Best Young Adult Books | Summaries & Audio

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Defend the Dawn

by Brigid Kemmerer • 2022

An apothecary and a brutal prince sail for medicine, but their captain hides a dangerous secret.

4.16

37k+

🏛️ Political Fantasy 👑 Court Intrigue ⛵ Seafaring Adventure ⚔️ Rebel X Royal 🖤 Morally Gray Love Interest

Defend the Dawn

An apothecary and a brutal prince sail for medicine, but their captain hides a dangerous secret.

by Brigid Kemmerer 2022 496 pages

4.16

37k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Fantasy 👑 Court Intrigue ⛵ Seafaring Adventure ⚔️ Rebel X Royal 🖤 Morally Gray Love Interest

Songlight

by Moira Buffini • 2024

Betrayed brother. Forced marriage. A telepath must survive a deadly regime and ignite a revolution.

4.12

3k+

🧠 Telepathic Powers 💔 Forbidden Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage ✊ Political Rebellion 🤝 Enemies To Allies

Songlight

Betrayed brother. Forced marriage. A telepath must survive a deadly regime and ignite a revolution.

by Moira Buffini 2024 384 pages

4.12

3k+ ratings

🧠 Telepathic Powers 💔 Forbidden Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage ✊ Political Rebellion 🤝 Enemies To Allies

Sisters Red

by Jackson Pearce • 2010

Two sisters swear revenge on werewolves, but love and a dark secret complicate their hunt.

3.63

20k+

🐺 Red Riding Hood Retelling 🗡️ Paranormal Hunters ⚔️ Vengeance Quest 🌕 Fated Transformation 💔 Love Vs Duty

Sisters Red

Two sisters swear revenge on werewolves, but love and a dark secret complicate their hunt.

by Jackson Pearce 2010 328 pages

3.63

20k+ ratings

🐺 Red Riding Hood Retelling 🗡️ Paranormal Hunters ⚔️ Vengeance Quest 🌕 Fated Transformation 💔 Love Vs Duty

The Traveler's Gate Trilogy

by Will Wight • 2015

To fight his mother’s killers, a teen enters a sentient death-house risking his sanity for power.

4.35

3k+

📈 Progression Fantasy 💎 Hard Magic System 🎭 Chosen One Subverted ⚔️ Friends To Rivals 💀 Brutal Training

The Traveler's Gate Trilogy

To fight his mother’s killers, a teen enters a sentient death-house risking his sanity for power.

by Will Wight 2015 1218 pages

4.35

3k+ ratings

📈 Progression Fantasy 💎 Hard Magic System 🎭 Chosen One Subverted ⚔️ Friends To Rivals 💀 Brutal Training

Return to the Isle of the Lost

by Melissa de la Cruz • 2016

Four villain kids race scheming parents to cursed talismans hidden beneath a prison island.

3.90

10k+

🏫 Magical Boarding School 🖤 Found Family 💔 Villain Redemption ✨ Fairy Tale Crossover 🗡️ Quest For Artifacts

Return to the Isle of the Lost

Four villain kids race scheming parents to cursed talismans hidden beneath a prison island.

by Melissa de la Cruz 2016 309 pages

3.90

10k+ ratings

🏫 Magical Boarding School 🖤 Found Family 💔 Villain Redemption ✨ Fairy Tale Crossover 🗡️ Quest For Artifacts

The Battle for Skandia

by John Flanagan • 2006

A Ranger, a knight, and a princess must unite Viking raiders against an unstoppable eastern army.

4.36

100k+

🎖️ Military Fantasy ✨ Low Magic Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🏹 Mentor Apprentice ⚔️ Reluctant Allies

The Battle for Skandia

A Ranger, a knight, and a princess must unite Viking raiders against an unstoppable eastern army.

by John Flanagan 2006 294 pages

4.36

100k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Fantasy ✨ Low Magic Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🏹 Mentor Apprentice ⚔️ Reluctant Allies

Te espero en el fin del mundo

by Andrea Longarela • 2021

She runs toward the world. He builds roots in Montana. Their childhood love won't let go.

4.09

25k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🧸 Childhood Sweethearts ⏳ Dual Timeline

Te espero en el fin del mundo

She runs toward the world. He builds roots in Montana. Their childhood love won't let go.

by Andrea Longarela 2021 560 pages

4.09

25k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🧸 Childhood Sweethearts ⏳ Dual Timeline

The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die

by April Henry • 2013

She wakes with no name, no past, and two men arguing over who will kill her.

