Top Ten novels for teens

For all you YA (that's Young Adult fiction) virgins Melvin Burgess, one of the early YA writers, has compiled his list of top 10 YA novels for The Guardian. They're not just for teens, far from it in fact. Indeed YA novels include plots that are just as complex, if not more so, than many novels written for adults. So what's the difference? Well the protagonists are, unsurprisingly, teenagers and the subject matter a reflection of that although many topics, such as love, are universal. Speaking of which Twilight is the most well known novel on the list however you'd be doing yourself an injustice if you parked at Meyers door alone.

If you read one from this list I would suggest Northern Lights by Philip Pullman. Fantasy not for you? Try out Junk by Melvin Burgess,a novel about teen heroin addiction, the first if its kind to address the issue of drugs in such a graphic and uncompromising way. One that I have not read which I'll be reading soon is Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman. That is if I can steal it from Magnet first.