Young Adult Index

This list includes books that seem to be aimed at a YA (Young Adult) audience (approximately ages 12 to 18, usually with a protagonist about that age and/or undergoing identity development). This list also includes YA authors. Inclusion in this list is not necessarily a recommendation.

• “Diversity in YA” with Fiona Wood, Michael Pryor and Meg Mundell August 20, 2015
• “They expect a fish to climb a tree”: Anna Whateley on Peta Lyre and autism May 25, 2020
• “We are a great group of salty women”: International Women’s Day panel includes Jennifer Iacopelli, Tabitha Bird and Hannah Capin March 8, 2020
• 172 Hours on the Moon by Johan Harstad February 16, 2013
• A Cinderella Story: A Christmas Wish (2019) December 17, 2019
• Abandon by Meg Cabot (Abandon book 1) September 20, 2013
• Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn March 11, 2016
• Advent by James Treadwell March 9, 2012
• Adventure Time season 1 July 19, 2012
• Again Again by e lockhart June 11, 2020
• Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor January 15, 2013
• Alison Goodman February 21, 2013
• All That Impossible Space by Anna Morgan June 17, 2019
• All The Murmuring Bones by Angela Slatter June 11, 2021
• All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace December 9, 2020
• Allegiant (2016) July 2, 2016
• Allegiant by Veronica Roth January 15, 2014
• Allison Hewitt is Trapped by Madeleine Roux March 9, 2012
• America Pacifica by Anna North July 23, 2011
• An Emotion of Great Delight by Tahereh Mafi June 18, 2021
• Angel Arias by Marianne de Pierres November 19, 2011
• Apollo’s Outcasts by Allen Steele June 28, 2013
• Arise by Tara Hudson March 12, 2013
• Armageddon 2012 October 15, 2012
• Army of the Undead by Stuart Daly October 18, 2012
• Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian by Eoin Colfer Review by Nalini Haynes September 14, 2012
• Ash by Malinda Lo March 15, 2013
• Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J Maas August 9, 2014
• Atlantia by Ally Condie November 19, 2014
• Awakened by P C & Kristin Cast April 22, 2011
• Awesome by Eva Darrows March 23, 2015
• Back and Deader than Ever Monster High 4 by Lisi Harrison October 2, 2012
• Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins June 22, 2020
• Barely Lethal (2015) November 11, 2019
• Beautiful Creatures (2013) January 19, 2015
• Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer April 18, 2015
• Bitterblue by Kristen Cashore February 5, 2014
• Black Glass by Meg Mundell April 22, 2011
• Blood Countess by Tara Moss November 13, 2013
• Bone Season by Samantha Shannon September 10, 2013
• Books & DVDs received September 3, 2012
• Break the Fall by Jennifer Iacopelli March 1, 2020
• Burn Bright by Marianne de Pierres September 23, 2011
• C J Daugherty: Keeping up the pace in Night School January 1, 2012
• Captain Marvel: Higher, Further, Faster by Liza Palmer December 25, 2019
• Carnival of Secrets by Melissa Marr November 18, 2012
• Cat Sparks launches Richard Harland’s Song of the Slums July 15, 2013
• Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (Hunger Games book 2) September 16, 2013
• CBCA Celebrate Story Creators (Children’s and YA literature) June 10, 2016
• Centre of My Everything by Allayne Webster April 2, 2021
• Champion by Marie Lu December 4, 2013
• Cinderella Moment by Jennifer Kloester September 2, 2015
• City Called Smoke by Justin Woolley December 18, 2015
• Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas March 22, 2015
• Crooked River by Valerie Geary November 11, 2014
• Crossing Over by Anna Kendall April 22, 2011
