 Books for young adults
The young adult section is for readers who have advanced beyond the children's level but aren't yet ready for certain adult novels. The books listed here are appropriate for readers age 10 or 12 through 16 -- as well as for anyone who's still a kid at heart.
Click on a letter if you're looking for a specific author by name. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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Douglas Adams
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Joan Aiken
• Black Hearts in Battersea
• The Cuckoo Tree
• The Felix Brooke Trilogy #1: Go Saddle the Sea
• The Felix Brooke Trilogy #2: Bridle the Wind
• The Felix Brooke Trilogy #3: The Teeth of the Gale
• Nightbirds on Nantucket
• The Stolen Lake
• The Whispering Mountain
• The Wolves of Willoughby
Lloyd Alexander
• The Book of Three
• Gypsy Rizka
• Vesper Holly #6: The Xanadu Adventure
David Almond
• Skellig
Laurie Halse Anderson
• Speak
Avi
• The Man Who Was Poe
• Midnight Magic
• The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
B
Richard Bach
• Illusions
Len Bailey
• Clabbernappers
• Fantasms
Alison Baird
• The Hidden World
David Baldacci
• Wish You Well
Lynne Reid Banks
• The Adventures of King Midas
Clive Barker
• Abarat
T.A. Barron
• Heartlight
• Tree Girl
Peter S. Beagle
• Tamsin
Greg Bear
• Dinosaur Summer
Aiden Beaverson
• The Hidden Arrow of Maether
Hilari Bell
• The Farsala Trilogy #2: Rise of a Hero
• The Farsala Trilogy #3: Forging the Sword
Franny Billingsley
• The Folk Keeper
Holly Black
• Tithe
• Valiant
Holly Black & Tony DiTerlizzi
• The Spiderwick Chronicles #1: The Field Guide
• The Spiderwick Chronicles #2: The Seeing Stone
• The Spiderwick Chronicles #3: Lucinda's Secret
• The Spiderwick Chronicles #4: The Ironwood Tree
• The Spiderwick Chronicles #5: The Wrath of Mulgarath
Francesca Lia Block
• Echo
• I Was a Teenage Fairy
• Violet & Clare
• Weetzie Bat
Edward Bloor
• Story Time
Judy Blume, editor
• Places I Never Meant To Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers
Bodil Bredsdorff
• The Crow Girl
Herbie Brennan
• Faerie Wars
• Fairy Nuff: A Tale of Bluebell Wood
Sigmund Brouwer
• The Disappearing Jewel of Madagascar
• The Volcano of Doom
N.M. Browne
• Basilisk
• Hunted
• Warriors of Alavna
• Warriors of Camlann
Michael Buckley
• The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives, Book 1
Margaret Buffie
• The Watcher
Emma Bull
• Finder
C
Rachel Caine
• The Morganville Vampires, Book 1: Glass Houses
Dia Calhoun
• Aria of the Sea
• Firegold
Orson Scott Card
• Space Boy
Peter Carver, editor
• The Horrors: Terrifying Tales, Book I
Wendy Cincotta
• Adventures in Evergreen #1: Christopher's Adventures in Evergreen
James Lincoln Collier
• The Empty Mirror
Paul Collins
• The Skyborn
Kate Constable
• Chanters of Tremaris #1: The Singer of All Songs
Susan Cooper
• The Boggart
• Dawn of Fear
• King Of Shadows
• Victory
Bruce Coville
• Oddly Enough
Kevin Crossley-Holland
• Arthur, Book I: The Seeing Stone
Marianne Curley
• The Named
Karen Cushman
• Matilda Bone
D
Anna Dale
• Whispering to Witches
