YA Books

Authors

100

Author of Harry Potter

J. K. Rowling

200

Author of The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

300

Author of Divergent

Veronica Roth

400

Author of Percy Jackson

Rick Riordan

500

Author of The Maze Runner

James Dashner

Settings

100

Middle Earth

The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings

200

Chicago

Divergent

300

The Republic

Legend

400

Alegasia

Eragon

500

Illea

The Selection

Fantasy

100

A young girl moves into a new town and meets a mysterious boy who checks off all the boxes on being a vampire

Twilight

200

In society, there are two different kinds of bloods: silver and red; those with silver blood have powers that allow them to rule over those with red blood

Red Queen

300

An entire society is living underground with hideous monsters that are growing in number and threatening to kill everyone

Enclave

400

Aliens are alive and living among the people of Earth, except the protagonist isn't evil; in fact, he is trying to stay one step ahead of another evil species that took over his home planet and is now targeting Earth

I am Number Four

500

One girl discovers that she was born to be a part of a hidden world: a world dedicated to protecting humans from demons using special weapons and the use of runes to grant them superhuman abilities

The Mortal Instruments

Dystopian

100

Every year, 24 teenagers are chosen to fight to the death in a sick competition to entertain the highest class in the society

The Hunger Games

200

One young girl falls in love when her whole life, the society she lives in has been telling her that love is a disease

Delirium

300

The government's top officer in the army and its worst street enemy meet in the most unexpected ways and become allies against the government

Legend

400

Humans are seen as hideous, and on every person's 16th birthday, they get to be transformed into what everyone in the society sees as beautiful 

Uglies

500

In a society where people do not get to chose who they marry, one girl is accidentally paired with two men, not one

Matched

Books to Movies

100

Two young, ill people fall in love and share a tragic and heart-warming romance

The Fault in Our Stars

200

In an emotionless society, one special boy gets to experience all the memories of the past, including joy and pain.

The Giver

300

The government informs the population that aliens have invaded and need to be stopped; one girl goes to great lengths to stay alive and get her brother back after he is taken to be recruited into the government's army to defeat the aliens

The 5th Wave

400

One young girl is adopted into a German family during World War II who takes the risk and harbors a Jew

The Book Thief

500

Teenagers are being trained to become military geniuses to defeat an alien species that is believed to be a threat to Earth

Ender's Game