Did you know that we have a great selection of Young Adult books? Did you also know that lots of adults read YA too? This ever-changing collection has tons of great reads! If you’re looking for somewhere to start, we recommend checking out our YA Staff Pick Bookmarks, our Book Recommendation Pinterest board which incluces YA reading choices, and/or checking out YA award winning books which you can check out for free to see if it was worthy of winning an award.
Alex Awards
Michael L. Printz Awards
Garden State Teen Book Awards
And some other staff picks, all shelved in YA fiction:
Alanna* – Tamora Pierce (girl poses as boy to become a knight, talking cat)
Lonely Werewolf Girl – Martin Millar (what happens when a werewolf gets depressed)
Man Made Boy – Jon Skovron (Frankenstein’s son takes a roadtrip and invents the female version of Ultron)
Neverwhere – Neil Gaiman (the magical seedy underbelly of London and a poor guy who gets caught up in an assassination attempt)
Sabriel* – Garth Nix (girl has to rescue father and the kingdom from an army of the dead)
The Fault in Our Stars – John Green (heartbreaking, romantic, two teens with cancer setting out to accomplish a dream)
A Curse Dark as Gold – Elizabeth Bunce (an excellent retelling of Rumpelstiltskin)
Cinder* – Marissa Meyer (Cinderella is a cyborg, and it gets complicated)
Dealing with Dragons* – Patricia C. Wrede (a princess who wants no Prince Charming, and is her own hero)
The Goddess Test* – Aimee Carter (want to be the bride of Hades? There’s a series of tests for that)
Un Lun Dun – China Mieville (Alice in Wonderland meets Neverwhere… full of weird fun adventure and saving the world)
Evil Librarian – Michelle Knudson (school librarian is a demon and a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do to save her bestie and the school)
Pushing the Limits* – Katie McGarry (trauma, romance, the typical life of a bad-thing-happened teen)
The Here and Now – Ann Brashares (she’s s time traveler who can’t break the rules for fear of disaster, but…)
Leviathan – Scott Westerfeld (sci-fi, girl posing as boy, princes, crazy adventure ensues)
Eleanor and Park – Rainbow Rowell (friendship can change your life, especially in high school)
Throne of Glass* – Sarah J. Maas (female assassin, crazy competition, magic, craziness – the 2nd book is even better)
The Maze Runner* – James Dashner (boy has amnesia, dropped into the middle of a maze with crazy monsters, lots of running, think Lord of the Flies but better)
Divergent* – Veronica Roth (dystopian novel with 5 factions, crazy choices and training, adventure. May want to stop after the first or second novel to avoid the emotional drama of Allegiant)
City of Bones* – Cassandra Clare (girl meets demon, boy kills demon, girl’s mom is kidnapped, girl gets sucked into angel/demon war and has cool powers. Way better than the movie)
Mairelon the Magician – Patricia C. Wrede (not a romance, historical fiction, girl posing as boy, spies) – has a sequel
