Most YA Novels fall into these popular categories:
- Adventure
- The Adventure genre is usually about a character going on a journey or quest, with a main end goal, as well as extreme conditions and obstacles.
- - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- - Maximum Ride
- - Harry Potter
- - The Kane Chronicles
- Romance
- The Romance genre can be classified as a separate category of books, but it is usually incorporated into YA books. Romance novels have love-triangles, drama, and is a popular feature in most YA Novels, no matter how small.
- - To All the Boys I've Loved Before
- - The Mortal Instruments
- - The Selection
- Science Fiction
- The Sci-Fi genre deals with future or current ideas of technology and science.
- - The Lunar Chronicles
- - Matched
- - Uglies
- - The Darkest Minds
- Mystery
- The Mystery genre are detective-like novels, and the teen versions of Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie. Some elements of the Mystery genre are puzzling situation, as well as logical solutions.
- - Alex Rider
- - The Westing Game
- - Nancy Drew
- Fantasy
- The Fantasy genre includes magic, myths, imagination, and situations that would not be possible in our world.
- - Lord of the Rings
- - Harry Potter
- - Percy Jackson
- Paranormal
- The Paranormal genre is filled with superstition, relationships, good vs evil, and conflict between worlds. These novels have creatures like werewolves, vampires, and ghosts, and the supernatural.
- - Wolves of Mercy Falls
- - Red Queen
- - Fallen
Note: All of these italicized titles are links! You can click on them to discover more books in that genre.
Utopian and Dystopian Fiction
Two book categories usually mixed into YA Novels are Utopian and Dystopian fiction:
- Utopian Fiction
- These are novels that are located in an ideal and perfect environment. These fictional societies are trying to create, or already have created, a perfect world. Though this category is called Utopian, most Utopian novels revolve around a "false utopia".
- - Brave New World
- - The Giver
- - The Hunger Games
- - Divergent
- Dystopian Fiction
- Dystopian books are the opposite of Utopian novels. Instead of an ideal world, the characters are placed in a world the author would consider the opposite of a utopia: usually a nightmare where the government is authoritarian or totalitarian, and there is constant warfare or violence.
- - Feed
- - Fahrenheit 451
- - Shatter Me
- - The Maze Runner
- - Legend
These two genres are sometimes used together to demonstrate the different choices humans can make, and where those choices might lead us.
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Young Adult Novels, more commonly known as YA Novels, are a category of fiction published for youth. This genre was originally created to ease the transition from childhood to adulthood, and usually are about how a character matures throughout a situation. Though the Young Adult category is aimed at teens, these books are for anyone since every book can appeal to different age groups.