Listmania Monday: Sprayed Pages

One of my FAVORITE design features right now is the sprayed page (also called stained, tinted, or gilded edges). This is where the exposed edges of a book's pages along the top, side, and bottom of the book are painted with color (gilded refers to using gold, silver, or other metallic finishes). It's a super expensive process when professionally done by a printer, but it makes the books look soooooo pretty! You can learn a bit about the process here. Because it's expensive, most titles that you'll see with it are rare special & collector's editions, but lately, these pages have been popping up more and more. In case anyone else is as obsessed with these beauties as I am, I thought I'd make a list of all the ones I've found.

Note 1: title/edition - author (country / store or subscription box) - color of pages
If it's stated as widely available, it *should* be offered via most retailers specific to that country.

Note 2: For series, I'm going to put sequels with the first book in the series instead of putting them in alphabetically.

Note 3: I have included links for books that were still available when I published this list. If you are interested in ordering any of the books, please check with the retailer to make sure it's the edition with the sprayed pages. I am not responsible for purchases of the wrong edition. If there's one you want but can't find, try AbeBooks.

Note 4: There may be spoilers in here for upcoming book boxes. Read at your own risk.

Aurora Rising - Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (US - BookishSignsAndMore; UK - Goldsboro, Illumicrate) - purple, pink, or black; purple, pink

The Beholder - Anna Bright (UK - Fairyloot) - light pink
Birthday - Meredith Russo (UK - Illumicrate) - rainbow

Caraval - Stephanie Garber (hc: Goldsboro, pb: Waterstones, Tesco) - gold, red, gold

└Caraval ARC - Stephanie Garber (UK) - red

└Legendary - Stephanie Garber (hc: Goldsboro, pb: Waterstones) - silver, orange
└Finale - Stephanie Garber (hc: Waterstones, Fairyloot) - red, stenciled card symbols
└Caraval deluxe set - Stephanie Garber (UK - Fairyloot) - red (on sale 9/21 at 1 pm BST in Fairy Trove)
Carve the Mark - Veronica Roth (UK - Waterstones) - blue

Catwoman: Soulstealer - Sarah J. Maas (UK - hc: Illumicrate, pb: Waterstones) - pinkish purple
Circle of Shadows - Evelyn Skye (UK - Fairyloot) - lavender

City of Bones 10th anniversary - Cassandra Clare (US - widely available) - gold

Colour Me In - Lydia Ruffles (UK) - ombre pink/purple/blue
The Cruel Prince - Holly Black (UK - Illumicrate) - unknown (on sale for public 8/25 at 4 pm BST) (they will do editions of books 2 & 3 next year)
└Queen of Nothing - Holly Black (UK - Fairyloot) - unknown stencil (on sale for public 8/28 at 1 pm BST in Fairy Trove)

Dance of Thieves - Mary Pearson (US - BookishSignsAndMore) - teal?
└Vow of Thieves - Mary Pearson (US - BookishSignsAndMore) - medium blue
Dark Age - Pierce Brown (UK - Illumicrate) - black stenciled
The Deathless Girls - Kiran Millwood Hargrave (UK - Waterstones) - crimson/maroon
Descendant of the Crane - Joan He (UK - Illumicrate) - red
The Devouring Gray - Christine Lynn Herman (UK - possibly just Waterstones) - pink
Doppelganger Chronicles - G.P. Taylor (US) - gray
The Dragon Republic - R.F. Kuang (UK - Illumicrate) - blue

An Ember in the Ashes - Sabaa Tahir (UK - Goldsboro) - black

└A Torch Against the Night - Sabaa Tahir (UK - Goldsboro) - black

└A Reaper at the Gates - Sabaa Tahir (UK - Goldsboro) - black
Empire of Sand - Tasha Suri (US - Fox & Wit) - red
Empress of All Seasons - (UK - Illumicrate) - black
Enchantée - Gita Trelease (US - Fox & Wit) - gold

The Enemy series - Charlie Higson (US) - the entire series is sprayed black

Fangirl paperback - Rainbow Rowell (US - widely available) - green

Frogkisser! - Garth Nix (Australia) - yellow

Ghostgirl: Homecoming - Tonya Hurley (US) - silver
Gideon the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir (US - 1st edition; UK - Illumicrate) - black, unknown

Girls of Paper & Fire - Natasha Ngan (US - Fox & Wit, UK - Fairyloot) - purple, pink
└Girls of Storm & Shadow - Natasha Ngan (UK - Fairyloot) - turquoise
The Giver Quartet omnibus - Lois Lowry (US) - red

Grasshopper Jungle - Andrew Smith (US - 1st printing only) - electric yellow/green

Grim Lovelies - Megan Shepherd (US - Fox & Wit) - unknown

Harry Potter 20th anniversary (Philosopher's Stone & Chamber of Secrets) - J.K. Rowling (UK - widely available) - assorted house colors in solids or stripes

Heart of Iron - Ashley Poston - (US - Owlcrate) - purple

Heart of Thorns - Bree Barton - (UK - Fairyloot) - red

The Heartbeats of Wing Jones pb - Katherine Webber (UK) - ombre pink/purple
House of Salt & Sorrows - Erin A. Craig (US - Fox & Wit) - unknown

Into the Crooked Place - Alexandra Christo (UK - Fairyloot) - unknown stencil (on sale 9/14 at 1 pm BST in Fairy Trove)
Iron Gold - Pierce Brown (UK - Waterstones & ???) - black, red (no idea which edition was red)

Kingsbane - Claire Legrand (US - Fox & Wit) - black

LIFEL1K3 - Jay Kristoff (US - BookishSignsAndMore) -
└DEV1AT3 - Jay Kristoff (US - BookishSignsAndMore) -

Mirage - Somaiya Daud (UK - Fairyloot) - dark purple

The Miseducation of Cameron Post - Emily Danforth (UK - Waterstones) - rainbow

My True Love Gave to Me - Stephanie Perkins (UK) - hot pink

└My True Love Gave to Me Valentine's edition - Stephanie Perkins (UK) - teal

└Summer Days & Summer Nights - Stephanie Perkins (UK) - yellow

The Name of the Wind 10th anniversary DELUXE edition - Patrick Rothfuss (US - widely available, I think) - black

Nevernight - Jay Kristoff (UK - Goldsboro, Waterstones) - red, black

└Godsgrave - Jay Kristoff (UK - Goldsboro, Waterstones) - blue, black
└Darkdawn - Jay Kristoff (UK - Goldsboro, Waterstones, Illumicrate) - black with stars, black, yellow

The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern (UK first edition) - black
Nocturna - Maya Motayne (UK - Fairyloot)

On the Come Up - Angie Thomas (UK - Waterstones) - purple
Once & Future - Amy Rose Capetta & Cori McCarthy (UK - Illumicrate) - green
One of Us is Lying paperback - Karen McManus (UK - widely available) - red

