# Young Adult books assigned in US schools

**83** books in the Young Adult genre that US schools assign. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Grade span:** 9–12
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/genre/young-adult
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Authors in this genre

- Eric Gansworth (2)
- Adib Khorram
- Akemi Dawn Bowman
- Amber McBride
- Amy Huntley
- Andrew Joseph White
- Angeline Boulley
- Anna-Marie McLemore
- Askel Aden
- Barbara Stuber

## Young Adult titles

- [A Curse Dark as Gold](https://readinglist.school/book/a-curse-dark-as-gold) by Elizabeth C. Bunce _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Ace of Spades](https://readinglist.school/book/ace-of-spades) by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé _(Grades 9–12)_
- [After the Snow](https://readinglist.school/book/after-the-snow) by S. D. Crockett _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Aisle Nine](https://readinglist.school/book/aisle-nine) by Ian X. Cho _(Grades 9–12)_
- [All the Fighting Parts](https://readinglist.school/book/all-the-fighting-parts) by Hannah V. Sawyerr _(Grades 9–12)_
- [All the Noise at Once](https://readinglist.school/book/all-the-noise-at-once) by DeAndra Davis _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Apple](https://readinglist.school/book/apple-skin-to-the-core) by Eric Gansworth _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Beautiful Creatures: The Manga (A Graphic Novel)](https://readinglist.school/book/beautiful-creatures) by Cassandra Jean _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Because You'll Never Meet Me](https://readinglist.school/book/because-youll-never-meet-me) by Leah Thomas _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Belle Époque](https://readinglist.school/book/belle-epoque) by Elizabeth Ross _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Black Girl Unlimited](https://readinglist.school/book/black-girl-unlimited-the-remarkable-story-of-a-teenage-wizard) by Echo Brown _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Blood Water Paint](https://readinglist.school/book/blood-water-paint) by Joy McCullough _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Charm & Strange](https://readinglist.school/book/charm-strange) by Stephanie Kuehn _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Check, Please! Book 1: # Hockey](https://readinglist.school/book/check-please-hockey) by Ngozi Ukazu _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Conviction](https://readinglist.school/book/conviction) by Kelly Loy Gilbert _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Crossing the Tracks](https://readinglist.school/book/crossing-the-tracks) by Barbara Stuber _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Darius the Great Is Not Okay](https://readinglist.school/book/darius-the-great-is-not-okay) by Adib Khorram _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear](https://readinglist.school/book/dead-things-are-closer-than-they-appear) by Robin Wasley _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Dear Martin](https://readinglist.school/book/dear-martin) by Nic Stone _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Devils Within](https://readinglist.school/book/devils-within) by S. F. Henson _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets](https://readinglist.school/book/dr-birds-advice-for-sad-poets) by Evan Roskos _(Grades 9–12)_
- [First Love Language](https://readinglist.school/book/first-love-language) by Stefany Valentine _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Flash Burnout](https://readinglist.school/book/flash-burnout) by L. K. Madigan _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Frankly in Love](https://readinglist.school/book/frankly-in-love) by David Yoon _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Gabi, a Girl in Pieces](https://readinglist.school/book/gabi-a-girl-in-pieces) by Isabel Quintero _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Girl Mans Up](https://readinglist.school/book/girl-mans-up) by M-E Girard _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Guardian of the Dead](https://readinglist.school/book/guardian-of-the-dead) by Karen Healey _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Hearts Unbroken](https://readinglist.school/book/hearts-unbroken) by Cynthia Leitich Smith _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Hell Followed with Us](https://readinglist.school/book/hell-followed-with-us) by Andrew Joseph White _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Hold Me Closer, Necromancer](https://readinglist.school/book/hold-me-closer-necromancer) by Lish McBride _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Hold Still](https://readinglist.school/book/hold-still) by Nina LaCour _(Grades 9–12)_
- [House of Purple Cedar](https://readinglist.school/book/house-of-purple-cedar) by Tim Tingle _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Hush](https://readinglist.school/book/hush) by Eishes Chayil _(Grades 9–12)_
- [If I Ever Get Out of Here](https://readinglist.school/book/if-i-ever-get-out-of-here) by Eric Gansworth _(Grades 9–12)_
- [In the Shadow of Blackbirds](https://readinglist.school/book/in-the-shadow-of-blackbirds) by Cat Winters _(Grades 9–12)_
