Whether you’ve got reluctant readers at home or you just need a break from adult novels, Young Adult Fiction is the most rapidly growing genre and includes good books for teens and young adults as well as good books for book clubs.

GOOD BOOKS: Young Adult Mystery Books/Suspense Novels

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1. “Scowler” by Daniel Kraus contains graphic violence and mature language. Kraus seems to be the Stephen King of young adult fiction.
2. “13 Reasons Why” by Jay Asher received several awards. This good book made the 2009 International Reading Association Young Adults’ Choice list. It was also named one of 2008’s Best Books for Young Adults and Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers by YALSA.
3. “If I Stay” by Gayle Forman was adapted into a movie in 2014, starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos and Jamie Blackley.
4. “We Were Liars” by E. Lockhart won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Fiction. YALSA listed the novel as one of the Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults for 2015.

GOOD BOOKS: Young Adult Coming of Age Stories

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1. “Looking for Alaska” by John Green launched his career as a popular young adult author. Green also has podcasts you can listen to here as well as a series of YouTube videos you can watch here.
2. “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie was his first young adult novel. It received critical acclaim as well as several awards, including YALSA Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults 2008.
3. “Speak” by Laurie Halse Anderson reigns as one of her most popular novels. It was adapted into a movie in 2003 starring Kristen Stewart.
4. “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky is his first and only novel. Chbosky wrote the novel in the form of letters. It was adapted into a movie in 2012.
5. “Monster” by Walter Dean Myers won the Michael L. Printz Award in 2000 and was named a Coretta Scott King Award Honor the same year.

GOOD BOOKS: Young Adult Dystopian

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1. “The Compound” by S.A. Bodeen is the first novel in a short series. The sequel is “The Fallout.”
2. “Legend” by Marie Lu is the first in this three-book series. CBS Films is working on a film adaption for 2018.
3. “An Ember in the Ashes” by Sabaa Tahir was named Amazon’s Best Young Adult Book of 2015. This is one of a four-book series.

GOOD BOOKS: Young Adult Fantasy/Science Fiction

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1. “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” by Ransom Riggs is reminiscent of the “X-Men” series. This novel was made into a movie directed by Tim Burton in 2016.
2. “Harry Potter Series” by JK Rowling sold more than 400 million copies worldwide and is worth an estimated $15 billion.
3. “Daughter of Smoke & Bone” by Laini Taylor is the first of the series. It ranked #1 for Amazon’s list of the Best Teen Books of 2011 and was on the YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012 list.
4. “Unwind” by Neal Shusterman has been described as a young adult version of the adult novel “Never Let Me Go” by Kazuo Ishiguro.
5. “Uglies” by Scott Westerfeld is the first in a popular series about a futuristic society where everyone is pretty.