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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Persephone's Curse
There's Always Next Year
The Last Vampire
Seven All Alone
Twin Tides
Wrack & Rune
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
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    Betrayal: The Vulture Effect (A Post-Apocalyptic Romance)

    Release date: Nov 11, 2025
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    Giveaway dates: Jan 02 - Jan 10, 2026

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  • Together We See by Ari Tison
    Together We See

    Release date: Jun 16, 2026
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    Number of copies: 50

    Giveaway dates: Dec 15 - Jan 12, 2026

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    One Word, Six Letters
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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
    The Gilded Cage (The Prison Healer, #2)
    The Same Backward as Forward (The Inheritance Games, #0)
    The Sun and the Star (The Nico di Angelo Adventures #1)
    Hasta que nos quedemos sin estrellas
    The Obsession
    Falling Like Leaves (Bramble Falls, #1)
    Grim and Oro (Lightlark)
    Nothing More to Tell
    My Return to the Walter Boys (My Life with the Walter Boys, #2)
    Last Night at the Telegraph Club
    Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1
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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
    1,516 books — 10,491 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
    1,117 books — 6,648 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
    1,100 books — 6,567 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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