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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Immortal Game
Death Card
Alchemy of Souls
The Killing Rules
Natural Selection
Bridget & Gabe Are Not Okay
The Hardest Ones to Fool
Killing Sadie
Practically Magic
Bound by Fury
Monster, Monarch, Maiden
The Season of Light and Darkness
Suffer a Witch: A Memoir
The Introvert's Guide to Kissing in Europe
Such Great Heights
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    The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2)
    Falling Like Leaves (Bramble Falls, #1)
    The Witch and the Bull - tome 1
    The Gilded Cage (The Prison Healer, #2)
    The Sun and the Star (The Nico di Angelo Adventures, #1)
    Wild Darling (The Darling Devils, #3)
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    A Darker Shore: Letters from Ketterdam (Six of Crows, #2.5)
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    Games Untold: An Inheritance Games Collection
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    Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1)
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    Lady Midnight by Cassandra ClareGlass Sword by Victoria AveyardHeartless by Marissa MeyerCrooked Kingdom by Leigh BardugoThe Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
    YA Novels of 2016
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    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareDivergent by Veronica Roth
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    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 Philosopher'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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