• Curtsies and Conspiracies by Gail Carriger November 1, 2013
• Cuttlefish by Dave Freer July 16, 2012
• Dance of Shadows by Yelena Black December 25, 2013
• Dance of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin January 18, 2014
• Dark Divide by Jennifer Fallon May 9, 2012
• Darker Shade of Magic by V E Schwab March 28, 2016
• Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black January 16, 2015
• Daughter of Lies and Ruin by Jo Spurrier September 24, 2019
• Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor September 21, 2011
• Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor November 21, 2012
• Deadline by Mira Grant July 23, 2011
• Deadly Education: Lesson One of the Scholomance by Naomi Novik October 9, 2020
• Debris by Joanne Anderton June 8, 2012
• Delirium by Lauren Oliver January 13, 2014
• Department 19 by Will Hill January 9, 2012
• Die for Me by Amy Plum July 23, 2011
• Disney A Twisted Tale series: Straight on Till Morning by Liz Braswell May 20, 2020
• Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E Lockhart December 30, 2015
• Divergent by Veronica Roth July 23, 2011
• Divergent the movie April 7, 2014
• Divergent: Meet Four (movie trailer) March 28, 2014
• Divergent: Tris vs Jeanine (movie trailer) April 4, 2014
• Double-Edged Sword by Sarah Silverwood January 21, 2011
• Dread Nation by Justina Ireland June 3, 2019
• Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor September 22, 2014
• Earth Flight by Janet Edwards December 29, 2015
• Earth Girl by Janet Edwards March 19, 2014
• Earth Star by Janet Edwards March 24, 2014
• Earth Star by Janet Edwards November 21, 2014
• Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George August 20, 2013
• Ember and Ash by Pamela Freeman April 22, 2011
• Embrace by Jessica Shirvington January 21, 2011
• Eoin Colfer May 16, 2012
• Eon by Alison Goodman January 18, 2013
• Erasure Initiative by Lili Wilkinson August 25, 2020
• Euphoria Kids by Alison Evans May 25, 2020
• Evolution of Claire February 3, 2020
• Extraordinaires by Michael Pryor January 9, 2012
• Extraordinaries by T J Klune August 15, 2020
• Eyes of Tamburah by Maria V Snyder July 22, 2019
• Fairytales for Wilde Girls by Allyse Near October 23, 2015
• Fault in our Stars by John Green February 24, 2013
• Fin & Rye & Fireflies by Harry Cook August 10, 2020
• Fiona Wood’s Cloudwish launch September 21, 2015
• Fire by Kristin Cashore September 23, 2011
• Fire Star by A L Tait September 3, 2020
• First Third by Will Kostakis August 23, 2013
• Fit-lit or sick-lit? January 7, 2013
• Flawed by Cecelia Ahern October 1, 2016
• Followers by Anna Davies April 24, 2015
• Foul is Fair by Hannah Capin February 17, 2020
• Frankie by Shivaun Plozza April 18, 2016
• Friday Brown by Vikki Wakefield March 21, 2015
• Fuse by Julianna Baggott April 28, 2013
• Future Girl by Asphyxia November 20, 2020
• Gallant by V E Schwab March 30, 2022
• Game by Krystyna Kuhn July 23, 2011
• Gathering: A Darkness Rising Book by Kelley Armstrong July 23, 2011
• Glass Houses by Rachel Caine July 23, 2011
• Glenda Millard on writing The Stars at Oktober Bend March 9, 2016
• Golden Lily by Richelle Mead October 14, 2013
• Grace Year by Kim Liggett October 16, 2019
• Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky April 21, 2015
• Graceling by Kristin Cashore September 23, 2011
• Grass for His Pillow by Lian Hearn April 15, 2016
• Guy, The Girl, The Artist and His Ex by Gabrielle Williams April 19, 2015
• Hacked by Tracy Alexander May 21, 2015
• Half a King by Joe Abercrombie July 1, 2014