4.04

13k+

🧠 Amnesia Thriller 🏃 On The Run 🦠 Virus Conspiracy 🎭 Gaslighting 🤝 Unlikely Allies

The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die

She wakes with no name, no past, and two men arguing over who will kill her.

by April Henry 2013 213 pages

4.04

13k+ ratings

🧠 Amnesia Thriller 🏃 On The Run 🦠 Virus Conspiracy 🎭 Gaslighting 🤝 Unlikely Allies

Shifted Fate

by Elena Lawson • 2019

Alone in the woods, she's saved by a wolf. He's a shifter. He's in her class.

4.13

4k+

🐺 Werewolf Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🐾 Pack Politics ⚠️ Abusive Ex

Shifted Fate

Alone in the woods, she's saved by a wolf. He's a shifter. He's in her class.

by Elena Lawson 2019 185 pages

4.13

4k+ ratings

🐺 Werewolf Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🐾 Pack Politics ⚠️ Abusive Ex

Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh

by Rachael Lippincott • 2023

A magical coin flings an artist into 1812, where a repressed heiress becomes her forbidden muse.

3.94

11k+

✨ Time Travel Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 🎩 Regency Era 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 💔 Forbidden Love

Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh

A magical coin flings an artist into 1812, where a repressed heiress becomes her forbidden muse.

by Rachael Lippincott 2023 336 pages

3.94

11k+ ratings

✨ Time Travel Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 🎩 Regency Era 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 💔 Forbidden Love

Crank

by Ellen Hopkins • 2004

At her addict father's, a good girl tries meth and fractures into a reckless double.

4.16

100k+

💉 Addiction Fiction 🎭 Verse Novel 👥 Dual Identity 🌀 Good Girl Unraveling 💔 Toxic First Love

Crank

At her addict father's, a good girl tries meth and fractures into a reckless double.

by Ellen Hopkins 2004 537 pages

4.16

100k+ ratings

💉 Addiction Fiction 🎭 Verse Novel 👥 Dual Identity 🌀 Good Girl Unraveling 💔 Toxic First Love

The Fill-In Boyfriend

by Kasie West • 2015

Dumped before prom, a girl drafts a stranger as her boyfriend, but the act stirs real feelings.

3.89

69k+

🎭 Pretend Boyfriend 🌟 Prom Night 🐍 Frenemy 👑 High School Clique 📱 Social Media Drama

The Fill-In Boyfriend

Dumped before prom, a girl drafts a stranger as her boyfriend, but the act stirs real feelings.

by Kasie West 2015 352 pages

3.89

69k+ ratings

🎭 Pretend Boyfriend 🌟 Prom Night 🐍 Frenemy 👑 High School Clique 📱 Social Media Drama

Winter

by Marissa Meyer • 2015

A cyborg princess invades the moon to end a mind-controlling queen's reign before both worlds fall.

4.41

300k+

🍎 Snow White Retelling 🚀 Sci-Fi Fairy Tale 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Mind-Control Powers 👑 Reluctant Queen

Winter

A cyborg princess invades the moon to end a mind-controlling queen's reign before both worlds fall.

by Marissa Meyer 2015 827 pages

4.41

300k+ ratings

🍎 Snow White Retelling 🚀 Sci-Fi Fairy Tale 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Mind-Control Powers 👑 Reluctant Queen

Walking in Two Worlds

by Wab Kinew • 2021

A Native teen rules a VR world with sacred magic, but a hateful clan needs her erased.

3.47

1k+

🖥️ Indigenous Futurism 🎮 Virtual Reality Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Contemporary Rez Life 🌿 Cultural Reclamation

Walking in Two Worlds

A Native teen rules a VR world with sacred magic, but a hateful clan needs her erased.

by Wab Kinew 2021 296 pages

3.47

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Indigenous Futurism 🎮 Virtual Reality Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Contemporary Rez Life 🌿 Cultural Reclamation

Found

by Harlan Coben • 2014

Father's grave: only ashes. Mickey Bolitar hunts a secret rescue network, a missing boy, a killer.

