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 House Saphir
Coldwire (Coldwire, #1)
Break Wide the Sea (Break Wide the Sea, #1)
Witchlight (The Witchlands, #5)
My Roommate From Hell
A Fate So Cold (A Fate So Cold, #1)
The Cuffing Game
Deadly Ever After
I'll Find You Where the Timeline Ends
Red as Royal Blood
Gilded in Vengeance
We're Not Safe Here
The Secret Astronomers
Reasons We Break
How Girls Are Made
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  • Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)
    The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2)
    A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)
    The Reappearance of Rachel Price
    One of Us Is Next (One of Us Is Lying, #2)
    The Gilded Cage (The Prison Healer, #2)
    Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, #1)
    A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1)
    The Same Backward as Forward (The Inheritance Games, #0)
    Invisible
    Falling Like Leaves (Bramble Falls, #1)
    Grim and Oro (Lightlark)
    The Sun and the Star (The Nico di Angelo Adventures #1)
    Después de diciembre (Meses a tu lado, #2)
    Last Night at the Telegraph Club
    Lord of Shadows by Cassandra ClareKing's Cage by Victoria AveyardCaraval by Stephanie GarberCarve the Mark by Veronica RothFlame in the Mist by Renée Ahdieh
    YA Novels of 2017
    1,098 books — 6,564 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
    1,506 books — 8,775 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
    3,600 books — 6,916 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
    9,076 books — 8,304 voters

    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareDivergent by Veronica Roth
    Best Series
    3,360 books — 9,437 voters
    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
    13,096 books — 80,178 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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