10 great YA novels inspired by Shakespeare

Whether you take a classic approach to your Shakespeare, swooning over Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream, or prefer the more complex works like The Winter's Tale, this list will steal your heart, call out to you from a balcony and keep you flipping the pages.

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• Exit, Pursued By A Bear by E.K. Johnston
• Anatomy of a Girl Gang by Ashley Little
• Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
• Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
• The Taming by Teresa Toten & Eric Walters
• Babe in Boyland by Jody Gehrman
• Kill Shakespeare Volume 1 by Conor McCreery, Anthony Del Col and Andy Belanger
• Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay
• Falling for Hamlet by Michelle Ray
• YOLO Juliet By William Shakespeare and Brett Wright