Author of the Month See all

Jenny Valentine

Jenny Valentine

Jenny Valentine introduces her new YA book, Us in the Before and After, a powerful and absorbing novel about friendship, first love, and More...

Placeholder

Author Q&A See all

Taylor Blake wants to write her own life

Taylor Blake wants to write her own life

Meet 14-year-old Taylor Blake, keen to be the author of her own story - and to find a path to her first proper kiss. </p More...

Placeholder

A Career in..... See all

Film Production

Film Production

What is a film producer? Sophie tells us what the day-to-day job of a film producer involves, what she loves most More...

Placeholder

Latest Books & Extracts

  • The Darkness Within Us

    Chrysantha Stathos has won.  By hiding her intelligence and ambition behind the mask of a beautiful air-headed girl, she has become a wea

  • Taylor Blake Is a Legend: The teen debut from the bestselling rom-com author

    'A fresh, touching story for girls, with a great message' Jacqueline Wilson.  Welcome to the life of Taylor Blake: complicated crushes, a

  • The Thread That Connects Us

    New from the author of the acclaimed You Think You Know Me. A story of shared blood and bad blood, endings and beginnings...S

  • The Virtue Season

    Manon has just turned eighteen - a debutante at the start of The Virtue Season: a process which will result in a match with a suitable ge

  • Find Me After

    In one of his epileptic fits, Kyle realizes that he has the abilityto travel to The Stillness, an eerie dimension populated by thosewho a

  • Sleep Like Death: From the author of TikTok sensation Cinderella is Dead

    New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Kalynn Bayron returns to the fairytale world of Cinderella is Dead for an electrif

Featured Authors

  • Laura Jane Williams

    Laura Jane Williams: Queen of the cute-meet Laura Jane Williams introduces her debut novel for teenagers, Taylor Blake is a Legend. 

  • Jenny Valentine

    Jenny Valentine: Jenny Valentine introduces her new YA book, Us in the Before and After, a powerful and absorbing novel about friendship, first love, and

  • Helen Comerford

    Helen Comerford: Helen Comerford is a Black mixed-race British debut author and is passionate about Black British and mixed heritage repr

  • Efua Traoré

    Efua Traoré : Efua Traoré's latest novel Sister Spirit draws on her years growing up in Nigeria, as well as the mythology and supernatural beli

  • Sarah Crossan

    Sarah Crossan: Sarah Crossan introduces her powerful new verse novel, Where the Heart Should Be (Bloomsbury YA). Sarah has lived

  • Ginny Myers Sain

    Ginny Myers Sain: Ginny Myers Sain tells ReadingZone what inspired her latest page-turning YA novel, One Last Breath. Ginny comes f

Your Reviews

  • Taylor Blake Is a Legend: The teen debut from the bestselling rom-com author

    Sam

    Taylor Blake is a Legend is a fabulous story of friendship, school and first love, from the bestselling rom-com author, Laura Jane Willia...

  • Girl, Missing: The top-ten bestselling thriller

    Emma  Age 12

    I love the thrill and the excitement of this book, it also has good elements of danger. I just loved this book some much that I couldn't put it down . I a...

  • Us in the Before and After

    Clare

    Mab has found Elk. Elk didn't know she needed finding, but now she wouldn't have it any other way. In the 'free-range' Mab, she has gained a new best frie...

  • The Virtue Season

    Rachel

    The Virtue Season is a story about survival, about injustice and about the pressure society can put on friendships.  18-year-old Manon ha...

  • I Wish You Would: the summer's swooniest YA romance

    Morgan

    A drama-filled love story is only just beginning when seven private confessions are scattered across the beach with secrets threatening to tear everyone a...

  • Find Me After

    Clair

    Find Me After begins with a trigger warning; it explores the fragility of life and was inspired by the author's own life experience with...

  • The Last Thing You'll Hear

    Rachel

    The Last Thing You'll Hear is a compulsive read - I was gripped from the start. The story tells of two musical sisters, 17-year-old Wren...

  • Slowcoach: A feel-good teen summer romance

    Morgan

    For 16 year old Ruby, the summer has finally come and GCSEs are over.  It's time for her to hang out with her best friends in the park, doing a bit of rol...

  • Poison In Their Hearts: the breathtaking conclusion to the Castles in their Bones trilogy

    Linda

    What a breathtaking conclusion to this wonderful trilogy. Poison In Their Hearts is full of magic, politics, slow burning romance, action...

  • The Big Ask

    Ruth

    The Big Ask is a heartwarming book about friendship and the school prom. Alfie, the main character, hears that his crush, Harvey, has bee...

Videos & Vlogs

The Love Interest - or the Hero?

The Love Interest - or the Hero?

Helen Comerford introduces The Love Interest, her cinematic debut about finding the hero inside us al

Mina and the Cult gets deadly...

Mina and the Cult gets deadly...

With its New Orleans setting, Mina and the Undead series is gripping, fun and a little bit deadly....!  We hear from author Amy M

Efua Traoré explores dual heritage in her haunting YA mystery

Efua Traoré explores dual heritage in her haunting YA mystery

Efua Traoré introduces her new YA novel, Sister Spirit, which draws on Efua's mixed heritage and years

This month’s highlights

  • Picture Book

    Create a Picture Book Competition 2024

    Create a Picture Book Competition 2024

    Winners of the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2024 announced We are thrilled to announce the winners of the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2024, judged by Ste...

  • Book Trailers

    Make a Book Trailer

    Make a Book Trailer

    Create a Book Trailer Create a book trailer of your favourite book or your latest bookclub read for ReadingZone, and encourage others to read the book!  Or you can use it...

  • Videos & Vlogs

    Creating a Book Vlog

    Creating a Book Vlog

    Ever wanted to create your own vlog, but don't know how to get started? In these videos, author and book vlogger Lucy Powrie (lucythereader) gives her tips on getting started, what to inc...