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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A Fragile Enchantment
The Getaway List
The Invocations
So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)
Most Ardently
Dungeons and Drama
These Deadly Prophecies
Once a Queen
Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment
Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White (Song of the Last Kingdom, #2)
Sky's End (Above the Black, #1)
Evergreen
A Place for Vanishing
Lunar New Year Love Story
The Atlas of Us
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    Live Your Best Lie (Like Me Block You)
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  • A Long Stretch of Bad Days by Mindy McGinnis
    A Long Stretch of Bad Days
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    A gripping YA mystery about a small town’s past and the secrets unearthed by way of two teen girls—and a podcast. Perfect for fans of Sadie.
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  • A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
    The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)
    Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)
    If Only I Had Told Her
    The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2)
    A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)
    Lightlark (Lightlark, #1)
    Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, #1)
    One of Us Is Next (One of Us Is Lying, #2)
    These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1)
    A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1)
    Two Can Keep a Secret
    The Grace Year
    A Curse So Dark and Lonely (Cursebreakers, #1)
    The Tower of Nero (The Trials of Apollo, #5)
    Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini TaylorDelirium by Lauren OliverDarkfever by Karen Marie MoningMagic Bites by Ilona AndrewsI Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
    Original Stories . . . a Breath of Fresh Air
    10,359 books — 11,779 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
    2,549 books — 12,493 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
    2,927 books — 13,294 voters
    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
    1,093 books — 7,674 voters

    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
    1,234 books — 10,557 voters
    The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsEragon by Christopher PaoliniThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienArtemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
    What To Read After Harry Potter
    2,008 books — 6,474 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 Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
    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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