Best Real Life Young Adult Books

1.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 4.24 avg rating — 1,948,361 ratings
2.
Looking for Alaska
Looking for Alaska 3.96 avg rating — 1,716,103 ratings
3.
Thirteen Reasons Why
Thirteen Reasons Why
by: Jay Asher
3.84 avg rating — 1,013,914 ratings
4.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,581,054 ratings
5.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,689,413 ratings
6.
Speak
Speak 4.05 avg rating — 622,708 ratings
7.
My Sister’s Keeper
My Sister’s Keeper 4.11 avg rating — 1,263,856 ratings
8.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating — 1,538,445 ratings
9.
Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)
Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 462,807 ratings
10.
The Truth About Forever
The Truth About Forever 4.12 avg rating — 225,613 ratings
11.
Forbidden
Forbidden 3.96 avg rating — 75,400 ratings
12.
Go Ask Alice
Go Ask Alice 3.74 avg rating — 288,667 ratings
13.
Just Listen
Just Listen 4.05 avg rating — 249,764 ratings
14.
Willow
Willow 3.90 avg rating — 32,758 ratings
15.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,699 ratings
16.
If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 955,736 ratings
16.
Before I Fall
Before I Fall 3.88 avg rating — 344,277 ratings
18.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,263 ratings
19.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,724 ratings
20.
Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, #1)
Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 262,734 ratings
21.
Along for the Ride
Along for the Ride 4.03 avg rating — 211,192 ratings
22.
Saving June
Saving June 3.96 avg rating — 17,384 ratings
23.
Forever...
Forever... 3.62 avg rating — 66,281 ratings
24.
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour 3.98 avg rating — 94,519 ratings
25.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 4.06 avg rating — 281,445 ratings
26.
Paper Towns
Paper Towns 3.70 avg rating — 1,465,171 ratings
27.
It's Kind of a Funny Story
It's Kind of a Funny Story 4.07 avg rating — 260,087 ratings
28.
Rules of Attraction (Perfect Chemistry, #2)
Rules of Attraction (Perfect Chemistry, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 89,333 ratings
29.
Leaving Paradise (Leaving Paradise, #1)
Leaving Paradise (Leaving Paradise, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 44,003 ratings
30.
Lock and Key
Lock and Key 3.99 avg rating — 151,945 ratings
31.
Where She Went (If I Stay, #2)
Where She Went (If I Stay, #2) 3.97 avg rating — 303,306 ratings
32.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,233 ratings
33.
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls, #1)
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 192,527 ratings
34.
Crank (Crank, #1)
Crank (Crank, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 153,365 ratings
35.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees 4.10 avg rating — 1,337,550 ratings
36.
Stargirl (Stargirl, #1)
Stargirl (Stargirl, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 334,144 ratings
37.
Wintergirls
Wintergirls 3.96 avg rating — 124,794 ratings
38.
An Abundance of Katherines
An Abundance of Katherines 3.51 avg rating — 545,311 ratings
39.
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood, #1)
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 727,848 ratings
40.
Pretty Little Liars (Pretty Little Liars, #1)
Pretty Little Liars (Pretty Little Liars, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 211,135 ratings
41.
Chasing Brooklyn
Chasing Brooklyn 4.08 avg rating — 8,398 ratings
42.
Eleanor & Park
Eleanor & Park 3.93 avg rating — 1,240,309 ratings
43.
When It Happens
When It Happens 3.74 avg rating — 35,842 ratings
44.
This Lullaby
This Lullaby 4.01 avg rating — 180,449 ratings
45.
Someone Like You
Someone Like You 3.92 avg rating — 105,534 ratings
46.
Impulse (Impulse, #1)
Impulse (Impulse, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 81,837 ratings
47.
Twisted
Twisted 3.82 avg rating — 37,320 ratings
48.
The Princess Diaries (The Princess Diaries, #1)
The Princess Diaries (The Princess Diaries, #1)
by: Meg Cabot
3.81 avg rating — 260,732 ratings
49.
Flipped
Flipped really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 124,339 ratings
49.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Island of the Blue Dolphins 3.88 avg rating — 345,774 ratings
51.
Fangirl
Fangirl 3.94 avg rating — 772,437 ratings
52.
Tricks (Tricks, #1)
Tricks (Tricks, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 40,957 ratings
53.
What My Mother Doesn't Know (What My Mother Doesn't Know #1)
What My Mother Doesn't Know (What My Mother Doesn't Know #1) 3.83 avg rating — 14,626 ratings
54.
The Day Before
The Day Before 3.99 avg rating — 6,906 ratings
55.
