Best Dark YA Books

1.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,595,702 ratings
2.
Thirteen Reasons Why
Thirteen Reasons Why
by: Jay Asher
3.84 avg rating — 1,013,919 ratings
3.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 4.24 avg rating — 1,948,386 ratings
4.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,581,142 ratings
5.
Go Ask Alice
Go Ask Alice 3.74 avg rating — 288,667 ratings
6.
Speak
Speak 4.05 avg rating — 622,714 ratings
7.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,437 ratings
8.
Crank (Crank, #1)
Crank (Crank, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 153,366 ratings
9.
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones 3.86 avg rating — 2,439,578 ratings
10.
Wintergirls
Wintergirls 3.96 avg rating — 124,795 ratings
11.
Looking for Alaska
Looking for Alaska 3.96 avg rating — 1,716,116 ratings
12.
Living Dead Girl
Living Dead Girl 3.78 avg rating — 33,768 ratings
13.
If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 955,742 ratings
14.
If I Wake
If I Wake 3.92 avg rating — 747 ratings
15.
Impulse (Impulse, #1)
Impulse (Impulse, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 81,839 ratings
16.
Unwind (Unwind, #1)
Unwind (Unwind, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 244,651 ratings
17.
Glass (Crank, #2)
Glass (Crank, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 73,731 ratings
18.
Stolen (Stolen, #1)
Stolen (Stolen, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 86,149 ratings
19.
Burned (Burned, #1)
Burned (Burned, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 70,232 ratings
20.
Hate List
Hate List really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 66,215 ratings
21.
It's Kind of a Funny Story
It's Kind of a Funny Story 4.07 avg rating — 260,088 ratings
22.
Unnatural Deeds
Unnatural Deeds
by: Cyn Balog
3.75 avg rating — 1,215 ratings
23.
Cut
Cut 3.76 avg rating — 59,866 ratings
24.
They Call Me Alexandra Gastone (Alexandra Gastone, #1)
They Call Me Alexandra Gastone (Alexandra Gastone, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 474 ratings
25.
Lucy in the Sky
Lucy in the Sky
by: Anonymous
3.99 avg rating — 9,591 ratings
26.
Black Heart Blue
Black Heart Blue 3.96 avg rating — 1,355 ratings
27.
White Cat (Curse Workers, #1)
White Cat (Curse Workers, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 50,523 ratings
28.
Fallout (Crank, #3)
Fallout (Crank, #3) 4.25 avg rating — 39,284 ratings
29.
Beautiful
Beautiful
by: Amy Reed
3.66 avg rating — 5,548 ratings
30.
Hold Still
Hold Still really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27,862 ratings
31.
Uglies (Uglies, #1)
Uglies (Uglies, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 701,305 ratings
32.
Wonder (Wonder, #1)
Wonder (Wonder, #1) 4.36 avg rating — 1,169,958 ratings
33.
Perfect (Impulse, #2)
Perfect (Impulse, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 30,794 ratings
34.
By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead 3.84 avg rating — 23,973 ratings
35.
Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted 3.94 avg rating — 269,419 ratings
36.
Seven Cuts
Seven Cuts
by: Kady Hunt
4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings
37.
Before I Die
Before I Die 3.81 avg rating — 57,637 ratings
38.
Trashed
Trashed 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings
39.
How to Disappear
How to Disappear 3.30 avg rating — 874 ratings
40.
Untamed (Untamed, #1)
Untamed (Untamed, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 415 ratings
41.
Glimpse
Glimpse 3.85 avg rating — 3,686 ratings
41.
The Devil's Intern (The Devil's, #1)
The Devil's Intern (The Devil's, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 1,621 ratings
43.
Valiant (Modern Faerie Tales, #2)
Valiant (Modern Faerie Tales, #2) 3.80 avg rating — 49,033 ratings
44.
Story of a Girl
Story of a Girl
by: Sara Zarr
3.65 avg rating — 17,485 ratings
45.
The Body Finder (The Body Finder, #1)
The Body Finder (The Body Finder, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 53,816 ratings
46.
Dark Room Etiquette
Dark Room Etiquette
by: Robin Roe
4.30 avg rating — 2,897 ratings
47.
Black Heart (Curse Workers, #3)
Black Heart (Curse Workers, #3) 4.05 avg rating — 19,271 ratings
47.
I'll Meet You There
I'll Meet You There 4.05 avg rating — 15,009 ratings
49.
Family
Family 3.14 avg rating — 594 ratings
50.
Red Glove (Curse Workers, #2)
Red Glove (Curse Workers, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 25,130 ratings
51.
