Boy Nobody

Allen Zadoff

Zadoff writes primarily young adult fiction across subgenres (humor, contemporary and thriller) and has also written an adult memoir. Examples: the thriller series Boy Nobody; YA novels Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have, My Life, the Theater, and Other Tragedies, Since You Left Me; and the adult memoir Hungry: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin.

Start with the first book, Boy Nobody. The source lists Boy Nobody as the series entry point; for the full reading order or number of installments, check the publisher or the author's official site.

If you want YA humor, begin with Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have. For YA contemporary dealing with family or faith themes, try My Life, the Theater, and Other Tragedies or Since You Left Me. For a YA thriller, start with Boy Nobody. For adult nonfiction, read Hungry: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin.

Yes. Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have won the Sid Fleischman Humor Award and was a YALSA selection for Most Popular Paperbacks of 2012.

Most of the YA novels mentioned in the source (Food, Girls..., My Life, the Theater..., Since You Left Me) are presented as standalones. Boy Nobody is described as a thriller series. For series details beyond that, consult the author's or publisher's information.