 Books for young adults
The young adult section is for readers who have advanced beyond the children's level but aren't yet ready for certain adult novels. The books listed here are appropriate for readers age 10 or 12 through 16 -- as well as for anyone who's still a kid at heart.
Click on a letter if you're looking for a specific author by name. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
Rafael Abalos
• Grimpow: The Invisible Road
Douglas Adams
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Joan Aiken
• Black Hearts in Battersea
• The Cuckoo Tree
• The Felix Brooke Trilogy #1: Go Saddle the Sea
• The Felix Brooke Trilogy #2: Bridle the Wind
• The Felix Brooke Trilogy #3: The Teeth of the Gale
• Nightbirds on Nantucket
• The Stolen Lake
• The Whispering Mountain
• The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Lloyd Alexander
• The Book of Three
• The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio
• Gypsy Rizka
• Vesper Holly #6: The Xanadu Adventure
Sherman Alexie
• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
David Almond
• Clay
• Raven Summer
• Skellig
Laurie Halse Anderson
• Speak
Hanne Arts
• Just Perfect
Avi
• The Man Who Was Poe
• Midnight Magic
• The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
B
Richard Bach
• Illusions
Len Bailey
• Clabbernappers
• Fantasms
Alison Baird
• The Hidden World
David Baldacci
• Wish You Well
Lynne Reid Banks
• The Adventures of King Midas
Clive Barker
• Abarat
T.A. Barron
• Heartlight
• Tree Girl
Marion Dane Bauer
• The Red Ghost
Peter S. Beagle
• Tamsin
• The Last Unicorn
Greg Bear
• Dinosaur Summer
Aiden Beaverson
• The Hidden Arrow of Maether
Hilari Bell
• The Farsala Trilogy #2: Rise of a Hero
• The Farsala Trilogy #3: Forging the Sword
Kaitlin Bevis
• Daughters of Zeus, No. 1: Persephone
• Daughters of Zeus, No. 2: Daughter of Earth & Sky
• Daughters of Zeus, No. 3: The Iron Queen
Franny Billingsley
• The Folk Keeper
Holly Black
• Tithe
• Valiant
Holly Black & Tony DiTerlizzi
• The Spiderwick Chronicles #1: The Field Guide
• The Spiderwick Chronicles #2: The Seeing Stone
• The Spiderwick Chronicles #3: Lucinda's Secret
• The Spiderwick Chronicles #4: The Ironwood Tree
• The Spiderwick Chronicles #5: The Wrath of Mulgarath
Francesca Lia Block
• Blood Roses
• Echo
• House of Dolls
• I Was a Teenage Fairy
• Violet & Clare
• The Waters & the Wild
• Weetzie Bat
Edward Bloor
• Story Time
Judy Blume, editor
• Places I Never Meant To Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers
Megan Bostic
• Never Eighteen
Karla Brady
• The Soul of the Band
Bodil Bredsdorff
• The Crow Girl
Herbie Brennan
• Faerie Wars
• Fairy Nuff: A Tale of Bluebell Wood
Sarah Rees Brennan
• The Lynburn Legacy, No. 1: Unspoken
Heather Brewer
• Legacy of Tril #1: Soulbound
Sigmund Brouwer
• The Disappearing Jewel of Madagascar
• The Volcano of Doom
N.M. Browne
• Basilisk
• Hunted
• Warriors of Alavna
• Warriors of Camlann
Michael Buckley
• The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives, Book 1
Margaret Buffie
• The Watcher
Emma Bull
• Finder
Clyde Robert Bulla
• Viking Adventure
Allison Burnett
• Undiscovered Gyrl
C
Rachel Caine
• The Morganville Vampires #1: Glass Houses
• The Morganville Vampires #2: Dead Girl's Dance
• The Morganville Vampires #3: Midnight Alley
Dia Calhoun
• Aria of the Sea
• Firegold
Orson Scott Card
• Space Boy
Isobelle Carmody
• Little Fur: The Legend Begins
Gail Carriger
