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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The Swan's Daughter
Beth Is Dead
To Ride a Rising Storm (Nampeshiweisit, #2)
Oxford Blood
A Barista's Guide to Love & Larceny
Dead Fake (Bleak Haven, #1)
I Don't Wish You Well
Tidespeaker (Tidespeaker, #1)
Better the Devil
Room to Breathe
Better Catch Up, Krishna Kumar
16 Forever
Lost Girls of Hollow Lake
Sparking Fire Out of Fate (Forging Silver into Stars, #3)
A Wild Radiance
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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 Polymorph
    The Sun and the Star (The Nico di Angelo Adventures #1)
    The Obsession
    Our Infinite Fates
    Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1
    Gallant
    Grim and Oro (Lightlark)
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    Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1)
    Last Night at the Telegraph Club
    Falling Like Leaves (Bramble Falls, #1)
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    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
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    YA Novels of 2013
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    Best Young Adult Realistic Novels
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    City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra ClareClockwork Prince by Cassandra ClareForever by Maggie StiefvaterSilence by Becca FitzpatrickPassion by Lauren Kate
    YA Novels of 2011
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    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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