Young Adult Literature

Young Adult fiction (and, more rarely, nonfiction) is a publishing term for books aimed at readers 14 to 21 years old. It uses a slightly simpler vocabulary and does not assume certain experiences on the part of the reader. It usually features a Coming of Age Story. Since all of this is also likely to appeal to adults, it is often separately marketed to both demographics. Young Adult fiction can feature content deemed unsuitable for children, but also will often contain didactic content.

The rough Television equivalent is the Teen Drama.

Also see Childrens Literature, for the next age category down.

While Light Novels are directed at young adult audiences too, they are on their own index for convenience.

For the 2011 movie, see Young Adult.

A

 * Abandon Series
 * Abarat
 * The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian
 * An Abundance of Katherines
 * The Adoration of Jenna Fox
 * Adrian Mole
 * Aimee
 * Airborn
 * Airhead Series
 * Airman
 * Akata Witch
 * Alcatraz Series
 * Alex Rider - James Bond in teenage boy form, before Young Bond was written.
 * Alice Girl From the Future
 * Alpha Force
 * Angry Remembrance
 * Animorphs - A group of teens is given the ability to transform into animals and tries to fight off a covert alien invasion.
 * Anna Dressed in Blood
 * Annie On My Mind
 * Arcadia Snips and The Steamwork Consortium
 * Are You There God Its Me Margaret
 * Armageddon Summer
 * Ashes and Dust
 * The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl
 * Audrey Wait
 * Avalon High
 * The Avatar Chronicles - Trilogy of novels (Epic, Saga, Edda) featuring futuristic MMORPGs

B

 * Ballet Shoes
 * Beachwalker
 * Beastly
 * Beauty
 * Before I Fall
 * Beyond the Western Sea
 * The Beyonders
 * Black Maria
 * Blood and Chocolate
 * Blood Ninja
 * Bloody Jack
 * The Blue Castle
 * Bones of Faerie
 * The Book of the Named
 * Bras and Broomsticks
 * Break of Dark
 * Bridge to Terabithia - An unpopular boy artist and girl writer at school become friends, bonding via their imagination.
 * Broken Sky
 * Bumped
 * BZRK

C

 * The Candy Shop War
 * Catherine Called Birdy
 * Caucasia
 * Chanters of Tremaris
 * Chaos Walking Trilogy
 * Charles and Emma
 * Charlotte Powers
 * CHERUB Series
 * Chime
 * The Chosen
 * The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica
 * Circle of Magic
 * Circle of Three
 * The City of Ember
 * The Claidi Journals
 * The Clique
 * The Colonial Boy
 * The Col Sec Trilogy
 * Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
 * The Cornersville Trace Mythos
 * Crabbe
 * The Curse Workers
 * Cut

D

 * The Dalemark Quartet
 * The Darkest Powers
 * Dark Life
 * Dark Lord of Derkholm
 * Dark Reflections Trilogy
 * Dark Touch
 * Dark Visions
 * Daughters of the Moon
 * The Day of the Pelican
 * Deadgirl
 * Delirium Series
 * Demon Envy
 * The Demons Lexicon
 * Devilish
 * Dinoverse
 * Discworld Young Adult novels
 * The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
 * The Tiffany Aching series
 * The Wee Free Men
 * A Hat Full of Sky
 * Wintersmith
 * Divergent
 * Does My Head Look Big in This
 * Don't Call Me Ishmael
 * Down a Dark Hall
 * The Duplicate
 * Dust City
 * The Dust of 100 Dogs

E

 * The Edge Chronicles
 * Emily of New Moon
 * Enchanted Forest Chronicles
 * Ethan Suspended
 * The Evil Genius Trilogy
 * The Eyes of Kid Midas

F

 * Fade
 * The Faerie Path
 * Farsala Trilogy
 * The Fault in Our Stars
 * Fearless
 * Feed
 * Feeling for Bones
 * Feeling Sorry for Celia
 * Fighting Fantasy
 * Fingerprints
 * Finnegan Zwake
 * Fire Bringer
 * The Firebringer Trilogy
 * A Fistful of Sky
 * The Forest of Hands and Teeth
 * Freakthe Mighty
 * The Friendship Song
 * Futuretrack Five