4.15

16k+

🔎 Teen Detective 👤 Missing Parent ⛹️ Sports Drama 🕵️ Secret Society 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Found

Father's grave: only ashes. Mickey Bolitar hunts a secret rescue network, a missing boy, a killer.

by Harlan Coben 2014 326 pages

4.15

16k+ ratings

🔎 Teen Detective 👤 Missing Parent ⛹️ Sports Drama 🕵️ Secret Society 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Found

by Margaret Peterson Haddix • 2008

A note tells an adopted boy he was taken from the past. Then a second warns: someone's coming.

3.98

42k+

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery 🔍 Kid Investigators 🎭 Hidden Identities 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🤝 Found Family

Found

A note tells an adopted boy he was taken from the past. Then a second warns: someone's coming.

by Margaret Peterson Haddix 2008 320 pages

3.98

42k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery 🔍 Kid Investigators 🎭 Hidden Identities 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🤝 Found Family

Chains

by Laurie Halse Anderson • 2008

Sold to a Loyalist couple in Revolutionary New York, an enslaved girl turns spy to save her sister.

4.10

59k+

🗽 American Revolution 🔗 Enslaved Narrator 👭 Sister Protection 🕵️ Unlikely Spy 💔 Emotionally Intense

Chains

Sold to a Loyalist couple in Revolutionary New York, an enslaved girl turns spy to save her sister.

by Laurie Halse Anderson 2008 316 pages

4.10

59k+ ratings

🗽 American Revolution 🔗 Enslaved Narrator 👭 Sister Protection 🕵️ Unlikely Spy 💔 Emotionally Intense

Steve Jobs

by Karen Blumenthal • 2012

Garage startup. Public firing. Decade in exile. The return that produced the iPod and iPhone.

3.95

6k+

⌨️ Computer History 💻 Tech Founders 🎨 Product Design 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🌸 Counterculture Tech

Steve Jobs

Garage startup. Public firing. Decade in exile. The return that produced the iPod and iPhone.

by Karen Blumenthal 2012 320 pages

3.95

6k+ ratings

⌨️ Computer History 💻 Tech Founders 🎨 Product Design 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🌸 Counterculture Tech

Wicked Lovely

by Melissa Marr • 2007

She sees faeries everywhere and pretends not to. Then the Summer King walks into her school.

3.70

100k+

👁️ Sees Faeries 💛 Best Friends To Lovers 🏰 Fae Courts ❄️ Ice Magic 🖤 Seductive Fae

Wicked Lovely

She sees faeries everywhere and pretends not to. Then the Summer King walks into her school.

by Melissa Marr 2007 328 pages

3.70

100k+ ratings

👁️ Sees Faeries 💛 Best Friends To Lovers 🏰 Fae Courts ❄️ Ice Magic 🖤 Seductive Fae

Mare's War

by Tanita S. Davis • 2009

Two sisters, one road trip, and a grandmother whose segregated WWII past is surfacing.

3.84

1k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 👵 Intergenerational Story 🪖 Women In Wartime 🚗 Road Trip Framing 👯 Sister Bond

Mare's War

Two sisters, one road trip, and a grandmother whose segregated WWII past is surfacing.

by Tanita S. Davis 2009 352 pages

3.84

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 👵 Intergenerational Story 🪖 Women In Wartime 🚗 Road Trip Framing 👯 Sister Bond

Summer of My German Soldier

by Bette Greene • 1973

In WWII Arkansas, a Jewish girl shelters an escaped German POW who showed her she mattered.

3.70

17k+

🏠 Wwii Home Front 🏘️ Small Town Prejudice 🤫 Secret Friendship 👥 Found Family ✡️ Jewish Protagonist

Summer of My German Soldier

In WWII Arkansas, a Jewish girl shelters an escaped German POW who showed her she mattered.

by Bette Greene 1973 203 pages

3.70

17k+ ratings

🏠 Wwii Home Front 🏘️ Small Town Prejudice 🤫 Secret Friendship 👥 Found Family ✡️ Jewish Protagonist

The War I Finally Won

by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley • 2017

Her clubfoot finally fixed, a wartime orphan faces the harder battle of accepting she is wanted.