• Hanna (TV series 2019-) October 18, 2020
• Harry Cook August 17, 2020
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 January 22, 2011
• Heir of Fire by Sarah J Maas November 1, 2014
• Hexbound by Chloe Neill September 23, 2011
• Hexed: The Sisters of Witchdown by Michael Alan Nelson May 13, 2015
• Hidden by P C & Kristin Cast September 2, 2013
• Hostage Three by Nick Lake January 29, 2014
• Hot Blooded by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguié: a review March 17, 2013
• House of Comarre February 6, 2012
• House of Dragons by Jessica Cluess October 15, 2020
• House of Night series by PC & Kristin Cast March 23, 2013
• Hunger Games Catching Fire April 1, 2014
• Hunger Games: Catching Fire (movie) November 25, 2013
• Hunger Games: Mockingjay part 1 March 7, 2015
• Huntress by Malinda Lo March 15, 2013
• I Am Change by Suzy Zail July 24, 2019
• I S Belle (GenZ) on social media for authors July 10, 2023
• I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett October 21, 2010
• In Darkness by Nick Lake February 26, 2013
• In Darkness wins 2013 Michael L. Printz Award January 29, 2013
• In the Skin of a Monster by Kathryn Barker April 27, 2016
• Influence by Sara Shepard and Lilia Buckingham January 1, 2021
• Insurgent (2015) March 19, 2015
• Insurgent by Veronica Roth May 9, 2012
• Invincible: Family Matters by Kirkman, Walker and Crabtree April 26, 2016
• Isles of the Gods by Amie Kaufman May 24, 2023
• Items received in the week ending 15 February 2013 February 19, 2013
• Items received: Edgar poses, Smokey whines. July 23, 2013
• Jennifer Fallon April 25, 2016
• Joanne Anderton June 8, 2012
• Joanne Anderton: Why this story? July 11, 2012
• Jump by Sean Williams December 24, 2013
• Kara H L Chen June 26, 2023
• Kelley Armstrong August 15, 2011
• Kelley Armstrong AUTHOR TALK August 15, 2011
• Kelley Grant May 27, 2015
• Killables by Gemma Malley March 9, 2012
• Kiss Me First by Lottie Moggach July 9, 2013
• Lakesedge by Lyndall Clipstone September 27, 2022
• Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli December 16, 2019
• Lauren Kate August 3, 2011
• Left-handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix October 14, 2020
• Legend by Marie Lu August 24, 2013
• Lenobia’s Vow by PC & Kristin Cast July 6, 2013
• Lies my memory told me by Sacha Wunsch March 30, 2022
• London Eye by Tim Lebbon March 26, 2014
• Lost Covenant by Ari Marmell March 25, 2014
• Lost in Time by Melissa de la Cruz February 28, 2014
• Lost Soul Atlas by Zana Fraillon June 24, 2020
• Lumatere Chronicles October 23, 2012
• Luminaries by Susan Dennard April 13, 2023
• Madeleine Roux July 24, 2011
• Manners & Mutiny by Gail Carriger December 16, 2015
• Margo Lanagan June 8, 2012
• Marianne de Pierres November 25, 2011
• Marianne de Pierres: Shine Light Blog tour – Varonessa November 12, 2012
• Masquerade by Kylie Fornasier July 28, 2014
• Meg Mundell April 24, 2011
• Melina Marchetta October 23, 2012
• Michael Pryor on the AWW challenge December 15, 2012
• Midnight in Everwood by M A Kuzniar February 15, 2022
• Moar books! Items received with added cats June 17, 2013
• Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins September 17, 2013
• Model kitty November 18, 2012
• Mogworld by Yahtzee Croshaw October 21, 2010
• Mole Hunt by Paul Collins September 23, 2011
• Monster High by Lisi Harrison April 22, 2011
• Monstrous Child by Francesca Simon May 17, 2016
• Monuments by Will Kostakis August 12, 2019
• Mortal Fire by Elizabeth Knox June 17, 2014
• My Fairy Godmother is a Drag Queen by David Clawson August 17, 2017