Onyx & Ivory - Mindee Arnett - (UK - Fairyloot) - black
Orphanage of the Gods - (UK - Illumicrate) - teal

Queen of Air and Darkness paperback - Cassandra Clare (UK - Waterstones) - red

Red Queen special edition - Victoria Aveyard (US - widely available) - red

└Glass Sword special edition - Victoria Aveyard (US - widely available) - gray

└War Storm - Victoria Aveyard (UK - Waterstones) - blue
Red Sister - Mark Lawrence (UK - widely available) - black
The Ruin of Kings - Jenn Lyons (UK - Goldsboro) - turquoise

Sanctuary - V.V. James (UK - Illumicrate) - green
Sawkill Girls - Claire Legrand (US - Fox & Wit) - dark blue

The Sea Witch - Sarah Henning (US - Fox & Wit) - dark blue
Sea Witch Rising - Sarah Henning (US - Fox & Wit) - purple
*Note: F&W is selling The Sea Witch and Sea Witch Rising individually and as a two-book set. It is not yet known if The Sea Witch will be the same dark blue as the initial edition or another. F&W mentioned purple edges, but that could be either book.

Seafire - Natalie C. Parker (US - Fox & Wit) - orange
Serpent & Dove - Shelby Mahurin (US - Fox & Wit; UK - Fairyloot) - unknown metallic
The Sisters of the Winter Wood - Rena Rosser (UK - Goldsboro) - yellow

Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo (US - widely available) - black

└Six of Crows special edition - Leigh Bardugo (UK - widely available) - red
└Crooked Kingdom - Leigh Bardugo (US - widely available) - red
Skyward - Brandon Sanderson (UK/out of US & CA - Fairyloot) - yellow

Smoke Thieves ARC - Sally Green (Illumicrate) - purple

The Song Rising - Samantha Shannon (UK - Goldsboro) - orange
Sorcery of Thorns - Margaret Rogerson (UK - Fairyloot) - green

Strange the Dreamer - Laini Taylor (UK - Fairyloot) - blue

└Muse of Nightmare - Laini Taylor (UK - widely available) - orange

└Strange/Muse - Laini Taylor (UK - Illumicrate) - gold/silver
The Sun is Also a Star - Nicola Yoon (US - B&N Exclusive Collector's Edition) - purple

The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas (UK - Waterstones) - yellow
To Best the Boys - Mary Weber (UK - Fairyloot) - gray
Tunnel of Bones - Victoria Schwab (US - Fox & Wit) - unknown

These Rebel Waves - Sara Raasch (UK - Fairyloot) - green

This Mortal Coil ARC - Emily Suvada (UK) - red

└This Mortal Coil pb - Emily Suvada (UK - Waterstones) - black/white DNA design

└This Cruel Design ARC - Emily Suvada (UK) - blue

└This Cruel Design pb - Emily Suvada (UK - Waterstones) - black/white DNA design
This Time Will Be Different - Misa Suguira (UK - Illumicrate) - yellow
The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean Telt by Hisself - David Almond (US - widely available?) - black
The Twilight Saga 5 book set - Stephenie Meyer (UK - widely available?) - red

Vengeful - V.E. Schwab (US - Fox & Wit) - red

We Hunt the Flame - Hafsah Faizal (US - Fox & Wit) - unknown
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West mass market pb - Gregory Maguire (US - widely available) - green
└Son of a Witch mass market pb - Gregory Maguire (US - widely available) - red
Wicked Fox - Kat Cho (UK - Fairyloot) - pinkish purple
Wilder Girls - Rory Power (US - Fox & Wit) - unknown color
The Wizards of Once - Cressida Cowell (UK - Waterstones) - orange
└The Wizards of Once: Twice Magic - Cressida Cowell (UK - Waterstones) - turquoise
Wonder Woman: Warbringer - Leigh Bardugo (UK - Waterstones) - red

B&N Collectible Editions and Penguin Drop Caps are special edition collectible books (mostly classics) that have gorgeous covers and sprayed or gilded edges. I have the leatherbound bindup of Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park and The Lost World, which has silver gilded edges, and Pride and Prejudice which is a lovely mint color.

If you're interested in painting your own pages, check out my own tutorial or you can also find a lot of cool tutorials on other book blogs and youtube. I love this tutorial from Sea Lemon specifically on metallic pages. Vicky Who Reads has a great tutorial for hand-painting your own books with acrylics (she does an ombre rainbow!), as does Lauren's Bookshelf, and if you're more interested in spray-painting tutorials, you can find one through Bookish Wisps. I also found a nice airbrush painting tutorial on youtube from KivoxEnder.

If you're looking for a really cool professional work of art, check out TintedProse or RusticPagesArt on Etsy. They offer different options like sending in your own copy or purchasing a copy from them. Tinted Prose can also paint a book-specific design on the exposed pages (like blue pages with a white moth for Strange the Dreamer, which you can see here)! 

Listmania Monday: Geeks, Nerds & Fandoms, oh my!

In 2018, it is no longer an insult to be a nerd or a geek. Nerds have gotten their revenge, geeks are chic, and being fully into fandoms, attending conventions, cosplaying characters, playing D&D, and creating fanfic and fanart is fully in. So today I'm going to share all the YA books that celebrate geeks, nerds, and fan culture!


Note: I am including some books about music fandom.

Adorakable - Sarra Manning
Adorkable - Cookie O'Gorman
All of This is True - Lygia Day Penaflor
All the Feels - Danika Stone
Analee, In Real Life - Janelle Milanes
Art Geeks & Prom Queens - Alyson Noel
The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl series - Barry Lyga

Band Geek duology - Josie Bloss
Between Us and the Moon - Rebecca Maizal
Bookish Boyfriends - Tiffany Schmidt

Bookishly Ever After - Isabel Bandeira
The Boomerang Effect - Gordon Jack

Camp Boyfriend - J.K. Rock
Chaotic Good - Whitney Gardner
Close Encounters of the Geek Kind duology - Andy Robb
Comics Will Break Your Heart - Faith Erin Hicks
Cure for the Common Universe - Christian McKay Heidicker

Darius the Great is Not Okay - Adib Khorram
Don't Cosplay with My Heart - Cecil Castellucci
Draw the Line - Laurent Linn

Eliza and her Monsters - Francesca Zappia

#famous - Gagnon
Fan Art - Sarah Tregay
Fan the Fame - Anna Priemaza (2019)
The Fandom - Anna Day
Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell
The Fangirl Life: A Guide to All the Feels and Learning How to Deal - Kathleen Smith
The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy - Sam Maggs
Final Draft - Riley Redgate
Follow Me Back series - A.V. Geiger

