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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 30, 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 Roseanne 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. The Kinder Poison by Natalie Mae
123. Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
124. The Blood Traitor by Lynette Noni
125. Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto
126. Havenfall by Sara Holland
127. Ashlords by Scott Reintgen
128. The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black
129. The Tiger at Midnight by Swati Teerdhala
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?