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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
Mindy McGinnis
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A Step From Heaven
A Step From Heaven
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Trick of the Light (Lois Metzger)
Trick of the Light
Lois Metzger
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As Red as Blood (Salla Simukka)
As Red as Blood
Salla Simukka
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Bamboo People (Mitali Perkins)
Bamboo People
Mitali Perkins
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Beauty Queens (Libba Bray)
Beauty Queens
Libba Bray
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Between Shades of Gray (Ruta Sepetys)
Between Shades of Gray
Ruta Sepetys
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Cat Girl's Day off (Kimberly Pauley)
Cat Girl's Day Off
Kimberly Pauley
9
Celine (Brock Cole)
Celine
Brock Cole
10
Challenger Deep (Neal Shusterman)
Challenger Deep
Neal Shusterman
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Charm & Strange (Stephanie Kuehn)
Charm & Strange
Stephanie Kuehn
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Charmed Life (Diana Wynne Jones)
Charmed Life
Diana Wynne Jones
13
Code Name Verity (Elizabeth Wein)
Code Name Verity
Elizabeth Wein
14
Dangerous (Shannon Hale)
Dangerous
Shannon Hale
15
Deadline (Chris Crutcher)
Deadline
Chris Crutcher
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Define "Normal" (Julie Ann Peters)
Define "Normal"
Julie Ann Peters
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Devoted (Jennifer Mathieu)
Devoted
Jennifer Mathieu
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Does My Head Look Big in This? (Randa Abdel-Fattah)
Does My Head Look Big in This?
Randa Abdel-Fattah
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Eon (Alison Goodman)
Eon
Alison Goodman
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Eragon (Christopher Paolini)
Eragon
Christopher Paolini
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Feathered (Laura Kasischke)
Feathered
Laura Kasischke
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Finnikin of the Rock
Finnikin of the Rock
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First Day on Earth (Cecil Castellucci)
First Day on Earth
Cecil Castellucci
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Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock (Matthew Quick)
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
Matthew Quick
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Half-Brother (Kenneth Oppel)
Half-Brother
Kenneth Oppel
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Hold Me Closer Necromancer (Lish McBride)
Hold Me Closer Necromancer
Lish McBride
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How It Went Down (Kekla Magoon)
How It Went Down
Kekla Magoon
28
How to Say Goodbye in Robot (Natalie Standiford)
How to Say Goodbye in Robot
Natalie Standiford
29
I Am Princess X (Cherie Priest)
I Am Princess X
Cherie Priest
30
I Hunt Killers (Barry Lyga)
I Hunt Killers
Barry Lyga
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If I Ever Get Out of Here (Eric Gansworth)
If I Ever Get Out of Here
Eric Gansworth
32
Illusive (Emily Lloyd-Jones)
Illusive
Emily Lloyd-Jones
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Imaginary Girls (Nova Ren Suma)
Imaginary Girls
Nova Ren Suma
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Incarceron (Catherine Fisher)
Incarceron
Catherine Fisher
35
Inside Out (Terry Truman)
Inside Out
Terry Truman
36
Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City (Kirsten Miller)
Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City
Kirsten Miller
37
Island's End (Padma Venkatraman)
Island's End
Padma Venkatraman
38
Jackaby (William Ritter)
Jackaby
William Ritter
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Juliet Takes a Breath (Gabby Rivera)
Juliet Takes a Breath
Gabby Rivera
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Jumped (Rita Williams-Garcia)
Jumped
Rita Williams-Garcia
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