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 Fragile Enchantment
The Getaway List
The Invocations
So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)
Dungeons and Drama
Most Ardently
These Deadly Prophecies
Once a Queen
Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment
Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White (Song of the Last Kingdom, #2)
Sky's End (Above the Black, #1)
Evergreen
A Place for Vanishing
The Atlas of Us
Somewhere in the Deep
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  • A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)
    The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)
    The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2)
    Lightlark (Lightlark, #1)
    The Real Deal
    The Burning Witch 2 (The Burning Witch #2)
    Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, #1)
    The Grace Year
    Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)
    One of Us Is Next (One of Us Is Lying, #2)
    A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1)
    Gallant
    The Gilded Cage (The Prison Healer, #2)
    These Infinite Threads (This Woven Kingdom, #2)
    The Tower of Nero (The Trials of Apollo, #5)
    Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini TaylorDelirium by Lauren OliverDarkfever by Karen Marie MoningMagic Bites by Ilona AndrewsI Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
    Original Stories . . . a Breath of Fresh Air
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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
    1,420 books — 8,937 voters
    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
    Best Young Adult Books
    12,615 books — 83,469 voters

    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
    1,135 books — 9,680 voters
    Graceling by Kristin CashoreThrone of Glass by Sarah J. MaasAlanna by Tamora PiercePoison Study by Maria V. SnyderVampire Academy by Richelle Mead
    Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
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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 Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
    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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