Read 25 Young Adult Books in 2025

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4 participants (42 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Young adult novels can be basically defined as books that are marketed towards teens and contain main characters between the ages of 12 and 18, sometimes reaching to early 20s. What young adult literature is not is a story that leaps into adulthood. The majority of the stories (short of maybe an epilogue set years in the future) take place during the characters’ teen years. They don’t typically deal with adult situations and problems such as divorce or financial troubles, etc. Also, a common misconception about young adult novels is that, because they are meant for teens, the stories must be immature and the writing poor. One only need look at authors such as John Green, Hannah Moskowitz and Maggie Stiefvater to see that those claims are false. 

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Comes the Night by Isobelle Carmody

Comes the Night

Isobelle Carmody

480 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy thriller young adult
The House of Hades by Rick Riordan

The House of Hades

The Heroes of Olympus #4

Rick Riordan

597 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous emotional funny fast-paced
The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan

The Mark of Athena

The Heroes of Olympus #3

Rick Riordan

586 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous emotional funny fast-paced
The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan

The Son of Neptune

The Heroes of Olympus #2

Rick Riordan

521 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous funny medium-paced
The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

The Lost Hero

The Heroes of Olympus #1

Rick Riordan

557 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous funny medium-paced
The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan

The Blood of Olympus

The Heroes of Olympus #5

Rick Riordan

516 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous emotional funny fast-paced
Where the Heart Should Be by Sarah Crossan

Where the Heart Should Be

Sarah Crossan

400 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical young adult sad tense medium-paced
The Sweetness Between Us by Sarah Winifred Searle

The Sweetness Between Us

Sarah Winifred Searle

240 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy graphic novel romance young adult emotional hopeful fast-paced
The Loudest Silence by Sydney Langford

The Loudest Silence

Sydney Langford

304 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional reflective fast-paced
The Farseekers by Isobelle Carmody

The Farseekers

The Obernewtyn Chronicles #2

Isobelle Carmody

8 hours, 33 minutes • first pub 1990 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction young adult adventurous medium-paced