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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    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)
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    YA Novels of 2017
    1,098 books — 6,564 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

    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
    2,930 books — 6,318 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 — 80,180 voters

    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
    Best Young Adult Realistic Novels
    2,663 books — 12,166 voters
    Allegiant by Veronica RothClockwork Princess by Cassandra ClareRequiem by Lauren OliverThe Indigo Spell by Richelle MeadThe Elite by Kiera Cass
    YA Novels of 2013
    1,516 books — 10,491 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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