Read 25 Young Adult Books in 2025

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4 participants (52 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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The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson

The Bermudez Triangle

Maureen Johnson

384 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult lighthearted medium-paced
The Monster of Her Age by Danielle Binks

The Monster of Her Age

Danielle Binks

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
How to Change Everything: The Young Human's Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other by Naomi Klein, Rebecca Stefoff

How to Change Everything: The Young Human's Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other

Naomi Klein, Rebecca Stefoff

6 hours, 13 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

nonfiction middle grade nature politics science informative reflective medium-paced
The Pain, My Mother, Sir Tiffy, Cyber Boy & Me by Michael Gerard Bauer

The Pain, My Mother, Sir Tiffy, Cyber Boy & Me

Michael Gerard Bauer

263 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced
The Greatest Hit by Will Kostakis

The Greatest Hit

Will Kostakis

80 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
The House of Hades by Rick Riordan

The House of Hades

The Heroes of Olympus #4

Rick Riordan

17 hours, 32 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous emotional funny fast-paced
Return to Sender by Lauren Draper

Return to Sender

Lauren Draper

10 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

fiction mystery young adult emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Everything Under the Moon: Fairy tales in a Queerer Light by Michael Earp

Everything Under the Moon: Fairy tales in a Queerer Light

Michael Earp

208 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional funny fast-paced
Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins

Isla and the Happily Ever After

Anna and the French Kiss #3

Stephanie Perkins

8 hours, 37 minutes • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional lighthearted medium-paced
My Lovely Frankie by Judith Clarke

My Lovely Frankie

Judith Clarke

224 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ young adult reflective medium-paced