Gamer Girl - Mari Mancusi
Geek Charming - Robin Palmer
Geek Girl series - Holly Smale
The Geek Girl's Guide to Cheerleading - Charity Tahmaseb & Darcy Vance
Geek High series - Piper Banks
Geek Magnet - Kieran Scott
Geekerella duology - Ashley Poston (2019)
The Geek's Guide to Unrequited Loves - Sarvenaz Tash
Geektastic - Holly Black & Cecil Castellucci
Gena/Finn - Hannah Moskowitz
Girls Like Me - Lola St. Vil
Going Geek - Charlotte Huang
Grace and the Fever - Zan Romanoff
Guy in Real Life - Steve Brezenoff

Hattie Moore duology - Rae Earl
Hero - Perry Moore
How To series - Cassie Mae

I Am Princess X - Cherie Priest
I Hate Everyone But You - Gaby Dunn & Allison Raskin
I Kissed Alice - Anna Birch (2020)
The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak - Brian Katcher
In Real Life - Cory Doctorow & Jen Wang
In Real Life - Lawrence Tabak
Internet Famous - Danika Stone
Into the Wild Nerd Yonder - Julie Halpern

Kat and Meg Conquer the World - Anna Priemaza
Kill the Boy Band - Goldie Moldavsky
King Dork series - Frank Portman

Life in Outer Space - Melissa Keil
Looking For Group - Rory Harrison

Mechanical Hearts series - J.C. Lillis
Meg & Linus - Hannah Nowinski
The Museum of Heartbreak - Meg Leder
My Faire Lady - Laura Wettersten

Nerd series - Leah Rae Miller
The Nerd Girls duology - Alan Sitomer
The Nerdy and the Dirty - B.T. Gottfred
Now a Major Motion Picture - Cori McCarthy

The Only Thing Worse Than Me is You - Lily Anderson

Pilgrims duology - Stephanie Kate Strohm
Playing Defense - Cate Cameron
Popular: Vintage Wisdom for the Modern Geek - Maya Van Wagenen
The Pros of Cons - Alison Cherry, Lindsay Ribar & Michelle Schusterman
Pwned - Shannon Crane Camp

The Queen Geek Social Club series - Laura Preble
Queens of Geek - Jen Wilde

The Replacement Crush - Lisa Brown Roberts
The Rest of Us Just Live Here - Patrick Ness

Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here - Anna Breslaw
Ship It - Britta Lundin
Shuffle, Repeat - Jen Klein
Signs Point to Yes - Sandy Hall
Smart Girls Get What They Want - Sarah Strohmeyer
Solving for Ex duology - LeighAnn Hopkins
The Square Root of Summer - Harriet Reuter Hapgood
Stranger Than Fanfiction - Chris Colfer

Tash Hearts Tolstoy - Kathryn Ormsbee
The Theory of Everything - Kari Luna

Unconventional - Maggie Harcourt
The Unforgettables - G.L. Thomas

What Happens Now - Jennifer Castle
When Dimple Met Rishi - Sandhya Menon
Who's That Girl - Blair Thornburgh

PS I'm not including Carry On on this list because IT IS NOT ABOUT FANDOM. Fangirl is about fandom. Carry On is a straight up fantasy novel. FIGHT ME.

Listmania Monday: Pirates & Mermaids

One subgenre that has absolutely stolen the show in YA for the past couple years is that of the high seas adventure! Whether based in history or set in a more fantastic lands, books starring pirates and mermaids are sweeping bookshelves all over! For this list, I've collected books that contain something seaworthy, although for some, it's a small part of the plot overall.

The Abyss Surrounds Us duology - Emily Skrutskie
Airborn (Matt Cruise series) - Kenneth Oppel
The Aquathari duology - Amalie Howard
"The Assassin & the Pirate Lord" - Sarah J. Maas (part of The Assassin's Blade bindup)
The Assassin's Curse duology - Cassandra Rose Clarke
Atlantia - Ally Condie

Beauty Queens - Libba Bray - I DON'T CARE IF THESE PIRATES ARE MTV-ESQUE REALITY FUCKBOYS. I AM COUNTING THEM, BY GOLLY
Blackhearts duology - Nicole Castroman
Bloody Jack series - L.A. Meyer
The Buccaneer's Apprentice - V. Briceland

The Celestial Globe - Marie Rutkoski

Daughter of the Pirate King duology - Tricia Levenseller
The Dust of 100 Dogs - A.S. King

Fathomless - Jackson Pearce (book 3 of the Retold Fairytales series)
Forgive My Fins trilogy - Tera Lynn Childs

Gentleman's Guide to Vice & Virtue duology - Mackenzi Lee
The Girl from Everywhere duology - Heidi Heilig

Hook's Revenge duology - Heidi Schulz

In Other Lands - Sarah Rees Brennan

Jane Unlimited - Kristin Cashore

The Language of Thorns - Leigh Bardugo
Lies Beneath Trilogy - Anne Greenwood Brown
Lost Voices trilogy - Sarah Porter

The Mermaid, the Witch and the Sea - Maggie Tokuda-Hall (2019)
Midnight Jewel - Richelle Mead
Monstrous Beauty - Elizabeth Fama

The Necromancer's Song series - Caitlin Seal
Never Never - Brianna Shrum

Over Raging Tides - Jennifer Ellison

Pacifica - Kristen Simmons
Passenger - Alexandra Bracken
The Pirate Captain's Daughter - Eve Bunting
Pirates! - Celia Rees
Princess Bride - William Goldman

The Reader - Traci Chee
Real Mermaids series - Helene Boudreau
The Runaway King - Jennifer A. Nielsen

Salt & Storm - Kendall Kulper
Sea Change - Aimee Friedman
Sea Witch - Sarah Henning
The Seafarer's Kiss series - Julia Ember (HECK yeah this series has BOTH mermaids AND badass girl pirates)
Seafire trilogy - Natalie C. Parker
Siege & Storm - Leigh Bardugo
Siren - Michelle Zink
The Siren - Kiera Cass
Song of the Current duology - Sarah Tolcser
Stardust - Neil Gaiman
Steel - Carrie Vaughn
Stream Raiders series (These Rebel Waves) - Sara Raasch
Syrena Legacy trilogy - Anna Banks

Teeth - Hannah Moskowitz
Tempest trilogy - Tracy Deebs
Tiger Lily - Jodi Anderson
To Catch a Pirate - Jade Parker

To Kill a Kingdom - Alexandra Christo
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle - Avi - Not so much pirates as an awesome sea voyage book, but I can't leave it off. Charlotte Doyle is, like, OG girl pirate
A Tyranny of Petticoats: "Mother Carey's Journey" - J. Anderson

The Unbinding of Mary Reade - Miriam McNamara

Water Tales duology (Aquamarine!!!) - Alice Hoffman
Waterfire Saga - Jennifer Donnelly
Watersong series - Amanda Hocking
Witchlands series - Susan Dennard

What do you think of my seafaring list? Which of these are your faves? Did I leave anything off? Let me know in the comments!

