Best Young Adult Books | Summaries & Audio

Young Adult Book Summaries

Queen's Peril

by E.K. Johnston • 2020

A fourteen-year-old queen. Five handmaidens trained as doubles. One planet on the brink of invasion.

3.94

10k+

🪞 Body Double 👥 Found Family 🏛️ Political Intrigue 👑 Young Queen 🌌 Galactic Politics

Queen's Peril

A fourteen-year-old queen. Five handmaidens trained as doubles. One planet on the brink of invasion.

by E.K. Johnston 2020 276 pages

3.94

10k+ ratings

🪞 Body Double 👥 Found Family 🏛️ Political Intrigue 👑 Young Queen 🌌 Galactic Politics

The Burning Kingdoms

by Sally Green • 2020

Purple smoke fuels a tyrant's youth army. A queen must break the spell before the world burns.

3.84

2k+

🏰 Political Fantasy 💔 Forbidden Love 🤝 Found Family 🔄 Redemption Arc 👑 Reluctant Ruler

The Burning Kingdoms

Purple smoke fuels a tyrant's youth army. A queen must break the spell before the world burns.

by Sally Green 2020 400 pages

3.84

2k+ ratings

🏰 Political Fantasy 💔 Forbidden Love 🤝 Found Family 🔄 Redemption Arc 👑 Reluctant Ruler

The Girl Who Dared to Lead

by Bella Forrest • 2018

Her mother murdered, a new champion hunts a face-stealing conspiracy inside a sealed tower.

4.29

4k+

🏙️ Tower Dystopia ⚔️ Reluctant Leader 👥 Found Family 💻 AI Love Interest 🕵️ Political Conspiracy

The Girl Who Dared to Lead

Her mother murdered, a new champion hunts a face-stealing conspiracy inside a sealed tower.

by Bella Forrest 2018 406 pages

4.29

4k+ ratings

🏙️ Tower Dystopia ⚔️ Reluctant Leader 👥 Found Family 💻 AI Love Interest 🕵️ Political Conspiracy

The Crowns of Croswald

by D.E. Night • 2017

An orphaned maid's forgotten past is the only weapon against a queen who feeds on forgetting.

3.79

3k+

🏰 Magical Boarding School 👑 Hidden Royal Heir 🔮 Memory Magic 💕 Found Family ✨ Whimsical Magic

The Crowns of Croswald

An orphaned maid's forgotten past is the only weapon against a queen who feeds on forgetting.

by D.E. Night 2017 325 pages

3.79

3k+ ratings

🏰 Magical Boarding School 👑 Hidden Royal Heir 🔮 Memory Magic 💕 Found Family ✨ Whimsical Magic

Why Study Mathematics?

by Vicky Neale • 2020

A math degree opens careers from kidney swaps to climate models. Effort trumps genius every time.

3.97

📐 Applied Mathematics 🧠 Growth Mindset 📊 Data Science ➗ Mathematical Thinking 📖 Popular Mathematics

Why Study Mathematics?

A math degree opens careers from kidney swaps to climate models. Effort trumps genius every time.

by Vicky Neale 2020 208 pages

3.97

38 ratings

📐 Applied Mathematics 🧠 Growth Mindset 📊 Data Science ➗ Mathematical Thinking 📖 Popular Mathematics

The Midnight Charter

by David Whitley • 1996

In a city that trades everything, two servant children are chosen to judge its fate.

3.44

500+

🏙️ Dystopian City 🧒 Orphan Heroes 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💰 Rags To Riches 🫂 Found Family

The Midnight Charter

In a city that trades everything, two servant children are chosen to judge its fate.

by David Whitley 1996 378 pages

3.44

500+ ratings

🏙️ Dystopian City 🧒 Orphan Heroes 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💰 Rags To Riches 🫂 Found Family

Storm Breaker

by Nisha J. Tuli • 2026

In storm-battered Manhattan, an heiress hides a death-sentence secret: she can survive the storms.

