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Young Adult fiction (and, more rarely, nonfiction) is a publishing term for books aimed at readers 14 to 21 years old. It uses a slightly simpler vocabulary and does not assume certain experiences on the part of the reader. It usually features a ComingOfAgeStory. Since all of this is also likely to appeal to adults, it is often separately marketed to both demographics. Young Adult fiction can feature content [[MoralGuardians deemed unsuitable]] for children, but also will often contain didactic content.

The rough {{television}} equivalent is the TeenDrama.
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!!List of young adult novels and series:

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* ''{{Abarat}}''
* ''Literature/AlcatrazSeries''
* ''AnAbundanceOfKatherines''
* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}''
* ''AngryRemembrance''
* ''Literature/AudreyWait''
* ''TheBookOfTheNamed''
* ''BonesOfFaerie''
* ''TheCandyShopWar''
* ''CharlesAndEmma''
* ''CharlottePowers''
* ''Literature/{{CHERUB Series}}''
* ''CircleOfMagic''
* ''{{The ColSec Trilogy}}''
* ''Literature/TheCornersvilleTraceMythos''
* ''{{Literature/Cut}}''
* ''DarkVisions''
* ''DaughtersOfTheMoon''
* ''{{Divergent}}''
* ''DoesMyHeadLookBigInThis''
* ''DontCallMeIshmael''
* ''TheFirebringerTrilogy''
* ''TheGathering''
* ''Literature/TheGirlInTheSteelCorset''
* ''GiveABoyAGun''
* ''TheGoddessTest''
* ''GossipGirl''
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'' (started out as pure children's literature, but slowly matured to YA aver the course of 7 book, the author refered to this as "the book growing up along with the reader")
* ''{{Hollowstone}}''
* ''HatingAlisonAshley''
* ''HisDarkMaterials''
* ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' spinoff series starting with ''A Beautiful Friendship''
* ''TheHouseOfNight''
* ''TheHungerGames''
* ''Literature/InheritanceCycle''
* ''KingDork''
* ''Literature/KnightAndRogueSeries''
* ''TheLastDragonslayer''
* ''LastLegionary''
* ''LetItSnow''
* ''LookingForAlaska''
* ''LookingForAlibrandi''
* ''MiyaBlackPiratePrincess''
* ''Literature/{{Modelland}}''
* ''ModernTalesOfFaerie''
* ''Literature/MoonCrashSeries''
* ''MortalInstruments''
* ''MySwordhandIsSinging''
* ''NightWorld''
* ''Literature/{{Numbers}}''
* ''PaperTowns''
* ''PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians''
* ''ThePrincessDiaries''
* ''{{Reckless}}''
* ''Literature/ResonanceBookOneBirdsOfPassage''
* ''RoswellHigh'' (later turned into [[{{Roswell}} a television series]])
* ''RunningOutOfTime''
* ''Literature/SeptimusHeap''
* ''TheSevenCitadels''
* ''Literature/TheShadowSpeaker''
* ''Literature/ShatterMe''
* ''TheatreIlluminataTrilogy''
* ''TheTomorrowSeries''
* ''TortallUniverse''
* ''TrylleTrilogy''
* The ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' series.
* ''{{Uglies}}''
* ''UnLunDun''
* ''VampireAcademy''
* ''TheVampireDiaries'' (adapted into a TV series by TheCW)
* ''Film/TheWave''
* ''{{Westmark}}''
* ''YoungWizards''
* ''ZombiesVsUnicorns''
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!!Parodies:
* The term is parodied by ''TheSimpsons'' in the episode with the... cumbersome name of "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples, Teens and Gays," when "anti-family" legislation lets the public library set up a red-light shelf labeled "Adult".
* The genre is parodied in the 2011 film ''Film/YoungAdult'', in which the protagonist is an author of several books in a fading series of high-school novels.
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* ''TheWave''