- [It Sounded Better in My Head](https://readinglist.school/book/it-sounded-better-in-my-head) by Nina Kenwood _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Love and other Perishable Items](https://readinglist.school/book/love-and-other-perishable-items) by Laura Buzo _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Love, Misha](https://readinglist.school/book/love-misha) by Askel Aden _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Madapple](https://readinglist.school/book/madapple) by Christina Meldrum _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Me (Moth)](https://readinglist.school/book/me-moth) by Amber McBride _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Me, the Missing, and the Dead](https://readinglist.school/book/me-the-missing-and-the-dead) by Jenny Valentine _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Not Like Other Girls](https://readinglist.school/book/not-like-other-girls) by Meredith Adamo _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Once There Was](https://readinglist.school/book/once-there-was) by Kiyash Monsef _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Paper Covers Rock](https://readinglist.school/book/paper-covers-rock) by Jenny Hubbard _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Rani Patel In Full Effect](https://readinglist.school/book/rani-patel-in-full-effect) by Sonia Patel _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Red Flags and Butterflies](https://readinglist.school/book/red-flags-and-butterflies) by Sheryl Azzam _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Rez Ball](https://readinglist.school/book/rez-ball) by Byron Graves _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Saints and Misfits](https://readinglist.school/book/saints-and-misfits) by S. K. Ali _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Seraphina](https://readinglist.school/book/seraphina) by Rachel Hartman _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Sex & Violence](https://readinglist.school/book/sex-violence) by Carrie Mesrobian _(Grades 9–12)_
- [She Is a Haunting](https://readinglist.school/book/she-is-a-haunting) by Trang Thanh Tran _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda](https://readinglist.school/book/simon-vs-the-homo-sapiens-agenda) by Becky Albertalli _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Starfish](https://readinglist.school/book/starfish) by Akemi Dawn Bowman _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Surviving the City](https://readinglist.school/book/surviving-the-city) by Tasha Spillett _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Tell Me Something Real](https://readinglist.school/book/tell-me-something-real) by Calla Devlin _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Black Kids](https://readinglist.school/book/the-black-kids) by Christina Hammonds Reed _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Candle and the Flame](https://readinglist.school/book/the-candle-and-the-flame) by Nafiza Azad _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Carnival at Bray](https://readinglist.school/book/the-carnival-at-bray) by Jessie Ann Foley _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Everafter](https://readinglist.school/book/the-everafter) by Amy Huntley _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Field Guide to the North American Teenager](https://readinglist.school/book/the-field-guide-to-the-north-american-teenager) by Ben Philippe _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Freak Observer](https://readinglist.school/book/the-freak-observer) by Blythe Woolston _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Girl of Fire and Thorns Stories](https://readinglist.school/book/the-girl-of-fire-and-thorns) by Rae Carson _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School](https://readinglist.school/book/the-lesbianas-guide-to-catholic-school) by Sonora Reyes _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen](https://readinglist.school/book/the-life-and-crimes-of-hoodie-rosen) by Isaac Blum _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Miseducation of Cameron Post](https://readinglist.school/book/the-miseducation-of-cameron-post) by Emily Danforth _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly](https://readinglist.school/book/the-sacred-lies-of-minnow-bly) by Stephanie Oakes _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Scar Boys](https://readinglist.school/book/the-scar-boys) by Len Vlahos _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Serpent King](https://readinglist.school/book/the-serpent-king) by Jeff Zentner _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Smell of Other People's Houses](https://readinglist.school/book/the-smell-of-other-peoples-houses) by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Story of Owen](https://readinglist.school/book/the-story-of-owen-dragon-slayer-of-trondheim) by E. K. Johnston _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Summer of Bitter and Sweet](https://readinglist.school/book/the-summer-of-bitter-and-sweet) by Jen Ferguson _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Weight of Feathers](https://readinglist.school/book/the-weight-of-feathers) by Anna-Marie McLemore _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Wilderness of Girls](https://readinglist.school/book/the-wilderness-of-girls) by Madeline Claire Franklin _(Grades 9–12)_
- [There Will Come a Darkness](https://readinglist.school/book/there-will-come-a-darkness) by Katy Rose Pool _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Trail of the Dead (Killer of Enemies #2)](https://readinglist.school/book/killer-of-enemies) by Joseph Bruchac _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Vampires, Hearts & Other Dead Things](https://readinglist.school/book/vampires-hearts-other-dead-things) by Margie Fuston _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Wake the Bones](https://readinglist.school/book/wake-the-bones) by Elizabeth Kilcoyne _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Warrior Girl Unearthed](https://readinglist.school/book/warrior-girl-unearthed) by Angeline Boulley _(Grades 9–12)_
- [What Beauty There Is](https://readinglist.school/book/what-beauty-there-is) by Cory Anderson _(Grades 9–12)_
- [What the Night Sings](https://readinglist.school/book/what-the-night-sings) by Vesper Stamper _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Wonder Show](https://readinglist.school/book/wonder-show) by Hannah Rodgers Barnaby _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Woven in Moonlight](https://readinglist.school/book/woven-in-moonlight) by Isabel Ibañez _(Grades 9–12)_
- [You and Me on Repeat](https://readinglist.school/book/you-and-me-on-repeat) by Mary Shyne _(Grades 9–12)_

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