Suggested Young Adult books
These books are geared for students in middle through high school.
Some adult book titles contain adult-oriented themes.
The 7th of London, by Beau Schemery
13 Little Blue Envelopes, by Maureen Johnson
151 Days, by John Goode
Abhorsen Trilogy / Old Kingdom Trilogy (series), by Garth Nix
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
Acceleration, by Graham McNamee
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
Alex Rider series, by Anthony Horowitz
All That Glows, by Ryan Graudin
All the Colors of Love, by Jessica Freely
Along for the Ride, by Sarah Dessen
An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green
The Angel Experiment, by James Patterson
An Upriver Passamaquoddy, by Allen Sockabasin
Anna and the French Kiss, by Stephanie Perkins
Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery
Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave, by Virginia Hamilton
Apothecary, by Maile Meloy
April Raintree, by Beatrice Mosionier
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume
Artemis Fowl series, by Eoin Colfer
The Art of Lainey, by Paula Stokes
Autobiography of My Dead Brother, by Walter Dean Myers
Azumanga Daioh series, by Kiyohiko Azuma
A Bad Boy Can Be Good For A Girl, by Tanya Lee Stone
The Bad Beginning, by Lemony Snicket
Banned Books, by RJ Astruc
The Bartimaeus Trilogy (series), by Jonathan Stroud
The Battle for Jericho, by Gene Gant
Beautiful Creatures, by Kami Garcia
Becoming Billie Holiday, by Carole Boston Weatherford
Before I Fall, by Lauren Oliver
Being Sloane Jacobs, by Lauren Morrill
Betsy-Tacy Books (series), by Maud Hart Lovelace
Better off Friends, by Elizabeth Eulberg
Beyonders (series), by Brandon Mull
Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell
Black Boy, by Richard Wright
Black Ice, by Becca Fitzpatrick
Black, Blue, and Gray: African Americans in the Civil War, by Jim Haskins
Blankets: An Illustrated Novel, by Craig Thompson
Blood Moon, by M.J. O'Shea
Bloodlines (series), by Richelle Mead
The Blue Sword, by Robin McKinley
Bone series, by Jeff Smith
The Book Thief, by Marcus Zusak
Bowman's Store: A Journey to Myself, by Joseph Bruchac
The Boy at the End of the World, by Greg Van Eekhout
Boy Meets Boy, by David Levithan
The Boyfriend List: (15 guys, 11 shrink appointments, 4 ceramic frogs, and Me, Ruby Oliver), by E. Lockhart
The Brave, by Robert Lipsyte
Breaking Free, by Winter Page
Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
A Broken Kind of Life, by Jamie Mayfield
Bullied, by Jeff Erno
Burning For Revenge, by John Marsden
By the Creek, Geoff Laughton
The Call of the Wild, by Jack London
Carver: A Life in Poems, by Marilyn Nelson
The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins
A Certain Slant of Light, by Laura Whitcomb
Chaos Walking (series), by Patrick Ness
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl
Children of the Knight, by Michael J. Bowler
The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
The Chronicles of Chrestomanci (series), by Diana Wynne Jones
Circle of Magic (series), by Tamora Pierce
City of Bones, by Cassandra Clare
The City of Ember, by Jeanne DuPrau
The Clique series, by Lisi Harrison
Clockwork Angel, by Cassandra Clare
Clueless, by J. Roman
Cold Moon, by M.J. O'Shea
Collide, by J. R. Lenk
Confessions of Georgia Nicholson series, by Louise Rennison
The Contender, by Robert Lipsyte
Copper Sun, by Sharon Draper
Coraline, by Neil Gaiman
Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond, by Joseph Medicine Crow
Crank (series), by Ellen Hopkins
Cruel Beauty, by Rosamund Hodge
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon
The Dark is Rising (series), by Susan Cooper
Darkness Before Dawn, by Sharon Draper
Darkness, Be My Friend, by John Marsden
Daughter of Smoke & Bone, by Laini Taylor
Daughter of the Lioness / Tricksters (series), by Tamora Pierce
Dead City, by James Ponti
Dead Connection, by Charlie Price
The Dead of the Night, by John Marsden
Dear God, by John Goode
Delirium series, by Lauren Oliver
Delirium, by Lauren Oliver
Destiny, by Jamie Mayfield
Determination, by Jamie Mayfield
Devilish, by Maureen Johnson
