Barnes & Noble have announced their best book lists for the year. Here are their picks for the top YA books of 2025:

An Archive of Romance by Ava Reid

The Demon and the Light by Axie Oh

Eternal Ruin by Tigest Girma

Fake Skating by Lynn Painter

Fearful by Lauren Roberts

A Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim

Grim and Oro by Alex Aster

Hazelthorn by CG Drews

I Am Not Jessica Chen by Ann Liang

Oathbound by Tracy Deonn

The Rose Field by Philip Pullman

Seven Deadly Thorns by Amber Hamilton

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

Wings of Starlight by Allison Saft

You’ve Found Oliver by Dustin Thao