All the Bright Places
All the Bright Places 4.11 avg rating — 615,512 ratings
52.
Far from You
Far from You 4.09 avg rating — 4,018 ratings
53.
I Was Here
I Was Here 3.73 avg rating — 68,034 ratings
54.
Because I Am Furniture
Because I Am Furniture 3.83 avg rating — 6,452 ratings
55.
Prozac Nation
Prozac Nation 3.64 avg rating — 63,387 ratings
56.
Skin Game
Skin Game 3.76 avg rating — 3,304 ratings
57.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,685 ratings
58.
Fighting Words
Fighting Words 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
58.
Leave Her Hanging
Leave Her Hanging 3.67 avg rating — 46 ratings
58.
Mortal End: A Simmering Pit of Jiggery Pokery
Mortal End: A Simmering Pit of Jiggery Pokery 4.13 avg rating — 38 ratings
58.
Darkling
Darkling
by: K.M. Rice
3.64 avg rating — 386 ratings
62.
Origin (Corpus, #1)
Origin (Corpus, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 16,184 ratings
63.
Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1)
Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 132,390 ratings
64.
Kill All Enemies
Kill All Enemies 3.69 avg rating — 573 ratings
65.
Asking For It
Asking For It really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 23,890 ratings
66.
Leaving Paradise (Leaving Paradise, #1)
Leaving Paradise (Leaving Paradise, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 44,003 ratings
67.
UnSouled (Unwind, #3)
UnSouled (Unwind, #3) 4.23 avg rating — 39,106 ratings
68.
Scars
Scars 4.15 avg rating — 15,501 ratings
69.
Tales of the Madman Underground
Tales of the Madman Underground 3.93 avg rating — 3,397 ratings
70.
Falling into Place
Falling into Place
by: Amy Zhang
3.83 avg rating — 18,030 ratings
71.
I Don't Want To Be Crazy
I Don't Want To Be Crazy 3.78 avg rating — 5,714 ratings
72.
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock 3.87 avg rating — 48,341 ratings
73.
Clean
Clean
by: Amy Reed
3.99 avg rating — 7,358 ratings
74.
The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)
The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 474,673 ratings
74.
We Were Liars
We Were Liars 3.65 avg rating — 1,304,866 ratings
76.
The Rules of Survival
The Rules of Survival 3.98 avg rating — 11,857 ratings
77.
Pigtopia
Pigtopia 3.68 avg rating — 833 ratings
78.
Charm & Strange
Charm & Strange 3.76 avg rating — 5,192 ratings
79.
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 1,150,053 ratings
80.
Everybody Sees the Ants
Everybody Sees the Ants
by: A.S. King
3.99 avg rating — 13,622 ratings
81.
Reality Boy
Reality Boy
by: A.S. King
3.81 avg rating — 11,237 ratings
82.
Catalyst
Catalyst 3.61 avg rating — 17,819 ratings
83.
Skinny
Skinny 3.42 avg rating — 6,900 ratings
84.
The Impossible Knife of Memory
The Impossible Knife of Memory 3.91 avg rating — 29,610 ratings
85.
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You 3.70 avg rating — 32,212 ratings
86.
Torn (Torn Series, #1)
Torn (Torn Series, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 301 ratings
86.
Swimming to Chicago
Swimming to Chicago 3.75 avg rating — 53 ratings
86.
Rootless (Rootless, #1)
Rootless (Rootless, #1) 3.51 avg rating — 1,160 ratings
86.
The Execution
The Execution 3.93 avg rating — 905 ratings
86.
Assimilate
Assimilate 4.21 avg rating — 39 ratings
86.
The Earthquake Machine
The Earthquake Machine 3.74 avg rating — 124 ratings
86.
The End of You and Me
The End of You and Me 4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings
86.
The Slender Man
The Slender Man 3.60 avg rating — 337 ratings
86.
The Torment of Shadows
The Torment of Shadows 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
86.
My Sweet Infected (My Infected Book 1)
My Sweet Infected (My Infected Book 1) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
86.
I Hunt Killers (I Hunt Killers, #1)
I Hunt Killers (I Hunt Killers, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 42,425 ratings
86.
Life with Jesse Daniels
Life with Jesse Daniels 3.68 avg rating — 91 ratings
86.
UnDivided (Unwind, #4)
UnDivided (Unwind, #4) 4.46 avg rating — 30,803 ratings
86.
Flawed
Flawed 3.70 avg rating — 5,901 ratings
86.
I Am the Cheese
I Am the Cheese 3.77 avg rating — 17,340 ratings
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