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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The Swan's Daughter
To Ride a Rising Storm (Nampeshiweisit, #2)
Oxford Blood
A Barista's Guide to Love & Larceny
I Don't Wish You Well
Dead Fake (Bleak Haven, #1)
Tidespeaker (Tidespeaker, #1)
Better the Devil
Room to Breathe
Better Catch Up, Krishna Kumar
Love Goes Viral
Lost Girls of Hollow Lake
Sparking Fire Out of Fate (Forging Silver into Stars, #3)
16 Forever
Sundown Girls
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  • COMPLICATED by Joseph M Lenard
    COMPLICATED: Life and Living (Life and Living Series by Joseph M Lenard Book 4)

    Release date: Jan 05, 2026
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    Living is hard at times,
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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)
    The Library of Lost Girls
    Our Infinite Fates
    The Sun and the Star (The Nico di Angelo Adventures, #1)
    The Obsession
    Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1
    Hasta que nos quedemos sin estrellas
    Tuck Everlasting: The Graphic Novel
    Falling Like Leaves (Bramble Falls, #1)
    Grim and Oro (Lightlark)
    Hart's Ridge (Hart's Ridge #1)
    Insurgent by Veronica RothCity of Lost Souls by Cassandra ClareThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenPandemonium by Lauren OliverRapture by Lauren Kate
    YA Novels of 2012
    1,240 books — 10,178 voters
    Una historia de ayer by Sergio CoboAccidental Leigh by Melanie  JamesNobody's Perfect by Kallypso MastersNobody's Hero by Kallypso MastersThe Darkest Frost, Vol. 1 by Tanya Holmes
    Indie Authors to Watch
    7,617 books — 7,188 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
    1,121 books — 6,646 voters
    Lady Midnight by Cassandra ClareGlass Sword by Victoria AveyardHeartless by Marissa MeyerCrooked Kingdom by Leigh BardugoThe Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
    YA Novels of 2016
    1,144 books — 8,689 voters

    The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingTwilight by Stephenie MeyerCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsCity of Bones by Cassandra Clare
    Best Young Adult Fiction
    3,596 books — 6,912 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
    2,984 books — 12,436 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 Sorcerer'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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