8 Perfect Alyson Noël Romances, From Paranormal to Popular YA

Regardless of subgenre or subject matter, Noël always delivers a fantastic story.

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If you were a teenage book lover during the peak of the post-Twilight YA paranormal romance boom then the chances are you're familiar with the work of Alyson Noël. Inspired by Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume, Noël became an author with a focus on teen stories, romance, and eventually the supernatural. 

Evermore, her most famous work, spent more than 34 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list. She’s still going strong, with plenty of high-drama and swooning romance for readers of all ages.

Here are eight of our favorite titles from the prolific author.

Evermore

Evermore

By Alyson Noel

Sixteen-year-old Ever Bloom was the sole survivor of a horrible accident that claimed her entire family. The tragedy also left her with a strange ability to hear people's thoughts and know their entire life story through a mere touch. Now, she goes out of her way to avoid contact with everyone, even though it's rendered her a total outcast at school. 

But everything changes when she meets Damen Auguste. Damen is gorgeous, rich, and very mysterious. He's the only one who can silence the noise in her head. But he's part of a strange world Ever doesn't feel ready for. Who is he? What is he? And will her life be put in danger if she falls in love with him?

Cruel Summer

Cruel Summer

By Alyson Noel

Colby Cavendish is ready to reinvent her life. She's ditched her geeky image (and her best friend) to make herself into the ultimate cool girl for the best Summer ever. All she wants to go is go to the best parties and hook up with Levi Bonham, the hottest guy in school. 

Her world comes crashing down when her parents send her away to spend the summer in Greece with her crazy aunt Tally. Now, she's stuck on a boring island with no cell phone reception, a kooky aunt and zero friends. But at least there's Yannis, a cute local boy who offers to show her the true beauty of Greece and delve beneath her own shallowness. 

This is more than a summer fling. It could be the real thing.

Fated

Fated

By Alyson Noel

Daire Santos has the strangest dreams, full of talking crows, strange glowing figures, and a beautiful boy with unnaturally blue eyes who keeps dying in her arms. They're driving her mad, so Daire’s mother, fearing for her safety, sends her to live with the grandmother she’s never met in Enchantment, New Mexico. 

She knows exactly what her estranged granddaughter is: a Soul Seeker, one who can navigate the spaces between the worlds of the living and the dead. Daire needs to find a way to control her powers, but when she meets Dace, the boy from her dreams, her world begins to crumble. Is he her soulmate or her enemy?

Fly Me to the Moon

Fly Me to the Moon

By Alyson Noel

Hailey Lane is ready to fly home and spend her birthday with her boyfriend, Michael. When her final job is cancelled, she decides to surprise him, a move that backfires spectacularly when she walks through the door and sees him in bed with another woman. What is a heartbroken flight attendant to do but take a worldwide trip to distract herself from the pain? She's earned enough air miles to turn it into the trip of a lifetime, from New York to Paris, from Puerto Rico to Greece. Every new gate brings with it magic, nightlife, and surprises. Maybe, at the end of the road, she'll be able to find a new happy ending.

Laguna Cove

Laguna Cove

By Alyson Noel

Laguna Cove, on the coast of sunny Southern California, is unlike anywhere else in the world. For Anne, a teenage transplant to the area, it's a huge change of pace from her old life on the East Coast. This is a place of hippies, surfers, and a rigid social hierarchy. The queen bee of her new high school has taken an instant dislike to Anne, but at least there's Chris, the most gorgeous guy in school, who has offered to teach her how to surf… 

Kiss & Blog

Kiss & Blog

By Alyson Noel

As freshmen at Ocean High last year, Winter and Sloane had big plans to change up their geeky images and reinvent themselves as part of the cool crown. But after another miserable year of standing on the sidelines they make a pact to do whatever it takes not to go unnoticed in their sophomore year. It goes great for Sloane, who is welcomed into the In crowd. Winter? Not so much, and Sloane's rejection of her one-time BFF just rubs salt into the wound. She's mad and wants revenge. 

What better way to get it than through an anonymous blog where she can spill all of Sloane's secrets? But as the blog goes viral, Winter must decide if her retaliation is really worth it. Popularity comes with a harsh price. 

Faking 19

Faking 19

By Alyson Noel

On the surface, seventeen year-old Alex has it made. She's beautiful, smart, popular, rich, and has the entire school wrapped around her little finger. Her best friend, M, is even more beloved. Together, they decide to go out on the town and have the best night of partying in Los Angeles. Pretending to be nineteen, Alex and M, meet Trevor and Connor, two rich older guys. 

Now, they're spending their weeks in the classroom then the weekends on the streets of Los Angeles at the biggest Hollywood parties. How long can they keep up this double life, especially as Alex's private life begins to crumble and M's dark secrets come to light?

Stealing Infinity

Stealing Infinity

By Alyson Noël

Natasha's life is falling apart. She's been kicked out of high school, arrested, and packed off to a remote school run by a mysterious billionaire tech bro who claims he's got the perfect plan to straighten her life out. But Gray Wolf Academy is no normal school. It turns out that Natasha has a very rare gift: an ability to time travel. Gray Wolf Academy wants to train her to use it for their own purposes. 

If she can pull it off, she'll be one of the most powerful people on the planet. If she fails, everything could crumble: past, present, and future... 

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