Quiz: Which David Levithan Book Should You Read First?

Award-winning YA author David Levithan writes YA books that tackle deeply personal issues, like identity, friendship, and love. His books are also innovative, experimenting with structure and narrative format. The result? YA books that are like nothing you’ve ever read before and that you won’t soon forget.

Obviously you should read ALL the David Levithan books, but which David Levithan book should you read first? His latest YA book, Take Me with You When You Go, is a collaboration with YA author Jennifer Niven. Take Me with You When You Go is composed of a series of emails and messages between a sister and her younger brother.

In honor of the epistolary format of Take Me with You When You Go, we’ve got a quiz about how you email. Your answers will tell us (and you!) which David Levithan book you should read first!

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Take Me With You When You Go

Take Me With You When You Go

From the New York Times bestselling authors of All the Bright Places and Every Day comes a story of hope, siblinghood, and finding your home in the people who matter the most.

Subject: You. Missing.

Ezra Ahern wakes up one day to find his older sister, Bea, gone. No note, no sign, nothing but an email address hidden somewhere only he would find it. Ezra never expected to be left behind with their abusive stepfather and their neglectful mother—how is he supposed to navigate life without Bea?

Bea Ahern already knew she needed to get as far away from home as possible But a message in her inbox changes everything, and she finds herself alone in a new city—without Ez, without a real plan—chasing someone who might not even want to be found.

As things unravel at home for Ezra, Bea will confront secrets about their past that will forever change the way they think about their family. Together and apart, broken by abuse but connected by love, this brother and sister must learn to trust themselves before they can find a way back to each other.

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