Discworld / Tiffany Aching (series), by Terry Pratchett
Distant Rumblings, by John Goode
Divergent series, by Veronica Roth
Doll Bones, by Holly Black
Donorboy, by Brenda Halpin
Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover, by Robbie Michaels
Don't Look Back, by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Dune, by Frank Herbert
Dunk, by David Lubar
Earthsea (series), by Ursula K. Le Guin
Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine
Elsewhere, Gabrielle Zevin
Emako Blue, by Brenda Woods
The Enchanted Forest Chronicles (series), by Patricia C. Wrede
Endangered, by Eliot Schrefer
Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card
Enthusiasm, by Polly Shulman
Eragon, by Christopher Paolini
Everything We Shut Our Eyes To, by Gene Gant
Evolution, by Sam Kadence
Fablehaven (series), by Brandon Mull
Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
Fallen (series), by Lauren Kate
Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers
Fallen, by Lauren Kate
Far Far Away, by Tom McNeal
A Fast and Brutal Wing, by Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson
Fate Lends a Leg, by Jax Cordoba
The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green
Feed, by M.T. Anderson
Firestorm, by David Klass
The First Part Last, by Angela Johnson
Five Kingdoms (series), by Brandon Mull
Flip, by David Lubar
Flipped, by Wendelin Van Draanen
Flirt series, by Nicole Clarke
Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes
Forever..., by Judy Blume
Franny and Zooey, by J.D. Salinger
The Freedom Business, by Marilyn Nelson
Freeing Stella, by Zoe Lynne
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg
Gallagher Girls (series), by Ally Carter
The Gemma Doyle Trilogy (series), by Libba Bray
Ghost Songs, by Andrew Demcak
The Ghosts of Graylock, by Dan Poblocki
Gingerbread, by Rachel Cohn
The Giver (series), by Lois Lowry
Go Ask Alice, by Anonymous
Go West, Young Man, by Robbie Michaels
The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman
Gone (series), by Michael Grant
Goodbye Buffalo Bay, by Larry Loyie and Constance Brissenden
The Goose Girl, by Shannon Hale
Gossamer, by Lois Lowry
Graceling (series), by Kristin Cashore
The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman
A Great and Terrible Beauty, by Libba Bray
Growing Up Native American, by Patricia Riley
Half Upon a Time, by James Riley
Halfbreed, by Maria Campbell
Harlem Hustle, by Janet McDonald
Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling
Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen
Hawksong series, by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Heartless, by J. Roman
Heavyweight, by MB Mulhall
The Hero and the Crown, by Robin McKinley
The Heroes of Olympus (series), by Rick Riordan
Hidden Talents, by David Lubar
His Dark Materials (series), by Philip Pullman
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (series), by Douglas Adams
The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkin
Holes (series), by Louis Sachar
Homesick, by Kate Klise
The Host, by Stephenie Meyer
House of Night (series), by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast
The House of the Scorpion, by Scott Westerfeld
The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
Howard Luke: My Won Trail, by Howard Luke
Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones
The Hunger Games (series), by Suzanne Collins
Hunter's Moon, by M.J. O'Shea
Hush, Hush Saga (series), by Stephanie Perkins
Hush, Hush, by Becca Fitzpatrick
I Am the Messenger, by Markus Zusak
I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith
I Never Had It Made: the Autobiography of Jackie Robinson, as told, by Alfred Duckett
I, Emma Freke, by E.J. Atkinson
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You, by Ally Carter
If I Stay, by Gayle Forman
The Immortals (series), by Tamora Pierce
Indian Boyhood, by Charles Alexander Eastman
The Infernal Devices (series), by Cassandra Clare
Inferno, by Johanna Parkhurst
Inheritance Cycle (series), by Christopher Paolini
Inkheart, by Cornelia Funke
Intervention, by Mia Kerick
Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O'Dell