• Custard Protocol #1: Prudence
Peter Carver, editor
• The Horrors: Terrifying Tales, Book I
Kristin Cashore
• Bitterblue
Janie Chodosh
• Death Spiral
Paul Cicchini
• The Central Park Irregulars
Wendy Cincotta
• Adventures in Evergreen #1: Christopher's Adventures in Evergreen
Cassandra Clare
• The Mortal Instruments #1: City of Bones
• The Mortal Instruments #2: City of Ashes
• The Mortal Instruments #3: City of Glass
Douglas Glenn Clark
• The Lake That Stole Children
Wim Coleman & Pat Perrin
• The Taker & the Keeper
James Lincoln Collier
• The Empty Mirror
Paul Collins
• The Skyborn
Tina Connolly
• Ironskin
Kate Constable
• Chanters of Tremaris #1: The Singer of All Songs
Eileen Cook
• With Malice
Susan Cooper
• The Boggart
• Dawn of Fear
• King Of Shadows
• Victory
Ron Costello
• The Junto: Racing to the Bell
Bruce Coville
• Oddly Enough
Kevin Crossley-Holland
• Arthur, Book I: The Seeing Stone
Marianne Curley
• The Named
Karen Cushman
• Matilda Bone
D
Anna Dale
• Whispering to Witches
Kara Dalkey
• The Ascension (Water Trilogy, Book 1)
• The Nightingale
Sheila A. Dane
• Fairy Hunters, Ink.
Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, editors
• A Wolf at the Door: & Other Retold Fairy Tales
Peter David
• Knight Life
Pamela Dean
• Juniper, Gentian & Rosemary
Gideon Defoe
• The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
• The Pirates! In an Adventure with the Romantics
Tom Deitz
• Windmaster's Bane
Liz DeJesus
• First Frost
Melissa de la Cruz
• Blue Bloods #4: The Van Allen Legacy
Joseph Delaney
• The Last Apprentice #1: Revenge of the Witch
Charles de Lint
• The Blue Girl
• The Cats of Tanglewood Forest, illustrated by Charles Vess
• A Circle of Cats, illustrated by Charles Vess
• Dingo
• The Dreaming Place
• Dreams Underfoot
• The Ivory & the Horn
• Jack in the Green
• Jack of Kinrowan
(omnibus: Jack the Giant-Killer, Drink Down the Moon)
• The Little Country
• Little (Grrl) Lost
• Promises to Keep
• Waifs & Strays
• What the Mouse Found & Other Stories
Lauren DeStefano
• Internment Chronicles #1: Perfect Ruin
Donald B. Dewar
• Jack's Dad & the Beanstalk
Emily Diamand
• Raiders' Ransom
Philip K. Dick
• Nick & the Glimmung
Peter Dickinson
• The Ropemaker
Tony DiTerlizzi
• The Wump
Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black
• The Spiderwick Chronicles #1: The Field Guide
• The Spiderwick Chronicles #2: The Seeing Stone
• The Spiderwick Chronicles #3: Lucinda's Secret
• The Spiderwick Chronicles #4: The Ironwood Tree
• The Spiderwick Chronicles #5: The Wrath of Mulgarath
Robyn & Tony DiTocco
• Atlas' Revenge
• The Hero Perseus
Cameron Dokey
• Golden
Julia Donaldson
• The Giants & the Joneses
Emma Donoghue
• Kissing the Witch
Malachy Doyle
• Georgie
Emily Drake
• The Magickers
• The Magickers #2: The Curse of Arkady
• The Magickers #3: The Dragon Guard
• The Magickers #4: The Gate of Bones
Mark Dunn
• Ella Minnow Pea: a Progressively Lippogrammatic Epistolary Fable
Kristyn Dunnion
• Mosh Pit
Lord Dunsany
• The Charwoman's Shadow
Frederic S. Durbin
• The Star Shard
E
Patricia Elliott
• Murkmere
Sylvia Louise Engdahl
• Journey Between Worlds
Wesley Eure
• The Red Wings of Christmas
F
Anthony R. Fanning
• Natalie's Good Fortune
Charles Coleman Finlay
• The Prodigal Troll
Sholly Fisch
• Gen13: Version 2.0, with Matt Haley
Catherine Fisher
• Darkhenge
Pauline Fisk
• Midnight Blue
Sheree Fitch
• The Gravesavers
Louise Fitzhugh
• Harriet the Spy
Melissa Francis
• Bite Me!
