Boy Heaven by Laura Kasischke (2006)

A story of three girls at a cheerleading camp and the events that take place involving two townie boys who followed them one day as they played hooky from camp and went into town. Unfolds wonderfully and keeps an amazing level of suspense throughout.

As Seen On TV by Sarah Mlynowski (2003)

In this chick lit, a twenty-something girl moves to New York finds herself starring on a reality television show. Refreshingly, it focuses on the character's family and work life as much as (if not more than) it does on her romantic relationship. The author has a nice ear for dialogue and has created a very likable and fairly self-effacing narrator.  See also Milkrun.  Better than average chick lit, the charm of this book is in the frenzied and hilarious inner monologue of Jackie, romance novel editor and recent dumpee.

Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause (1997)

Well done modern werewolf story. Complex relationships and characters, and unusual look at werewolf mythology. Very good film version, as well. Interesting to see the changes they made between the book and film.  Although the film has flaws, one of them is not the casting of Olivier Martinez as the head werewolf, who is amaaaazingly hot.

Cupid by Julius Lester (2007)

This tale of Cupid and Psyche is told with the voice of a Southern black storyteller, and brings in elements of Roman and Greek mythology. Has lots of interesting insights about love, and is a fascinating, fun discourse on the telling of a story.  Julius Lester is amazing. S See also his great retellings of the Uncle Remus stories.  You'll want to read them aloud to anyone nearby.

Cures for Heartbreak by Margo Rabb (2007)

A very sweet and bittersweetly funny story about a girl whose mother dies and the effect on her, her sister and their father. Based on the author's own experiences, it has a deeper thread which explores her mother's experiences with her Holocaust-surviving parents.  See also the Missing Persons series, written as M.E. Rabb.

Would I Lie To You by Sheila Norton (2003)

Brit chick lit about a young woman who is cleaning houses in order to provide for her young daughter and herself. While cleaning one client's house that doesn’t need cleaning, she starts using his computer to write a tv script. But the real story here is with her friendships, her romancesm and her funny, lightly snarky interior monologues.

I Did (But I Wouldn't Now) by Cara Lockwood (2006)

Chick lit about a woman who married a musician (who turned into a rock star) and as she gets a divorce, hides out with her good friend in London. Let's see: Good, handsome, funny, smart, blah blah friend. Hmm. Predictable, but still fun thanks to the delightfully bitter heroine.

My Life: The Musical by Maryrose Wood (2008)

Emily Pearl is obsessed with a Broadway show and devoted to trying to find the mysterious author. Wood was a member of the original cast of Merrily We Roll Along, and vividly depicts theater life and Broadway fans.

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen by Dyan Sheldon (1999)

Drama queen Mary Elizabeth moves from Manhattan to New Jersey with her mother and two bratty sisters, renames herself Lola, and sets about shaking up her suburban high school. Lola is a hilarious character and the story, as told through her melodramatic perspective, is equally hilarious.  Terrible cover art, however.

Bras and Broomsticks by Sarah Mylnowski (2005)

Rachel is a normal Jewish girl growing up in New York City, who wants nothing more than to be popular, have a boyfriend, grow breasts and stop her father from marrying her evil Soon-To-Be-Stepmonster (STB for short). When she comes home one day to discover that her younger sister Miri is a witch, as is her mother, she begins to make all sorts of plans to make her dreams come true. Very cute YA chick lit.