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A curated collection of books related to Young Adult, ranked by recommendation signals.

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Little Women
Little Women

Little Women, Book 1

14 recommendations
Description

Grownup Meg, tomboyish Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. The four March sisters couldn't be more different. But with their father away at war, and their mother working to support the family, they have to rely on one another. Whether they're putting on a play, forming a secret society, or celebrating Christmas, there's one thing they can't help w...

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A Wizard of Earthsea
A Wizard of Earthsea

The Earthsea Cycle Series, Book 1

3 recommendations
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Epic, Fantasy, Dragon, Fiction lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
3
A Wrinkle in Time
3 recommendations
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Fiction, Childrens, Teen, Young, Science Fiction lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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Are You There God It's Me, Margaret
2 recommendations
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Fiction, Teen, Young, Adult, Children's lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
5
I'll Give You the Sun
2 recommendations
Description

"We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story." At first, Jude and her twin brother Noah, are inseparable. Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude wears redred lipstick, cliffdives, and does all the t...

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No coverA Separate Peace
2 recommendations
Description

"My second favorite book." - Bill Gates

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No coverBridge to Terabithia
2 recommendations
Description

Jess Aarons' greatest ambition is to be the fastest runner in his grade. He's been practicing all summer and can't wait to see his classmates' faces when he beats them all. But on the first day of school, a new girl boldly crosses over to the boys' side and outruns everyone.That's not a very promising beginning for a friendship, but Jess and Leslie...

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Holes
2 recommendations
Description

A modern classic . . . from the New York Times bestselling author who has been recognized with the Newbery Award as well as the National Book Award!Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his nogooddirtyrottenpigstealinggreatgreatgrandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sen...

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No coverAnne Frank
Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl

1 recommendation
Description

"I remember being a fourth grader [and] going so far as to have my parents take it to the school board and petition for me to be allowed to read this book." - Alice Little

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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
1 recommendation
Description

Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents_x0092_ house after high school graduation. Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family. But Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter. That was Olga_x0092_s role. Then a tragic accident on the busiest street in Chicago leaves Olga dead and Julia left behind...

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No coverBefore We Were Free
Description

I wonder what it would be like to be free Not to need wings because you don_x0092_t have to fly away from your countryAnita de la Torre is a twelveyearold girl living in the Dominican Republic in 1960. Most of her relatives have emigrated to the United States, her Tío Toni has disappeared, Papi has been getting mysterious phone calls about butterflie...

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No coverExit, Pursued by a Bear
Description

She won't be anyone's cautionary tale.Hermione Winters is captain of her cheerleading team, and in tiny Palermo Heights, the cheerleaders don't cheer for the sports teams; they are the sports team. This year's summer training camp is Hermione's last, and she knows this season could make her a legend. But during a camp party, someone slips something...

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Angus, Thongs and FullFrontal Snogging
Angus, Thongs and FullFrontal Snogging

Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, Book 1

Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals suggest this title has discovery traction, but there is not enough safe category context to make a stronger reader-fit claim.
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Cool for the Summer
Description

Lara's had eyes for exactly one person throughout her three years of high school: Chase Harding. He's tall, strong, sweet, a football star, and frankly, stupid hot. Oh, and he's talking to her now. On purpose and everything. Maybe...flirting, even No, wait, he's definitely flirting, which is pretty much the sum of everything Lara's wanted out of l...

15
I Wanna Be Where You Are
Description

When Chloe Pierce_x0092_s mom forbids her to apply for a spot at the dance conservatory of her dreams, she devises a secret plan to drive two hundred miles to the nearest audition. But Chloe hits her first speed bump when her annoying neighbor Eli insists upon hitching a ride, threatening to tell Chloe_x0092_s mom if she leaves him and his smelly dog, Geezer, ...

