Best Young Adult Books

Amelia Lovett grows up in a Catholic enclave of North Belfast from the 1960s through the 1990s, in a family shaped by proximity to violence — the novel follows her through fifteen vignette chapters, each presenting a distinct moment in the Troubles and its effects on ordinary family life.

The sequel to Delirium follows Lena as she survives in the Wilds and infiltrates the resistance movement, alternating between 'then' and 'now' chapters that build toward a shocking revelation about the man she thought she lost.

Travis, a troubled teenager sent to live with his uncle in rural Oklahoma after an incident with his stepfather, finds unexpected purpose in writing — and in watching Casey, a young woman who trains horses, attempt to tame the unrideable Star Runner.

Fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman discover that their employer Nick Fleming is actually Nicholas Flamel — the legendary medieval alchemyst — and are drawn into a centuries-old battle between immortal figures from history and mythology over the Book of Abraham the Mage.

Logan Ortega-Barnes arrives in the remote town of Snakebite, Oregon when her fathers' paranormal TV show faces accusations of causing local teenagers' deaths. Partnered unwillingly with Ashley, the daughter of the man everyone blames, Logan discovers that the truth about Snakebite's darkness is stranger than any television episode.

Thomas finally has the answers he's been seeking — who WICKED is, what the Trials were for, and what the Flare does to its victims. But the cure may cost more than anyone imagined, and WICKED's final phase has only just begun.

A young woman living in a converted church with her deeply dysfunctional family falls for a boy hiding his own secrets while navigating depression and family dysfunction.

Polly O'Keefe — daughter of Meg Murry — discovers a time gate near her grandparents' New England farm that opens into the world of three thousand years ago, where she becomes entangled in a conflict between two ancient peoples and a druid named Karralys.

Eragon travels to the elvish homeland to train with the Dragon Riders while Roran leads the villagers of Carvahall in a desperate flight from the Empire. The second Inheritance Cycle novel deepens its world's mythology and pushes Eragon's powers and understanding to new levels.

The sixth and final Shatter Me novel. With Ella weaponized against the people she loves and the Reestablishment closing in, Juliette must reclaim herself for a last stand that ends the saga of touch, power, and identity that began with Shatter Me.

Lisa, sixteen, arrives in London from the country with her mother and younger sister, and tries to make sense of the city, boys, and her own desires. Esther Freud's second novel — a coming-of-age story set in Hackney.

On the night the seventh son of the seventh son is born to the Heap family, the baby is presumed dead — but Septimus Heap's story is only beginning, as a decade later a young girl with a mysterious past arrives to turn the magical world upside down.

Lexi Ryan's BookTok-favorite faerie romantasy. To free her sister from the Unseelie king, Brie agrees to steal three magical relics from the Seelie court, posing as a potential bride for its prince — and finds herself caught between two dangerous, seductive faerie princes and two treacherous courts.

The fifth Shatter Me novel. Reeling from the events of Restore Me, Juliette — now Ella — confronts shattering revelations about her past, her family, and the Reestablishment, as the perspective widens and the series barrels toward its climax.