Read 25 Young Adult Books in 2025

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4 participants (90 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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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird #1

Harper Lee

376 pages • paperback • 1960

fiction classics historical literary young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
Salt Runs Through by Mark Rafidi

Salt Runs Through

Mark Rafidi

239 pages • paperback • 2024 user-added

fiction young adult
A Good Kind of Trouble by Brooke Blurton, Melanie Saward

A Good Kind of Trouble

Brooke Blurton, Melanie Saward

256 pages • digital • 2025

fiction lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced
Deep Is the Fen by Lili Wilkinson

Deep Is the Fen

Lili Wilkinson

12 hours, 18 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Worst Perfect Moment by Shivaun Plozza

The Worst Perfect Moment

Shivaun Plozza

320 pages • digital • 2024

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

249 pages • paperback • 1953

fiction classics dystopian science fiction dark reflective tense medium-paced
How It Feels to Float by Helena Fox

How It Feels to Float

Helena Fox

370 pages • hardcover • 2019

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Such Charming Liars by Karen M. McManus

Such Charming Liars

Karen M. McManus

11 hours, 29 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction mystery thriller young adult mysterious tense medium-paced
All I Ever Wanted by Vikki Wakefield

All I Ever Wanted

Vikki Wakefield

202 pages • paperback • 2011

fiction contemporary young adult emotional fast-paced
The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson

The Bermudez Triangle

Maureen Johnson

384 pages • paperback • 2004

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult lighthearted medium-paced