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Hatchet
Hatchet

Brian Robeson, Book 1

Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Adventure lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for reader-fit discovery across adjacent interests. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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Defy the Night
Defy the Night

Defy the Night, Book 1

Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals suggest this title has discovery traction, but there is not enough safe category context to make a stronger reader-fit claim.
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Dear Martin
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Fiction, Teen, Young, Adult lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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Anne of Green Gables
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Fiction, Childrens lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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Call Down the Hawk
Call Down the Hawk

Dreamer Trilogy, Book 1

Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Fiction, Teen, Young, Adult, LGBTQ lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No coverClap When You Land
Description

In a novelinverse that brims with grief and love, National Book Awardwinning and New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo writes about the devastation of loss, the difficulty of forgiveness, and the bittersweet bonds that shape our lives.Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this t...

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No coverGrown
Description

An instant New York Times bestseller! _x0093_Grown exposes the underbelly of a tough conversation, providing a searing examination of misogynoir, rape culture, and the vulnerability of young black girls. Groundbreaking, heartwrenching, and essential reading for all in the #MeToo era._x0094_ _x0097_Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Belles A...

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No coverLong Way Down
Description

An ode to Put the Damn Guns Down, this is New York Times bestseller Jason Reynolds_x0092_s fiercely stunning novel that takes place in sixty potent seconds_x0097_the time it takes a kid to decide whether or not he_x0092_s going to murder the guy who killed his brother.A cannon. A strap. A piece. A biscuit. A burner. A heater. A chopper. A gat. A hammer A tool for RU...

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A Very Large Expanse of Sea
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Romance, Fiction, Teen, Young, Adult lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No coverAll the Bright Places
Description

The Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor and Park in this exhilarating and heartwrenching love story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who intends to die.Soon to be a major motion picture starring Elle Fanning! Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matt...

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No coverAutoboyography
Description

Three years ago, Tanner Scott_x0092_s family relocated from California to Utah, a move that nudged the bisexual teen temporarily back into the closet. Now, with one semester of high school to go, and no obstacles between him and outofstate college freedom, Tanner plans to coast through his remaining classes and clear out of Utah.But when his best frien...

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No coverBirthday
Birthday

A Novel

Description

Boyhood meets The Sun Is Also a Star in this unconventional love story by awardwinning author Meredith Russo!Two kids, Morgan and Eric, are bonded for life after being born on the same day at the same time. We meet them once a year on their shared birthday as they grow and change: as Eric figures out who he is and how he fits into the world, and a...

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Divergent
Divergent

Divergent, Book 1

Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around DystopianScience, Dystopian, Fiction, Teen, Young lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No coverEliza and Her Monsters
Description

Her story is a phenomenon. Her life is a disaster.In the real world, Eliza Mirk is shy, weird, and friendless. Online, she_x0092_s LadyConstellation, the anonymous creator of the wildly popular webcomic Monstrous Sea. Eliza can_x0092_t imagine enjoying the real world as much as she loves the online one, and she has no desire to try.Then Wallace Warland, Monstr...

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Five Feet Apart
Description

In this moving story two teens fall in love with just one minor complication_x0097_they can_x0092_t get within five feet of each other without risking their lives.Can you love someone you can never touchStella Grant likes to be in control_x0097_even though her totally out of control lungs have sent her in and out of the hospital most of her life. At this point, wha...

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How to Make Friends with the Dark
Description

Here is what happens when your mother dies.It_x0092_s the brightest day of summer and it_x0092_s dark outside. It_x0092_s dark in your house, dark in your room, and dark in your heart. You feel like the darkness is going to split you apart.That_x0092_s how it feels for Tiger. It_x0092_s always been Tiger and her mother against the world. Then, on a day like any other, Tiger_x0092_s m...

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No coverI Wish You All the Best
Description

Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli, Mason Deaver's stunning debut will rip your heart out before showing you how to heal from tragedy and celebrate life in the process."Heartfelt, romantic, and quietly groundbreaking. This book will save lives." Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens ...

