Genre Young adult books

Popular Young Adult Genres

Action
Alex Rider or Gatekeepers series- Anthony Horowitz
Vendetta- Chris Humphreys
Mister Monday-Garth Nix
Spy goddess- Michael Spradlin
H.I.V.E.-Mark Walden
Maximum ride: school’s out---forever- James Patterson
Airman- Eoin Colfer
Silverfin- Charles Higson
Sure fire- Jack Higgins
Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp- Richard Yancey

Chick Lit
Beauty Shop for rent- Laura Bowers
V Club- Kate Brian
Rhymes with witches- Lauren Myracle
Stealing princes- Tyne O’Connell
First Daughter- Milali Perkins
Confessions of a teenage drama queen- Dyan Sheldon
Just listen- Sarah Dessen
Love stargirl- Jerry Spinelli

Historical Fiction
Any title by Ann Rinaldi
Rebel angels- Libba Bray
Crispin the cross of lead- Avi
Behind the lines- Isabelle Holland
Trickster’s choice- Tamora Pierce
Sterkarm kiss- Susan Price
Hunted- Christopher Russell
Hattie big sky- Kirby Larson
Book thief- Markus Zusak
Sorcery and Cecelia, or the Enchanted chocolate pot: being the correspondence of two young ladies of quality regarding various magical sandals in London and the country- Patricia Wrede

Multicultural
Jack’s new power- Jack Gantos
We are so crashing your Bar Mitzvah- Fiona Rosenbloom
Scandalosa- Michele Serros
Absolutely true diary of a part- time Indian- Sherman Alexie
Whispers down the lane- Beverly Lewis
Alphabet of Dreams- Susan Fletcher
Estrella’s quinceanera- Malin Alegria

Mystery
Behind the curtain- Peter Abrahams
M is for magic- Neil Gaiman
Gilda Joyce: the ghost sonta- Jennifer Allison
The perfect shot- Elaine Marie Alphin
Runner- Carl Deuker
Artemis Fowl the opal deception- Eoin Colfer

Realistic Fiction
Hope was here- Joan Bauer
Walking on glass- Alma Fullerton
Impulse- Ellen Hopkins
The Earth, my butt, and other big and round things-Carolyn Mackler
Speak- Laurie Anderson
What my mother does not know- Soyna Sones
Vegan virgin valentine- Carolyn Mackler
Elsewhere- Gabrielle Zevin
Criss cross- Lynne Perkins
Gossamer- Lois Lowry

Scarry/ Horor/ Suspense
Cirque Du Freak-Darren Shan
Haunted sister- Lael Littke
Revenge of the witch- Joseph Delaney
I know what you did last summer-Lois Duncan
Vampirates series- Justin Somper
Tantalize- Cynthia Smith
Overboard- Elizabeth Fama
What happened to Cass McBride- Gail Giles
Story time- Edward Bloor

Sports
Slam- Nick Hornby
High heat- Carl Deuker
Off season- Catherine Murdock
Summer ball- Mike Lupica
Heat- Mike Lupica

Urban
First part last- Angela Johnson
Street love- Walter Dean Myers
Tears of a tiger- Sharon Draper
Battle of Jericho- Sharon Draper
Played- Dana Davidson
November Blues -Sharon Draper
Tyrell-Coe Booth
The skin I’m in- Sharon Flake
Monster- Walter Dean Myers
Harlem Hustle- Janet McDonald