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Read 25 Young Adult Books in 2025

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01 Jan 202531 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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fiction health young adult adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

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fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

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fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

521 pages2011 143 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous funny medium-paced

557 pages2010 157 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous funny medium-paced

516 pages2014 137 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

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fiction historical young adult sad tense medium-paced

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fiction fantasy graphic novel romance young adult emotional hopeful fast-paced