Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Young Adult Verse Books

1.
The Crossover
The Crossover 4.22 avg rating — 68,011 ratings
2.
Freakboy
Freakboy 3.93 avg rating — 3,519 ratings
3.
The Watch That Ends the Night
The Watch That Ends the Night 4.15 avg rating — 4,016 ratings
4.
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
5.
5 to 1
5 to 1 3.63 avg rating — 2,679 ratings
6.
Audacity
Audacity 4.13 avg rating — 2,967 ratings
7.
Audacious (Ella #1)
Audacious (Ella #1) 3.79 avg rating — 527 ratings
8.
How to (Un)cage a Girl
How to (Un)cage a Girl 3.76 avg rating — 943 ratings
9.
Identical
Identical 4.29 avg rating — 66,327 ratings
10.
My Book of Life by Angel
My Book of Life by Angel 3.92 avg rating — 2,123 ratings
11.
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard 4.20 avg rating — 4,588 ratings
12.
Love and Leftovers
Love and Leftovers 3.76 avg rating — 6,159 ratings
13.
One
One 4.16 avg rating — 22,413 ratings
14.
Psyche in a Dress
Psyche in a Dress 3.86 avg rating — 2,779 ratings
15.
The Realm of Possibility
The Realm of Possibility 3.92 avg rating — 15,849 ratings
16.
The Red Pencil
The Red Pencil 3.91 avg rating — 7,285 ratings
17.
Shakespeare Bats Cleanup (Shakespeare Bats Cleanup, #1)
Shakespeare Bats Cleanup (Shakespeare Bats Cleanup, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 1,188 ratings
18.
Sold
Sold 4.23 avg rating — 63,076 ratings
19.
Unlocked
Unlocked 3.38 avg rating — 575 ratings
20.
After the Death of Anna Gonzales
After the Death of Anna Gonzales 3.71 avg rating — 637 ratings
20.
Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath
Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath 3.80 avg rating — 1,446 ratings
22.
After the Kiss
After the Kiss 3.22 avg rating — 1,169 ratings
23.
All the Broken Pieces
All the Broken Pieces 3.99 avg rating — 7,412 ratings
24.
All We Have Is Now
All We Have Is Now 3.45 avg rating — 1,981 ratings
25.
Amiri & Odette: A Love Story
Amiri & Odette: A Love Story 3.56 avg rating — 199 ratings
26.
And We Stay
And We Stay 3.44 avg rating — 5,421 ratings
27.
Ask Me How I Got Here
Ask Me How I Got Here 3.18 avg rating — 1,734 ratings
28.
Audition
Audition 3.32 avg rating — 1,412 ratings
29.
A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl
A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl 3.50 avg rating — 1,957 ratings
30.
Beanball
Beanball 3.75 avg rating — 316 ratings
31.
Because I Am Furniture
Because I Am Furniture 3.83 avg rating — 6,453 ratings
32.
Becoming Billie Holiday
Becoming Billie Holiday 4.08 avg rating — 457 ratings
33.
The Braid
The Braid 3.96 avg rating — 407 ratings
34.
Bronx Masquerade
Bronx Masquerade 3.95 avg rating — 7,918 ratings
35.
Bruiser
Bruiser 4.03 avg rating — 17,523 ratings
36.
By the River
By the River 3.57 avg rating — 781 ratings
37.
Caminar
Caminar 3.95 avg rating — 1,527 ratings
38.
Coaltown Jesus
Coaltown Jesus 3.81 avg rating — 710 ratings
39.
Crank (Crank, #1)
Crank (Crank, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 153,377 ratings
40.
Crash Boom Love
Crash Boom Love 3.37 avg rating — 90 ratings
41.
Crazy
Crazy 3.99 avg rating — 396 ratings
42.
The Day Before
The Day Before 3.99 avg rating — 6,906 ratings
43.
The Death of Jayson Porter
The Death of Jayson Porter 3.93 avg rating — 482 ratings
44.
Displacement
Displacement 3.33 avg rating — 351 ratings
45.
Escaping Tornado Season: A Story in Poems
Escaping Tornado Season: A Story in Poems 3.69 avg rating — 39 ratings
46.
Exposed
Exposed 3.72 avg rating — 2,890 ratings
47.
Family
Family 3.14 avg rating — 594 ratings
48.
The Firefly Letters
The Firefly Letters 3.95 avg rating — 1,469 ratings
49.
Fishtailing
Fishtailing 3.33 avg rating — 468 ratings
50.
Forget Me Not
Forget Me Not 3.92 avg rating — 1,346 ratings
51.
The Geography of Girlhood
The Geography of Girlhood 3.26 avg rating — 567 ratings
52.
Ghosting
Ghosting 3.96 avg rating — 741 ratings
53.
Girl Coming in for a Landing
Girl Coming in for a Landing 3.51 avg rating — 372 ratings
54.