4.00

4k+

🏫 Magical Academy 🫥 Hidden Powers 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Found Family 💕 Dystopian Romance

Storm Breaker

In storm-battered Manhattan, an heiress hides a death-sentence secret: she can survive the storms.

by Nisha J. Tuli 2026 416 pages

4.00

4k+ ratings

🏫 Magical Academy 🫥 Hidden Powers 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Found Family 💕 Dystopian Romance

A Kingdom of Nomads

by S.B. Nova • 2023

A human girl must become fae to free those she loves from a tyrant's magical chains.

4.35

1k+

🫂 Found Family 💕 Fated Mates ⚔️ Reluctant Chosen One 🐉 Dragon Shifters 👑 Fae Politics

A Kingdom of Nomads

A human girl must become fae to free those she loves from a tyrant's magical chains.

by S.B. Nova 2023 767 pages

4.35

1k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 💕 Fated Mates ⚔️ Reluctant Chosen One 🐉 Dragon Shifters 👑 Fae Politics

Heart of Gold

by Michael Pryor • 2007

A magician with a fractured soul hunts a stolen relic as a city's people become soulless beasts.

4.13

500+

🎩 Steampunk Fantasy ✨ Soul Magic 🕵️ Political Intrigue 🔮 Forbidden Magic 🌍 Alternate Europe

Heart of Gold

A magician with a fractured soul hunts a stolen relic as a city's people become soulless beasts.

by Michael Pryor 2007 488 pages

4.13

500+ ratings

🎩 Steampunk Fantasy ✨ Soul Magic 🕵️ Political Intrigue 🔮 Forbidden Magic 🌍 Alternate Europe

The Last Field Party

by Abbi Glines • 2022

A final field party reunites Lawton's crew with old flames and the choice to build a future at home.

3.94

2k+

🏈 Sports Romance 💞 Second Chance Love 🏘️ Small Town Charm 🫂 Found Family 🎓 High School Sweethearts

The Last Field Party

A final field party reunites Lawton's crew with old flames and the choice to build a future at home.

by Abbi Glines 2022 300 pages

3.94

2k+ ratings

🏈 Sports Romance 💞 Second Chance Love 🏘️ Small Town Charm 🫂 Found Family 🎓 High School Sweethearts

The Bronze Bow

by Elizabeth George Speare • 1961

Orphaned by Rome, a Galilean rebel swears vengeance. A carpenter tells him to forgive instead.

4.02

28k+

📖 Biblical Historical Fiction 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Humanizing The Enemy ⚔️ Avenger Arc 🕊️ Quietly Spiritual

The Bronze Bow

Orphaned by Rome, a Galilean rebel swears vengeance. A carpenter tells him to forgive instead.

by Elizabeth George Speare 1961 256 pages

4.02

28k+ ratings

📖 Biblical Historical Fiction 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Humanizing The Enemy ⚔️ Avenger Arc 🕊️ Quietly Spiritual

The Gender End

by Bella Forrest • 2017

Captive in a wasteland, a rebel must unite two enemy nations to destroy a tyrant's genetic monsters.

4.16

9k+

♀️ Gender Segregated Society 🧬 Genetic Experimentation 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Battle Couple 👑 Reluctant Leader

The Gender End

Captive in a wasteland, a rebel must unite two enemy nations to destroy a tyrant's genetic monsters.

by Bella Forrest 2017 468 pages

4.16

9k+ ratings

♀️ Gender Segregated Society 🧬 Genetic Experimentation 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Battle Couple 👑 Reluctant Leader

The Gender Fall

by Bella Forrest • 2017

Violet filmed the regime's atrocities. Now they want her dead, and her brother has vanished.

4.05

11k+

🏛️ Matriarchal Dystopia ✊ Dystopian Resistance 🫂 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Leader ⚔️ Child Soldiers

The Gender Fall

Violet filmed the regime's atrocities. Now they want her dead, and her brother has vanished.

by Bella Forrest 2017 404 pages

4.05

11k+ ratings

🏛️ Matriarchal Dystopia ✊ Dystopian Resistance 🫂 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Leader ⚔️ Child Soldiers

The Bride Wore Constant White

by Shelley Adina • 2018

Two sisters hunt a killer in the steampunk West when their mail-order bride friend is murdered.

