If you like Fifty Shades of Grey

As with any film adaptation, the release of E.L. Jame's self-published phenomenon Fifty Shades of Grey in theaters has increased interest in the series. If you're waiting on a copy, or just looking for something similar, here are a few titles you might also like:

Crossfire Series
by Sylvia Day
Eva Trammel, plagued by her own insecurities, is drawn into an intense, obsessive relationship with the wealthy and arrogant Gideon Cross. "Gideon Cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness. He was beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white-hot. I was drawn to him as I'd never been to anyone in my life..." The series starts with Bared to You.

Breathless Trilogy
by Maya Banks
Gabe is wealthy, powerful, and accustomed to getting anything he wants. Mia was his best friend's little sister... but she's not so little any more. Mia knows Gabe is way out of her league, but she's an adult now, and there's no reason not to act on her most secret desires. Starts with Rush.

Stark Trilogy
by Julie Kenner
An erotic, emotionally charged romance between a powerful man who's never heard "no" and a fiery woman who says "yes" on her own terms.  "He was the one man I couldn't avoid. And the one man I couldn't resist. Damien Stark could have his way with any woman. Anything he wanted, he got. And what he wanted was me..." Starts with Release Me.

Submissive Series
by Tara Sue Me
When CEO Nathaniel West, a skilled dominant, is looking for a new submissive, Abby King agrees to play the part and although Abby finds fulfillment in her new experiences, she realizes that Nathaniel can only remain cold and distant. Starts with The Submissive.

The Sleeping Beauty Trilogy
by Anne Rice
It is an ancient story, one that originally emerged from and still deeply disturbs the mind's unconscious. In the first book of the trilogy, Anne Rice, probes the unspoken implications of this lush, suggestive tale by exploring its undeniable connection to sexual desire. Starts with The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty.

All descriptions adapted from our online catalog or worldcat.org.

If You Like The Fault In Our Stars...

If you're like some of us here at the library - huge John Green fans - you'll already know that the film adaptation of one of his biggest titles, The Fault in Our Stars, hits theaters June 6. If you're also like us, you've probably read every single John Green title on the shelf. If you're waiting for the film and looking for something similar to tide you over in the meantime, we've got you covered! Here are a few titles you might like too:

Eleanor & Park
by Rainbow Rowell

Eleanor is the new girl on the bus, and with her wild red hair and unique wardrobe, she can't help but stand out. Park's the quiet guy who just wants to blend in. Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits - smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try.

Wonder
by R.J. Palacio

Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.

Butter
by Erin Jode Longe

Unable to control his binge eating, a morbidly obese teenager nicknamed Butter decides to make live webcast of his last meal as he attempts to eat himself to death.
 

Winger
by Andrew Smith

Two years younger than his classmates at a prestigious boarding school, fourteen-year-old Ryan Dean West grapples with living in the dorm for troublemakers, falling for his female best friend who thinks of him as just a kid, and playing wing on the Varsity rugby team with some of his frightening new dorm-mates.

The Spectacular Now
by Tim Tharp

In the last months of high school, charismatic eighteen-year-old Sutter Keely lives in the present, staying drunk or high most of the time, but that could change when he starts working to boost the self-confidence of a classmate, Aimee.

Wintergirls
by Laurie Halse Anderson

Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder.

Where Things Come Back
by John Corey Whaley

Seventeen-year-old Cullen's summer in Lily, Arkansas, is marked by his cousin's death by overdose, an alleged spotting of a woodpecker thought to be extinct, failed romances, and his younger brother's sudden disappearance.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky

A coming of age novel about Charlie, a freshman in high school who is a wallflower, shy and introspective, and very intelligent. He deals with the usual teen problems, but also with the suicide of his best friend.





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All book descriptions taken from our catalog or Worldcat.org.

If you like Divergent...

Another young adult series that has wildly gained success, Veronica Roth's Divergent series is an action packed dystopian tale that takes place in post-apocalyptic Chicago. The population is divided into five factions based on a dedicated virtue. Beatrice - or Tris - discovers she doesn't quite fit into the molds this new society has developed, and her divergence is seen as a threat.

If you've read and loved the Divergent series, you should definitely check out some of these titles:

In the After
by Demetria Lunetta

In a post-apocalyptic world where nothing is as it seems, seventeen-year-old Amy and Baby, a child she found while scavenging, struggle to survive while vicious, predatory creatures from another planet roam the Earth.

The Program
by Suzanne Young

When suicide becomes a worldwide epidemic, the only known cure is The Program, a treatment in which painful memories are erased, a fate worse than death to seventeen-year-old Sloane who knows that The Program will steal memories of her dead brother and boyfriend.

Legend
by Marie Lu

In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-old Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy. This is the first book in Lu's Legend trilogy.

The Giver
by Lois Lowry

Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.

The City of Ember
by Jeanne DuPrau

In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina lives in an underground community whose infrastructure is deteriorating. She trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.




If you would like to read any of these books, you can click on the title and place a hold with your library card number in our online catalog.

(All book descriptions taken from our online catalog.)

If you like David Baldacci

The latest in David Baldacci's Sean King and Michelle Maxwell series, King and Maxwell is one of the most popular items at the library this month. The two former Secret Agents turned private investigators are hired by a teenager to investigate the mysterious whereabouts of his father, who was thought to have been killed in Afghanistan. Stumbling on to something bigger and more treacherous than imaginable, Sean and Michelle must help and protect the teenager, even if it threatens their own lives.

If you'd like to read King and Maxwell, you can place a hold on it here. While you wait, check out this list of other authors you may enjoy as well:

The Capitol Game
by Brian Haig

Successful Wall Street Banker Jack Riley enlists the help of a large corporation to takeover a small company that has discovered a miraculous protective polymer that's sure to change the tides of the wars currently surging in Iraq and Afghanistan. When the Pentagon's investigative service gets involved, though, it turns the deal into a nightmare and gets Jack involved in one of corporate America's greatest scandals.

The Kill Artist
by Daniel Silva

The Kill Artist is the first in Silva's series starring Gabriel Allon, former Israeli intelligence office turned master art restorer. Gabriel is persuaded out of retirement into a deadly mission involving a Palestinian agent named Tariq and a treacherous peacemaker, Yasir Arifat. Fueled by the fact that Tariq was involved in the death of his wife and son, Gabriel will sacrifice much to track Tariq down and complete his mission.

The Lions of Lucerne
by Brad Thor

Scot Harvath, ex-Navy SEAL turned Secret Service agent, survives an attack by a lethal terrorist organization called the Fatah, who gains capture of the President. Scot, however, doesn't believe the Fatah's responsible and determines to figure out who is. In his investigation, he discovers a coalition of men who act above the law - men who will do anything to keep their secrets and anything to stop Scot.

Rules of Deception
by Christopher Reich

Jonathan Ransom is a surgeon working in the toughest parts of the world. In the first book in Reich's series, Jonathan loses his wife while climbing the Swiss Alps. The day after the accident, he receives an envelope addressed to his wife containing baggage claim tickets. When he travels to the railway station, he escapes an attack by the Swiss police, and his only chance for survival lies in discovering the truth behind his wife's hidden life.

A Heartbeat Away
by Michael Palmer

On the night of the State of the Union Address, a terrorist group calling itself "Genesis" releases a highly contagious virus into the Capitol Building. Griffin Rhodes, a virologist currently in maximum security confinement for unexplained reasons, is the only one who may be able to understand the deadly effects of the virus and help. At the request of the President, Griffin reluctantly agrees to assist in exchange for his freedom.