Read 25 Young Adult Books in 2025

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4 participants (84 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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100 Remarkable Feats of Xander Maze by Clayton Zane Comber

100 Remarkable Feats of Xander Maze

Clayton Zane Comber

5 hours, 53 minutes • audio • 2021 user-added

fiction contemporary middle grade young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha

The Fox Maidens

Robin Ha

320 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction fantasy graphic novel lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional sad fast-paced
The Way I Am Now by Amber Smith

The Way I Am Now

The Way I Used to Be #2

Amber Smith

10 hours, 37 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction romance young adult emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance by Jason Reynolds, Bethany C. Morrow

Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance

Jason Reynolds, Bethany C. Morrow

272 pages • hardcover • 2019

fiction short stories young adult emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced
World Made of Glass by Ami Polonsky

World Made of Glass

Ami Polonsky

5 hours, 53 minutes • audio • 2023 user-added

fiction historical middle grade emotional informative sad medium-paced
This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender

This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

Kacen Callender

304 pages • hardcover • 2018

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Catch A Falling Star by Eileen Merriman

Catch A Falling Star

Eileen Merriman

240 pages • paperback • 2023 user-added

fiction contemporary romance young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
Into the Wild by Hayley Lawrence

Into the Wild

Hayley Lawrence

336 pages • digital • 2025

fiction thriller young adult
The Name She Gave Me by Betty Culley

The Name She Gave Me

Betty Culley

4 hours, 34 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction contemporary poetry young adult emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
A Wreck of Seabirds by Karleah Olson

A Wreck of Seabirds

Karleah Olson

314 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction contemporary young adult dark emotional mysterious medium-paced