E.R. Frank
• Wrecked
Monica Furlong
• Colman
G
Neil Gaiman
• Blueberry Girl, illustrated by Charles Vess
• Coraline
• M is for Magic
• The Ocean at the End of the Lane
• The Wolves in the Walls, illustrated by Dave McKean
Nancy Garden
• The Year They Burned the Books
Alan Garner
• The Owl Service
Jessica Day George
• Princess of the Midnight Ball
• Tuesdays at the Castle
Adele Geras
• Egerton Hall, Book 1: The Tower Room
• Voyage
K.L. Going
• The Garden of Eve
William Goldman
• The Princess Bride
Beth Goobie
• Before Wings
Alan Grant
• JLA: The Stone King
Brian Greene
• Icarus at the Edge of Time
H
Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Just Ella
Shannon Hale
• Book of a Thousand Days
• Enna Burning
• The Goose Girl
• Princess Academy
Byron Hansen & Dennis Meier
• The Science Club Kids & the Fabulous Phrenosan Wormhole Device
Holly Hardin
• Aurora of the Northern Lights
Mette Ivie Harrison
• The Princess & the Hound
Rachel Hartman
• Seraphina
Merrie Haskell
• The Princess Curse
Charles Boardman Hawes
• The Dark Frigate
Julie Hearn
• Sign of the Raven
Robert A. Heinlein
• Citizen of the Galaxy
• Have Space Suit-Will Travel
• Red Planet
Karen Hesse
• Out of the Dust
Jason Hightman
• The Saint of Dragons
Kirkpatrick Hill
• Minuk: Ashes in the Pathway
Michael Hoeye
• Time Stops for No Mouse
Alice Hoffman
• Green Angel
• Water Tales
(omnibus: Aquamarine, Indigo)
Mary Hoffman
• Stravaganza: City of Masks
• Stravaganza: City of Stars
Nina Kiriki Hoffman
• A Fistful of Sky
• The Silent Strength of Stones
• The Thread That Binds the Bones
Mary Hogan
• Susanna Sees Stars
Tom Holt
• Who's Afraid of Beowulf?
