YA (young adult/teen) fantasy books is my favourite genre to read! The best YA fantasy books are all on our ultimate young adult fantasy books list. This list of new and popular teen fantasy books is better than an escape room! If you are looking for the greatest YA fantasy books to read, there are bound to be some fantastic young adult fantasy novels here for fantasy fans to get lost in. So get cozy and curl up with one of our favourite young adult fantasy books. We recommend you read them all!

Last Updated: April 17, 2024

YA Fantasy Books

1. The Young Elites by Marie Lu

2. Fable: A Novel by Adrienne Young

3. Divine Rivals: A Novel by Rebecca Ross

4. The Reader by Traci Chee

5. A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin

6. Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

7. Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard

8. Cinderella is Dead by Kaylynn Bayron

9. A Dark and Hollow Star by Ashley Shuttleworth

10. The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh

11. The Prisoner’s Throne by Holly Black

12. The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni

13. Lightlark by Alex Aster

14. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

15. So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole

16. The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste

17. A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft

18. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

19. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

20. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

21. The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

22. Eragon by Christopher Paolini

23. The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

24. Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor

25. Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

26. Graceling by Kristin Cashore

27. The Gilded Wolves: A Novel by Roshani Chokshi

28. The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White

29. Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

30. The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

31. Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

32. Uprooted by Naomi Novik

33. Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

34. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

35. Gallant by V.E. Schwab

36. Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake

37. Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor

38. Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood

39. Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor

40. A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

41. A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

42. Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

43. Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian

44. Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

45. Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch

46. Lore by Alexandra Bracken

47. Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

48. Thorn by Intisar Khanani

49. Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige

50. Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte

51. My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand

52. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

53. Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

54. This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi

55. A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Rosanne A. Brown

56. The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber

57. Nocturna by Maya Motayne

58. Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

59. House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

60. Heartless by Marissa Meyer

61. The Darkening by Sunya Mara

62. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

63. All of Us Villains by Amanda Foody

64. Grace and Fury by Tracy Banghart

65. Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge

66. The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead

67. Renegades by Marissa Meyer

68. The Cage by Megan Shepherd

69. Truthwitch by Susan Dennard

70. The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu

71. Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson

72. These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

73. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

74. Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco

75. Crave by Tracy Wolff

76. Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller

77. Frostblood by Elly Blake

78. Powerless by Lauren Roberts

79. Cinder by Marissa Meyer

80. The Stolen Heir by Holly Black

81. Sea Witch by Sarah Henning

82. One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

83. A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

84. Belladonna by Adalyn Grace

85. Threads That Bind by Kika Hatzopoulou

86. Fallen by Lauren Kate

87. The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi

88. Nightbane by Alex Aster

89. The Luminaries by Susan Dennard

90. Skyward by Brandon Sanderson

91. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

92. Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

93. Caraval by Stephanie Garber

94. The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

95. Murtagh by Christopher Paolini

96. Inheritance by Christopher Paolini

97. Akata Woman by Nnedi Okorafor

98. The Wrath & the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh

99. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

100. The WInner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski

101. Twilight (The Twilight Saga Book 1) by Stephenie Meyer

102. The Ruins of Gorlan: Book one (Ranger’s Apprentice) by John Flanagan

103. Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor

104. Redwall by Brian Jacques

105. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

106. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

107. The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker

108. Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

109. Wicked Fox by Kat Cho

110. Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman

111. The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg

112. Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim

113. Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli

114. The WIcked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa

115. A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal

116. A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos

117. Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

118. Half Bad by Sally Green

119. The Queen’s Assassin by Melissa de la Cruz

120. Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen

121. Vicious Spirits by Kat Cho

122. Kinder Poison by Natalie Ma

123. Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

YA Fantasy Books

YA fantasy books are fantastic reads to escape into! I hope that you find the perfect fantasy YA books for you to read from our young adult fantasy books list. There are so many fantastic teen fantasy books to choose from. What are your favourite YA fantasy books from the list?