4.09

351

🤠 Steampunk Western 👰 Mail-Order Bride 👥 Found Family 👻 Ghostly Clues ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

The Bride Wore Constant White

Two sisters hunt a killer in the steampunk West when their mail-order bride friend is murdered.

by Shelley Adina 2018 270 pages

4.09

351 ratings

🤠 Steampunk Western 👰 Mail-Order Bride 👥 Found Family 👻 Ghostly Clues ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

Shifting Sun

by Belle Harper • 2021

Ada loves her wolf-shifter boyfriend. Then his packmate arrives, and she wants them both.

4.23

500+

🐺 Wolf Pack Dynamics 🏠 Found Family 💫 Fated Mates 🖤 Wounded Hero 🧍 Human Among Shifters

Shifting Sun

Ada loves her wolf-shifter boyfriend. Then his packmate arrives, and she wants them both.

by Belle Harper 2021 234 pages

4.23

500+ ratings

🐺 Wolf Pack Dynamics 🏠 Found Family 💫 Fated Mates 🖤 Wounded Hero 🧍 Human Among Shifters

Siege of Rage and Ruin

by Django Wexler • 2021

A captive sister, a starving city, and one ghost ship against the Empire's legion.

4.03

1k+

🔫 Flintlock Fantasy 🏙️ City Under Siege ⚔️ Gritty Rebellion 👭 Sister Bond 🫂 Found Family

Siege of Rage and Ruin

A captive sister, a starving city, and one ghost ship against the Empire's legion.

by Django Wexler 2021

4.03

1k+ ratings

🔫 Flintlock Fantasy 🏙️ City Under Siege ⚔️ Gritty Rebellion 👭 Sister Bond 🫂 Found Family

Wings of Sorrow

by Iain Rob Wright • 2015

Born to unleash magic's apocalypse, a girl is hunted by a divine killer, guarded by a demon.

3.99

414

🖤 Demon Redemption ⚡ Reluctant Chosen One 🩸 Blood Magic 📜 Ancient Prophecy 🔪 Supernatural Assassin

Wings of Sorrow

Born to unleash magic's apocalypse, a girl is hunted by a divine killer, guarded by a demon.

by Iain Rob Wright 2015 174 pages

3.99

414 ratings

🖤 Demon Redemption ⚡ Reluctant Chosen One 🩸 Blood Magic 📜 Ancient Prophecy 🔪 Supernatural Assassin

Wish Upon a K-Star

by Kat Cho • 2025

A shunned idol and her childhood rival fake a televised romance to rescue their reputations.

3.73

1k+

🤝 Fake Dating 🎤 K-Pop Romance 💘 Rivals To Lovers 👧 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💔 Angsty Romance

Wish Upon a K-Star

A shunned idol and her childhood rival fake a televised romance to rescue their reputations.

by Kat Cho 2025 336 pages

3.73

1k+ ratings

🤝 Fake Dating 🎤 K-Pop Romance 💘 Rivals To Lovers 👧 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💔 Angsty Romance

Game Changer

by Abbi Glines • 2022

A quarterback hiding abuse meets a girl fleeing family on a bridge where hope runs out.

3.64

3k+

🖤 Angsty Romance 👥 Dual Pov 💕 First Love 🚫 Strict Parents 🆘 Domestic Abuse

Game Changer

A quarterback hiding abuse meets a girl fleeing family on a bridge where hope runs out.

by Abbi Glines 2022 304 pages

3.64

3k+ ratings

🖤 Angsty Romance 👥 Dual Pov 💕 First Love 🚫 Strict Parents 🆘 Domestic Abuse

The Secret Commonwealth

by Philip Pullman • 2019

Her dæmon gone, Lyra follows a murdered botanist's journal toward a desert city of lost souls.