Mary Hooper
• Petals in the Ashes
Colleen Houck
• Tiger's Curse
• Tiger's Quest
Deborah Howe
• Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery
I
Eva Ibbotson
• Journey to the River Sea, with Kevin Hawkes
• The Secret of Platform 13
David Garrett Izzo
• Catland
J
Craig Alan Johnson
• Wave Watcher
Diana Wynne Jones
• Dark Lord of Derkholm
• Deep Secret
• Dogsbody
• Howl's Moving Castle
• The Tough Guide to Fantasyland
K
Lauren Kate
• Fallen
Jordan S. Keller
• A Sea of Ships & Souls
Patrice Kindl
• Goose Chase
Amy Sarig King
• Attack of the Black Rectangles
Mindy L. Klasky
• The Glasswrights' Journeyman
• The Glasswrights' Test
Jackie French Koller
• The Keepers #1: A Wizard Named Nell
E.L. Konigsburg
• From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Daniel Kraus
• The Monster Variations
• Rotters
Ellen Kushner
• The Horns of Elfland, editor
• Thomas the Rhymer
L
Mercedes Lackey
• Alta
• Brightly Burning
• The River's Gift
Elizabeth Laird
• The Betrayal of Maggie Blair
Soinbhe Lally
• A Hive for the Honeybee
Margo Lanagan
• The Brides of Rollrock Island
• Tender Morsels
Kelli Sue Landon
• Nightmare at Camp Forrestwood
Michael Lawrence
• Withern Rise #1: A Crack in the Line
Carol Lay
• Mythos
Steve Leadley
• Pirate Treasure of Cape May
Tanith Lee
• The Claidi Journals #1: Wolf Tower
• Dark Castle, White Horse
• Islands in the Sky (Voyage of the Basset #1)
• Piratica
Ursula K. Le Guin
• Gifts
• Powers
• Tehanu
• A Wizard of Earthsea
Alan J. Levine
• The Adventures of Short Stubbly Brownbeard
Gail Carson Levine
• Ella Enchanted
Jessica Lidh
• The Number 7
Holly Lisle
• Moon & Sun #1: The Ruby Key
Kathryn Littlewood
• Bliss
D. Anne Love
• The Puppeteer's Apprentice
Janet Lunn
• Twin Spell
Valerie Rolfe Lupini
• The Whistle
M
Carolyn MacCullough
• Once a Witch
John Macfarlane
• Stormstruck
D.J. MacHale
• Pendragon #5: Black Water
Amanda Maciel
• Tease
Jack Mackay
• The Haunting of Old Splinter
Catherine Macphail
• Dark Waters
Liam MacUistin
• The Hunt for Diarmaid & Grainne
Juliet Marillier
• Shadowfell
Yann Martel
• Life of Pi
Rafe Martin
• Birdwing
Mike Mason
• The Blue Umbrella
Diane Matchek
• The Sacrifice
L.S. Matthews
• The Outcasts
Anne McCaffrey
• Black Horses for the King
• Dragonriders of Pern #1: Dragonflight
• Dragonriders of Pern #2: Dragonquest
• Dragonriders of Pern #3: The White Dragon
Ian McEwan
• The Daydreamer
Jeremy McGuire
• O'Shaughnessey: A Boy & His Leprechaun
Ellen Kindt McKenzie
• The Golden Band of Eddris
Patricia McKillip
• The Riddle-Master of Hed trilogy
(omnibus: The Riddle-Master of Hed, The Heir of Sea & Fire, Harpist in the Wind)
• Winter Rose
Robin McKinley
• Rose Daughter
Richelle Mead
• Vampire Academy
O.R. Melling
• The Druid's Tune
• The Hunter's Moon
• The Light-Bearer's Daughter
• The Summer King
Henry Melton
• Emperor Dad
• Golden Girl
• Roswell or Bust!
Sienna Mercer
• My Sister the Vampire #1: Switched
• My Sister the Vampire #4: Vampalicious!
Kai Meyer
• Dark Reflections #1: The Water Mirror
• Dark Reflections #2: The Stone Light
• The Wave Walkers #2: Pirate Emperor
L.A. Meyer
• Jacky Faber #1: Bloody Jack
• Jacky Faber #2: Curse of the Blue Tattoo
• Jacky Faber #3: Under the Jolly Roger
• Jacky Faber #4: In the Belly of the Bloodhound
• Jacky Faber #5: Mississippi Jack
• Jacky Faber #6: My Bonny Light Horseman
• Jacky Faber #7: Rapture of the Deep
• Jacky Faber #8: The Wake of the Lorelei Lee
• Jacky Faber #9: The Mark of the Golden Dragon
• Jacky Faber #10: Viva Jacquelina!
