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)
- Something Dark and Holy series by Emily A. Duncan
- We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal (Sands of Arawiya #1)
- These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong (These Violent Delights #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 Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin (Mara Dyer #1)
- 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
- Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire
- Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy (Dumplin’ #1)
- Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan (Girls of Paper and Fire #1)
- Valkyrie by Kate O’Hearn (Valkyrie #1)
- Stealing Snow series by Danielle Paige
- One Boy, No Water by Lehua Parker (Nihui Shark Saga #1)
- These Rebel Waves by Sara Raasch (Stream Raiders #1)
- 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
- With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
- The Disasters by M.K. England
- 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