Listmania Monday: The Prettiest Naked Covers

The fun thing about creating these lists of books with unique design aspects is that I'm learning a lot about... well, book design. And one of the best things I've learned is the technical terms printers & designers use for the various parts of a book. So most readers just call a hardcover book without its dust jacket a "naked book," which is always a fun term, but a hardbound book's cover is actually the case cover. If you're interested in learning more about the different parts and design aspects of printing books, my favorite source is The Book Designer. Today, I'm talking about books with case covers that have been embellished in some way as a nod to the book or the author.

How are case covers embellished? Again, most of us typically use the term embossed. I have discovered that this term is factually incorrect as emboss means to raise, and because case covers are cardboard that have been covered in fabric or paper, the surface isn't able to be raised. Deboss is the correct term when talking about stamped case covers, and the two kinds of debossing that occur are a blind stamp—an uncolored depression on the case cover—or foil stamping—using colored foil to make the stamp stand out. Dust jackets, on the other hand, ARE able to be embossed because a stamp can be applied to the bottom, and the title, author name, or art can be pushed up. Source

The other way covers are embellished is by using a specially designed wrap instead of the more typical paper/cloth wraps. These covers are smoother and glossier, and usually more colorful because they can be printed, unlike the cloth covers. Examples include Suzanne Young's The Program series, Kayla Cagan's Piper Perish, and Matthew Quick's Every Exquisite Thing.

Note 1: Unless specified, the default is the US "regular" edition.
Note 1A: German editions are really fucking cool & super underrated, you guys. Everyone always talks about US & UK/Australia, but GERMAN EDITIONS ARE GORGEOUS.
Note 2: Most of these are YA fiction, but I AM including some middle grade and adult fiction and YA nonfiction.
Note 3: Many books published by HarperCollins's Greenwillow Books imprint are stamped with a Greenwillow-specifc stamp, but I don't know if it's all of them, nor do I have a complete list of those titles. Eliza and Her Monsters is one of these.
Note 4: If I have one book in a series listed instead of the entire series, it's because I can't confirm the entire series has a stamped cover.
Note 5: This list got way longer than I expected. I didn't want to cut the MG & adult fiction because I WORKED HARD TO FIND ALL OF THESE, DANGIT, SO I'M GOING TO SHOW THEM ALL. But I have bolded the "regular" YA editions to make those easier to spot.

10 Things I Can See From Here - Carrie Mac
23 Minutes - Vivian Vande Velde
99 Days - Katie Cotugno

Abarat - Clive Barker
Absent - Katie Williams
The Accidental Highwayman - Ben Tripp
After Alice - Gregory Maguire
Alexander Hamilton: Revolutionary - Martha Brockenbrough
All the Bright Places (US & Turkish editions) - Jennifer Niven
The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman (not sure which edition)
American Panda - Gloria Chao
And a Happy New Year - Holly Bourne
And the Ocean Was Our Sky - Patrick Ness
Angel - Cliff McNish
Angel Thieves - Kathi Appelt

Arc of a Scythe series - Neal Shusterman
Armada - Ernest Cline
Artemis (UK) - Andy Weir
Ash - James Herbert
The Astonishing Color of After - Emily X.R. Pan
Awake in the World - Jason Gurley

Batman: Nightwalker - Marie Lu
Becoming Beatriz - Tami Charles
Beneath the Haunting Sea - Joanna Ruth Meyer
Birthright trilogy - Gabrielle Zevin
Bitterblue - Kristin Cashore
Black Widow duology - Margaret Stohl
The Blackcoat Rebellion trilogy - Aimée Carter
Blood Countess - Lana Popovic
The Bone Season series - Samantha Shannon
Born Wicked (German edition)  - Jessica Spotswood
Borne - Jeff Vandermeer
The Brightest Stars of Summer - Leila Howland
Bumped duology - Megan McCafferty

The Call - Peadar O'Guilin
Caraval trilogy (UK and US editions have different designss) - Stephanie Garber

Carry On - Rainbow Rowell
Carve the Mark duology - Veronica Roth
Catwoman: Soulstealer - Sarah J. Maas
Chaos Walking series - Patrick Ness
Charlotte Holmes series - Brittany Cavallaro

Children of Blood and Bone - Tomi Adeyemi
The Chronicles of the Black Tulip series - Barry Wolverton
Circe (UK) - Madeline Miller
City Love series - Susane Colasanti
Clash of Kingdoms series - Erin Summerill
The Conquerer's Saga - Kiersten White
Conviction - Kelly Loy Gilbert
A Corner of White - Jaclyn Moriarty
The Cost of All Things - Maggie Lehrman
Court of Shadows - Madeleine Roux
A Court of Wings and Ruin (Target edition) - Sarah J. Maas
The Cresswell Plot - Eliza Wass
The Crown's Game - Evelyn Skye
Cruel Beauty & Crimson Bound - Rosamund Hodge

The Cruel Prince - Holly Black
The Curiosities - Maggie Stiefvater, Brenna Yovanoff & Tessa Gratton
A Curse Dark as Gold - Elizabeth C. Bunce

Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip - Jordan Sonnenblick

Da Vinci's Tiger - L.M. Elliott
The Dark Artifices (special Waterstones edition) - Cassandra Clare
Dark Breaks the Dawn - Sara B. Larson
A Darker Shade of Magic (special edition) - V.E. Schwab
The Deadly Sister - Eliot Schrefer
Deadmen Walking - Sherrilyn Kenyon
Dear Killer - Katherine Ewell
Department Nineteen - Will Hill

Divergent series - Veronica Roth

The Diviners (original hc) - Libba Bray
Doppelganger - David Stahler Jr.
Dorothy Must Die series - Danielle Paige

Draw the Line - Laurent Linn
Dreamology - Lucy Keating
Driving by Starlight - Anat Deracine
Dumplin - Julie Murphy

Echo - Pam Munoz Ryan
Eliza and Her Monsters - Francesca Zappia
Embassy Row - Ally Carter

Ember Quartet - Sabaa Tahir (definitely Ember & Torch. Will have to see if the newly designed covers keep the stamp)
The End or Something Like That  - Ann Dee Ellis
Ensnared - A.G. Howard
Enter Title Here - Rahul Kanakia
Even if the Sky Falls - Mia Garcia
The Ever Never Handbook - Soman Chainani

Every Exquisite Thing - Matthew Quick
Everything, Everything - Nicola Yoon
Exile series - Kevin Emerson
Exit, Pursued by a Bear - E.K. Johnston
Exo series - Fonda Lee

The Fall of Butterflies - Andrea Portes

Fangirl (special editions in US & UK) - Rainbow Rowell
The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy - Sam Maggs
Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them - J.K. Rowling
Farmer Giles of Ham (50th anniversary edition) - J.R.R. Tolkien
Female of the Species - Mindy McGinnis
Final Draft - Riley Redgate
Finding Audrey - Sophie Kinsella
Firefight - Brandon Sanderson
Firewalker - Josephine Angelini