4.03

63k+

🏛️ Dark Academia Fantasy 🌍 Parallel Worlds 🤝 Found Family 🍂 Loss Of Wonder 🌫️ Melancholic Quest

The Secret Commonwealth

Her dæmon gone, Lyra follows a murdered botanist's journal toward a desert city of lost souls.

by Philip Pullman 2019 784 pages

4.03

63k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia Fantasy 🌍 Parallel Worlds 🤝 Found Family 🍂 Loss Of Wonder 🌫️ Melancholic Quest

She Who Rides the Storm

by Caitlin Sangster • 2021

A healer and a fugitive plunder a shapeshifter king's tomb to catch a soul-stealing killer.

3.74

500+

🏛️ Tomb Raiding Fantasy 🤝 Found Family ⚔️ Cursed Sword 💀 Soul Magic 🌿 Healer Protagonist

She Who Rides the Storm

A healer and a fugitive plunder a shapeshifter king's tomb to catch a soul-stealing killer.

by Caitlin Sangster 2021 605 pages

3.74

500+ ratings

🏛️ Tomb Raiding Fantasy 🤝 Found Family ⚔️ Cursed Sword 💀 Soul Magic 🌿 Healer Protagonist

The Creeping Shadow

by Jonathan Stroud • 2016

A psychic loner rejoins her old team to stop a terrifying shadow that stirs the dead.

4.52

32k+

👻 Ghost Hunting 🔮 Psychic Powers 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Rivals To Allies ❤️‍🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

The Creeping Shadow

A psychic loner rejoins her old team to stop a terrifying shadow that stirs the dead.

by Jonathan Stroud 2016 445 pages

4.52

32k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Hunting 🔮 Psychic Powers 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Rivals To Allies ❤️‍🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

The Width of the World

by David Baldacci • 2017

In a city built on stolen magic and erased minds, Vega Jane's arrival has not gone unnoticed.

4.08

6k+

🏙️ Dystopian Fantasy 🔗 Magical Oppression 😶 False Utopia 🧠 Mind Control 🫂 Found Family

The Width of the World

In a city built on stolen magic and erased minds, Vega Jane's arrival has not gone unnoticed.

by David Baldacci 2017 448 pages

4.08

6k+ ratings

🏙️ Dystopian Fantasy 🔗 Magical Oppression 😶 False Utopia 🧠 Mind Control 🫂 Found Family

The Girl Who Dared to Rise

by Bella Forrest • 2017

Accused of murder, hunted by a machine, trapped in a deadly tournament.

4.34

4k+

🏙️ Tower Dystopia 🤖 Sentient Ai ⚔️ Deadly Tournament 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Survivor's Guilt

The Girl Who Dared to Rise

Accused of murder, hunted by a machine, trapped in a deadly tournament.

by Bella Forrest 2017 402 pages

4.34

4k+ ratings

🏙️ Tower Dystopia 🤖 Sentient Ai ⚔️ Deadly Tournament 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Survivor's Guilt

Until Friday Night

by Abbi Glines • 2015

A mute, traumatized girl and a quarterback losing his father collide: she speaks only to him.

3.86

69k+

🏈 High School Football 🤐 Selective Mutism 🩹 Trauma Bonding 💔 Shared Grief 🖤 Wounded Hero

Until Friday Night

A mute, traumatized girl and a quarterback losing his father collide: she speaks only to him.

by Abbi Glines 2015 336 pages

3.86

69k+ ratings

🏈 High School Football 🤐 Selective Mutism 🩹 Trauma Bonding 💔 Shared Grief 🖤 Wounded Hero

The Matchmaker Wore Mars Yellow

by Shelley Adina • 2019

Two sisters hunt their missing father in a lawless mining town until their landlady is murdered.

