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 Good Vampire's Guide to Blood and Boyfriends
The Executioners Three
Once a Villain (Monsters, #3)
The Book of Heartbreak
Woven From Clay
A Spell to Wake the Dead
Better in Black
The Burning Queen
The Sunflower Boys
Leaving the Station
Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories
All the Tomorrows After
Yuli (Guardians of Dawn, #3)
The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire
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  • Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)
    A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)
    The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2)
    The Reappearance of Rachel Price
    My Return to the Walter Boys (My Life with the Walter Boys, #2)
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    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
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    13,031 books — 80,082 voters

    Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareDivergent by Veronica Roth
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    3,246 books — 9,382 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
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    Winter by Marissa MeyerRed Queen by Victoria AveyardThe Heir by Kiera CassSix of Crows by Leigh BardugoFairest by Marissa Meyer
    YA Novels of 2015
    1,428 books — 8,315 voters
    The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyLooking for Alaska by John GreenAnna and the French Kiss by Stephanie PerkinsThirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
    Best Young Adult Realistic Novels
    2,653 books — 12,149 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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