Editors' picks: Best Young Adult
Discover your next favorite read through the Amazon Editors' top book picks

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  1. You'd Be Home
    You'd Be Home Now Kathleen Glasgow
    Kindle Edition
    $10.99 $18.99
    (49)
  2. Squad
    Squad Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Lisa Sterle
    Kindle Edition
    $12.99 $14.99
    (22)
  3. Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World
    Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World Benjamin Alire Sáenz
    Kindle Edition
    $10.99 $19.99
    (118)
  4. Beasts of Prey
    Beasts of Prey Ayana Gray
    Kindle Edition
    $10.99 $18.99
    (99)
  5. Once Upon a Broken Heart
    Once Upon a Broken Heart Stephanie Garber
    Kindle Edition
    $10.99 $19.99
    (375)
  6. Little Thieves
    Little Thieves Margaret Owen
    Kindle Edition
    $10.99 $18.99
    (42)
  7. The City Beautiful
    The City Beautiful Aden Polydoros
    Kindle Edition
    $9.99 $19.99
    (14)
  8. Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
    Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Brandy Colbert
    Kindle Edition
    $12.99 $19.99
    (5)
  9. The Heartbreak Bakery
    The Heartbreak Bakery A. R. Capetta
    Kindle Edition
    $9.99 $18.99
    (6)
  10. Bluebird
    Bluebird Sharon Cameron
    Kindle Edition
    $9.99 $18.99
    (38)
  11. Vespertine
    Vespertine Margaret Rogerson
    Kindle Edition
    $10.99 $18.99
    (119)
  12. For All Time
    For All Time Shanna Miles
    Kindle Edition
    $10.99 $19.99
    (21)
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100 Young Adult Books to Read in a Lifetime See the full list

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  1. On the Road
    On the Road Jack Kerouac
    Paperback
    $13.89 $18.00
    (4,309)
  2. The Secret History
    The Secret History Donna Tartt
    Paperback
    $14.99 $18.00
    (8,574)
  3. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: A Novel
    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: A Novel Betty Smith
    Paperback
    (396)
  4. A Separate Peace
    A Separate Peace John Knowles
    Paperback
    $13.49 $16.00
    (2,883)
  5. Their Eyes Were Watching God
    Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston
    Paperback
    $7.30 $17.99
    (8,064)
  6. My Side of the Mountain (Puffin Modern Classics)
    My Side of the Mountain (Puffin Modern Classics) Jean Craighead George
    Paperback
    $3.39 $7.99
    (3,925)
  7. Ender's Game (The Ender Quin
    Ender's Game (The Ender Quintet) Orson Scott Card
    Mass Market Paperback
    (15,622)
  8. The Witch of Blackbird Pond
    The Witch of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare
    Paperback
    $7.99 $8.99
    (2,855)
  9. Divergent (Divergent Series, 1)
    Divergent (Divergent Series, 1) Veronica Roth, Nicolas Delort
    Paperback
    $8.46 $12.99
    (29,535)
  10. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain
    Paperback
    $5.33 $6.00
    (2,486)
  11. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Scholastic Gold)
    The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Scholastic Gold) Avi
    Paperback
    $7.99
    (1,464)
  12. Eleanor &
    Eleanor & Park Rainbow Rowell
    Hardcover
    $11.49 $18.99
    (8,926)
  13. A Great and Terrible Beauty (The Gemma Doyle Trilogy)
    A Great and Terrible Beauty (The Gemma Doyle Trilogy) Libba Bray
    Paperback
    $9.99 $10.99
    (945)
  14. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar C
    Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children) Ransom Riggs
    Paperback
    $9.01 $14.99
    (12,205)
  15. Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & B
    Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone (1)) Laini Taylor
    Paperback
    $12.33 $14.99
    (3,534)
  16. Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries, 10)
    Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries, 10) Agatha Christie
    Mass Market Paperback
    $8.99
    (8,679)
  17. The Wee Free Men (Tiffany Aching, 1)
    The Wee Free Men (Tiffany Aching, 1) Terry Pratchett
    Paperback
    $9.99
    (2,514)
  18. A Clockwork Orange
    A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess
    Paperback
    $20.35
    (4,437)
  19. Dune
    Dune Frank Herbert
    Mass Market Paperback
    $9.89 $10.99
    (36,186)
  20. Monster
    Monster Walter Dean Myers
    Paperback
    $10.40 $11.99
    (2,717)
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2021 Michael L. Printz Award for Teen Literature See past Printz Medal and Honor titles
Winner: "Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a True Story)" by Daniel Nayeri and Honor books for 2021

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  1. Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a true story)
    Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a true story) Daniel Nayeri
    Kindle Edition
    $8.99 $17.99
    (580)
  2. Apple: (Skin to the Core)
    Apple: (Skin to the Core) Eric Gansworth
    Kindle Edition
    $8.99 $18.99
    (73)
  3. Dragon Hoops
    Dragon Hoops Gene Luen Yang
    Kindle Edition
    $12.99 $24.99
    (524)
  4. Every Body Looking
    Every Body Looking Candice Iloh
    Kindle Edition
    $8.99 $11.99
    (112)
  5. We Are Not Free
    We Are Not Free Traci Chee
    Kindle Edition
    $9.99 $17.99
    (301)
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Midnight Sun (The Twilight Saga)

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The Hate U Give

by Angie Thomas and Nikki Giovanni
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Once Upon a Broken Heart

Once Upon a Broken Heart

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One of Us Is Next: The Sequel to One of Us Is Lying

One of Us Is Next: The Sequel to One of Us Is Lying

by Karen M. McManus
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Iron Widow

by Xiran Jay Zhao
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The Inheritance Games

The Inheritance Games

Book 1 of 3: The Inheritance Games
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The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country

The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country

by Amanda Gorman and Oprah Winfrey
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Crooked Kingdom: A Sequel to Six of Crows (Six of Crows, 2)

Crooked Kingdom: A Sequel to Six of Crows (Six of Crows, 2)

by Leigh Bardugo
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Crush (Crave Book 2)

Crush (Crave Book 2)

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Good Girl, Bad Blood: The Sequel to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Good Girl, Bad Blood: The Sequel to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

by Holly Jackson
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Firekeeper's Daughter

Firekeeper's Daughter

by Angeline Boulley
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