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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Here's to Us (What If It's Us, #2)
A History of Wild Places
If This Gets Out
The Righteous (The Beautiful, #3)
The Last She
The Coldest Touch
The Midnight Girls
Spin Me Right Round
Fools In Love: Fresh Twists on Romantic Tales
Evershore (Skyward, #3.1)
No Beauties or Monsters
Heart of the Impaler
The Big Reveal
The Scratch Daughters (Scapegracers, #2)
How Not to Fall in Love
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  • The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)
    Kingdom of the Cursed (Kingdom of the Wicked, #2)
    Evershore (Skyward, #3.1)
    Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, #1)
    One of Us Is Next (One of Us Is Lying, #2)
    Iron Widow (Iron Widow, #1)
    King of Scars (King of Scars, #1)
    Turtles All the Way Down
    Antes de diciembre (Meses a tu lado, #1)
    King's Cage (Red Queen, #3)
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    YA Novels of 2011
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    The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsEragon by Christopher PaoliniThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienArtemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
    What To Read After Harry Potter
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    YA Novels of 2017
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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 Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
    New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2)
    Insurgent (Divergent, #2)

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