• My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbalestier January 18, 2016
• Nameless A Tale of Beauty and Madness by Lili St. Crow November 18, 2013
• Neferet’s Curse by PC & Kristen Cast June 4, 2013
• Neodymium Exodus by Jen Finelli October 15, 2021
• Never A Hero by Vanessa Len August 25, 2023
• Night School by C J Daugherty November 20, 2013
• Night School: Legacy by C J Daugherty December 18, 2013
• Nightbirds by Kate Armstrong May 24, 2023
• Nightshade by Andrea Cremer March 3, 2012
• Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo November 23, 2019
• Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Chris Riddell September 21, 2016
• Once and Future Witches by Alix E Harrow December 21, 2020
• Outlawed by Anna North February 1, 2021
• Paladin Prophecy by Mark Frost May 10, 2013
• Pandemonium (Delirium #2) by Lauren Oliver January 14, 2014
• Paper Towns by John Green April 29, 2015
• Passion by Lauren Kate July 23, 2011
• Permanent Record by Mary H Choi November 29, 2019
• Possessed by Niki Valentine March 14, 2015
• Prince and the Apocalypse by Kara McDowell July 26, 2023
• Princess Nevermore by Dian Curtis Regan May 9, 2013
• Prodigy by Marie Lu August 25, 2013
• Promise by Alexandra Alt June 28, 2019
• Pure by Julianna Baggott May 9, 2012
• Rachel Caine November 18, 2012
• Rachel Neumeier in Two-Book YA Paranormal Fantasy Deal March 6, 2013
• Raising Hell by Bryony Pearce June 12, 2021
• Rampant by Julie Day September 23, 2019
• Razorhurst by Justine Larbalestier – book launch July 10, 2014
• Rebel Gods by Will Kostakis August 25, 2020
• Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton February 29, 2016
• Reboot by Amy Tintera September 22, 2013
• Red Glove by Holly Black September 23, 2011
• Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard March 14, 2016
• Requiem (Delirium #3) by Lauren Oliver January 22, 2014
• Rhiannon Hart in 2011 January 24, 2012
• Rhiannon Hart in 2012 August 1, 2012
• Romanitas by Sophia McDougall July 23, 2011
• Ruby Tuesday by Hayley Lawrence April 1, 2021
• Sadie Walker is stranded by Madeleine Roux March 9, 2012
• Santa Claws has been busy December 20, 2012
• Sarah Ayoub August 8, 2016
• Savage City by Sophia McDougall September 23, 2011
• Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong October 17, 2014
• Sending by Isobelle Carmody May 9, 2012
• Seoulmates by Susan Lee February 13, 2023
• Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin December 4, 2019
• Shadow and Bone (Book 1: The Grisha) by Leigh Bardugo March 18, 2021
• Shadowscent: The Darkest Bloom by P M Freestone June 5, 2019
• Shannara Chronicles s01e01: Chosen part 1 April 14, 2016
• Shannara Chronicles s01e02: Chosen part 2 April 16, 2016
• Shannara Chronicles s01e03: Fury April 20, 2016
• Shannara Chronicles s01e04: Changeling April 23, 2016
• Shannara Chronicles s01e06: Pykon May 8, 2016
• Shine Light by Marianne de Pierres October 26, 2012
• Ship breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi November 24, 2011
• Shivaun Plozza May 10, 2016
• Shuri: A Black Panther Novel by Nic Stone June 18, 2020
• Sidekicks by Will Kostakis March 2, 2016
• Singing the Dogstar Blues by Alison Goodman February 18, 2013
• Sisters Grimm by Menna van Praag May 26, 2020
• Skin by Ilka Tampke February 24, 2015
• Small Madness by Dianne Touchell January 28, 2015
• Smokey discovers BatCat: items received May 6, 2013
• Smokey presents October 9, 2012
• Smokey snarks at her servant while recounting lewts received recently February 9, 2013
• So This is Love by Elizabeth Lim May 20, 2020
• Song of the Quarkbeast by Jasper Fforde January 9, 2012
