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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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Letter to My Daughter
Letter to My Daughter
by Maya Angelou
A Merciful Death
A Merciful Death
by Kendra Elliot
What We Keep
What We Keep
by Elizabeth Berg
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
by Kim Michele Richardson
It's Kind of a Funny Story
It's Kind of a Funny Story
by Ned Vizzini
The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys
by Colson Whitehead
The Shining
The Shining
by Stephen King
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Good and Mad
Good and Mad
by Rebecca Traister
The BFG
The BFG
by Roald Dahl
The Eye of the World
The Eye of the World
by Robert Jordan
The Urban Sketcher
The Urban Sketcher
by Marc Taro Holmes
A Corner in Glory Land
A Corner in Glory Land
by Janie DeVos
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
by Arthur C. Clarke
Hatchet
Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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8 Novels Set in Old Hollywood
When Dimple Met Rishi
When Dimple Met Rishi
by Sandhya Menon
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The Scorpio Races
The Scorpio Races
by Maggie Stiefvater
War & Peace
War & Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
Forever
Forever
by Pete Hamill
Chickenhawk
Chickenhawk
by Robert Mason
Guidebook to Murder
Guidebook to Murder
by Lynn Cahoon
The Way of Shadows
The Way of Shadows
by Brent Weeks
The Name of the Wind
The Name of the Wind
by Patrick Rothfuss
His Majesty's Dragon
His Majesty's Dragon
by Naomi Novik
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
by Edgar Allan Poe
Catcher in the Rye
Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger
Read These Banned Books
Read These Banned Books
by American Library Association (ALA)
Gender Queer
Gender Queer
by Maia Kobabe
To Win a Prince
To Win a Prince
by Toni Shiloh
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10 Ravishing Romance Novels
Warm Bodies
Warm Bodies
by Isaac Marion
The Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Gutiérrez
The Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Gutiérrez
by Jimmy Breslin
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Death in Advertising
Death in Advertising
by Laura Bradford
The Green Mill Murder
The Green Mill Murder
by Kerry Greenwood
 The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
by Ernest Hemingway
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Spy of the First Person
Spy of the First Person
by Sam Shepard
At Dawn We Slept
At Dawn We Slept
by Gordon W. Prange
Black & Blue (Lord and Lady Hetheridge Mystery Series)
Black & Blue (Lord and Lady Hetheridge Mystery Series)
by Emma Jameson
Honor Bound
Honor Bound
by W.E.B. Griffin
The Waves
The Waves
by Virginia Woolf
The Joy of Cooking
The Joy of Cooking
by Irma Rombauer
The Bottoms
The Bottoms
by Joe R. Lansdale
Son of a Trickster
Son of a Trickster
by Eden Robinson
Jackie Oh!
Jackie Oh!
by Kitty Kelley
The Devil All the Time
The Devil All the Time
by Donald Ray Pollock
The Only Good Indians
The Only Good Indians
by Stephen Graham Jones
Americanah
Americanah
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A House in the Sky
A House in the Sky
by Amanda Lindhout
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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.