4.29

199

⚙️ Steampunk Western 🔍 Amateur Detective 🏠 Found Family 👯 Sisterly Bond 🤲 Secret Sisterhood

The Matchmaker Wore Mars Yellow

Two sisters hunt their missing father in a lawless mining town until their landlady is murdered.

by Shelley Adina 2019 300 pages

4.29

199 ratings

⚙️ Steampunk Western 🔍 Amateur Detective 🏠 Found Family 👯 Sisterly Bond 🤲 Secret Sisterhood

The King of Burning Skies

by S.M. Gaither • 2019

A prince and his exiled lover ally against his monstrous father, but her magic demands a dark price.

3.95

500+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🐉 Dragon Companion 🔄 Redemption Arc 💀 Magic With A Dark Cost 🌪️ Morally Gray

The King of Burning Skies

A prince and his exiled lover ally against his monstrous father, but her magic demands a dark price.

by S.M. Gaither 2019 476 pages

3.95

500+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🐉 Dragon Companion 🔄 Redemption Arc 💀 Magic With A Dark Cost 🌪️ Morally Gray

The Gender Lie

by Bella Forrest • 2016

She enters a nation outlawing women to save him, trusting rebels whose real goal is war.

4.01

17k+

🏛️ Gendered Dystopia 🔓 Heist Team 👥 Dual Pov 🫂 Found Family 🧬 Genetic Experimentation

The Gender Lie

She enters a nation outlawing women to save him, trusting rebels whose real goal is war.

by Bella Forrest 2016 410 pages

4.01

17k+ ratings

🏛️ Gendered Dystopia 🔓 Heist Team 👥 Dual Pov 🫂 Found Family 🧬 Genetic Experimentation

The Glass Girl

by Kathleen Glasgow • 2024

She holds her family together and drinks herself apart, until a blackout forces her into rehab.

4.29

23k+

🍺 Teen Alcoholism 🫂 Group Therapy 🏥 Rehab 👧 Parentified Teen 📖 Nonlinear Narrative

The Glass Girl

She holds her family together and drinks herself apart, until a blackout forces her into rehab.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2024 464 pages

4.29

23k+ ratings

🍺 Teen Alcoholism 🫂 Group Therapy 🏥 Rehab 👧 Parentified Teen 📖 Nonlinear Narrative

Ashes of Life

by Erica Lucke Dean • 2015

After her parents' sudden death, a grieving teen is trapped living with the stepmother she resents.

4.07

1k+

🪦 Parental Loss 🏠 Found Family 💔 Destructive Coping 🌱 Emotional Recovery 🔄 Alternating Pov

Ashes of Life

After her parents' sudden death, a grieving teen is trapped living with the stepmother she resents.

by Erica Lucke Dean 2015 270 pages

4.07

1k+ ratings

🪦 Parental Loss 🏠 Found Family 💔 Destructive Coping 🌱 Emotional Recovery 🔄 Alternating Pov

The Girl Who Dared to Stand

by Bella Forrest • 2017

In an AI-run tower, a fugitive uncovers the machine's kinder prototype and a founding murder.

4.27

6k+

🏢 Dystopian Tower 🤝 Found Family ⚔️ Ragtag Rebels 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏅 Reluctant Leader

The Girl Who Dared to Stand

In an AI-run tower, a fugitive uncovers the machine's kinder prototype and a founding murder.

by Bella Forrest 2017 404 pages

4.27

6k+ ratings

🏢 Dystopian Tower 🤝 Found Family ⚔️ Ragtag Rebels 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏅 Reluctant Leader

Spin

by Lamar Giles • 2019

Estranged friends hunt a teen DJ's killer while her fanbase turns from mourners into a mob.

3.65

1k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth Duo 📱 Toxic Fandom 🎵 Music Industry 💔 Estranged Friends 🗣️ Dual Perspective

Spin

Estranged friends hunt a teen DJ's killer while her fanbase turns from mourners into a mob.

by Lamar Giles 2019 400 pages

3.65

1k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth Duo 📱 Toxic Fandom 🎵 Music Industry 💔 Estranged Friends 🗣️ Dual Perspective

Lady of Shadows

by Amber Argyle • 2020

Fleeing a killer into a cursed forest, a shamed girl finds refuge with an exiled enchanter.