It's Kind of a Funny Story, by Ned Vizzini
Just Another Hero, by Sharon M. Draper
Just Listen, by Sarah Dessen
Land of the Spotted Eagle, (new edition), by Luther Standing Bear
Last Child, by Michael Spooner
The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
The Legend of Africana, by Dorothy Robinson
Let the Lion Eat Straw, by Ellease Southerland
Leviathan (series), by Scott Westerfeld
The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan
Lindsay, Jo and the Tree of Forever, by J.S. Frankel
The Lions of Little Rock, by Kristin Levine
Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow
A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Little Voice, by Ruby Slipperjack
Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, by Sherman Alexie
Looking for Alaska, by John Green
Lord Loss, by Darren Shan
Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
The Lord of the Rings (series), by J.R.R. Tolkien
Lou in the Limelight, by Kristin Hunter
The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold
The Lullaby, by Sarah Dessen
Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary, Walter Dean Myers
Maniac Magee
March Toward the Thunder, by Joseph Bruchac
Mare's War, by Tanita S. Davis
Marvin and Tige, by Frankcina Glass
Matched (series), by Allie Condie
Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, by James Patterson
Maximum Ride: School’s Out Forever, by James Patterson
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment, by James Patterson
The Maze Runner Trilogy (series), by James Dashner
Meet Mindy: A Native Girl from the Southwest, by John Harrington
The Middle Five: Indian Schoolboys of the Omaha Tribe, by Francis La Flesche
The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo, by Tom Feelings
Mining for Freedom: Black History Meets the California Gold Rush, Roberts, by Sylvia Alden
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs
Mississippi Challenge, by Mildred Pitts Walter
Monster, by Walter Dean Myers
Moose to Moccasins: The Story of Ka Kita Wa Pa No Kwe, by Madeline Katt Theriault
Morning Girl, by Michael Dorris
The Mortal Instruments series, by Cassandra Clare
Movin' Up, by Berry Gordy
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, by Robert C. O'Brien
My Chill Wind, by Janet McDonald
My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult
Naruto series, Masaki Kishimoto
Native Athletes in Action, by Vincent Schilling
Navajo: Visions and Voices Across the Mesa, by Shonto Begay
The Negro Speaks of Rivers, by Langston Hughes and E.B. Lewis
New Moon, by Stephanie Meyer
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, by Rachel Cohn, David Levithan
The Night is for Hunting, by John Marsden
Nightjohn, by Gary Paulsen
No Parole Today, by Laura Tohe
Not Broken, Just Bent, by Mia Kerick
Notes from the Midnight Driver, by John Sonnenblick
Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry
Numbering all the Bones, by Ann Rinaldi
Omorphi, by C. Kennedy
On the Fence, by Kasie West
On the Right Trac, by Sam Kadence
One Boy’s Shadow, by Ross A. McCoubrey
One Fat Summer, by Robert Lipsyte
The Other Side of Dawn, by John Marsden
Out of My Mind, by Sharon Draper
The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton
Pants on Fire, by Meg Cabot
Paper Towns, by John Green
Paper Towns, by John Green
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (series), by Rick Riordan
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster
Pitch, by Will Parkinson
Played, by Dana Davidson
Power, by Linda Hogan
Powerful Words, by Wade Hudson
Poz, by Christopher Koehler
Pretties, by Scott Westerfeld
Pretty Little Liars, by Sara Shepard
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
Princess Academy, by Shannon Hale
The Princess Bride, by William Goldman
The Princess Diaries (series), by Meg Cabot
Private Display of Affection, by Winter Sandberg
The Queen of Water, by Laura Resau
The Raft, by S.A. Bodene
Rain is Not My Indian Name, by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Remember: The Journey to School Integration, by Toni Morrison
Riddles of Epsilon, by Christine Morton-Shaw.
