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Read 25 Young Adult Books in 2025

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5 participants (107 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. 

Challenge Books

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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

The Hunger Games #0

Suzanne Collins

517 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction dystopian young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Tink and Wendy by Kelly Ann Jacobson

Tink and Wendy

Kelly Ann Jacobson

236 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult emotional sad medium-paced
Lover Birds by Leanne Egan

Lover Birds

Leanne Egan

362 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley

Highly Illogical Behavior

John Corey Whaley

6 hours, 17 minutes • audio • 2016

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful fast-paced
Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler

Cool for the Summer

Dahlia Adler

6 hours, 20 minutes • audio • 2021

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional lighthearted fast-paced
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins

Lola and the Boy Next Door

Anna and the French Kiss #2

Stephanie Perkins

8 hours, 59 minutes • audio • 2011

fiction contemporary romance young adult lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

Elsewhere

Gabrielle Zevin

7 hours, 3 minutes • audio • 2005

fiction fantasy romance young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Cousins by Karen M. McManus

The Cousins

Karen M. McManus

9 hours, 29 minutes • audio • 2020

fiction mystery young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Thanks for Listening by Molly Horan

Thanks for Listening

Molly Horan

6 hours, 33 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult medium-paced
Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter

Better Than the Movies

Better Than the Movies #1

Lynn Painter

10 hours, 29 minutes • audio • 2021

fiction contemporary romance young adult funny lighthearted medium-paced