The People You Meet at a House Party as Books

The end of the school year is coming at you . . . fast! How’d it get to be June already?

For all you seniors, that means one big thing is almost here: graduation! Then there’s a whole summer ahead of you before you and your friends take the next step in life.

How will you fill those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer? Maybe by hitting up a few house parties! A house party is the perfect way to say a fun goodbye to high school and prepare yourself to say hello to whatever’s next. At a post-graduation house party where everyone’s having fun together, all the roles everyone took on during high school can kind of melt away. The arty kids start playing Ping Pong like jocks. The jocks start singing karaoke like theater kids. And the theater kids start calculating how long the pizza delivery will take like the academic  high achievers! And so on and so on.

What’s one thing all these groups have in common, besides high school? No matter what crowd they hung with, there’s a perfect YA book rec just waiting for them to dive into—duh!

Who else would you hang with at a high school house party and what book would fit them best? Keep reading for our fave pairings that match the high school crowd to their ideal YA book.

For “the Life of the Party” — read House Party, edited by Justin A. Reynolds

For “the Jock” — read Liar’s Beach by Katie Cotugno

For “the Rebel with a Cause” — read Lucha of the Night Forest by Tehlor Key Mejia

For “the Valedictorian” — read You Bet Your Heart by Danielle Parker

For “the Reddit Theorist” — read Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert

For “the Rule Breaker” — read Well, That Was Unexpected by Jesse Q. Sutanto

For “the Queen Bee” — read Queen Bee by Amalie Howard