A Ring of Endless Light, by Madeleine L'Engle
Rock Star, Superstar, by Blake Nelson Eragon, by Christopher Paolini
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor
A Room on Lorelei Street, by Mary Pearson
The Rules of Survival, by Nancy Werlin
Safe, by C. Kennedy
Saint Iggy, by K. L. Going
Salvage, by Alexandra Duncan
The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Separate Peace, by John Knowles
Serpenteens: Nature’s Forces, by Pol McShane
Serpenteens: The Nests of Good and Evil, by Pol McShane
Serpenteens: Secrets of the Cave, by Pol McShane
Shiver, by Maggie Stiefvater
The Shiver Trilogy (series), by Maggie Stiefvater
Side Effects May Vary, by Julie Murphy
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (series), by Anne Brashares
Skeleton Man, by Joseph Bruchac
The Skin I’m In, by Sharon Flake
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, by David Lubar
Small as an Elephant, by Jennifer Jacobson
Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
Son of the Mob, by Gordon Korman
The Song of the Lioness (series), by Tamora Pierce
Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
Specials, by Scott Westerfeld
Spirit of the White Bison, by Beatrice Culleton
Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes, by Chris Crutcher
Storm Thief, by Chris Wooding
Street Love, by Walter Dean Myers
Summer Boy, by Hailey Abbott
Summer Sisters, by Judy Blume
Summer’s Dawn by Sue Brown Feed, by M.T. Anderson
The Summoning, by Kelley Armstrong
Superhero, by Eli Easton
The Supernaturals, by Gene Gant
Sweet Reckoning, by Wendy Higgins
Tales from Foster High, by John Goode
Tears of a Tiger, by Sharon Draper
That Witch! by Zoe Lynne
Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neal Hurston
The Third Day, The Frost, by John Marsden
Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
Tomorrow, When the War Bega, by John Marsden
The Trap, by John Smelcern
This Is Not a Love Story, by Suki Fleet
Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
Triane’s Son Learning, by Amy Lane
Triane's Son Fighting, by Amy Lane
Triane's Son Rising, by Amy Lane
Trouble's Child, by Mildred Pitts Walter
True Talents, by David Lubar
The Truth About Forever, by Sarah Dessen
Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt
Twilight (series), by Stephenie Meyer
Twisted, by J.S. Frankel
Uglies (series), by Scott Westerfeld
Under the Stars by Geoff Laughton
Underland Chronicles (series), by Suzanne Collins
An Unexpected Summer, by Kate Sands
Ungifted, by Gordan Korman
Unicorns and Rainbow Poop, by Sam Kadence
The Unlikely Hero, by Beau Schemery
The Unseen Tempest, by John Goode & J.G. Morgan
Unwind, by Neal Shusterman
Us Three, by Mia Kerick
Valhalla, by Ari Bach
Vampire Academy (series), by Richelle Mead
Variant, by Robison Wells Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech
Waterlilly, by Ella Cara Deloria
Watership Down, by Richard Adams
The Watsons Go to Birmingham, by Paul Christopher Curtis
The Way of Rainy Mountain, by Scott Momaday
The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin
Weetzie Bat (series), by Francesca Lia Block
Wet Paint by Will Parkinson
The Whale Rider, by Witi Ihimaera
What I Thought Was True, by Huntley Fitzpatrick
When Ryan Came Back by Devon McCormack
Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls
Wicked Lovely, by Melissa Marr
Wild Summer by Suki Fleet eBook
Will Grayson, by John Green, David Levithan
Wintergirls, by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare
Wonderful Sky Boat and Other Native American Tales of the Southeast, by Jane Louise Curry
A Wreath For Emmett Till, by Marilyn Nelson
A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle
You Belong With Me, by Jeff Erno
You Don't Know Jack, by MC Lee
This list of books was compiled by the Tampa Bay Times Newspaper in Education program.
Updated on Jan. 7, 2015