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Let Me Hear a Rhyme
Description

In this striking new novel by the critically acclaimed author of Allegedly and Monday_x0092_s Not Coming, Tiffany D. Jackson tells the story of three Brooklyn teens who plot to turn their murdered friend into a major rap star by pretending he's still alive. Brooklyn, 1998. Biggie Smalls was right: Things done changed. But that doesn_x0092_t mean that Quadir an...

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Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie, Book 3

Description

Based on the reallife adventures of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie is the third book in the awardwinning Little House series, which has captivated generations of readers. This edition features the classic blackandwhite artwork from Garth Williams.Laura Ingalls and her family are heading to Kansas! Leaving behind their home in...

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A Court of Thorns and Roses
A Court of Thorns and Roses

A Court of Thorns and Roses, Book 1

Description

Feyre's survival rests upon her ability to hunt and kill ? the forest where she lives is a cold, bleak place in the long winter months. So when she spots a deer in the forest being pursued by a wolf, she cannot resist fighting it for the flesh. But to do so, she must kill the predator and killing something so precious comes at a price ...Dragged to...

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No coverAurora Rising
Description

From the New York Times and internationally bestselling authors of the Illuminae Files comes a new sciencefiction epic. . . .The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with th...

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No coverBlood Water Paint
Description

A debut novel based on the true story of the iconic painter, Artemisia Gentileschi.Her mother died when she was twelve, and suddenly Artemisia Gentileschi had a stark choice: a life as a nun in a convent or a life grinding pigment for her father's paint.She chose paint.By the time she was seventeen, Artemisia did more than grind pigment. She was on...

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No coverCinder
Cinder

The Lunar Chronicles, Book 1

Description

Sixteenyearold Cinder is considered a technological mistake by most of society and a burden by her stepmother. Being cyborg does have its benefits, though: Cinder's brain interference has given her an uncanny ability to fix things (robots, hovers, her own malfunctioning parts), making her the best mechanic in New Beijing. This reputation brings P...

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Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Fiction, Teen, Young, Adult lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No coverFireborne
Description

Game of Thrones meets Red Rising in a debut young Adult, Fantasy, that's full of rivalry, romance... and dragons.Annie and Lee were just children when a brutal revolution changed their world, giving everyone_x0097_even the lowborn_x0097_a chance to test into the governing class of dragonriders.Now they are both rising stars in the new regime, despite backgrounds...

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Jackpot
Description

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Dear Martincomes a pitchperfect romance that examines class, privilege, and how a stroke of good luck can change an entire life.Meet Rico: high school senior and afternoonshift cashier at the Gas 'n' Go, who after school and work races home to take care of her younger brother. Every. Single. Day. ...

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No coverA Series of Unfortunate Events
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American Street
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Fiction, Coming, Of, Age, Teen lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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Esperanza Rising
Description

Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexicoshe'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home, and servants. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California during the Great Depression, and to settle in a camp for Mexican farm workers. Esperanza isn't ready for the hard labor, financial struggl...

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Full Disclosure
Description

In a community that isn't always understanding, an HIVpositive teen must navigate fear, disclosure, and radical selfacceptance when she falls in loveand lustfor the first time. Powerful and uplifting, Full Disclosure will speak to fans of Angie Thomas and Nicola Yoon. Simone GarciaHampton is starting over at a new school, and this time thing...

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No coverHomecoming
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Lady Smoke
Lady Smoke

Ash Princess Trilogy, Book 2

Description

The sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller that was "made for fans of Victoria Aveyard and Sabaa Tahir" ( Bustle ), Lady Smoke is an epic Fantasy, about a throne cruelly stolen and a girl who must fight to take it back for her people. The Kaiser murdered Theodosia's mother, the Fire Queen, when Theo was only six. He took T The sequel to the...

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This list aggregates books that appear in public recommendation sources, reader-interest signals, and category data. Books are ranked by their position from the source list; recommendation counts and ratings are shown where available. Open any book to see source-backed recommendation proof, editorial context, and Amazon options — the per-book detail page is where the trust signals live.