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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Behind Five Willows
Change of Plans
Rolls and Rivalry (Gaming and Romance, #3)
The Cove
Body Count
Stars, Stripes & Summer Nights
Shapes of Love
The Last Best Quest Ever
Royal Summer
The Dreamless (The Sleepless, 2)
Smash or Pass
The Lustrous Dark
The Hanging Bones
You're Dead to Me, Reed Walker
Landing in Place: A Graphic Novel
  • Three Sticks by David                Anderson
    Three Sticks (Three Sticks, #1)
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    Release date: May 18, 2024
    Author's note: Three Sticks is now part of a four-book series. The fourth book, Elven Sins, is in review with a projected release in July of 2026.
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  • Blotch in the Mirror by Stuart E. Schadt
    Blotch in the Mirror
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    Release date: Mar 29, 2018
    Perry is homeschooled until he is ready for ninth grade and tells his parents he wants more person to person interaction and wants to attend public hi ...more
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  • There Is A Generation by W.H. Buzzard
    There Is A Generation (Kids of the Greatest Generation)
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    Release date: Jan 09, 2015
    30 winners for the 1st of 4 satires in the Kids of the Greatest Generation series, THERE IS A GENERATION, about the rebels who changed America forever
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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 Gilded Cage (The Prison Healer, #2)
    The Lemonade War: The Graphic Novel
    Crowntide (Lightlark, #4)
    Wild Darling (The Darling Devils, #3)
    The Sun and the Star (The Nico di Angelo Adventures, #1)
    Games Untold: An Inheritance Games Collection
    Last Night at the Telegraph Club
    Our Infinite Fates
    Hasta que nos quedemos sin estrellas
    Nothing More to Tell
    Gallant
    My Return to the Walter Boys (My Life with the Walter Boys, #2)
    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
    3,032 books — 12,528 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
    13,252 books — 80,537 voters

    Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini TaylorA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboDelirium by Lauren OliverDarkfever by Karen Marie MoningThe Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
    Original Stories . . . a Breath of Fresh Air
    12,268 books — 12,593 voters
    The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
    Must Read Books- Different Genres
    15,169 books — 11,374 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
    1,145 books — 6,692 voters
    Graceling by Kristin CashoreThrone of Glass by Sarah J. MaasAlanna by Tamora PiercePoison Study by Maria V. SnyderVampire Academy by Richelle Mead
    Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
    4,824 books — 19,075 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 (Twilight Saga, #1)
    Harry Potter and the Philosopher'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 (Twilight Saga, #2)

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