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Listed here are Young Adult Fiction booklists arranged by subject, with links directly into the Library catalogue.

Adventure Fiction - stories of survival and battling against the odds or a quest to reach a set goal. Engaging, plot driven stories!
(Updated 31 July 2009)

Dating and Relationships - stories where dating and relationships between young people are the main focus of the book.
(Updated 31 July 2009)

Detective & Mystery Stories - books whose story involves detection to solve a problem though examination of clues
(Updated 20 August 2009)

Fantasy - stories based on magic, make believe,or the supernatural - witches, wizards, fairies, and other mythical people.
(Updated 31 July 2009)

Friendship - books that explore friendships in and outside the family, where choosing and keeping friends, peer pressure, and making friends from different age groups and backgrounds are the central focus of the story.
(Updated 31 July 2009)

Horror Stories - the occult; ghosts and ghouls; apparitions and poltergeist; witches and warlock;, vampires and werewolves; monsters and mummies.
(Updated 31 July 2009)

Identity and Self Image
(Updated 31 July 2009)

Magic - stories where magic is the main subject of the book.
(Updated 20 August 2009)

New Books - recently published and / or purchased book titles.
(Updated 20 August 2009)

Race Relations and Discrimination - books that explore the relationships between people from different background and from different cultures, both the good and bad relationships.
(New 15 September 2008)

Science Fiction - For people who enjoy stories of imagined science and technology in societies of imagined worlds.
Updated 20 August 2009)

Series - books with same characters and similar storylines, where more than two books continue the story.

Applegate, K.A. - Animorphs Applegate, K. A. - Everworld Applegate, K. A - Remnants Bird, Isobel - Circle of Three Brooke, Lauren - Heartland Buffy the Vampire Slayer Burke, Morgan - Party Room Trilogy Cabot, Meg - Princess Diaries Carmody, Isobelle - Obernewtyn Chronicles Cooper, Susan - The Dark is Rising Dawson's Creek Gabel, Claudia - In or Out Haynes, Betsy - Bone Chillers Horowitz, Anthony - Alex Rider Jacques, Brian - Redwall Limb, Sue - Girl, 15 Marsden, John - Tomorrow Mary-Kate and Ashley McNab, Andy - Boy Soldier Muchamore, Robert - Cherub

Nix, Garth - Seventh Tower Pascal, Francine - Fearless Pierce, Tamora - Circle of Magic Pierce, Tamora - Protector of the Small Pierce, Tamora - Song of the Lioness Pullman, Philip - His Dark Materials Rodda, Emily - Teen Power Inc Rose, Malcolm - Traces - Luke Harding, forensic investigator Royal Diaries Shan, Darren - The Saga of Darren Shan Snicket, Lemony - A Series of Unfortunate Events Stine, R. L. - Fear Street Tiernan, Cate - Wicca   Tolkein, J. R. R. - Lord of the Rings

Suspense Fiction - In suspense, the question is will they catch the villain before (s)he strikes again. The character becomes real, in as much as the reader can feel the pain of the action as though it is happening to them.
(Updated 20 August 2009)

Time Travel Fiction - Books which include and focus on travel through time, be it to the past or farther into the future, involving time travel devices and technologies or supernatural, magical, or unexplained means.
(Updated 20 August 2009)

TV & Movie Tie-ins - a list of books that have featured on television or as movies.
(Update July 2009)

Billy Elliot Boy in the striped pyjamas, by John Boyne Buffy the Vampire Slayer   Dr Who Eragon, by Christopher Paolini Eugenie Sandler P.I. The golden compass, by Philip Pullman Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, by J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, by J. K. Rowling  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by J. K. Rowling He's just not that into you, by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo Inkheart, by Cornelia Funke Journey to the Centre of the Earth, by Jules Verne

Lord of the Rings, by J. R. Tolkien Fellowship of the ring The two towers Return of the king The nanny diaries, by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus Nick & Norah's infinite playlist, by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan The Other Boleyn Girl, by Philippa Gregory The Princess Diaries, by Meg Cabot Redwall, by Brian Jacques The seeker: The dark is rising, by Susan Cooper A Series of Unfortunate Events, by Lemony Snicket  Sisterhood of the travelling pants 2: Forever in blue: the fourth summer of the sisterhood, by Ann Brashnares Stardust, by Neil Gaiman Stormbreaker, by Anthony Horowitz  Time travellers wife, by Audrey Niffenegger Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer Yes Man, by David Wallace

Vampires and Zombies Fiction - stories which feature vampires - blood-drinking creatures of the night, or zombies - mindless, unfeeling monsters with a hunger for human flesh, as major themes or characters. 
(New 16 September 2008)