Kara Dalkey
• The Ascension (Water Trilogy, Book 1)
Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, editors
• A Wolf at the Door: & Other Retold Fairy Tales
Peter David
• Knight Life
Pamela Dean
• Juniper, Gentian & Rosemary
Gideon Defoe
• The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
Tom Deitz
• Windmaster's Bane
Charles de Lint
• The Blue Girl
• A Circle of Cats, illustrated by Charles Vess
• The Dreaming Place
• Dreams Underfoot
• The Ivory & the Horn
• Jack of Kinrowan
(omnibus: Jack the Giant-Killer, Drink Down the Moon)
• The Little Country
• Little (Grrl) Lost
• Promises to Keep
• Waifs & Strays
• What the Mouse Found & Other Stories
Donald B. Dewar
• Jack's Dad & the Beanstalk
Peter Dickinson
• The Ropemaker
Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black
• The Spiderwick Chronicles #1: The Field Guide
• The Spiderwick Chronicles #2: The Seeing Stone
• The Spiderwick Chronicles #3: Lucinda's Secret
• The Spiderwick Chronicles #4: The Ironwood Tree
• The Spiderwick Chronicles #5: The Wrath of Mulgarath
Robyn & Tony DiTocco
• Atlas' Revenge
• The Hero Perseus
Cameron Dokey
• Golden
Julia Donaldson
• The Giants & the Joneses
Emma Donoghue
• Kissing the Witch
Malachy Doyle
• Georgie
Emily Drake
• The Magickers
• The Magickers #2: The Curse of Arkady
• The Magickers #3: The Dragon Guard
• The Magickers #4: The Gate of Bones
Mark Dunn
• Ella Minnow Pea: a Progressively Lippogrammatic Epistolary Fable
Kristyn Dunnion
• Mosh Pit
Lord Dunsany
• The Charwoman's Shadow
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Patricia Elliott
• Murkmere
Sylvia Louise Engdahl
• Journey Between Worlds
Wesley Eure
• The Red Wings of Christmas
F
Charles Coleman Finlay
• The Prodigal Troll
Sholly Fisch
• Gen13: Version 2.0, with Matt Haley
Catherine Fisher
• Darkhenge
Pauline Fisk
• Midnight Blue
Sheree Fitch
• The Gravesavers
Louise Fitzhugh
• Harriet the Spy
E.R. Frank
• Wrecked
Monica Furlong
• Colman
G
Neil Gaiman
• Coraline
• The Wolves in the Walls, illustrated by Dave McKean
Nancy Garden
• The Year They Burned the Books
Alan Garner
• The Owl Service
Adele Geras
• Egerton Hall, Book 1: The Tower Room
• Voyage
William Goldman
• The Princess Bride
Beth Goobie
• Before Wings
Alan Grant
• JLA: The Stone King
H
Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Just Ella
Shannon Hale
• Book of a Thousand Days
• Enna Burning
• The Goose Girl
• Princess Academy
Byron Hansen & Dennis Meier
• The Science Club Kids & the Fabulous Phrenosan Wormhole Device
Mette Ivie Harrison
• The Princess & the Hound
Julie Hearn
• Sign of the Raven
Robert A. Heinlein
• Citizen of the Galaxy
• Have Space Suit-Will Travel
• Red Planet
Karen Hesse
• Out of the Dust
Jason Hightman
• The Saint of Dragons
Michael Hoeye
• Time Stops for No Mouse
Alice Hoffman
• Green Angel
• Water Tales
(omnibus: Aquamarine, Indigo)
Mary Hoffman
• Stravaganza: City of Masks
• Stravaganza: City of Stars
Nina Kiriki Hoffman
• A Fistful of Sky
• The Silent Strength of Stones
• The Thread That Binds the Bones
Mary Hogan
• Susanna Sees Stars
Tom Holt
• Who's Afraid of Beowulf?
