I'm reading Tinkers by Paul Harding right now. It's amazing. But my favorite book is probably Smack by Melvin Burgess, or Hate List by Jennifer Brown. Also, I love anything by David Levithan or John Green(THEY WROTE A BOOK TOGETHER AND I ALMOST JIZZED FROM HAPPINESS)
I love stuff by Sarah Dessen. The Life as We Knew It series by Susan Pfeffer is also pretty amazing :3 Right now, I'm reading the Dragon Keeper Chronicles by Donita K. Paul. I also read The Carter House Girls series by Melody Carlson; it was really good. Just depends on what you like, I guess.
I adore Diana Wynn Jones. Like, seriously, all of her books are amazing. <3 Lately I've been getting a book called The Brave Story. It's pretty interesting, actually. Especially for it being 800 pages and not yet having a real plot... Seriously, I adore it and I'm like 150 pages in and haven't seen any real plot developing. That's how I know it's a good book and a good author - when I read hundreds of pages of nothing without getting bored. Another author I'm in love with right now is Kate DiCamillo. She's amazing in my mind... Like, seriously. I'm in love with all her books. Her books for children actually calm me down greatly and/or make me cry. She's got some mad skills. And the Hunger Games. Freaking love those books...
v. Good God, is she ever! Her stuff is so amazing, it never lacks anything in my opinion. It's all teens too, normal romance junk and stuff. I just...yeah, she's my favorite. <3 You should really check her out.