Inky Awards Longlists announced

Every year readers between 12 and 20 years of age vote on the best books published last year. If you are looking for something to read, and you don't trust what the adults think you will like, try something recommended by a teen!

On Wednesday the longlists were announced:

Gold Inky award (books by Australian authors)

• Begin, end, begin: a #LoveOzYA anthology, edited by Danielle Binks
• In the dark spaces by Cally Black
• Take three girls by Cath Crowley, Simmone Howell & Fiona Wood
• Beautiful mess by Claire Christian
• Ida by Alison Evans
• Wreck by Fleur Ferris
• A shadow’s breath by Nicole Hayes
• Remind me how this ends by Gabrielle Tozer
• Paper cranes don’t fly by Peter Vu
• Ballad for a mad girl by Vikki Wakefield

Silver Inky award (books by international authors)

• The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
• Turtles All The Way Down by John Green
• The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James
• Still Life with Tornado by A.S. King
• The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
• Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart
• Warcross by Marie Lu
• One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus
• Release by Patrick Ness
• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas