Auckland Council Libraries: Chloe Gong's ride or die reads

Chloe Gong's ride or die reads

A list of all-time faves and new and upcoming Young Adult titles recommended by best-selling Auckland author Chloe Gong (These Violent Delights). Visit our YouTube channel to watch our We Read Auckland interview with Chloe for more inspiration!

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The diviners

Libba Bray

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17-year-old Evie O'Neill is thrilled when she is exiled from small-town Ohio to New York City in 1926, even when a rash of occult-based murders thrusts her into the thick of the investigation. One of Chloe's favourite series, this is Book 1 of 4.

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The Raven Boys

Maggie Stiefvater

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From a family of clairvoyants, Blue's only gift seems to be that she makes other's talents stronger. When she meets Raven Boy Gansey from the Aglionby Academy, she discovers together their talents are a dangerous mix. Book 1 of Raven Cycle!

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Daughter of smoke & bone

Laini Taylor

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17-year-old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters - the chimaerae who form the only family she has ever known. Chloe's pick for lovers of star-crossed lovers.

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Throne of glass

Sarah J. Maas

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Celaena Sardothien is a daredevil assassin with unrivalled fighting skills. After a year of hard labour, Celaena is offered freedom on one condition - she must fight as Prince Dorian's champion, facing the deadliest thieves and assassins in the land.

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Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

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Chloe's inspiration for 'These Violent Delights'. A young man and woman fall in love but as their families are bitter enemies, they must risk everything to be together. 'No Fear Shakespeare' has the original play text alongside a modern rewrite.

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Guardian of the dead

Karen Healey

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Ellie is like any other Kiwi teen: she hangs out with best friend Kevin; obsesses over a mysterious boy; and worries about her school deadlines. Until everything changes... in the woods near her boarding school, something ancient and deadly waits.

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The summoning

Kelley Armstrong

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After 15-year-old Chloe starts seeing ghosts and is sent to Lyle House, a mysterious group home for mentally disturbed teenagers, she soon discovers that its inhabitants are not exactly what they seem, and that she and her new friends are in danger.

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Six Crimson Cranes

Elizabeth Lim

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A princess in exile, a shapeshifting dragon, six enchanted cranes, and an unspeakable curse... Drawing from fairy tales and East Asian folklore, this original fantasy from the author of 'Spin the Dawn' is perfect for fans of Shadow and Bone.

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City of bones

Cassandra Clare

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Clary Fray is seeing vampires in Brooklyn and werewolves in Manhattan. Drawn to the Shadowhunters, secret warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons, Clary encounters the city's dark side and the dangers of forbidden love.

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Divergent

Veronica Roth

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In a future Chicago, 16-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose from five predetermined factions to define her identity for life. She then discovers she is an anomoly and does not fit into any one group, and her society is not perfect after all...

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Down comes the night

Allison Saft

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Honor your oath, destroy your country... This gorgeously gothic, deeply romantic debut fantasy is about two enemies - healer Wren and Hal, her kingdom’s sworn enemy - trapped inside a crumbling mansion, with no escape from the monsters within.

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These violent delights

Chloe Gong

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Chloe's own best-selling debut is an imaginative Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920s Shanghai, with rivals the Scarlet Gang and the White Flowers, a contagion and a monster in the depths of the Huangpu River all causing civic chaos and bloodshed.

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Our violent ends

Chloe Gong

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Shanghai is under siege in this captivating and searingly romantic sequel follow up to 'These Violent Ends' due out November 2021. Request it now and be first in line to find out how this compelling duology and the story of Juliette and Roma ends!

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