4.48

48k+

🫂 Found Family 🐴 Healing Through Horses 🏠 Wwii Home Front 👩‍👧 Guardian And Ward 💔 Trauma Recovery

The War I Finally Won

Her clubfoot finally fixed, a wartime orphan faces the harder battle of accepting she is wanted.

by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 2017 387 pages

4.48

48k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🐴 Healing Through Horses 🏠 Wwii Home Front 👩‍👧 Guardian And Ward 💔 Trauma Recovery

Maths Doesn't Suck

by Danica McKellar • 2007

Middle school math through pizza, shopping, and straight talk: no genius required.

4.18

1k+

🧮 Middle School Math 😰 Math Anxiety 🛒 Practical Math 👩‍🔬 Girls In Stem 👧 Tween Girls

Maths Doesn't Suck

Middle school math through pizza, shopping, and straight talk: no genius required.

by Danica McKellar 2007 320 pages

4.18

1k+ ratings

🧮 Middle School Math 😰 Math Anxiety 🛒 Practical Math 👩‍🔬 Girls In Stem 👧 Tween Girls

Red Riding Hood

by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright • 2011

Her sister was killed by a werewolf. Now she must discover which familiar face hides the beast.

3.47

21k+

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🐺 Werewolf Horror 💔 Love Triangle 🖤 Forbidden Love 🕵️ Hidden Monster

Red Riding Hood

Her sister was killed by a werewolf. Now she must discover which familiar face hides the beast.

by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright 2011 353 pages

3.47

21k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🐺 Werewolf Horror 💔 Love Triangle 🖤 Forbidden Love 🕵️ Hidden Monster

Audre & Bash Are Just Friends

by Tia Williams • 2025

A perfectionist hires a mysterious newcomer for summer dares: no falling in love allowed.

4.05

5k+

💕 Friends To Lovers ☀️ Summer Romance 🧬 Generational Trauma 🧠 Anxiety Rep 📋 Summer Bucket List

Audre & Bash Are Just Friends

A perfectionist hires a mysterious newcomer for summer dares: no falling in love allowed.

by Tia Williams 2025 384 pages

4.05

5k+ ratings

💕 Friends To Lovers ☀️ Summer Romance 🧬 Generational Trauma 🧠 Anxiety Rep 📋 Summer Bucket List

The Bridge Home

by Padma Venkatraman • 2019

Protecting her disabled sister, Viji flees their father and builds a family on a Chennai bridge.

4.26

11k+

🫂 Found Family 🌆 Street Children 👧 Sibling Caretaker 💙 Disability In Family ✉️ Epistolary Novel

The Bridge Home

Protecting her disabled sister, Viji flees their father and builds a family on a Chennai bridge.

by Padma Venkatraman 2019 208 pages

4.26

11k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🌆 Street Children 👧 Sibling Caretaker 💙 Disability In Family ✉️ Epistolary Novel

Where the Dark Stands Still

by A.B. Poranek • 2024

Forced to serve an antlered demon, a girl falls for the warden who hides past sacrifices.

4.03

32k+

🖤 Gothic Romantasy 🏰 Slavic-Inspired Fantasy 💀 Bargain With A Demon 🫂 Found Family 👻 Haunted Manor

Where the Dark Stands Still

Forced to serve an antlered demon, a girl falls for the warden who hides past sacrifices.

by A.B. Poranek 2024 336 pages

4.03

32k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Romantasy 🏰 Slavic-Inspired Fantasy 💀 Bargain With A Demon 🫂 Found Family 👻 Haunted Manor

Sadie

by Courtney Summers • 2018

When her thirteen-year-old sister is murdered, a girl with a stutter and a switchblade goes hunting.

4.03

100k+

🎙️ True Crime Fiction 🔪 Vigilante Justice 🛣️ Dark Road Trip 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Sadie

When her thirteen-year-old sister is murdered, a girl with a stutter and a switchblade goes hunting.

by Courtney Summers 2018 308 pages

4.03

100k+ ratings

🎙️ True Crime Fiction 🔪 Vigilante Justice 🛣️ Dark Road Trip 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Lost Sisters

by Holly Black • 2018

Locke promised Taryn love and belonging in Faerie. The price was her twin sister.

3.34

100k+

👑 Faerie Court Intrigue 👯 Sister Rivalry 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🌙 Secret Romance 🤝 Faerie Bargain

The Lost Sisters

Locke promised Taryn love and belonging in Faerie. The price was her twin sister.

by Holly Black 2018 50 pages

3.34

100k+ ratings

👑 Faerie Court Intrigue 👯 Sister Rivalry 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🌙 Secret Romance 🤝 Faerie Bargain

The Hobbit

by Chuck Dixon • 2001

A home-loving hobbit is swept into a dwarven quest to reclaim their kingdom from a dragon.