First & Then - Emma Mills

Foolish Hearts - Emma Mills
The Forgetting duology - Sharon Cameron
Forgotten - P.C & Kristin Cast
Forgotten - Cat Patrick
Frannie & Tru - Karen Hattrup
Freshmen - Tom Ellen & Lucy Ivison
The Friday Night Knitting Club - Kate Jacobs

Geekerella - Ashley Poston
The Geek's Guide to Dating - Eric Smith
Gena/Finn - Hannah Moskowitz & Kat Helgeson
Getting the Girl - Markus Zusak
Giant Days - Non Pratt
Girl Against the Universe - Paula Stokes
Girl in the Blue Coat - Monica Hesse
The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins
Girls of Paper and Fire - Natasha Ngan
Girls of Storm and Shadow - Natasha Ngan
Girls on the Line - Jennie Liu
Give Me Some Truth - Eric Gansworth
Given to the Sea - Mindy McGinnis
The Glass Casket - McCormick Templeman
The Golden Yarn - Cornelia Funke
Goldenhand - Garth Nix
Good Girls - Laura Ruby
The Grace Year - Kim Liggett
The Gracekeepers - Kirsty Logan
The Graces - Laure Eve
Grandmaster - David Klass
The Great Hunt - Wendy Higgins
Gris Grimly's Frankenstein - Gris Grimly
Gris Grimly's Tales from the Brothers Grim - Gris Grimly
Gwendy's Button Box - Stephen King & Richard T. Chizmar

H20 - Virginia Bergin
Harry Potter & the Cursed Child - J. K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany
Heartless - Marissa Meyer
Heraclix & Pomp - Forrest Aguirre
Hereafter - Tara Hudson
Hidden Figures (Young readers' edition) - Margot Lee Shetterly
A History of Magic
Holding Up the Universe - Jennifer Niven
Holly Jolly Summer - Tiffany Stewart
Honor Code - Kiersi Burkhart
Horizon - Scott Westerfeld
House of Night - P.C. & Kristin Cast
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins

I Am America (And So Can You!) - Stephen Colbert
I Hope You Get This Message - Farah Naz Rishi
The Ice Dragon - George R.R. Martin
If I Stay - Gayle Forman
The Illuminae Files - Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Illusionarium - Heather Dixon
Illusions of Fate - Kiersten White
Impostors - Scott Westerfeld
In the Hall with the Knife - Diana Peterfreund
Incarnate trilogy - Jodi Meadows
Infinite In Between - Carolyn Mackler
The Infinite Moment of Us - Lauren Myracle
Ink - Alic Broadway
Irises - Francisco X. Stork
Iron Cast - Destiny Soria
Ivory and Bone - Julie Eshbaugh

Jackpot - Nic Stone
Jane Unlimited - Kristin Cashore
Jasper Dent series - Barry Lyga
Jessica Rules the Dark Side  - Beth Fantaskey
Juba! - Walter Dean Myers
Juliet Takes a Breath - Gabby Rivera

Kaspar: Prince of Cats - Michael Morpugo
Kill the Boy Band - Goldy Moldavsky
King Dork Approximately - Frank Portman
The King of Bones & Ashes - J.D. Horn
The Kingkiller Chronicles - Patrick Rothfuss
Klickitat - Peter Pock

La Belle Sauvage (US & UK have different designs) - Philip Pullman
The Land of Laughs - Jonathan Caroll
Landline - Rainbow Rowell
The Language of Thorns - Leigh Bardugo
The Last Ever After - Soman Chainani
The Last Little Blue Envelope - Maureen Johnson
Last of Her Name - Jessica Khoury
Last Star Burning - Caitlin Sangster
The Last Time We Said Goodbye - Cynthia Hand
The Leaving Season - Cat Jordan
Lifestyles of Gods & Monsters - Emily Roberson
A List of Cages - Robin Roe
Listen to Your Heart - Kasie West
A Little in Love - Susan E. Fletcher
Lois Lane: Fallout - Gwenda Bond
The Looking Glass Wars - Frank Beddor
The Loom Saga - Elise Kova
The Loose Ends List - Carrie Firestone
Lorien Legacies series - Pittacus Lore
The Lost Girl - Sangu Mandanna
A Lotus Grows in the Mud - Goldie Hawn & Wendy Holden
The Lunar Chronicles (German editions) - Marissa Meyer
The Lure - Lynne Ewing

The Madman's Daughter trilogy - Megan Shepherd
A Madness so Discreet - Mindy McGinnis
The Magic Misfits - Neal Patrick Harris
Magnus Chase & the Gods of Asgard - Rick Riordan
Magonia - Maria Dahvana Headley
Maleficent - not sure of the author, but probably the Elizabeth Rudnick version
Maresi - Maria Turschaninoff
Matilda - Roald Dahl (this is a special edition, but I don't know which. Case cover is blue)
Mechanica - Betsy Cornwall
The Mermaid & Mrs. Hancock - Imogen Hermes Gowar
Messenger of Fear series - Michael Grant
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - John Berendt
Mike - Andrew Norriss
Mind Games - Kiersten White
Minor Prophets - Jimmy Cajoleas
Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children trilogy - Ransom Riggs
A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness
Ms. Bixby's Last Day - John David Anderson
Munmun - Jesse Andrews
The Music of What Happens - Bill Konigsberg
My Heart and Other Black Holes - Jasmine Warga
My Lady Jane - Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows
My True Love Gave to Me - Stephanie Perkins

The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
Nation - Terry Pratchett
The Nevernight Chronicle series (UK) - Jay Kristoff
Night of Cake & Puppets - Laini Taylor
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
Nightmares: The Lost Lullaby - Jason Segel & Kirsten Miller
Noir - robert Coover
Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman

Obsidian (German edition) - Jennifer L. Armentrout
Obsidian Mirror - Catherine Fisher
The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman
Off the Page - Jodi Picoult & Samantha van Leer
Once Upon an Alphabet - Oliver Jeffers
One of Us - Jeannie Waudby
Ones and Zeroes - Dan Wells
The Other Normals - Ned Vizzini
Otherbound - Corrine Duyvis
Otherworld - Jason Segel & Kristen Miller
Our Chemical Hearts - Krystal Sutherland
Out of the Blue - Sophie Cameron

Panic - Sasha Dawn
Paper Valentine - Brenna Yovanoff
Paperweight - Meg Haston

Passenger duology - Alexandra Bracken
Pax - Sara Pennypacker
Pearl - Dierdre Hall
Perfect Lies - Kiersten White
The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster
Picture Us in the Light - Kelly Loy Gilbert

Piper Perish - Kayla Cagan
Police - Jo Nesbo
The Power - Naomi Alderman
Pretty Little Liars series - Sara Shepard

The Program - Suzanne Young
PS I Like You - Kasie West
Pushing the Limits series - Katie McGarry

