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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Sisters in the Wind
A Steeping of Blood (Blood and Tea, #2)
Blood Moon
You've Found Oliver (You've Reached Sam, #2)
House of Hearts
Make Me a Monster
Rules for Fake Girlfriends
When We Were Monsters
This Raging Sea
The Dead of Summer (The Dead of Summer, #1)
The Weaver Bride
If Looks Could Kill
I Killed the King
Joy to the Girls (She Gets the Girl, #1.5)
Grave Flowers
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  • A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)
    Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)
    The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2)
    The Reappearance of Rachel Price
    The Gilded Cage (The Prison Healer, #2)
    Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, #1)
    One of Us Is Next (One of Us Is Lying, #2)
    A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1)
    Grim and Oro
    Invisible
    The Sun and the Star (The Nico di Angelo Adventures #1)
    My Return to the Walter Boys (My Life with the Walter Boys, #2)
    Gallant
    Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1
    Grumpy Darling (The Darling Devils, #2)
    Lady Midnight by Cassandra ClareGlass Sword by Victoria AveyardHeartless by Marissa MeyerCrooked Kingdom by Leigh BardugoThe Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
    YA Novels of 2016
    1,136 books — 8,694 voters

    The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsInsurgent by Veronica Roth
    YA Dystopia Novels
    1,771 books — 11,224 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
    1,092 books — 6,564 voters

    The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTwilight by Stephenie MeyerCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareThe Truth About Forever by Sarah DessenJust Listen by Sarah Dessen
    Young Adult Romance
    3,998 books — 9,662 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 — 10,178 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 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 (The Twilight Saga, #2)

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