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Sometimes people assume that young adult books are less complex and compelling than regular adult books. This is a list of YA books that challenge that assumption.
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Every Moment After
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Joseph Moldover (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 881 ratings
score: 600,
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A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
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3.97 avg rating — 1,269,557 ratings
score: 289,
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3 people voted
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The Fault in Our Stars
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 5,628,818 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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The Love Story That Shouldn't Have Been
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3.90 avg rating — 115 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
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4.31 avg rating — 1,458,536 ratings
score: 199,
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2 people voted
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Uglies (Uglies, #1)
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Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 703,884 ratings
score: 197,
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2 people voted
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Feed (Newsflesh, #1)
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3.85 avg rating — 61,141 ratings
score: 196,
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2 people voted
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A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time Quintet, #3)
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4.07 avg rating — 111,126 ratings
score: 189,
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2 people voted
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Paper Towns
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 1,474,084 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Sons of Adam (Ancient Family, #2)
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Eva García Sáenz (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 3,756 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Caucasia
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4.08 avg rating — 10,227 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Fairytales for Wilde Girls
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Allyse Near (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 1,181 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Deptford Mice Trilogy
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4.51 avg rating — 83 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Codebreaker
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Jay Martel (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 503 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Space Between Our Hearts
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Hannah Stone (Goodreads Author)
4.37 avg rating — 63 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
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E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 50,643 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Immortal Collection
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Eva García Sáenz (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 6,862 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Natural Elements
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Tracey M. Hook (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 69 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Captivate (Submerged Sun, #1)
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Vanessa Garden (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 1,865 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
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Ernest Cline (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 1,278,307 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Stargirl (Stargirl, #1)
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3.77 avg rating — 335,044 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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You Remind Me of You: A Poetry Memoir
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3.97 avg rating — 1,164 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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The Dead I Know
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3.81 avg rating — 1,482 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Feed
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3.55 avg rating — 67,426 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Unwind (Unwind, #1)
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Neal Shusterman (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 246,396 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Love Letters to the Dead
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Ava Dellaira (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 91,883 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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White Space (Dark Passages, #1)
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Ilsa J. Bick (Goodreads Author)
3.28 avg rating — 1,588 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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His Dark Materials (His Dark Materials #1-3)
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4.29 avg rating — 167,273 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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The White Horse
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3.70 avg rating — 129 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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The Earthsea Quartet (Earthsea Cycle, #1-4)
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4.30 avg rating — 12,659 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Looking for Alaska
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John Green (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 1,727,387 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 132,804 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Tales From Earthsea & The Other Wind (Earthsea Cycle, #5-6)
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4.33 avg rating — 544 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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The Arrival
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4.35 avg rating — 59,402 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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A Matter of Days
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Amber Kizer (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 2,464 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Voices (Annals of the Western Shore, #2)
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3.97 avg rating — 6,117 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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Before I Fall
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Lauren Oliver (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 345,056 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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Inside Out (Insider, #1)
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Maria V. Snyder (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 25,027 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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Tiffany Aching 4-Book Collection: A Hat Full of Sky / The Wee Free Men / Wintersmith / I Shall Wear Midnight
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4.75 avg rating — 629 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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4.35 avg rating — 9,701,304 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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A Summer to Die
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Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 8,978 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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Strange Attractors
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3.74 avg rating — 280 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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Wolf by the Ears
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3.83 avg rating — 2,852 ratings
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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UnWholly (Unwind, #2)
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Neal Shusterman (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 66,143 ratings
score: 89,
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1 person voted
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When She Was Good
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3.49 avg rating — 639 ratings
score: 89,
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1 person voted
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V for Vendetta
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Alan Moore (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 322,354 ratings
score: 88,
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1 person voted
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The Starlight Crystal
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3.86 avg rating — 2,332 ratings
score: 88,
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1 person voted
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The Farm (The Farm, #1)
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Emily McKay (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 4,732 ratings
score: 87,
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1 person voted
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Mirror X (The Van Winkle Project, #1)
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Karri Thompson (Goodreads Author)
3.46 avg rating — 456 ratings
score: 86,
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1 person voted
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Broken Symmetry
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3.86 avg rating — 1,147 ratings
score: 85,
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1 person voted
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XVI (XVI, #1)
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Julia Karr (Goodreads Author)
3.45 avg rating — 7,709 ratings
score: 84,
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1 person voted
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Only Ever Yours
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3.76 avg rating — 18,071 ratings
score: 83,
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1 person voted
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Fair Coin (Coin, #1)
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E.C. Myers (Goodreads Author)
3.49 avg rating — 1,320 ratings
score: 82,
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1 person voted
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Pretties (Uglies, #2)
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Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 278,219 ratings
score: 81,
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1 person voted
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