Queer City - Peter Akroyd

Rain - Karen Duve (possibly German edition)
The Raven Cylce - Maggie Stiefvater
Ravenspire series - C.J. Redwine
Rebel Mechanics - Shanna Swendson
Rebel Rising - Beth Revis
Red Queen (collector's edition for sure) - Victoria Aveyard
Revenge & the Wild - Michelle Modesto
Reign of Shadows duology - Sophie Jordan
Release (I think this is the UK edition) - Patrick Ness
Renegades (Target edition) - Marissa Meyer
Replica series - Lauren Oliver
The Rest of Us Just Live Here (US & UK have different stamps) - Patrick Ness
Ripper - Stefan Petrucha
Rook - Sharon Cameron
Royce Rolls - Margaret Stohl

Saint Iggy - K.L. Going
Salt - Hannah Moskowitz
Salt to the Sea - Ruta Sepetys
Say What You Will - Cammie McGovern
The Scar Boys - Len Vlahos
Scorched - Mari Mancusi
The Scorpio Races - Maggie Stiefvater
The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett (unknown which edition)
The Selection series - Kiera Cass
Serafina and the Black Cloak - Robert Beatty
Seven Ways We Lie - Riley Redgate
Sewer, Gas and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy - Matt Ruff (not sure of the edition. Possibly German. It's a red cover with a SHARK on it!)
Sexy - Joyce Carol Oates
Shadow & Bone trilogy (German edition) - Leigh Bardugo
The Shadow Society - Marie Rutkoski
The Shadowhunters Codex - Cassandra Clare
Shatter Me - Tahereh Mafi (I have no idea which edition, but I HAVE SEEN ONE)
She Myself and I - Emma Young
The Shepherd's Crown - Terry Pratchett
Shine - Lauren Myracle
Ship It - Britta Lundin
Sightwitch - Susan Dennard
The Silver Trilogy (German edition) - Kerstin Gier
Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda - Becky Albertalli
Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo
Skink No Surrender - Carl Hiaasen
Sky in the Deep - Adrienne Young
Skylark - Meagan Spooner
Slade House - David Mitchell
Slay - Brittney Morris
The Sleeper & the Spindle - Neil Gaiman
Sleeping Giants - Sylvain Newvel
Sleeping Beauties (Waterstones edition has 5 different designs) - Stephen & Owen King
The Smoke Thieves (UK edition, I think?) - Sally Green
Snakehead - can't confirm which author, but possibly Anthony Horowitz
Snow & Rose - Emily Winfield Martin
Snow Like Ashes trilogy - Sara Raasch
So, und jetzt kommst du (obviously German) - Arno Frank
A Song of Ice and Fire series - George R.R. Martin
Spellcaster trilogy - Claudia Gray
Spill Zone - Scott Westerfeld
Spindle Fire - Lexya Hillyer
Splintered trilogy - A.G. Howard
The Stand - Stephen King
Star Wars illustrated novels
└The Princess, The Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy - Alexandra Bracken
└So You Want to Be a Jedi - Adam Gidwitz
└Beware the Power of the Dark Side - Tom Angleberger
Starbound trilogy (German editions) - Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner (German covers are almost always super fucking cool, guys)
Strange the Dreamer duology - Laini Taylor
Struck - Jennifer Bosworth
Summer Days & Summer Nights - Stephanie Perkins
SuperMoon - H.A. Swain
The Summoner series - Taran Matharu
The Sun is Also a Star - Nicola Yoon
The Surface Breaks - Louise O'Neill

Take the Mic - edited by Bethany C. Morrow
Talon series - Julie Kagawa
Tattoo Atlas - Tim Floreen
Teardrop - Lauren Kate
Tell Me Three Things - Julie Buxbaum
Tell Me Everything - Sarah Enni

This Adventure Ends - Emma Mills
This Dark Endeavor - Kenneth Oppell
This is My Brain on Boys - Sarah Strohmeyer
This Song Will Save Your Life - Leila Sales
A Thousand Nights series (UK & US have different designs) - E.K. Johnston
The Thousandth Floor - Katharine McGee
Three Dark Crowns - Kendare Blake
Tiger's Voyage - Colleen Houck
Timber Creek Station - Ali Lewis
Top Prospect - Paul Volponi
The Traitor's Game series - Jennifer Nielsen
The Trials of Apollo - Rick Riordan
A Trick of the Light  - Lois Metzger
Trickster's Choice - Tamora Pierce
Trigger Warning - Neil Gaimon
The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean Telt by Hisself - David Almond
Truest - Jackie Lea Sommers
Turtles All the Way Down - John Green

Under Rose-Tainted Skies - Louise Gornall
Unearthly trilogy - Cynthia Hand
The Unlikelies - Carrie Firestone
Unrivaled - Alyson Noel

Valkyrie Rising - Ingrid Paulson
Villains series - Serena Valentino
Vivian Divine is Dead - Lauren Sabel

Warcross (UK) - Marie Lu
Watership Down - Richard Adams
We'll Fly Away - Bryan Bliss
What If - Robert Munroe
What the Dead Want - Norah Olson
What to Say Next - Julie Buxbaum
What We Saw - Aaron Hartzler
Whenever I'm With You - Lydia Sharp
Who Put This Song On? - Morgan Parker
The Wicked Deep - Shea Ernshaw
Wild Awake - Hilary T. Smith
Wing & Claw: Forest of Wonders - Sue Park

Winner's Trilogy - Marie Rutkoski
Winterwood - Shea Ernshaw
The Witch Hunter (German edition) - Virginia Boecker
Wolkenschloss (German edition) - Kerstin Gier
The Woman in Cabin 10 - Ruth Ware
Wonder - R.J. Palacio
Wonder Woman: Warbringer - Leigh Bardugo

Yes Please - Amy Poehler
Young Man With Camera - Emil Sher

Zombies vs Unicorns - Holly Black & Justine Larbalestier

Gallery

 Blood of Eden trilogy - Julie Kagawa

 Dumplin - Julie Murphy

 Embassy Row trilogy - Ally Carter

 Emma Mills's books

top: First & Then, This Adventure Ends

bottom: Owlcrate Foolish Hearts, regular Foolish Hearts

B&N exclusive Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell

 Geekerella - Ashley Poston

 Girl Against the Universe - Paula Stokes

 Illusions of Fate - Kiersten White

 Night of Cake & Puppets - Laini Taylor

 Not if I Save You First - Ally Carter

 Talon & Rogue - Julie Kagawa

The Wicked Deep - Shea Ernshaw

Which of these hidden designs is your favorite? Is a book missing? Let me know in the comments!

