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The Best Young Adult Books for Teens

Most book lovers have been reading for as long as we can remember. And when we graduated from picture books and chapter books to young adult books, it was like discovering a whole new world. We’d stay up late into the night reading with the help of book lights (or even flashlights)—but today’s YA readers are lucky to have smartphones and ereaders, making late-night reading binges even easier.  

Young adult literature is often considered the bridge between childrens’ books and adult books—though if you ask us, there’s definitely nothing wrong with being an adult who loves YA lit! (We even have a list of books for that.) 

The world of books for teens and young adults is growing rapidly, and we're keeping up with all the latest trends. Stay on top of Reese Witherspoon’s latest YA book club pick, or browse our own selections for the best YA book club books. Check out young adult books that have stood the test of time, or modern releases that spotlight more diverse voices and characters than ever before. Keep scrolling to browse everything from classics to diverse new releases in every genre, from YA romance to cozy mysteries to coming of age stories.

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Ask the Passengers
Ask the Passengers
by A.S. King
The Three Coffins
The Three Coffins
by John Dickson Carr
Quartet in Autumn
Quartet in Autumn
by Barbara Pym
There There
There There
by Tommy Orange
The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half
by Brit Bennett
Before I Let You Go
Before I Let You Go
by Kelly Rimmer
The Business of Fancydancing
The Business of Fancydancing
by Sherman Alexie
This Changes Everything
This Changes Everything
by Naomi Klein
James and the Giant Peach
James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
The Wives
The Wives
by Tarryn Fisher
Dating by the Book
Dating by the Book
by Mary Ann Marlowe
The Long Flight Home
The Long Flight Home
by Alan Hlad
The Happiness Project, Tenth Anniversary Edition: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
The Happiness Project, Tenth Anniversary Edition: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
by Gretchen Rubin
Some Choose Darkness
Some Choose Darkness
by Charlie Donlea
The Abolitionist's Daughter
The Abolitionist's Daughter
by Diane C. McPhail
If I Stay
If I Stay
by Gayle Forman
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks
The Looming Tower
The Looming Tower
by Lawrence Wright
Eloise At the Plaza
Eloise At the Plaza
by Kay Thompson
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
by Ron Chernow
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Jumanji
Jumanji
by Chris van Allsburg
Everything I Never Told You
Everything I Never Told You
by Celeste Ng
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
by Sherman Alexie
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
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The Face in the Frost
The Face in the Frost
by John Bellairs
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
by Terry Tempest Williams
Catch-22
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
Lord of the Rings
Lord of the Rings
by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Daughters of the Lake
Daughters of the Lake
by Wendy Webb
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
by Fredrik Backman
I Place You Into the Fire
I Place You Into the Fire
by Rebecca Thomas
The Moon is Always Female
The Moon is Always Female
by Marge Piercy
The Marsh King's Daughter
The Marsh King's Daughter
by Karen Dionne
The Devil in the White City
The Devil in the White City
by Erik Larson
You
You
by Caroline Kepnes
Nightwoods
Nightwoods
by Charles Frazier
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice
by James M. Cain
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Beach Music
Beach Music
by Pat Conroy
Mexican Gothic
Mexican Gothic
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Fairy Tale
Fairy Tale
by Stephen King
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
by Jonas Jonasson
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
by Christopher Paolini
The Corpse Washer
The Corpse Washer
by Sinan Antoon
A Canticle for Leibowitz
A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller Jr.
The Children of Men
The Children of Men
by PD James
Born A Crime
Born A Crime
by Trevor Noah
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Ray Bradbury
The Daughter of Time
The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey
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Young adult literature is aimed at a younger age group (12-18 years) and features themes from adult literature, such as friendship, sexuality, and substance abuse, on a more cautious scale. 

YA books are marketed towards middle school and high-school-aged people, with ages 12-14 on the younger end of the scale and ages 15-18 on the older end of the scale. But this is not to say that adults cannot also enjoy young adult literature.