# The Best Young Adult Books

> Answers the query: “best young adult books”

_Last updated: 2026-07-25_

## The list

1. **Gulliver's Travels**, Jonathan Swift (ISBN 9781847495976)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/gullivers-travels
2. **Me talk pretty one day**, David Sedaris (ISBN 9780349113913)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/me-talk-pretty-one-day
3. **Check and Mate**, Ali Hazelwood (ISBN 9781408727614)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/check-and-mate
4. **Ballad of Never After**, Stephanie Garber (ISBN 9781399633888)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/ballad-of-never-after
5. **Foul Lady Fortune**, Chloe Gong (ISBN 9781529380309)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/foul-lady-fortune
6. **Wisteria**, Adalyn Grace (ISBN 9781399726108)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/wisteria
7. **Edgedancer**, Brandon Sanderson (ISBN 9781399622318)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/edgedancer
8. **Steelheart (Reckoners 1)**, Brandon Sanderson (ISBN 9780575104044)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/steelheart-reckoners-1
9. **Mitosis**, Brandon Sanderson (ISBN 9781473209350)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/mitosis
10. **Don't Let the Forest In**, C. G. Drews (ISBN 9781444978049)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/dont-let-the-forest-in
11. **Heartstopper Volume Three**, Alice Oseman (ISBN 9781444952773)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/heartstopper-volume-three
12. **Heartstopper, Volume 4**, Alice Oseman (ISBN 9781444952797)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/heartstopper-volume-4
13. **Crooked Kingdom: Book 2 (Six of Crows) [Paperback] [May 04, 2017] Leigh Bardugo**, Leigh Bardugo (ISBN 9781780622316)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/crooked-kingdom-book-2-six-of-crows-paperback-may-04-2017-leigh-bardugo
14. **Six of Crow**, Leigh Bardugo (ISBN 9781510107038)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/six-of-crow
15. **Lives of Saints**, Leigh Bardugo (ISBN 9781510108820)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/lives-of-saints
16. **I Too Had a Love Story**, Ravinder Singh (ISBN 9780143418764)
   https://www.altbook.net/book/i-too-had-a-love-story

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Source: AltBook, https://www.altbook.net/collections/best-young-adult-books