4.51

200k+

🗺️ Quest Fantasy 💛 Found Family 💎 Dragon Hoard 🧙 Wizard Mentor ✨ Whimsical Quest

The Hobbit

A home-loving hobbit is swept into a dwarven quest to reclaim their kingdom from a dragon.

by Chuck Dixon 2001 138 pages

4.51

200k+ ratings

🗺️ Quest Fantasy 💛 Found Family 💎 Dragon Hoard 🧙 Wizard Mentor ✨ Whimsical Quest

The Bro Code

by Elizabeth A. Seibert • 2012

His best friend's sister is off-limits. Too bad Nick forgot to tell his heart.

3.40

2k+

🫂 Best Friend's Sister 🤫 Secret Relationship 👦👧 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💬 Banter-Filled Romance 🗣️ High School Gossip

The Bro Code

His best friend's sister is off-limits. Too bad Nick forgot to tell his heart.

by Elizabeth A. Seibert 2012 320 pages

3.40

2k+ ratings

🫂 Best Friend's Sister 🤫 Secret Relationship 👦👧 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💬 Banter-Filled Romance 🗣️ High School Gossip

Stars Above

by Marissa Meyer • 2016

The origin stories of a cyborg princess, a wolf soldier, and the family who sparked revolution.

4.14

100k+

🏰 Fairy Tale Retellings 👑 Hidden Royalty 💛 Found Family 📖 Origin Stories ✊ Revolution

Stars Above

The origin stories of a cyborg princess, a wolf soldier, and the family who sparked revolution.

by Marissa Meyer 2016 400 pages

4.14

100k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale Retellings 👑 Hidden Royalty 💛 Found Family 📖 Origin Stories ✊ Revolution

Olivia Twist

by Lorie Langdon • 2018

She survived as Oliver Twist. Now a society lady, the thief who knew her secret is back.

3.88

4k+

🌀 Gender-Swapped Retelling 🏙️ Victorian London 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🗡️ Rogue With A Heart

Olivia Twist

She survived as Oliver Twist. Now a society lady, the thief who knew her secret is back.

by Lorie Langdon 2018 331 pages

3.88

4k+ ratings

🌀 Gender-Swapped Retelling 🏙️ Victorian London 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🗡️ Rogue With A Heart

Goddess

by Josephine Angelini • 2013

A world-creating demigod fights the gods while a prophecy threatens to make her their destroyer.

4.21

35k+

🏛️ Modern Demigods 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers 🌑 Underworld Journey 💕 High-Stakes Romance 🔮 Prophecy And Destiny

Goddess

A world-creating demigod fights the gods while a prophecy threatens to make her their destroyer.

by Josephine Angelini 2013 421 pages

4.21

35k+ ratings

🏛️ Modern Demigods 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers 🌑 Underworld Journey 💕 High-Stakes Romance 🔮 Prophecy And Destiny

The Gathering Dark

by Tori Bovalino • 2022

Teen girls battle cursed houses and hungry forests in folk horror stories where trauma grows teeth.

3.53

4k+

🌒 Folk Horror 🌈 Queer Horror 🩸 Generational Trauma 🌲 Vengeful Nature 🔥 Female Rage

The Gathering Dark

Teen girls battle cursed houses and hungry forests in folk horror stories where trauma grows teeth.

by Tori Bovalino 2022 272 pages

3.53

4k+ ratings

🌒 Folk Horror 🌈 Queer Horror 🩸 Generational Trauma 🌲 Vengeful Nature 🔥 Female Rage

Malice

by Heather Walter • 2021

Briar needs her curses but despises her blood. The princess doomed at twenty-one just needs her.

3.91

33k+

🖤 Villain Origin Story 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Retelling 💕 Forbidden Romance 🦇 Monstrous Protagonist 🏰 Fairy Tale Court

Malice

Briar needs her curses but despises her blood. The princess doomed at twenty-one just needs her.

by Heather Walter 2021 470 pages

3.91

33k+ ratings

🖤 Villain Origin Story 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Retelling 💕 Forbidden Romance 🦇 Monstrous Protagonist 🏰 Fairy Tale Court

How to Find a Missing Girl

by Victoria Wlosok • 2023

A missing sister. A vanished ex. A podcast of secrets someone is killing to keep quiet.

