Last week, Tomi Adeyemi’s fantasy novel, Children of Blood and Bone, won the Tonight Show’s Summer Reads contest. According to host, Jimmy Fallon, over 140,000 votes were counted. Adeyemi’s debut novel received about 47% of the votes. Congratulations to her—that’s awesome! If you want to read along and participate in the discussions, follow #TonightShowSummerReads. If you have already read it and are looking to discover other worlds of science fiction, fantasy, and magic, here are twenty middle-grade and young adult books that will keep you reading this summer and beyond. Still need more? Go here and here to find additional titles by traditional and self-published authors. Happy Reading!

Minecraft: The Crash – Tracey Baptiste

The Zero Degree Zombie Zone – Patrik Henry Bass

Hurricane Child – Kheryn Callender

Game World – Christopher John Farley

Shadows of Sherwood – Kekla Magoon

Black Panther: The Young Prince – Ronald L. Smith

The Lost Tribes – Christine Taylor-Butler

Shadow Walker: A Neteru Academy Book – L. A. Banks

The Sisterhood: Book One of The Sisterhood Series – Alison Clarke

The Belles – Dhonielle Clayton

The Prey of Gods – Nicky Drayden

The Unquiet – Mikaela Everett

Dread Nation – Justina Ireland

The Summer Prince – Alaya Dawn Johnson

47 – Walter Mosley

Zahrah the Windseeker – Nnedi Okorafor

Shadowshaper – Daniel José Older

Beasts Made of Night – Tochi Onyebuchi

The Return – Zetta Elliott

Orleans – Sherri L. Smith

Are you a lover of science fiction and fantasy? What are your thoughts on the books listed? Let us know in the comments below.

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