4.12

157

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌙 New Adult Fantasy 💔 Wounded Hero 👹 Monster As Metaphor 🌳 Enchanted Forest

Lady of Shadows

Fleeing a killer into a cursed forest, a shamed girl finds refuge with an exiled enchanter.

by Amber Argyle 2020

4.12

157 ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌙 New Adult Fantasy 💔 Wounded Hero 👹 Monster As Metaphor 🌳 Enchanted Forest

Quinn

by Hattie Jude • 2021

Her neighbor seduced her, then shattered her family. Now he's begging for a second chance.

4.05

500+

🖤 Dark High School Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🙏 Groveling Hero 🗡️ Revenge Plot

Quinn

Her neighbor seduced her, then shattered her family. Now he's begging for a second chance.

by Hattie Jude 2021 240 pages

4.05

500+ ratings

🖤 Dark High School Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🙏 Groveling Hero 🗡️ Revenge Plot

The Girl with the Whispering Shadow

by D.E. Night • 2019

A hidden magical town should have been safe, but a stolen shadow walks its lantern-lit streets.

4.21

500+

🏘️ Hidden Magical Town 🖤 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Chosen One 🌑 Shadow Curses 🔍 Magical Whodunit

The Girl with the Whispering Shadow

A hidden magical town should have been safe, but a stolen shadow walks its lantern-lit streets.

by D.E. Night 2019 384 pages

4.21

500+ ratings

🏘️ Hidden Magical Town 🖤 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Chosen One 🌑 Shadow Curses 🔍 Magical Whodunit

Ship of Smoke and Steel

by Django Wexler • 2019

Blackmailed onto a ghost ship, a combat mage must steal its power or her sister pays.

3.87

3k+

🖤 Dark Fantasy 🔒 Magical Prison ⚔️ Survival Arena 🌙 Forbidden Magic 💕 Sapphic Romance

Ship of Smoke and Steel

Blackmailed onto a ghost ship, a combat mage must steal its power or her sister pays.

by Django Wexler 2019 352 pages

3.87

3k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fantasy 🔒 Magical Prison ⚔️ Survival Arena 🌙 Forbidden Magic 💕 Sapphic Romance

Le boulevard

by Jean-François Sénéchal • 2016

His mother vanishes on his eighteenth birthday. Developmentally different, Chris must build a life.

3.66

500+

🧠 Neurodivergent Narrator 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 🍁 QuéBéCois Setting 🌱 Quiet Resilience 🏘️ Working-Class Life

Le boulevard

His mother vanishes on his eighteenth birthday. Developmentally different, Chris must build a life.

by Jean-François Sénéchal 2016 304 pages

3.66

500+ ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Narrator 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 🍁 QuéBéCois Setting 🌱 Quiet Resilience 🏘️ Working-Class Life

The View from Saturday

by E.L. Konigsburg • 1996

A paraplegic teacher picks four misfits for an Academic Bowl team that wins more than trophies.

3.76

46k+

🏠 Found Family 🏆 Academic Competition 🧩 Interwoven Narratives 🫖 Cozy Gatherings 🏡 Small Town Life

The View from Saturday

A paraplegic teacher picks four misfits for an Academic Bowl team that wins more than trophies.

by E.L. Konigsburg 1996 176 pages

3.76

46k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🏆 Academic Competition 🧩 Interwoven Narratives 🫖 Cozy Gatherings 🏡 Small Town Life

Before

by Anna Todd • 2015

A damaged young man bets he can claim the innocent new girl. She claims him instead.

3.67

82k+

🖤 Bad Boy Redemption 🎓 College Romance ⚡ Good Girl Bad Boy 💔 Angsty Romance 💥 Enemies To Lovers

Before

A damaged young man bets he can claim the innocent new girl. She claims him instead.

by Anna Todd 2015 338 pages

3.67

82k+ ratings

🖤 Bad Boy Redemption 🎓 College Romance ⚡ Good Girl Bad Boy 💔 Angsty Romance 💥 Enemies To Lovers

Witches

by Tiffany Calligaris • 2015

Falling for a Salem witch awakens her dormant power and puts a target on her back.