3.59

5k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🎙️ True Crime Podcast 🔍 Missing Sister 📚 High School Secrets

How to Find a Missing Girl

A missing sister. A vanished ex. A podcast of secrets someone is killing to keep quiet.

by Victoria Wlosok 2023 320 pages

3.59

5k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🎙️ True Crime Podcast 🔍 Missing Sister 📚 High School Secrets

Hunting for Hidden Gold

by Franklin W. Dixon • 1928

Summoned to Montana, two brothers hunt for buried gold as a ruthless gang closes in.

3.93

7k+

⛏️ Gold Prospecting Mystery 🔍 Sibling Sleuths 🗺️ Hidden Treasure Hunt 🧠 Amnesia Plot 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Hunting for Hidden Gold

Summoned to Montana, two brothers hunt for buried gold as a ruthless gang closes in.

by Franklin W. Dixon 1928 177 pages

3.93

7k+ ratings

⛏️ Gold Prospecting Mystery 🔍 Sibling Sleuths 🗺️ Hidden Treasure Hunt 🧠 Amnesia Plot 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Poor Unfortunate Soul

by Serena Valentino • 2016

A sea witch, three grieving sisters, and a pact of hate that will drown them all.

3.57

30k+

🦑 Villain Origin Story 💔 Sibling Betrayal 🌊 Magical Bargains 🧙‍♀️ Witch Sisterhood 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

Poor Unfortunate Soul

A sea witch, three grieving sisters, and a pact of hate that will drown them all.

by Serena Valentino 2016 224 pages

3.57

30k+ ratings

🦑 Villain Origin Story 💔 Sibling Betrayal 🌊 Magical Bargains 🧙‍♀️ Witch Sisterhood 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

Specials

by Scott Westerfeld • 2006

Now a surgically enhanced enforcer, Tally hunts rebels into the wild, where her first love waits.

3.75

200k+

🧬 Body Modification 🧠 Programmed Identity ⚔️ Morally Gray Heroine 🫧 Toxic Friendship 🔺 Love Triangle

Specials

Now a surgically enhanced enforcer, Tally hunts rebels into the wild, where her first love waits.

by Scott Westerfeld 2006 384 pages

3.75

200k+ ratings

🧬 Body Modification 🧠 Programmed Identity ⚔️ Morally Gray Heroine 🫧 Toxic Friendship 🔺 Love Triangle

Blade Breaker

by Victoria Aveyard • 2022

A reluctant heir leads outcasts to seal torn realms, hunted by a demon-backed queen's undying army.

3.94

14k+

🫂 Found Family 🌌 Portal Fantasy ⚔️ Reluctant Chosen One 👑 Morally Grey Villain 🗡️ Assassin Redemption

Blade Breaker

A reluctant heir leads outcasts to seal torn realms, hunted by a demon-backed queen's undying army.

by Victoria Aveyard 2022 578 pages

3.94

14k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🌌 Portal Fantasy ⚔️ Reluctant Chosen One 👑 Morally Grey Villain 🗡️ Assassin Redemption

On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God

by Louise Rennison • 2000

When her dreamy boyfriend moves abroad, a dramatic teen fakes a romance with his funny rival.

3.95

48k+

📓 Diary Novel 🇬🇧 British Teen Humor 💔 Love Triangle 🤝 Fake Dating 🎭 Dramatic Narrator

On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God

When her dreamy boyfriend moves abroad, a dramatic teen fakes a romance with his funny rival.

by Louise Rennison 2000 243 pages

3.95

48k+ ratings

📓 Diary Novel 🇬🇧 British Teen Humor 💔 Love Triangle 🤝 Fake Dating 🎭 Dramatic Narrator

The Screaming Staircase

by Jonathan Stroud • 2013

A psychic joins a ghost-hunting agency and must survive a night in England's most haunted house.

4.25

76k+

🕵️ Ghost Hunting 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 💕 Found Family 🔮 Psychic Abilities 🔍 Cold Case Murder

The Screaming Staircase

A psychic joins a ghost-hunting agency and must survive a night in England's most haunted house.

by Jonathan Stroud 2013 440 pages

4.25

76k+ ratings

🕵️ Ghost Hunting 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 💕 Found Family 🔮 Psychic Abilities 🔍 Cold Case Murder

Little Thieves

by Margaret Owen • 2021

A servant girl passing as a princess is cursed to sprout jewels from her skin.