Mary Hooper
• Petals in the Ashes
Deborah Howe
• Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery
I
Eva Ibbotson
• Journey to the River Sea, with Kevin Hawkes
• The Secret of Platform 13
David Garrett Izzo
• Catland
J
Craig Alan Johnson
• Wave Watcher
Diana Wynne Jones
• Dark Lord of Derkholm
• Deep Secret
• Dogsbody
• The Tough Guide to Fantasyland
K
Patrice Kindl
• Goose Chase
Mindy L. Klasky
• The Glasswrights' Journeyman
• The Glasswrights' Test
Jackie French Koller
• The Keepers #1: A Wizard Named Nell
E.L. Konigsburg
• From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Ellen Kushner
• The Horns of Elfland, editor
• Thomas the Rhymer
L
Mercedes Lackey
• Alta
• Brightly Burning
• The River's Gift
Sionbhe Lally
• A Hive for the Honeybee
Michael Lawrence
• Withern Rise #1: A Crack in the Line
Carol Lay
• Mythos
Tanith Lee
• The Claidi Journals #1: Wolf Tower
• Dark Castle, White Horse
• Islands in the Sky (Voyage of the Basset #1)
• Piratica
Ursula K. Le Guin
• Gifts
• Powers
• Tehanu
• A Wizard of Earthsea
Alan J. Levine
• The Adventures of Short Stubbly Brownbeard
Gail Carson Levine
• Ella Enchanted
Janet Lunn
• Twin Spell
Valerie Rolfe Lupini
• The Whistle
M
D.J. MacHale
• Pendragon #5: Black Water
Catherine Macphail
• Dark Waters
Liam MacUistin
• The Hunt for Diarmaid & Grainne
Yann Martel
• Life of Pi
Diane Matchek
• The Sacrifice
L.S. Matthews
• The Outcasts
Anne McCaffrey
• Black Horses for the King
• Dragonriders of Pern #1: Dragonflight
• Dragonriders of Pern #2: Dragonquest
• Dragonriders of Pern #3: The White Dragon
Ellen Kindt McKenzie
• The Golden Band of Eddris
Patricia McKillip
• The Riddle-Master of Hed trilogy
(omnibus: The Riddle-Master of Hed, The Heir of Sea & Fire, Harpist in the Wind)
• Winter Rose
Robin McKinley
• Rose Daughter
O.R. Melling
• The Druid's Tune
• The Hunter's Moon
• The Light-Bearer's Daughter
• The Summer King
Kai Meyer
• Dark Reflections #1: The Water Mirror
• Dark Reflections #2: The Stone Light
• The Wave Walkers #2: Pirate Emperor
L.A. Meyer
• Bloody Jack
• Curse of the Blue Tattoo
• Under the Jolly Roger
• In the Belly of the Bloodhound
• Mississippi Jack
Deanna Miller
• Sky Bounce
Mary Beth Miller
• On the Head of a Pin
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Donna Jo Napoli
• Beast
• Crazy Jack
• Hush
• The Magic Circle
• Sirena
• Song of the Magdalene
• Spinners, with Richard Tchen
• Zel
Mary Norton
• Are All the Giants Dead?, illustrated by Brian Froud
O
Sheldon Oberman
• Island of the Minotaur: Greek Myths of Ancient Crete
Lauri Olsen
• Pacific Bound: The Adventures of Lewis & Clark
Dennis O'Neil
• Hero's Quest
Kenneth Oppel
• Airborn
• Skybreaker
Pat O'Shea
• The Hounds of the Morrigan
P
Christopher Paolini
• Eldest
• Eragon
Katherine Paterson
• Angels & Other Strangers: Family Christmas Stories
James Patterson
• Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment (audiobook)
Stefan Petrucha & Thomas Pendleton
• Wicked Dead: Lurker
Meredith Ann Pierce
• Waters Luminous & Deep
Tamora Pierce
• Circle of Magic #1: Sandry's Book
• Circle of Magic #2: Tris's Book
• Circle of Magic #3: Daja's Book
• Circle of Magic #4: Briar's Book
• Song of the Lioness #1: Alanna, the First Adventure
Christopher Pike
• Alosha
Sylvia Plath
• The Bell Jar
Barbara Ann Porte
• Beauty & the Serpent: Thirteen Tales of Unnatural Animals
J.L. Powers
• The Confessional
Terry Pratchett
• The Amazing Maurice & His Educated Rodents
• The Carpet People
• Diggers
• A Hat Full of Sky
• Johnny & the Bomb
• Johnny & the Dead
• Only You Can Save Mankind
• Truckers
• The Wee Free Men
• Wings
Philip Pullman
• The Amber Spyglass
• The Golden Compass
• The Subtle Knife
R
David Randall
• In the Shadow of the Bear, #2: Chandlefort
Celia Rees
• Pirates!