• Special by Georgia Blain May 3, 2016
• Spellbound by Kelley Armstrong September 23, 2011
• Spontaneous by Aaron Starmer September 7, 2016
• Starling House by Alix E Harrow October 16, 2023
• Stars at Oktober Bend by Glenda Millard January 20, 2016
• Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E Smith August 19, 2013
• Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith September 23, 2011
• Steam Mole by Dave Freer April 26, 2013
• Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson March 5, 2014
• Storm Wake by Lucy Christopher November 20, 2019
• Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor December 20, 2016
• Stung by Bethany Wiggins September 25, 2013
• Suited by Joanne Anderton June 29, 2013
• Suzy Zail August 14, 2019
• Suzy Zail July 3, 2023
• Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare October 18, 2023
• The 100 s01e01: Pilot April 23, 2016
• The 100 s01e06: His Sister’s Keeper May 28, 2016
• The 100 s01e07: Contents Under Pressure June 4, 2016
• The Beast Within, A Tale of Beauty’s Prince by Serena Valentino July 16, 2020
• The Dark Lady by Akala July 8, 2021
• The Gaps by Leanne Hall March 13, 2021
• The Happiness Quest by Richard Yaxley July 10, 2019
• The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker November 24, 2021
• The Other Side Of Perfect by Mariko Turk June 12, 2021
• The Pain, My Mother, Sir Tiffy, Cyber Boy & Me by Michael Gerard Bauer July 4, 2016
• The Year The Maps Changed by Danielle Binks May 20, 2020
• There will be lies by Nick Lake January 15, 2015
• This Is Where The World Ends by Amy Zhang July 18, 2016
• Three by Sarah Lotz December 13, 2014
• Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas June 15, 2013
• Tiger Daughter by Rebecca Lim April 1, 2021
• Tithe: A Modern Tale of Faerie by Holly Black March 31, 2015
• Traitor’s Gate by Sarah Silverwood September 23, 2011
• twilight saga: the official illustrated guide by Stephenie Meyer July 23, 2011
• Underworld by Meg Cabot (Abandon book 2) September 24, 2013
• Undivided by Jennifer Fallon July 23, 2011
• Upwelling by Lystra Rose October 20, 2022
• Valiant by Holly Black April 18, 2015
• Vampire Academy: The Ultimate Guide by Michelle Rowan with Richelle Mead May 28, 2014
• Waking Romeo by Kathryn Barker June 10, 2021
• When Michael Met Mina by Randa Abdel-Fattah June 27, 2016
• When Mr Dog Bites by Brian Conaghan January 31, 2014
• Whisper To Me by Nick Lake October 14, 2016
• Who Am I? by Anita Heiss July 16, 2020
• Who’s Afraid by Maria Lewis January 22, 2016
• Wildcat Fireflies by Amber Kizer January 14, 2013
• Will Kostakis on equity and representation July 8, 2016
• Winter Damage by Natasha Carthew January 27, 2014
• Winterkill by Kate A Boorman May 2, 2016
• Witch by Finbar Hawkins February 11, 2021
• Witches of the East by Melissa de la Cruz July 23, 2011
• Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed (Graphic Novel) August 28, 2020
• Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo January 24, 2020
• YA Hugo category – it could become a thing September 2, 2013
• Yearbook Committee by Sarah Ayoub March 21, 2016
• Yellow by Megan Jacobson March 18, 2016
• Yesterday is history by Kosoko Jackson October 18, 2022
• Young Adult and Middle Grade Speculative Fiction awards, USA 2014 April 3, 2014
• Zana Fraillon July 25, 2016
• Zeroes by Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan and Deborah Biancotti September 23, 2015
• Zombies vs Unicorns edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier May 27, 2019

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