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 House Saphir
Coldwire (Coldwire, #1)
Break Wide the Sea (Break Wide the Sea, #1)
Witchlight (The Witchlands, #5)
My Roommate From Hell
A Fate So Cold (A Fate So Cold, #1)
The Cuffing Game
Deadly Ever After
I'll Find You Where the Timeline Ends
Gilded in Vengeance
Heart Check (Varsity #1)
We're Not Safe Here
The Secret Astronomers
Reasons We Break
How Girls Are Made
  • A Glimpse of Glory by Shandi Carrier
    A Glimpse of Glory
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    Release date: Nov 13, 2025
    Seven days to decide if life is worth living.

    At fifteen, Sammy is drowning in grief and abuse. Convinced the only way out is to end her life, she sets
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    Number of copies: 100

    Giveaway dates: Nov 29 - Dec 13, 2025

    Countries available: U.S.

  • The Boyfriend Launcher by RaeChell Garrett
    The Boyfriend Launcher
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    Release date: Feb 24, 2026
    Enter to win an ARC of this sweet teen rom-com where in order to find the right guy, Dru Eason will have to (fake) date the wrong one first.

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    Number of copies: 20

    Giveaway dates: Nov 14 - Dec 14, 2025

    Countries available: U.S.

  • Love, Sivvy by R.L. Toalson
    Love, Sivvy: A Novel Inspired by the Life, Letters, and Diaries of Young Sylvia Plath
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    Release date: Feb 17, 2026
    Enter to win an ARC of this intensely relatable historical novel-in-verse following the young adult years of Sylvia Plath.

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    Number of copies: 20

    Giveaway dates: Nov 14 - Dec 14, 2025

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  • The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2)
    Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)
    A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)
    The Reappearance of Rachel Price
    One of Us Is Next (One of Us Is Lying, #2)
    Falling Like Leaves (Bramble Falls, #1)
    The Gilded Cage (The Prison Healer, #2)
    Kingdom of the Wicked (Kingdom of the Wicked, #1)
    Holly (Belladonna, #3.5)
    Grim and Oro (Lightlark)
    A Heart for Christmas: My Advent Novel
    A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1)
    Invisible
    The Same Backward as Forward (The Inheritance Games, #0)
    Gallant
    Insurgent by Veronica RothCity of Lost Souls by Cassandra ClareThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenPandemonium by Lauren OliverRapture by Lauren Kate
    YA Novels of 2012
    1,237 books — 10,183 voters
    City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra ClareThe One by Kiera CassCress by Marissa MeyerIgnite Me by Tahereh MafiThe Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan
    YA Novels of 2014
    1,506 books — 8,779 voters

    The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingTwilight by Stephenie MeyerCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsCity of Bones by Cassandra Clare
    Best Young Adult Fiction
    3,600 books — 6,912 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
    13,117 books — 80,166 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 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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