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Recently I decided to do a Rainbow Reads series which is just one post of books with covers in one color for each color of the rainbow and obviously, we have to start with red.
This post is purely for fun and won’t have any book descriptions since it does include quite a few from series that aren’t book one.
I’ve broken it down to YA books with red covers, non-fiction books with red covers, and fiction books with red covers and I tried to find a variety of genres for each. I do include the genre and if it’s part of a series or not for each book.
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YA books with red covers
First up are all the YA books with red covers (and one new adult). The one genre that isn’t on here much, if at all, is contemporary in any of these categories. There are so many books on here that are actually on my TBR and quite a few that I’ve already read.
House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City)

Author: Sarah J. Maas
Genre: Fantasy (New Adult)
Series or Standalone: Series (#1)
Catching Fire

Author: Suzanne Collins
Genre: YA Dystopian
Series or Standalone: Series (#2)
Ruin and Rising

Author: Leigh Bardugo
Genre: YA Fantasy
Series or Standalone: Series (#3)
A Court of Thorns and Roses

Author: Sarah J Maas
Genre: YA Fantasy Romance
Series or Standalone: Series (#1)
Blood and Honey

Author: Shelby Mahurin
Genre: YA Fantasy
Series or Standalone: Series (#2)
Cemetery Boys

Author: Aiden Thomas
Genre: YA LGBT Fantasy
Series or Standalone: Standalone
This Mortal Coil

Author: Emily Suvada
Genre: YA Dystopian
Series or Standalone: Series (#1)
Reflection

Author: Elizabeth Lim
Genre: YA Fairytale Retelling
Series or Standalone: Series (#4, don’t need to be read in order)
Cruel Beauty

Author: Rosamund Hodge
Genre: YA Fairytale Retelling
Series or Standalone: Standalone
Red Queen

Author: Victoria Aveyard
Genre: YA Fantasy
Series or Standalone: Series (#1)
Illuminae

Author: Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Genre: YA Sci-fi
Series or Standalone: Series (#1)
The Rule of Many

Author: Ashley and Leslie Saunders
Genre: YA Dystopian
Series or Standalone: Series (#1)
Half Bad

Author: Sally Green
Genre: YA Fantasy
Series or Standalone: Series (#1)
Non-fiction books with red covers
Next up is non-fiction books with red covers. These were harder to find but I actually have two of them already to read and had to just look for some others. Most are non-violent true crime but there is one graphic novel on here, too!
The Library Book

Author: Susan Orlean
Genre: Non-violent true crime
Series or Standalone: Standalone
The Devil’s Highway

Author: Luis Alberto Urrea
Genre: Non-fiction border crossing
Series or Standalone: Standalone
Will My cat Eat My Eyeballs?

Author: Caitlin Doughty
Genre: Non-fiction death
Series or Standalone: Standalone
Persepolis

Author: Marjanee Satrapi
Genre: Non-fiction graphic novel
Series or Standalone: Series (#1)
The Falcon Thief

Author: Joshua Hammer
Genre: Non-violent true crime
Series or Standalone: Standalone
What We Talk About When We Talk About Books

Author: Leah Price
Genre: Non-fiction on writing
Series or Standalone: Standalone
Fiction books with red covers
Finally, adult fiction books with red covers. This category has the most variety including horror, fantasy, contemporary, romance, and thriller.
Magic for Liars

Author: Sarah Gailey
Genre: Fantasy/magic
Series or Standalone: Standalone
The House that Fell from the Sky

Author: Patrick Delaney
Genre: Horror
Series or Standalone: Standalone
Carrie

Author: Stephen King
Genre: Horror
Series or Standalone: Standalone
In the Miso Soup

Author: Ryū Murakami, Ralph McCarthy
Genre: Horror
Series or Standalone: Standalone
Dark Matter

Author: Blake Crouch
Genre: Sci-fi/Thriller
Series or Standalone: Standalone
The Hypnotist

Author: Lars Kepler
Genre: Thriller
Series or Standalone: Series (#1)
Holiday in Cambodia

Author: Laura Jean McKay
Genre: Short stories, travel
Series or Standalone: Standalone
Endangered Species

Author: Nevada Barr
Genre: Mystery
Series or Standalone: Series (#5, don’t need to be read in order)
Me Before You

Author: Jojo Moyes
Genre: Contemprary/Romance
Series or Standalone: Series (#1)
The World is a Narrow Bridge

Author: Aaron Thier
Genre: Fantasy/humor, I guess?
Series or Standalone: Standalone
Kindred

Author: Octavia E. Butler
Genre: Historical Fiction
Series or Standalone: Standalone
Interior Chinatown

Author: Charles Yu
Genre: Contemporary
Series or Standalone: Standalone
Have you read any of these books with red covers? Which ones?


