, the only person ever to show her affection, offers hope of a better future.
 
If you enjoyed the Shatter Me series, check out these books next. The Darkest Minds series by Alexandra Bracken and We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia. 
The 100
by Kass Morgan

When 100 juvenile delinquents are sent on a mission to recolonize Earth, they get a second chance at freedom, friendship, and love, as they fight to survive in a dangerous new world. 
 
If you liked The 100 and want other books that are similar, check out these titles. If Tomorrow Doesn't Come by Jen St. Jude and Star Splitter by Matthew J. Kirby. 
 
 
Want
by Cindy Pon

Jason Zhou is trying to survive in Taipei, a city plagued by pollution and viruses, but when he discovers the elite are using their wealth to evade the deadly effects, he knows he must do whatever is necessary to fight the corruption and save his city. 
 
Are you interested in reading other Dystopian/Sci-Fi novels like Want? Check out these great reads! The Diabolic, a trilogy by S.J. Kincaid and Walking in Two Worlds by Wab Kinew. 
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