Listmania Monday: Epic Endpapers

In my time as an active participant of bookstagram, I've discovered it's helpful to know what some particularly pretty books and their respective design features are. Whether I want to feature a certain fictional world for #MapMonday or a rainbow or ombre stack or a set of sprayed pages, I first need to know what books will fit my idea. So in addition to curating lists of books that fit a certain genre or trope, I'm also working on lists of books with particularly eye-catching designs. After all, sometimes it's fun to judge a book by the cover! Or in this case, internal design. I already posted my list of book maps, and today, I'm taking a page out of Epic Reads' book to share a list of stunning endpapers! Scroll down to see a handful of gorgeous endpapers I photographed in my own books!

Note 1: Unless specified, the default is the "regular" US edition.
Note 2: This is a list of pretty endpapers that does not include books with maps as the endpapers. All maps are found in the map list.

Note 3: If all books in a series have special endpapers, I've listed the series as a whole. If there are individual standouts, I've listed them individually. For example, only a couple of the Throne of Glass and ACOTAR books have special editions with fanart on the endpapers so I've only listed those books, not the whole series.

9 Days & 9 Nights - Katie Cotugno

99 Days - Katie Cotugno

Absent - Katie Williams
Almost Midnight (UK) - Rainbow Rowell

And the Ocean Was Our Sky - Patrick Ness

The Archived series - Victoria Schwab

Be True to Me - Adele Griffin
Behemoth - Scott Westerfeld
Beware That Girl - Teresa Toten

Bitterblue - Kristin Cashore
Blessed - Tonya Hurley

Blood of Eden trilogy - Julie Kagawa

The Call - Peadar O'Guilin
Colin Fischer - Ashley Edward Miller & Zack Stentz
Come Sundown - Nora Roberts

A Court of Frost & Starlight (special edition) - Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Wings & Ruin (special edition) - Sarah J. Maas

A Darker Shade of Magic (special edition) - V.E. Schwab
Daughter of Deep Silence - Carrie Ryan
Draw the Line - Laurent Linn
The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding - Alexandra Bracken

Eleanor & Park (special edition) - Rainbow Rowell

Empire of Storms (special edition) - Sarah J. Maas

Everless (UK edition) - Sara Holland

Fairest - Marissa Meyer

Falling Kingdoms - Morgan Rhodes

Fangirl (special editions) - Rainbow Rowell

Fireworks - Katie Cotugno

Geekerella - Ashley Poston

Gemina - Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Goliath - Scott Westerfeld
The Grace Year - Kim Liggett

Harry Potter series (illustrated) - J.K. Rowling

The Hate You Give (special edition) - Angie Thomas

The Hazel Wood (US & UK editions) - Melissa Albert

The Heir (special edition) - Kiera Cass
Hunter - Mercedes Lackey

I Am America (And So Can You!) - Stephen Colbert

Illuminae - Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Inhuman - Kat Falls

Julia Vanishes - Catherine Egan
Juliet Takes a Breath - Gabby Rivera

Kids of Appetite - David Arnold
Kill the Boy Band - Goldy Moldavsky

Lady Helen series - Allison Goodman
Last Christmas - Kate Brian

The Loose Ends List - Carrie Firestone

A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness
The Monstrumologist series - Rick Yancey

Monstrous Beauty - Elizabeth Fama

Mosquitoland - David Arnold

Nantucket Blue - Leila Howland

Nevernight Chronicles (special edition in US, hc in UK) - Jay Kristoff

Night of Cake & Puppets - Laini Taylor

Nightfall (special edition) - Shannon Messenger

No Good Deed - Goldy Moldovsky

Passionaries - Tonya Hurley
Perfect Ruin - Lauren DeStefano

Queen of the Tearling - Erika Johansen

Railhead - Philip Reeve

Red Queen series - Victoria Aveyard

The Ring and the Crown - Melissa de la Cruz

Scorched - Mari Mancusi

The Scorpio Races - Maggie Stiefvater

Scrappy Little Nobody - Anna Kendrick

The Shadowhunters Codex - Cassandra Clare
The Shrunken Head - Lauren Oliver

The Spider Ring - Andrew Harwell
Swim That Rock - John Rocco & Jay Primiano

Tales of the Peculiar - Ransom Riggs

Talon series - Julie Kagawa

They Both Die at the End - Adam Silvera

The Thousandth Floor series - Katharine McGee

To Kill a Kingdom - Alexandra Christo
Top Ten - Katie Cotugno

Tower of Dawn (special edition) - Sarah J. Maas
Toxic Heart - Theo Lawrence

Two Summers - Aimee Friedman

We Are Okay - Nina Lacour
We Were Liars (deluxe edition) - E. Lockhart
The White Rabbit Chronicles series - Gena Showalter

Why We Broke Up

Winter (special edition) - Marissa Meyer

The Wrath & the Dawn duology - Renee Ahdieh

Zombies vs Unicorns - Holly Black & Justine Larbalestier

Gallery

The Unbound (The Archived #2) - Victoria Schwab

The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas (front)

The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas (back)

 Blood of Eden trilogy - Julie Kagawa

 Illuminae & Gemina - Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

(still bitter Obsidio didn't get pretty papers -_-)

 Wrath & the Dawn duology - Rene Ahdieh

Talon & Rogue - Julie Kagawa

Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell (front)

Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell (back)

Almost Midnight - Rainbow Rowell

Perfect Ruin - Lauren DeStefano

What are your favorite endpapers? Did I miss any? Let me know in the comments!

Listmania: Hockey books

In honor of the Stanley Cup playoffs, I'd like to talk about one of my favorite types of book: the hockey book. While I do love the Nashville Predators (#StandWithUs #Smashville) and like the Dallas Stars and find Sidney Crosby to be ridiculously attractive, I'm not a diehard hockey fan. I obsess over football in real life, but hockey? Not so much. I cheer for my teams and enjoy games in person, but I don't actively seek out hockey information. In fiction, it's a whole other story. I LIVE for hockey stories, ESPECIALLY hockey romance. I'm not sure why this is. Possibly it's because I'm such a casual fan that I don't actively search for inconsistencies and factual errors the way I do when I read a football book (hoo boy, football books are awesome, but they drive me crazy). Possibly it's just because fictional hockey players are hot af. We'll never know. But here's a list of some of my favorites!

New Adult

The Off Campus series by Elle Kennedy is hands-down my favorite hockey series. Elle Kennedy sucked me in with The Deal (check out my review!), and I've been hooked on her books ever since. This series follows a group of four hotshot hockey star roommates and their lady loves. The Deal has one of the best scenes I've ever read in my entire life (it's at 90% if you're reading the ebook), and all four books are simply stunning. Elle is currently writing a spinoff series featuring the next generation of guys to inherit the house. Briar Hockey starts with The Chase, which features a teammate of the original guys and one of the guys' little sister. Bring on the trope-y goodness! It's going to release later this summer. Word of advice: don't listen to the audiobooks of The Deal or The Mistake, but the other two are great!