4.22

27k+

📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 🖤 Morally Gray Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Identity Theft 👪 Found Family

Little Thieves

A servant girl passing as a princess is cursed to sprout jewels from her skin.

by Margaret Owen 2021 512 pages

4.22

27k+ ratings

📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 🖤 Morally Gray Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Identity Theft 👪 Found Family

Light Mage

by Laurie Forest • 2018

Forbidden magic and a cruel binding drive a young witch into an enemy prince's arms.

4.20

6k+

🔮 Forbidden Magic 💍 Arranged Marriage 💔 Forbidden Love 🏠 Found Family 🏺 Magical Artifact

Light Mage

Forbidden magic and a cruel binding drive a young witch into an enemy prince's arms.

by Laurie Forest 2018 304 pages

4.20

6k+ ratings

🔮 Forbidden Magic 💍 Arranged Marriage 💔 Forbidden Love 🏠 Found Family 🏺 Magical Artifact

One Was Lost

by Natalie D. Richards • 2016

Four teens wake up drugged and marked in a flooded forest. Someone is hunting them.

3.78

9k+

🏕️ Survival Thriller 🧠 Psychological Horror 🪓 Hidden Killer 🌲 Appalachian Wilderness 🔒 Trapped Together

One Was Lost

Four teens wake up drugged and marked in a flooded forest. Someone is hunting them.

by Natalie D. Richards 2016 308 pages

3.78

9k+ ratings

🏕️ Survival Thriller 🧠 Psychological Horror 🪓 Hidden Killer 🌲 Appalachian Wilderness 🔒 Trapped Together

Dungeon Master's Guide

by Wizards of the Coast • 2014

Dead parents in a locked apartment. Four prodigy children. Each had a reason to want them gone.

4.49

8k+

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets 💊 Experimental Drugs 😶 Emotional Numbness 🔍 Sibling Investigators

Dungeon Master's Guide

Dead parents in a locked apartment. Four prodigy children. Each had a reason to want them gone.

by Wizards of the Coast 2014 320 pages

4.49

8k+ ratings

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets 💊 Experimental Drugs 😶 Emotional Numbness 🔍 Sibling Investigators

Pretties

by Scott Westerfeld • 2005

Surgically perfected and obedient, she dreams of rebellion and a dangerous cure for her mind.

3.83

200k+

💄 Beauty Dystopia 🧠 Brainwashed Society 🕵️ Secret Police State ❤️‍🔥 Rebel Love Interest 🏙️ Futuristic City

Pretties

Surgically perfected and obedient, she dreams of rebellion and a dangerous cure for her mind.

by Scott Westerfeld 2005 370 pages

3.83

200k+ ratings

💄 Beauty Dystopia 🧠 Brainwashed Society 🕵️ Secret Police State ❤️‍🔥 Rebel Love Interest 🏙️ Futuristic City

Beckoning Fates

by TurtleMe • 2016

A reincarnated king hides his powerful past at a magic academy while bonding with a dragon.

4.38

8k+

🏰 Magic Academy 🔄 Reincarnation Isekai 📈 Progression Fantasy 🐉 Dragon Companion 💪 Overpowered Mc

Beckoning Fates

A reincarnated king hides his powerful past at a magic academy while bonding with a dragon.

by TurtleMe 2016 289 pages

4.38

8k+ ratings

🏰 Magic Academy 🔄 Reincarnation Isekai 📈 Progression Fantasy 🐉 Dragon Companion 💪 Overpowered Mc

Her Name in the Sky

by Kelly Quindlen • 2014

She's in love with her best friend, and their Catholic school says that love is a sin.

4.26

16k+

🌈 Sapphic Coming Of Age ⛪ Catholic School Setting 💕 Best Friends To Lovers 🙏 Religious Guilt 🤐 Closeted Romance

Her Name in the Sky

She's in love with her best friend, and their Catholic school says that love is a sin.

by Kelly Quindlen 2014 402 pages

4.26

16k+ ratings

🌈 Sapphic Coming Of Age ⛪ Catholic School Setting 💕 Best Friends To Lovers 🙏 Religious Guilt 🤐 Closeted Romance

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