G

 * The Gallagher Girls
 * Gamer Girl
 * The Gathering
 * Gathering Blue
 * Gemma Doyle
 * Generation Dead
 * Gentlehands
 * Geography Club
 * Ghostgirl
 * The Gideon Trilogy
 * A Gift of Magic
 * Girl Fifteen Charming but Insane
 * The Girl in The Steel Corset
 * The Girls Series
 * The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in A Ship of Her Own Making
 * Give a Boy A Gun
 * The Giver
 * The Goblin Wood
 * The Goddess Test
 * Gone
 * The Goodness Gene
 * Goodnight Mr. Tom
 * The Gospel According to Larry
 * Gossip Girl
 * Gossip Times Three
 * Graceling
 * Grave Mercy
 * Green Sky Trilogy
 * Groosham Grange
 * Guardian Of The Dead
 * The Guardians of Time Trilogy

H

 * Harry Potter (started out as pure children's literature, but slowly matured to YA aver the course of 7 book, the author refered to this as "the book growing up along with the reader")
 * Harry Potter
 * Harry Potter
 * Harry Potter
 * Hatchet
 * Hollowstone
 * Hating Alison Ashley
 * Heir Apparent
 * Heist Society
 * Hendersons Boys
 * Hex Hall
 * Hexwood
 * Hidden Talents - A Ragtag Bunch of Misfits in a High School with Psychic Powers. They Fight Bullies!
 * His Dark Materials
 * The Hobbit
 * Honor Harrington spinoff series starting with A Beautiful Friendship
 * Hoot
 * The Hounds of the Morrigan
 * The House of Night
 * House of the Scorpion
 * House of Stairs
 * The House On Mango Street
 * How I Live Now
 * Howl's Moving Castle
 * Castle in The Air
 * House of Many Ways
 * The Hunchback Assignments
 * The Hunger Games
 * Hush Hush

I

 * I Am Not a Serial Killer
 * Mr. Monster
 * I Don't Want to Kill You
 * I Am Number Four
 * Identical
 * Imaginalis
 * Impulse
 * Infernal Devices
 * Inheritance Cycle
 * Interstellar Pig
 * The Iron King
 * Its Kind of a Funny Story
 * I Was a Teenage Fairy

J

 * Jane of Lantern Hill
 * Janie - The Face on the Milk Carton series by Carolyn B. Cooney.
 * Jennifer Scales
 * Jessicas Guide to Dating On The Dark Side
 * Julie of the Wolves

K

 * Keeping You a Secret
 * Kiesha Ra
 * Kiki Strike
 * Kilmeny of the Orchard
 * King Dork
 * Kiss
 * Knight and Rogue Series
 * Krabat

L

 * The Last Apprentice
 * The Last Book in The Universe
 * The Last Dove
 * The Last Dragonslayer
 * Last Legionary
 * The Last Vampire series
 * L Change the World
 * Let It Snow
 * Leven Thumps
 * Leviathan
 * Life As We Knew It
 * Living Dead Girl - Definitely a YA book, and not for children.
 * Lonely Werewolf Girl
 * A Long Long Sleep
 * Looking for Alaska
 * Looking for Alibrandi
 * The Looking Glass Wars
 * Losing Christina - (A suspenseful psychological thriller trilogy).
 * Lost Girls
 * The Lost Years of Merlin
 * Lucky Starr
 * Lunar Chronicles
 * The Luxe

M

 * The Machine Gunners
 * Mary Jane a Novel.
 * The Magids
 * Maniac Magee
 * Mara Daughter of the Nile
 * Matched
 * A Match Made in High School
 * Maximum Ride
 * The Maze Runner
 * Midnighters
 * The Midnight Library
 * Miss Peregrines Homefor Peculiar Children
 * Mistwood
 * Miya Black Pirate Princess
 * Modelland
 * Modern Tales of Faerie
 * Monstrumologist
 * Moon Crash Series
 * Mortal Instruments
 * Morganville Vampires
 * Mrs. Frisby and The Rats of NIMH
 * My Favorite Band Does Not Exist
 * My Side of the Mountain
 * My Swordhand Is Singing

N

 * Nation
 * National Velvet
 * Nick and Norahs Infinite Playlist
 * The Nine Lives of Chloe King
 * Night World
 * No More Dead Dogs
 * Numbers
 * Number the Stars

O

 * The Obernewtyn Chronicles
 * Old Kingdom
 * On the Jellicoe Road - The story of Taylor Markham, reluctant leader of her dorm houses in the underground battle as she tries to figure out her past and future
 * On the Run
 * The Oracle Trilogy
 * The Outsiders
 * The Order of Oddfish

P

 * The Pagan Chronicles
 * Paper Towns
 * Paranormalcy
 * Partials
 * The Perilous Gard
 * Pillage
 * Pit Dragon Chronicles
 * Plain Kate
 * Power of Three
 * Pretty Little Liars
 * Princess Academy
 * Princess Ben
 * The Princess Diaries
 * Private
 * The Prophecy of the Stones
 * Purple Hibiscus