The Ivy Years series by Sarina Bowen is another favorite. I LOVE bingeing this series all in a row. I've done it like three times now. Again, we have a college hockey team, and each book features either one of the guys on the team or someone connected to it. Books 1 and 2 also feature female hockey players, although the heroine in book 1, The Year We Fell Down (it's free on amazon!!!), is recovering from a life-changing injury that has permanently disabled her. Book 3 is an m/m story about two guys on the Harkness team who loved each other in high school but were torn apart by a tragedy. Book 4 is about the hockey team's manager, and book 5 is one of the teammates' younger brother, who is the DJ for home games. Sarina is currently releasing a serial called Studly Period, which about another Harkness hockey teammate you'll meet in the series, and I adore it. There's only a one more chapter (releasing tomorrow) until it's fully released so now's a great time to sign up (and it'll disappear in a few weeks so you definitely want to jump in now)! Studly Period has finished its initial run, but if you missed it, you can sign up to get installments daily!

Him is a duology cowritten by Elle and Sarina about two former friends and hockey camp roommates who fell apart in high school but have reunited after their college graduation for one last summer, this time coaching at the camp where they met. Two years ago at BEA, I was hanging out with Katie (formerly of the Polished Page Turners), and apparently I mentioned Him like four times in an hour. Whoops! This series has one of THE best executions of the friends-to-more trope I've ever read. Wes & Jamie are the most precious little pairs in the universe. They must be protected!

Adult

Speaking of Sarina and Elle, they have another cowritten series called the WAGs (it stands for Wives and Girlfriends). It's a spinoff from Him and Us about Wes's teammates in Toronto and features some adorable pups in addition to hot hockey guys. Currently there's just two books, but both Sarina and Elle have said that there's hope for more books in the future so my fingers are crossed!

Speaking of spinoffs written by Sarina, the Brooklyn Bruisers series spins off The Ivy Years with one of Harkness guys/big brother of book 5's hero finally getting a shot at love and the NHL (pun intended). This series follows three of the Bruisers as the newly reformed franchise make a run for the cup AND fall for some of the fantastic women working for the team. Book 4 focuses on the team's adorkable billionaire owner, who has always been a fan favorite. 

I'm also a huge fan of Sawyer Bennett's Cold Fury Hockey series. If you love huge romance series that stick with people in one place or one family, this one's for you. CFH features the players of the Carolina Cold Fury hockey team, and book 11 is about to release in a couple weeks! I've actually only read the first four (several times each), but one day soon I'm looking forward to bingeing the rest.

If you prefer your romance ridiculous (and your humor on the crude side with a healthy dose of slapstick), Helena Hunting's Pucked series is the one for you. I buddy read Pucked with Andi of Andi's ABCs a couple years ago, and it... was really something. High lit this series is not, but it's funny, and it's fun. Pucked Up, book 2, is my favorite.

Young Adult

Being Sloane Jacobs by Lauren Morrill is one I'll alllllways put on my lists of favorite sports books. It's got kind of a Prince & the Pauper switcheroo deal going on, but it's two girls with the same name rather than the same face. This book made me obsess over poutine, which I have since tried, and I can attest: poutine is delicious. Way to go, Canada! You can check out my full 5 star review here. 

Sarah Ockler's Bittersweet combines a fun sportsy story with CUPCAKES so honestly, could it be any better? (yes, cupcakes. The cookies on the cover are inaccurate, but each chapter is paired with a yummy cupcake description) Also, this book has the best trope ever: the one where the mc and the li have to hole up somewhere overnight to survive a storm. TBH, it's just as delicious as the cupcakes.

I'm so glad I had the opportunity years ago to be on the tour for Beth Pond's Podium Finish. It's similar to Being Sloane Jacobs in that it contains storylines about both a hockey player and figure skater, but it's very, very different, with much more of a focus on the sports rather than the romance (but there's also romance). You can read my full review here.

Coming in as a NON romance hockey book, Jerkbait by Mie Siegert is a story about two brothers and their relationship with hockey, one another, and their parents. I haven't read this one yet, but it's high on my TBR!

List of hockey books/series:
(keep in mind like 99% are straight up romance)

Aces Hockey series - Kelly Jamieson

Assassins series - Toni Aleo

Bayard Hockey series - Kelly Jamieson
Beauty and the Beefcake - Pippa Grant

Being Sloane Jacobs - Lauren Morrill

Bellevue Bullies series - Toni Aleo

Bittersweet - Sarah Ockler (YA)
Blades Hockey series - Maria Luis

Breakaway (Pro-U #1) - Ali Parker

Briar Hockey series - Elle Kennedy

Brooklyn Bruisers - Sarina Bowen

Cayuga Cougars series - V.L. Locey
Check, Please! - Ngozi Ukazu (YA graphic novel)

Chicago on Ice series - Aven Ellis
Chicago Rebels series - Avery Flynn

Chinooks Hockey Team series - Rachel Gibson
Cold Day in the Sun - Sara Biren

Cold Fury Hockey series - Sawyer Bennett
Cold Hard Truth - Anne Greenwood Brown (YA)
Cranberry Inn series - Beth Ehemann

Dallas Demons series - Aven Ellis

Dartmouth Cobras series - Bianca Sommerland
Dating by Numbers series (particularly One Baby Daddy) - Meghan Quinn

Fire on Ice series - Brenda Rothert
For Crosby (For You #3) - J. Nathan

Harrisburg Railers series - R.J. Scott & V.L. Locey
Hat Trick series - Avon Gale & Piper Vaughn
Hellions Angels series - Lia Riley

Him duology - Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy
Hooked - Brenda Rothert
Hot off the Ice - A.E. Wasp

In the Zone series - Kate Willoughby

The Ivy Years - Sarina Bowen

Jerkbait - Mia Siegert (YA)

Men with Wood series - C.M. Seabrook

Misadventures of a Rookie (Misadventures #11) - Toni Aleo

New York Blades series - Deirdre Martin

Off Campus series - Elle Kennedy
On the Line series - Brenda Rothert
Open Ice - Pat Hughes

The Pilot & the Puck-Up - Pippa Grant

Pilots Hockey series - Sophia Henry
Play by Play series - Jaci Burton
•Taking a Shot (#3)
•Melting the Ice (#7)
•Holiday on Ice (#8.5)
•Shot on Gold (#14)

Podium Finish - Beth Pond (YA)
Point Shot series - V.L. Locey
Portland Storm series - Catherine Gayle

Pucked series - Helena Hunting

Razors Ice series - Rachelle Vaughn

Rinkside in the Rockies series - Aven Ellis
Rough Riders Hockey series - Skye Jordan
Royally Pucked - Pippa Grant

Score (Men of Hidden Creek #5) - A.E. Wasp
Scoring Chances series - Avon Gale

Seattle Sharks - Samantha Whiskey
Something So series - Natasha Madison
Stick Side series - Amy Aislin

To Love a Wildcat series - V.L. Locey

Until It Fades - K.A. Tucker

WAGs series - Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy

Pekka Rinne is the GOAT
(although his performance Saturday was... not great.
Here's hoping for a better one tonight!)