"You're not like the others."

To ensure that you truly do have the best boyfriend out there, be sure to choose from one of these categories.  He'll be stronger, faster and hotter than you until the day you die and he lives on forever.

Key:

Adult (A): Ages 16+

Young Adult (YA): High School Reading (and Maturity) Level
Tween (TW): Between Elementary and High School

Children (C): Elementary and Middle School Reading Levels

Aliens
Gone are the days when macking with little green men was considered taboo.  Who wouldn't want a lover that's out of this world?  

• The Lorien Legacies by Pittacus Lore (YA)
• The Host by Stephenie Meyer (A) 
• Awaken Me Darkly by Gena Showalter (A)

Angels
Whether they're fallen or not, boys with wings are divine.

• Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick (YA)
  
• Fallen by Lauren Kate (YA)
• Maximum Ride by James Patterson (YA) 
• Good Omens by Terry Pratchett (A)
  
• Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor (YA)

Fae
Also known as fairy, fae, fey, fay, wee folk, good folk, fair folk or pixies.  Peter pan does NOT count.

• The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley (TW)
• Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (TW)
• Stardust by Neil Gaiman (YA)
• Need by Carrie Jones (YA)
• The Iron King by Julie Kagawa (YA) 
• Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev (YA)
• Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier (YA)
• Sevenwaters Series by Juliet Marillier (A)
• Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr (YA)
• The Fever Series by Karen Maria Moning (A)

Ghosts
Can sometimes make intimacy a little difficult . . . unless of course it just so happens that you've been gifted with the power to not only see the dead, but to touch them as well.  Oh là là.  

• The Ghost and the Goth and Queen of the Dead by Stacey Kade (YA)
• Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz (A)

Gothic Romance
A mysterious setting, a touch of magic, and strangers in the fog create a heavy, Gothic atmosphere where the romance is so good, it's scary.

• The Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray (YA)
• Nevermore by Kelly Creagh (YA)
• Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (YA)

Mashup
So your best friend is a witch, your boyfriend is a werewolf, your Mom is a ghost, and your dog is undead?  No problem.  You can hang out with the rest of these groupies in Paranormalville.

• The Darkest Powers Trilogy by Kelley Armstrong (YA)
• The Darkness Rising Trilogy by Kelley Armstrong (YA)
• The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare (YA)
• The Man With the Golden Torc by Simon R. Green (A)
• Need by Carrie Jones (YA)
• Vampire Academy and Bloodlines by Richelle Mead (YA)
• Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (YA)
• Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith (YA)

Necromancers
Is there anything sexier than the power to raise an undead army at your personal beck and call?  Yeah, didn't think so.

• The Darkest Powers Trilogy by Kelley Armstrong (YA)
• Shadowcry by Jenna Burtenshaw (YA)
• The Body Finder Series by Kimberly Derting (YA)
• Banished by Sophie Littlefield (YA)
• Unforsaken by Sophie Littlefield (YA)
• Sabriel by Garth Nix (YA)

Superhuman
Were you experimented on as a child?  Grow up a little bit too close to a nuclear power plant?  Have delusions of grandeur including the notion that you are the next big thing in human evolution?  If so, you're going to fit in here very nicely.

• The Darkest Powers Trilogy by Kelley Armstrong (YA)
• Darkness Rising Series by Kelley Armstrong (YA)
• Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans (YA)
• Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi (YA)
• Maximum Ride by James Patterson (YA)

Sorcerors, Magicians, Seers, and Witches
Pick a lover from this category and you're sure to remain a crowd favorite at parties.  Who doesn't love parlor tricks or a witch hunt had in good fun?

• Wicked Appetite (Lizzy & Diesel Series) by Janet Evanovich (A)
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell by Susanna Clarke (A)
• Blood Magic by Tessa Gratton (YA)
• Beauty and the Werewolf by Mercedes Lackey (A)
• Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers (YA)
• The Glass Series by Maria V. Snyder (A)
• Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder (A)

Vampires
He's an undead bad boy who wants your blood more than your first kiss.

• See the "I'd absolutely give my neck virginity to a vampire" Reading List.

Werewolves (and any other animal Shapeshifters)
If he's anything like MJ, I'd join his pack!  Although many paranormal books include werewolves, these books focus almost exclusively on them.

• Bitten by Kelley Armstrong (A)
• Nightshade by Andrea Cremer (YA)
• Firelight by Sophie Jordan (YA)
• Vanish by Sophie Jordan (YA)
• Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause (YA)
• Beauty and the Werewolf by Mercedes Lackey (A)
• The Shape of Desire by Sharon Shinn (A)
• The Wolves of Mercy Falls series by Maggie Stiefvater (YA)

Zombies
All that rotting flesh and eating brains business has really given these guys a bad name.  But you and I both know that deep down he's still that same guy who used to take you out for dinner.  So go ahead and enjoy a meal together.  Just don't expect to live until dessert.

• Enclave by Ann Aguirre (YA)
• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith (A)
• Lirael by Garth Nix (YA)
• The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan (YA)

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*And yes, the title of this reading list was shamelessly hijacked from Katy Perry's wonderful song "Futuristic Lover."  No copyright infringement or disrespect intended.