• Jacky Faber #11: Boston Jacky
• Jacky Faber #12: Wild Rover No More
Stephenie Meyer
• Twilight #1: Twilight
• Twilight #2: New Moon
• Twilight #4: Breaking Dawn
Deanna Miller
• Sky Bounce
Mary Beth Miller
• On the Head of a Pin
Michael Molloy
• Peter Raven Under Fire
Craig Moodie
• Seaborn
• Stormstruck
MJ Moores
• Shadow Phoenix: Vol. I, Episode 1-4
Justine Musk
• Uninvited
N
Donna Jo Napoli
• Beast
• Crazy Jack
• Hush
• The Magic Circle
• Sirena
• Song of the Magdalene
• Spinners, with Richard Tchen
• Zel
Mary Norton
• Are All the Giants Dead?, illustrated by Brian Froud
O
Sheldon Oberman
• Island of the Minotaur: Greek Myths of Ancient Crete
Ryan O'Brien
• The Land of Whoo
Lauri Olsen
• Pacific Bound: The Adventures of Lewis & Clark
Dennis O'Neil
• Hero's Quest
Kenneth Oppel
• Airborn
• Skybreaker
Pat O'Shea
• The Hounds of the Morrigan
P
Christopher Paolini
• Eldest
• Eragon
Katherine Paterson
• Angels & Other Strangers: Family Christmas Stories
James Patterson
• Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment (audiobook)
Stefan Petrucha
• The Rule of Won
Stefan Petrucha & Thomas Pendleton
• Wicked Dead #1: Lurker
• Wicked Dead #2: Torn
• Wicked Dead #3: Snared
Meredith Ann Pierce
• Waters Luminous & Deep
Tamora Pierce
• Circle of Magic #1: Sandry's Book
• Circle of Magic #2: Tris's Book
• Circle of Magic #3: Daja's Book
• Circle of Magic #4: Briar's Book
• The Circle Opens #1: Magic Steps
• Song of the Lioness #1: Alanna, the First Adventure
• Song of the Lioness #2: In the Hand of the Goddess
Christopher Pike
• Alosha
Steffan Piper
• Greyhound
Sylvia Plath
• The Bell Jar
Barbara Ann Porte
• Beauty & the Serpent: Thirteen Tales of Unnatural Animals
J.L. Powers
• The Confessional
Terry Pratchett
• The Amazing Maurice & His Educated Rodents
• The Carpet People
• Diggers
• A Hat Full of Sky
• Johnny & the Bomb
• Johnny & the Dead
• Only You Can Save Mankind
• Truckers
• The Wee Free Men
• Wings
Gin Price
• On Edge
Cherie Priest
• The Agony House
Sarah Prineas
• Winterling
Philip Pullman
• The Amber Spyglass
• The Golden Compass
• The Subtle Knife
R
David Randall
• In the Shadow of the Bear, #2: Chandlefort
Celia Rees
• Pirates!
• Sorceress
• Sovay
• Witch Child
Mickey Zucker Reichert
• The Return of Nightfall
Dana Reinhardt
• A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life
Kristopher Reisz
• Tripping to Somewhere
J.J. Reneaux
• Wake, Snake!