• Sorceress
• Witch Child
Mickey Zucker Reichert
• The Return of Nightfall
Dana Reinhardt
• A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life
Kristopher Reisz
• Tripping to Somewhere
J.J. Reneaux
• Wake, Snake!
J.K. Rowling
• Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone
• Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows
• Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them
• Quidditch Through the Ages
Salman Rushdie
• Haroun & the Sea of Stories
Patricia H. Rushford
• Grave Matters
Cynthia Rylant
• Children of Christmas: Stories for the Season, illustrated by S.D. Schindler
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SF Said
• Varjak Paw, illustrated by Dave McKean
Mark Salzman
• The Laughing Sutra
Carl Sandburg
• Sandburg Out Loud
George Saunders
• The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
Jon Scieszka
• The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
Michael Scott
• The Last of the Fianna
John A. Senneff
• The Apastron Reports: Quest for Life
Delia Sherman & Terri Windling, editors
• The Essential Bordertown
Josepha Sherman
• Windleaf
Will Shetterly
• Elsewhere
• Nevernever
Louise Simonson
• The Gauntlet
Sherwood Smith
• A Posse of Princesses
• Wren to the Rescue
Lemony Snicket
• #1: The Bad Beginning
• #2: The Reptile Room
• #3: The Wide Window
• #7: The Vile Village
• The Beatrice Letters
Midori Snyder
• Hannah's Garden
Justin Somper
• Vampirates #1: Demons of the Ocean
Elizabeth George Speare
• The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Nancy Springer
• Fair Peril
• The Hex Witch of Seldom
• I am Mordred
Suzanne Fisher Staples
• Shiva's Fire
Ellen Steiber & Terri Windling
• The Raven Queen (Voyage of the Basset #2)
James Stoddard
• The False House
• The High House
Marie Stuttard & Denese Moore
• The Sacred Cat
Stan Swanson
• The Misadventures of Hobart Hucklebuck
T
Judith Tarr
• His Majesty's Elephant
Michelle Tea
• Rose of No Man's Land
Jean Thesman
• The Other Ones
Kate Thompson
• Midnight's Choice
• Switchers
• Wild Blood
Heather Tomlinson
• The Swan Maiden
Mark Twain
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
U
Richard Uhlig
• Last Dance at the Frosty Queen
V
Vivian Vande Velde
• Curses Inc. & Other Stories
• Remembering Raquel
Cynthia Voigt
• Elske
John Vornholt
• The Troll King
• The Troll Treasure
Adrienne Maria Vrettos
• Skin
W
Jill Paton Walsh
• A Parcel of Patterns
Kathryn Wesley
• The 10th Kingdom
David Whitewolf
• Aunt Puff & Missing Minerva
J. Robert Whittle
• Lizzie: Lethal Innocence
• Lizzie's Secret Angels
Connie Willis
• Bellwether
• Doomsday Book
• Lincoln's Dreams
• Miracle & Other Christmas Stories
• To Say Nothing of the Dog
Budge Wilson
• A Fiddle for Angus, illustrated by Susan Tooke
Terri Windling
• The Changeling
• The Wood Wife
• A Wolf at the Door: & Other Retold Fairy Tales, with Ellen Datlow (editors)
• A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale, with Wendy Froud
• The Winter Child, with Wendy Froud
• The Essential Bordertown, with Delia Sherman (editors)
• The Raven Queen (Voyage of the Basset #2), with Ellen Steiber
J.B.B. Winner
• The Strand Prophecy
Laurel Winter
• Growing Wings
Chris Wooding
• Storm Thief
Patricia Wrede
• Dealing With Dragons
• Sorcery & Cecelia, or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London & the Country, with Caroline Stevermer
Rowena Wright
• A Loop in Time
Gerald Allen Wunsch
• Curiosity
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Jane Yolen
• Dragon's Blood
• The One-Armed Queen
• Queen's Own Fool: A Novel of Mary, Queen of Scots, with Robert J. Harris
• The Sea Man, illustrated by Christopher Denise
• Sword of the Rightful King
• Tam Lin, illustrated by Charles Mikolaycak
• Tartan Magic #1: The Wizard's Map
• The Wild Hunt
• Wizard's Hall
Marly Youmans
• Ingledove
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