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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A Steeping of Blood (Blood and Tea, #2)
Sisters in the Wind
Blood Moon
Grim and Oro
Holly (Belladonna, #3.5)
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
If Looks Could Kill
The Dead of Summer (The Dead of Summer, #1)
I Killed the King
The Weaver Bride
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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
    One of Us Is Next (One of Us Is Lying, #2)
    The Gilded Cage (The Prison Healer, #2)
    A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1)
    Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, #1)
    The Court of the Dead (The Nico di Angelo Adventures #2)
    My Return to the Walter Boys (My Life with the Walter Boys, #2)
    Invisible
    The Sun and the Star (The Nico di Angelo Adventures #1)
    Gallant
    These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1)
    Allegiant by Veronica RothClockwork Princess by Cassandra ClareRequiem by Lauren OliverThe Indigo Spell by Richelle MeadThe Elite by Kiera Cass
    YA Novels of 2013
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    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 — 6,565 voters
    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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    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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