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: Life and Living (Life and Living Series by Joseph M Lenard Book 4)

    Release date: Jan 05, 2026
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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
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    Tuck Everlasting: The Graphic Novel
    Falling Like Leaves (Bramble Falls, #1)
    Grim and Oro (Lightlark)
    Hart's Ridge (Hart's Ridge #1)
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    City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra ClareThe One by Kiera CassCress by Marissa MeyerIgnite Me by Tahereh MafiThe Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan
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    The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyLooking for Alaska by John GreenAnna and the French Kiss by Stephanie PerkinsThirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
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    Allegiant by Veronica RothClockwork Princess by Cassandra ClareRequiem by Lauren OliverThe Indigo Spell by Richelle MeadThe Elite by Kiera Cass
    YA Novels of 2013
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    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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