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100 Must-Read YA Novels With Little or No Romance

Do you like to read YA novels but are a bit tired of the fact that they often tend to concentrate on the romantic angles of the story. If so, here's Bookriot's list of great YA novels that are mainly about something else altogether. "Little to no romance" simply means that romance is way in the backseat, with no driving force in the narrative."
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A Madness So Discreet (Mindy McGinnis)
A Madness So Discreet
1
Mindy McGinnis
A Step From Heaven
A Step From Heaven
2
Trick of the Light (Lois Metzger)
Trick of the Light
3
Lois Metzger
As Red as Blood (Salla Simukka)
As Red as Blood
4
Salla Simukka
Bamboo People (Mitali Perkins)
Bamboo People
5
Mitali Perkins
Beauty Queens (Libba Bray)
Beauty Queens
6
Libba Bray
Between Shades of Gray (Ruta Sepetys)
Between Shades of Gray
7
Ruta Sepetys
Cat Girl's Day off (Kimberly Pauley)
Cat Girl's Day Off
8
Kimberly Pauley
Celine (Brock Cole)
Celine
9
Brock Cole
Challenger Deep (Neal Shusterman)
Challenger Deep
10
Neal Shusterman
Charm & Strange (Stephanie Kuehn)
Charm & Strange
11
Stephanie Kuehn
Charmed Life (Diana Wynne Jones)
Charmed Life
12
Diana Wynne Jones
Code Name Verity (Elizabeth Wein)
Code Name Verity
13
Elizabeth Wein
Dangerous (Shannon Hale)
Dangerous
14
Shannon Hale
Deadline (Chris Crutcher)
Deadline
15
Chris Crutcher
Define "Normal" (Julie Ann Peters)
Define "Normal"
16
Julie Ann Peters
Devoted (Jennifer Mathieu)
Devoted
17
Jennifer Mathieu
Does My Head Look Big in This? (Randa Abdel-Fattah)
Does My Head Look Big in This?
18
Randa Abdel-Fattah
Eon (Alison Goodman)
Eon
19
Alison Goodman
Eragon (Christopher Paolini)
Eragon
20
Christopher Paolini
Feathered (Laura Kasischke)
Feathered
21
Laura Kasischke
Finnikin of the Rock
Finnikin of the Rock
22
First Day on Earth (Cecil Castellucci)
First Day on Earth
23
Cecil Castellucci
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock (Matthew Quick)
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
24
Matthew Quick
Half-Brother (Kenneth Oppel)
Half-Brother
25
Kenneth Oppel
Hold Me Closer Necromancer (Lish McBride)
Hold Me Closer Necromancer
26
Lish McBride
How It Went Down (Kekla Magoon)
How It Went Down
27
Kekla Magoon
How to Say Goodbye in Robot (Natalie Standiford)
How to Say Goodbye in Robot
28
Natalie Standiford
I Am Princess X (Cherie Priest)
I Am Princess X
29
Cherie Priest
I Hunt Killers (Barry Lyga)
I Hunt Killers
30
Barry Lyga
If I Ever Get Out of Here (Eric Gansworth)
If I Ever Get Out of Here
31
Eric Gansworth
Illusive (Emily Lloyd-Jones)
Illusive
32
Emily Lloyd-Jones
Imaginary Girls (Nova Ren Suma)
Imaginary Girls
33
Nova Ren Suma
Incarceron (Catherine Fisher)
Incarceron
34
Catherine Fisher
Inside Out (Terry Truman)
Inside Out
35
Terry Truman
Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City (Kirsten Miller)
Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City
36
Kirsten Miller
Island's End (Padma Venkatraman)
Island's End
37
Padma Venkatraman
Jackaby (William Ritter)
Jackaby
38
William Ritter
Juliet Takes a Breath (Gabby Rivera)
Juliet Takes a Breath
39
Gabby Rivera
Jumped (Rita Williams-Garcia)
Jumped
40
Rita Williams-Garcia
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