A Girl Named Mister
A Girl Named Mister 3.66 avg rating — 546 ratings
55.
Glimpse
Glimpse 3.85 avg rating — 3,686 ratings
56.
The Good Braider
The Good Braider 3.94 avg rating — 2,312 ratings
57.
A Heart Like Ringo Starr
A Heart Like Ringo Starr 3.52 avg rating — 160 ratings
58.
Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall
Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall 3.79 avg rating — 6,082 ratings
59.
Hidden
Hidden 3.93 avg rating — 6,156 ratings
60.
How I Discovered Poetry
How I Discovered Poetry 3.93 avg rating — 1,111 ratings
61.
Hugging the Rock
Hugging the Rock 4.09 avg rating — 275 ratings
62.
I Don't Want To Be Crazy
I Don't Want To Be Crazy 3.78 avg rating — 5,714 ratings
63.
Karma
Karma 3.84 avg rating — 1,625 ratings
64.
Kiss of Broken Glass
Kiss of Broken Glass 3.54 avg rating — 1,594 ratings
65.
Kissing Annabel: Love, Ghosts, and Facial Hair; A Place Like This
Kissing Annabel: Love, Ghosts, and Facial Hair; A Place Like This 3.33 avg rating — 353 ratings
66.
The Language Inside
The Language Inside 3.87 avg rating — 1,344 ratings
67.
Like Water on Stone
Like Water on Stone 3.99 avg rating — 703 ratings
68.
Loose Threads
Loose Threads 4.09 avg rating — 58 ratings
69.
The Lost Marble Notebook of Forgotten Girl & Random Boy
The Lost Marble Notebook of Forgotten Girl & Random Boy 3.69 avg rating — 361 ratings
70.
Make Lemonade (Make Lemonade, #1)
Make Lemonade (Make Lemonade, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 10,960 ratings
71.
One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies
One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies 3.95 avg rating — 8,139 ratings
72.
Orchards
Orchards 3.76 avg rating — 1,258 ratings
73.
Out of the Dust
Out of the Dust 3.77 avg rating — 78,811 ratings
74.
Out of This Place
Out of This Place 3.72 avg rating — 549 ratings
75.
Paper Hearts
Paper Hearts 4.22 avg rating — 2,680 ratings
76.
Planet Pregnancy
Planet Pregnancy 3.09 avg rating — 347 ratings
77.
Purple Daze
Purple Daze 3.47 avg rating — 198 ratings
78.
Reaching for Sun
Reaching for Sun 3.94 avg rating — 828 ratings
79.
Rubber Houses
Rubber Houses 3.89 avg rating — 201 ratings
80.
Running Back To Ludie
Running Back To Ludie 3.12 avg rating — 26 ratings
81.
The Secret of Me: A Novel in Verse
The Secret of Me: A Novel in Verse 3.70 avg rating — 107 ratings
82.
Seeing Emily
Seeing Emily 3.39 avg rating — 165 ratings
83.
Shark Girl (Shark Girl #1)
Shark Girl (Shark Girl #1) 3.85 avg rating — 3,806 ratings
84.
Skyscraping
Skyscraping 4.08 avg rating — 1,112 ratings
85.
Song of the Sparrow
Song of the Sparrow 4.09 avg rating — 10,611 ratings
86.
The Sound of Letting Go
The Sound of Letting Go 3.71 avg rating — 1,592 ratings
87.
Splintering: Poems
Splintering: Poems 3.42 avg rating — 317 ratings
88.
Split Image
Split Image
by: Mel Glenn
3.56 avg rating — 214 ratings
89.
Street Love
Street Love 3.68 avg rating — 1,324 ratings
90.
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom 3.95 avg rating — 2,918 ratings
91.
Sweetgrass Basket
Sweetgrass Basket 3.86 avg rating — 586 ratings
92.
Three Rivers Rising: A Novel of the Johnstown Flood
Three Rivers Rising: A Novel of the Johnstown Flood 3.76 avg rating — 1,210 ratings
93.
A Time to Dance
A Time to Dance 4.10 avg rating — 4,284 ratings
94.
Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling
Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling 3.41 avg rating — 1,463 ratings
95.
Under the Mesquite
Under the Mesquite 3.97 avg rating — 3,618 ratings
96.
Up From the Sea
Up From the Sea 3.95 avg rating — 1,189 ratings
97.
The Weight of the Sky
The Weight of the Sky 3.86 avg rating — 268 ratings
98.
Who Killed Mr. Chippendale?: A Mystery in Poems
Who Killed Mr. Chippendale?: A Mystery in Poems
by: Mel Glenn
3.38 avg rating — 395 ratings
99.
Who Will Tell My Brother?
Who Will Tell My Brother? 3.65 avg rating — 245 ratings
100.
You Remind Me of You: A Poetry Memoir
You Remind Me of You: A Poetry Memoir 3.97 avg rating — 1,160 ratings