Top 25 YA Fantasy/Dystopian Books of All Time

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Young Adult Fantasy/Dystopian books are my all time favorites — I must have read close to two hundred over the past seven years.

However, I need to warn you that I have never read Twilight or Harry Potter, so they will not be included in this list and I cannot attest to whether or not they are better or worse than any of these books.

(Only including the first book of a series)

1. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
2. Legend by Marie Lu
3. Firstlife by Gena Showalter
4. Divergent by Veronica Roth
5. Cinder by Marissa Meyer
6. Angelfall by Susa Ee
7. Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout
8. The Darkest Star by Jennifer L. Armentrout
9. Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller
10. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
11. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
12. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
13. The Cage by Megan Shepherd
14. The Hunt by Andrew Fukuda
15. Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
16. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
17. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
18. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
19. The Selection by Kiera Cass
20. Shatter Me by Tricia Levenseller
21. The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau
22. Matched by Ally Condie
23. Delirium by Lauren Oliver
24. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
25. The Cruel Prince by Holly Black