Young Adult

Young-adult fiction (often abbreviated as YA) is fiction written for, published for, or marketed to adolescents and young adults, roughly ages 13 to 18.

Young-adult fiction, whether in the form of novels or short stories, has distinct attributes that distinguish it from the other age categories of fiction. The vast majority of YA stories portray an adolescent as the protagonist, rather than an adult or a child. The subject matter and story lines are typically consistent with the age and experience of the main character, but beyond that YA stories span the entire spectrum of fiction genres. The
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Queen of Faces (Queen of Faces, #1)
The Sun and the Starmaker
Sibylline
Heart's Gambit (Heart's Gambit, #1)
The Fall of Iris Henley
Love Me Tomorrow
They Call Her Regret
Carnival Fantástico
Until the Clock Strikes Midnight
A Practical Guide to Dating a Demon
This Wretched Beauty
Wake Now in the Fire: A Graphic Novel
Every Last Liar
To the Death
All We Once Had
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  • A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)
    The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2)
    The Reappearance of Rachel Price
    The Polymorph
    The Gilded Cage (The Prison Healer, #2)
    Our Infinite Fates
    The Sun and the Star (The Nico di Angelo Adventures, #1)
    The Obsession
    Nothing More to Tell
    Last Night at the Telegraph Club
    Hasta que nos quedemos sin estrellas
    Gallant
    My Return to the Walter Boys (My Life with the Walter Boys, #2)
    Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1)
    Falling Like Leaves (Bramble Falls, #1)
    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Giver by Lois Lowry
    Best Young Adult Books
    13,196 books — 80,293 voters
    Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesEasy by Tammara WebberThoughtless by S.C. StephensBared to You by Sylvia Day
    Hottest Adult & Young Adult Romance Books
    2,955 books — 6,342 voters

    City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra ClareClockwork Prince by Cassandra ClareForever by Maggie StiefvaterSilence by Becca FitzpatrickPassion by Lauren Kate
    YA Novels of 2011
    1,130 books — 6,650 voters
    City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra ClareThe One by Kiera CassCress by Marissa MeyerIgnite Me by Tahereh MafiThe Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan
    YA Novels of 2014
    1,520 books — 8,779 voters

    The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherLooking for Alaska by John GreenSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonIf I Stay by Gayle Forman
    Best Teen Books About Real Problems
    3,003 books — 12,455 voters
    A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboAngelfall by Susan EeThe Immortal Rules by Julie KagawaThe Zombie Room by R.D. RonaldThe Elephant Tree by R.D. Ronald
    Best Unknown but must be Known books
    9,115 books — 8,336 voters

    The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
    Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
    Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
    The Fault in Our Stars
    Divergent (Divergent, #1)
    Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
    New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2)

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