What's the best YA series? Our #OneTrueYA bracket will find out

Pick the one true young adult series.
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Aliza Weinberger
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When it comes to the book world, no segment is as powerful as the Young Adult book community. They get blockbuster movies, channels full of TV adaptations, more merchandise than you can imagine, and one of the strongest online fandoms around.

But the question is: which is the best YA series?

While there's no way to know for sure, MashReads wants to try and find out. That's why we created the One True YA bracket, a two-week competition where the readers will vote on beloved and bestselling series going head-to-head. Who will win? Will it be a dystopian thriller? A supernatural romance? Something new or an older YA classic? That's for you to decide.


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Every other day from May 25 to May 31 we'll post a new round of match-ups on our Twitter account. The winning series will be crowned on June 2. Vote for your favorites, and tweet your support using #OneTrueYA.

May the odds be ever in your favor.

Writer's Note: Confused at the lack of Harry Potter as an option? It's been left off for good reason: The start of the series is technically middle grade, not YA. And, honestly, we know it would win.

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Fantasy Series match ups

1. His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman vs Graceling series by Kristin Cashore


2. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor vs The Winner's Trilogy by Marie Rutkoski

3. The Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer vs The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo

4. Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas vs Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix


Dystopian Series match ups

5. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins vs Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi

6. Divergent series by Veronica Roth vs Matched series by Ally Condie

7. Maze Runner series by James Dashner vs The Selection series by Kiera Cass

8. The Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld vs Legend series by Marie Lu


Contemporary Series match ups

9. The Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot vs Angus Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison

10. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares vs The Summer I Turned Pretty series by Janny Han

11. Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard vs If I Stay series by Gayle Forman

12. Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar vs Anna and the French Kiss series by Stephanie Perkins 


Supernatural Series match ups

13. Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer vs Beautiful Creatures series by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

14. Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare vs The Magicians series by Lev Grossman

15. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead vs Gemma Doyle trilogy by Libba Bray 


16. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs vs The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater 


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Aliza Weinberger

Aliza Weinberger is an Audience Development Assistant at Mashable and a MashReads contributor. In this capacity, she develops marketing campaigns on Mashable's social accounts and works to grow the company's online presence. She is also a member of the MashReads team and a host of the MashReads podcast. Aliza graduated Northwestern University with a Bachelor's in Film Studies and English Literature and was previously a Social Content Strategist at DDB Worldwide. Aliza is a member of three book clubs and loves watching Netflix and Broadway shows.

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