Young adult fiction continues to capture readers of all ages with stories that are as emotionally resonant as they are imaginative. Whether you’re drawn to heartfelt realism, thrilling mystery, or sweeping adventure, these five YA novels will remind you why the genre remains one of the most exciting in literature today.

5 Young Adult Novels For Every Kind Of Reader

1. Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

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A teenager living with obsessive-compulsive disorder tries to solve a billionaire’s disappearance while navigating friendship, fear, and the search for inner peace.

2. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

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A band of outcasts and criminals attempt an impossible heist in a richly imagined fantasy world filled with danger, magic, and moral gray zones.

3. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

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After witnessing the fatal police shooting of her best friend, sixteen-year-old Starr Carter must find her voice and courage to speak out against injustice.

4. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

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Two misfit teens bond over comic books and mixtapes in this tender, bittersweet love story set in the 1980s.

5. One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

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When five high school students walk into detention and only four walk out alive, everyone becomes a suspect in this addictive whodunit.

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