Heart on a Chain
Heart on a Chain 4.03 avg rating — 17,244 ratings
56.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret 3.94 avg rating — 252,120 ratings
57.
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, #1)
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 134,867 ratings
58.
A Walk to Remember
A Walk to Remember 4.20 avg rating — 837,869 ratings
59.
Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras (Mates, Dates, #1)
Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras (Mates, Dates, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 11,449 ratings
60.
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)
by: Jenny Han
3.75 avg rating — 1,007,549 ratings
61.
Love, Stargirl (Stargirl, #2)
Love, Stargirl (Stargirl, #2) 3.82 avg rating — 43,825 ratings
62.
The Last Song
The Last Song 4.16 avg rating — 568,247 ratings
63.
Candy
Candy 3.86 avg rating — 10,696 ratings
64.
North of Beautiful
North of Beautiful 3.92 avg rating — 35,782 ratings
65.
Cross My Heart (Cross My Heart, #1)
Cross My Heart (Cross My Heart, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 18,562 ratings
66.
13 Little Blue Envelopes (Little Blue Envelope, #1)
13 Little Blue Envelopes (Little Blue Envelope, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 83,550 ratings
67.
There's a Bat in Bunk Five (Marcy Lewis, #2)
There's a Bat in Bunk Five (Marcy Lewis, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 1,785 ratings
68.
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (Gallagher Girls, #2)
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (Gallagher Girls, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 93,217 ratings
69.
When Jeff Comes Home
When Jeff Comes Home 3.91 avg rating — 1,029 ratings
70.
Only the Good Spy Young (Gallagher Girls, #4)
Only the Good Spy Young (Gallagher Girls, #4) 4.29 avg rating — 69,064 ratings
71.
Chain Reaction (Perfect Chemistry, #3)
Chain Reaction (Perfect Chemistry, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 64,763 ratings
72.
Private (Private, #1)
Private (Private, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 19,748 ratings
72.
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit 3.82 avg rating — 8,837 ratings
74.
Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover (Gallagher Girls, #3)
Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover (Gallagher Girls, #3) 4.20 avg rating — 74,135 ratings
75.
Identical
Identical 4.29 avg rating — 66,319 ratings
75.
The Face on the Milk Carton (Janie Johnson, #1)
The Face on the Milk Carton (Janie Johnson, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 64,465 ratings
75.
On Cue
On Cue 3.97 avg rating — 31 ratings
78.
Glass (Crank, #2)
Glass (Crank, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 73,731 ratings
79.
The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver (Ruby Oliver, #1)
The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver (Ruby Oliver, #1) 3.49 avg rating — 27,003 ratings
80.
Youth in Revolt
Youth in Revolt 4.02 avg rating — 9,668 ratings
81.
Boy Toy
Boy Toy 3.99 avg rating — 8,748 ratings
82.
By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead 3.84 avg rating — 23,972 ratings
83.
Burned (Burned, #1)
Burned (Burned, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 70,232 ratings
84.
Hate List
Hate List really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 66,215 ratings
85.
Clean
Clean
by: Amy Reed
3.99 avg rating — 7,358 ratings
86.
Dreamland
Dreamland 3.90 avg rating — 83,653 ratings
87.
On the Jellicoe Road
On the Jellicoe Road 4.12 avg rating — 51,498 ratings
88.
What Happened to Goodbye
What Happened to Goodbye 3.94 avg rating — 90,296 ratings
89.
Such a Pretty Girl
Such a Pretty Girl 3.86 avg rating — 16,993 ratings
90.
Dancing in the Dark
Dancing in the Dark 4.04 avg rating — 558 ratings
90.
Cody: Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada
Cody: Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada 3.94 avg rating — 368 ratings
90.
Before Life Happened (Before, #1)
Before Life Happened (Before, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 122 ratings
90.
In the Hope of Memories
In the Hope of Memories 4.05 avg rating — 180 ratings
90.
At First Blush
At First Blush 3.87 avg rating — 212 ratings
95.
Keeping the Moon
Keeping the Moon 3.84 avg rating — 69,091 ratings
95.
The Love Story That Shouldn't Have Been
The Love Story That Shouldn't Have Been
by: Atzi Luna
3.90 avg rating — 115 ratings
97.
Audrey, Wait!
Audrey, Wait! 3.77 avg rating — 14,695 ratings
97.
Ruin (Ruin, #1)
Ruin (Ruin, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 40,636 ratings
99.
The Grounding of Group 6
The Grounding of Group 6 3.87 avg rating — 727 ratings
99.
Room 555
Room 555 3.68 avg rating — 22 ratings
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