YA Books
Books written for and starring teenage protagonists, where coming of age sits at the heart of the story.
94 books
Fantasy
A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik
Fantasy
A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik
Thriller
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson
Crime
All American Boys
Jason Reynolds
Young Adult
All the Bright Places
Jennifer Niven
Young Adult
Along for the Ride
Sarah Dessen
Young Adult
Anna and the French Kiss
Stephanie Perkins
Non-Fiction
Armada
Ernest Cline
Young Adult
Before I Fall
Lauren Oliver
Young Adult
Belladonna
Adalyn Grace
Historical Fiction
Between Shades of Gray
Ruta Sepetys
Literary Fiction
Bones and All
Camille DeAngelis
Romance
Booth
Beth Reekles
Young Adult
Boy's Life
Ali Novak
Romance
Bully
Penelope Douglas
Romance
Carry On
Rainbow Rowell
Horror
Cemetery Boys
Aiden Thomas
Children of Eden
Joey Graceffa
Horror
City of Bones
Cassandra Clare
Non-Fiction
Code Name Verity
Young Adult
Crave
Tracy Wolff
Dance of Thieves
Mary Pearson
Young Adult
Dangerous Girls
Abigail Haas
Young Adult
Dear Martin
Nic Stone
Science Fiction
Delirium
Lauren Oliver
Elatsoe
Darcie Little Badger
Romance
Eleanor & Park
Every Heart a Doorway
Young Adult
Family of Liars
E. Lockhart
Young Adult
Fangirl
Rainbow Rowell
Non-Fiction
Feed
M. T. Anderson
Fantasy
Fireborne
Rosaria Munda
Five Feet Apart
Rachael Lippincott
Thriller
Five Survive
Holly Jackson
Non-Fiction
For the Win
Cory Doctorow
Young Adult
Genuine Fraud
E. Lockhart
Fantasy
Graceling
Kristin Cashore
Young Adult
Happily Ever Afters
Elise Bryant
Heart Bones
Fantasy
His Dark Materials
Philip Pullman
Romance
Hopeless
Colleen Hoover
Hotel Magnifique
Emily J. Taylor
Young Adult
How to Make Friends with the Dark
Kathleen Glasgow
Young Adult
Hush, Hush
Becca Fitzpatrick
Mystery
I Am the Messenger
Markus Zusak
Young Adult
I Hunt Killers
Barry Lyga
Young Adult
If I Stay
Gayle Forman
Science Fiction
Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao
Comedy
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Ned Vizzini
Young Adult
Killing November
Adriana Mather
Fantasy
Kingdom of the Wicked
Kerri Maniscalco
Fantasy
Kiss of Deception
Mary E. Pearson
Non-Fiction
Legend
Marie Lu
Young Adult
Long Way Down
Jason Reynolds
Young Adult
Looking for Alaska
John Green
Young Adult
Matched
Ally Condie
Comedy
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Jesse Andrews
Horror
My Best Friend's Exorcism
Grady Hendrix
Young Adult
My Heart and Other Black Holes
Jasmine Warga
Young Adult
My Life Next Door
Huntley Fitzpatrick
Young Adult
On the Come Up
Angie Thomas
Literary Fiction
Once Upon a Broken Heart
Stephanie Garber
Romance
One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus
Young Adult
Peak
Roland Smith
Young Adult
People Like Us
Dana Mele
Romance
The Selection
Kiera Cass
Young Adult
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
Jennifer E. Smith
Young Adult
The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny Han
Young Adult
The Summer of Broken Rules
K.L. Walther
Romance
The Sun Is Also a Star
Nicola Yoon
The Tombs of Atuan
Historical Fiction
The Unbroken
Mildred D. Taylor
The Weight of Blood
Fantasy
The Wide Wide Sea
Patrick Ness
Fantasy
The Winner's Curse
Marie Rutkoski
These Violent Delights
Young Adult
They Wish They Were Us
Jessica Goodman
Fantasy
Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas
Mystery
Tiny Pretty Things
Sona Charaipotra
Young Adult
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Jenny Han
Young Adult
Today Tonight Tomorrow
Rachel Lynn Solomon
Young Adult
Truly Devious
Maureen Johnson
Mystery
Truly Devious
Maureen Johnson
Young Adult
Turtles All the Way Down
John Green
Literary Fiction
Tweet Cute
Young Adult
Twilight
Stephenie Meyer
Young Adult
Two Can Keep a Secret
Karen M. McManus
Non-Fiction
Uglies
Scott Westerfeld
Under the Never Sky
Horror
Vampire Academy
Richelle Mead
Non-Fiction
Warcross
Marie Lu
Young Adult
We Were Liars
E. Lockhart
What the River Knows
Isabel Ibanez
Young Adult
Wintergirls
Laurie Halse Anderson