Daniel Rirdan
• The Woman Who Touched the Sun
J.K. Rowling
• Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone
• Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows
• Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them
• Quidditch Through the Ages
Salman Rushdie
• Haroun & the Sea of Stories
• Luka & the Fire of Life
Patricia H. Rushford
• Grave Matters
Cynthia Rylant
• Children of Christmas: Stories for the Season, illustrated by S.D. Schindler
S
SF Said
• Varjak Paw, illustrated by Dave McKean
Mark Salzman
• The Laughing Sutra
Carl Sandburg
• Sandburg Out Loud
George Saunders
• The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
Heidi Jon Schmidt
• The Harbormaster's Daughter
Jon Scieszka
• The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
Michael Scott
• The Last of the Fianna
John A. Senneff
• The Apastron Reports: Quest for Life
Delia Sherman & Terri Windling, editors
• The Essential Bordertown
Josepha Sherman
• Windleaf
Will Shetterly
• Elsewhere
• Nevernever
Louise Simonson
• The Gauntlet
Sherwood Smith
• A Posse of Princesses
• Wren to the Rescue
Lemony Snicket
• #1: The Bad Beginning
• #2: The Reptile Room
• #3: The Wide Window
• #7: The Vile Village
• The Beatrice Letters
Midori Snyder
• Hannah's Garden
Justin Somper
• Vampirates #1: Demons of the Ocean
Elizabeth George Speare
• The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Nancy Springer
• Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing Marquess
• Fair Peril
• The Hex Witch of Seldom
• I am Mordred
Suzanne Fisher Staples
• Shiva's Fire
Ellen Steiber & Terri Windling
• The Raven Queen (Voyage of the Basset #2)
John Stephens
• Books of Beginning: The Emerald Atlas
Robert Louis Stevenson
• Treasure Island
James Stoddard
• The False House
• The High House
Marie Stuttard & Denese Moore
• The Sacred Cat
Tamara Summers
• Never Bite a Boy on the First Date
Stan Swanson
• The Misadventures of Hobart Hucklebuck
T
Judith Tarr
• His Majesty's Elephant
G.P. Taylor
• The DoppleGanger Chronicles #1: The First Escape
Theodore Taylor
• Sniper
Michelle Tea
• Rose of No Man's Land
Jean Thesman
• The Other Ones
Kate Thompson
• Highway Robbery
• Midnight's Choice
• Switchers
• Wild Blood
Heather Tomlinson
• The Swan Maiden
Shizue Tomoda
• Sachiko
Ann Turner
• Father of Lies
Mark Twain
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
U
Richard Uhlig
• Last Dance at the Frosty Queen
Anne Ursu
• Breadcrumbs
V
Vivian Vande Velde
• Curses Inc. & Other Stories
• Remembering Raquel
Cynthia Voigt
• Elske
John Vornholt
• The Troll King
• The Troll Treasure
Adrienne Maria Vrettos
• Skin
W
Jill Paton Walsh
• A Parcel of Patterns
Daniel Waters
• Generation Dead
Kathryn Wesley
• The 10th Kingdom
T.H. White
• The Once & Future King
David Whitewolf
• Aunt Puff & Missing Minerva
Allison Whittenberg
• Life is Fine
J. Robert Whittle
• Lizzie: Lethal Innocence
• Lizzie's Secret Angels
Connie Willis
• Bellwether
• Doomsday Book
• Lincoln's Dreams
• Miracle & Other Christmas Stories
• To Say Nothing of the Dog
Budge Wilson
• A Fiddle for Angus, illustrated by Susan Tooke
Terri Windling
• The Changeling
• The Wood Wife
• A Wolf at the Door: & Other Retold Fairy Tales, with Ellen Datlow (editors)
• A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale, with Wendy Froud
• The Winter Child, with Wendy Froud
• The Essential Bordertown, with Delia Sherman (editors)
• The Raven Queen (Voyage of the Basset #2), with Ellen Steiber
J.B.B. Winner
• The Strand Prophecy
Laurel Winter
• Growing Wings
Chris Wooding
• Storm Thief
Patricia Wrede
• Dealing With Dragons
• Sorcery & Cecelia, or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London & the Country, with Caroline Stevermer
Rowena Wright
• A Loop in Time
Gerald Allen Wunsch
• Curiosity
Y
Jane Yolen
• Dragon's Blood
• Mightier Than the Sword: World Folktales for Strong Boys
• The One-Armed Queen
• Queen's Own Fool: A Novel of Mary, Queen of Scots, with Robert J. Harris
• The Sea Man, illustrated by Christopher Denise
• The Stranded Whale
• Sword of the Rightful King
• Tam Lin, illustrated by Charles Mikolaycak
• Tartan Magic #1: The Wizard's Map
• The Wild Hunt
• Wizard's Hall
Marly Youmans
• Ingledove
Z
Diana S. Zimmerman
• The Calabiyau Chronicles #1: Kandide & the Secret of the Mists
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