I fought for a long time against adding this shelf because I quite frankly don’t like the term “young adult”. But there is just nowhere else to put all of these books which deal with that cusp of adulthood…

Series

• Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Legacy of Orisha #1)
• Shadows by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Lux #0.5)
• Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Lux #1)
• Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard (Red Queen #1)
• Shadow and Bone Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo
• The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (The Folk of the Air #1)
• The Scarlet Woman by Libba Bray (Gemma Doyle Companion)
• Unremembered by Jessica Brody (Unremembered #1)
• The Honors trilogy by Rachel Caine & Ann Aguirre
• Billy Thunder and the Night Gate by Isobelle Carmody (The Gateway Trilogy #1)
• Ink, Iron, and Glass by Gwendolyn Clare (Ink, Iron and Glass #1)
• The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton (The Belles #1)
• The Dragon Diaries Trilogy by Deborah Cooke
• Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper (Dark is Rising #1)
• We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal (Sands of Arawiya #1)
• Magic of Thieves by C. Greenwood (Legends of Dimmingwood #1)
• Summer series by Jenny Han
• To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before series by Jenny Han
• The Illuminae Files series by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
• The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger (Hamilton High #1)
• Montague Siblings series by Mackenzi Lee
• The Young Elites by Marie Lu (The Young Elites #1)
• The Falconer series by Elizabeth May
• Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy (Dumplin’ #1)
• Valkyrie by Kate O’Hearn (Valkyrie #1)
• Stealing Snow series by Danielle Paige
• Xoe by Sara C. Roethle (Xoe #1)
• The Wren Hunt by Mary Watson (The Wren Hunt #1)
• Zeroes by Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan & Deborah Biancotti (Zeroes #1)
• The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White (Camelot Rising #1)
• Dragonkeeper by Carole Wilkinson (Dragonkeeper #1)

Short story collections

• Begin, End, Begin edited by Danielle Binks
• Prom Nights from Hell by Meg Cabot, Stephenie Meyer, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe & Lauren Myracle
• Love is Hell by Melissa Marr, Scott Westerfeld, Justine Larbalestier, Gabrielle Zevin & Laurie Faria Stolarz

Standalones – Novels

• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
• To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
• Looking for Alaska by John Green
• What I Like About Me by Jenna Guillaume
• The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl by Melissa Keil
• Life in Outer Space by Melissa Keil
• That’s Not What Happened by Kody Keplinger
• The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones
• Catwoman: Soulstealer by Sarah J. Maas
• Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
• I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi
• Pride by Ibi Zoboi

Standalones – Novellas

• The Exterminator’s Daughter by Meg Cabot
• Kiss and Tell by Michele Jaffe
• Thinner than Water by Justine Larbalestier
• Hell on Earth by Stephenie Meyer
• The Corsage by Lauren Myracle
• Fan Fictions by Gabrielle Zevin

Standalones – Short stories

• Last Night at the Mount Solemn Observatory by Danielle Binks
• One Small Step… by Amie Kaufman
• Sundays by Melissa Keil
• I Can See the Ending by Will Kostakis
• Missing Persons by Ellie Marney
• Competition Entry #349 by Jaclyn Moriarty
• First Casualty by Michael Pryor
• In a Heartbeat by Alice Pung
• A Universe of Wishes by Tara Sim
• The Feeling From Over Here by Gabrielle Tozer

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