Q

 * The Queens Thief

R

 * The Ragwitch
 * Rangers Apprentice
 * Reckless
 * Red Handed
 * Redwall
 * Reformed Vampire Support Group
 * Remnants
 * Replica - Light sci-fi series about a twelve-year-old girl who discovers she is a genetically altered clone and has twelve identical "sisters."
 * Resonance Book One Birds of Passage
 * Rewind
 * The Rolling Stones
 * Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
 * Roswell High (later turned into a television series)
 * The Ruby Oliver Quartet
 * Running Out of Time

S

 * Sally Lockhart
 * Sammy Keyes
 * Samurai Shortstop
 * Saving Francesca
 * Saving Zoe
 * Sea of Trolls
 * The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
 * The Selection
 * Septimus Heap
 * The Seven Citadels
 * The Seven Realms Series
 * The Seventh Tower
 * Shades Children
 * Shadow Children
 * The Shadow Speaker
 * Shatter Me
 * The Sherwood Ring
 * The Sight
 * The Silver Kiss
 * Silver Phoenix
 * Singularity
 * The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
 * Sisters No Way
 * Skellig
 * The Skinjacker Trilogy
 * Everlost
 * Everwild
 * Everfound
 * Skinned
 * Skulduggery Pleasant
 * Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
 * Someone Elses War
 * Sorcery and Cecelia
 * Soul Seekers
 * Soul Screamers
 * So Yesterday - It's about advertising.
 * Space Cadet
 * Speak
 * Spy High
 * The Squad - a series of books about a high school cheer squad who are secretly junior CIA operatives.
 * The Squires Tales - Series of books set during the time of King Arthur.
 * The Stanley Family - A series of mysteries involving an eccentric family.
 * Stargirl - An eccentric teenage girl shows up at high school and becomes popular just for being herself and for her individuality... at least at first...
 * Star Shards Chronicles
 * Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
 * Strange Angels
 * Stravaganza
 * Stuck - A guy gets stuck in a mall. Weirdness, hilarity, romance, adventure and Mood Whiplash ensue.
 * A Sudden Wild Magic
 * Summerland
 * The Supernaturalist
 * Sweep
 * Sweet Valley High

T

 * Tales From Dimwood Forest
 * A Tale of Time City
 * Tales of Kolmar
 * Tara Duncan
 * Teenage Worrier
 * Teen Witch
 * That Was Then This Is Now
 * Theatre Illuminata Trilogy
 * Thirsty
 * Thirteen Reasons Why
 * Thirteen Treasures
 * The Time of the Ghost
 * This Is All the Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn
 * Those That Wake
 * The Tomorrow Series
 * Tortall Universe
 * Traces
 * The Transall Saga
 * A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
 * The Tripods
 * Truancy
 * The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
 * The True Meaning of Smekday
 * Trylle Trilogy
 * The TTYL Series
 * Tuck Everlasting - Girl discovers family who have become immortal.
 * The Twilight series.
 * Twitches

U

 * Uglies
 * The Underland Chronicles
 * The Underneath
 * The Unicorn Chronicles
 * Unicorn Trilogy
 * The Unidentified
 * Un Lun Dun
 * Unwind
 * Urn Burial

V

 * Vampire Academy
 * The Vampire Diaries (adapted into a TV series by The CW)
 * Vampire High
 * The Vast Fields of Ordinary
 * Violet Wings

W

 * The Wake Trilogy
 * Water Trilogy
 * The Wave
 * When You Reach Me - Twelve year old Miranda deals with a lost friendship and new found ones. And a time traveler giving her notes.
 * The White Darkness
 * Why We Broke Up
 * Wicked Lovely
 * Will Grayson Will Grayson
 * The Wingfeather Saga
 * Winnie the Horse Gentler
 * Wings Quartet
 * Wishful Thinking
 * Witch
 * The Witches of Bailiwick
 * A Wrinkle in Time
 * A Wind in The Door
 * A Swiftly Tilting Planet
 * Many Waters

Y

 * The Year of Secret Assignments
 * Young Bond
 * Young Wizards

Z

 * The Zack Files
 * Z for Zachariah
 * Zombies vs. Unicorns

Parodies:

 * The term is parodied by The Simpsons in the episode with the... cumbersome name of "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples, Teens and Gays," when "anti-family" legislation lets the public library set up a red-light shelf labeled "Adult".
 * The genre is parodied in the 2011 film Young Adult, in which the protagonist is an author of several books in a fading series of high-school novels.