3.64

1k+

🎓 Witch College 🧙‍♀️ Salem Witches 💔 Love Triangle 🌙 Hidden Magical Heritage 🐈‍⬛ Witch Familiar

Witches

Falling for a Salem witch awakens her dormant power and puts a target on her back.

by Tiffany Calligaris 2015 384 pages

3.64

1k+ ratings

🎓 Witch College 🧙‍♀️ Salem Witches 💔 Love Triangle 🌙 Hidden Magical Heritage 🐈‍⬛ Witch Familiar

Making a Play

by Abbi Glines • 2019

A deaf girl falls for the Black star receiver. Her racist father will do anything to end it.

3.77

7k+

👂 Deaf Heroine ❤️ Interracial Romance 🏈 Small-Town Football 💔 Forbidden Love 🤫 Secret Relationship

Making a Play

A deaf girl falls for the Black star receiver. Her racist father will do anything to end it.

by Abbi Glines 2019 320 pages

3.77

7k+ ratings

👂 Deaf Heroine ❤️ Interracial Romance 🏈 Small-Town Football 💔 Forbidden Love 🤫 Secret Relationship

The Stars Below

by David Baldacci • 2019

A war-hardened sorceress searches for her mother while leading a rebellion against immortal tyrants.

4.17

4k+

🔮 Magical Resistance 👻 Ancestral Spirits 💖 Love Beyond Death ✌️ Hard-Won Peace 🫂 Found Family

The Stars Below

A war-hardened sorceress searches for her mother while leading a rebellion against immortal tyrants.

by David Baldacci 2019 451 pages

4.17

4k+ ratings

🔮 Magical Resistance 👻 Ancestral Spirits 💖 Love Beyond Death ✌️ Hard-Won Peace 🫂 Found Family

Kingdom of Fallen Ash

by Katerina St. Clair • 2024

An elite daughter's hidden mark binds her mind to a scarred outcast their city wants dead.

4.02

3k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ⚡ Hidden Powers 🔮 Psychic Connection 💔 Dystopian Romance 🗡️ Rebel Heroine

Kingdom of Fallen Ash

An elite daughter's hidden mark binds her mind to a scarred outcast their city wants dead.

by Katerina St. Clair 2024 610 pages

4.02

3k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ⚡ Hidden Powers 🔮 Psychic Connection 💔 Dystopian Romance 🗡️ Rebel Heroine

Double Date

by R.L. Stine • 1994

A dare pushes a cocky teen to secretly date twin sisters. Now someone is hunting him.

3.58

3k+

👯 Twins And Doubles 🎭 Faked Identity 🃏 Player Gets Played 🌀 Gaslighting 📼 90s Teen Horror

Double Date

A dare pushes a cocky teen to secretly date twin sisters. Now someone is hunting him.

by R.L. Stine 1994 166 pages

3.58

3k+ ratings

👯 Twins And Doubles 🎭 Faked Identity 🃏 Player Gets Played 🌀 Gaslighting 📼 90s Teen Horror

The Girl Who Dared to Endure

by Bella Forrest • 2018

To expose the cabal that corrupted her AI Tower, Liana must risk the brother she loves.

4.35

4k+

🧠 Ai Consciousness 🏙️ Enclosed Society 🫂 Found Family 🕵️ Secret Society 💔 Sibling Betrayal

The Girl Who Dared to Endure

To expose the cabal that corrupted her AI Tower, Liana must risk the brother she loves.

by Bella Forrest 2018 408 pages

4.35

4k+ ratings

🧠 Ai Consciousness 🏙️ Enclosed Society 🫂 Found Family 🕵️ Secret Society 💔 Sibling Betrayal

Perfect on Paper

by Sophie Gonzales • 2021

Her secret advice locker discovered, a teen is blackmailed into coaching a classmate back to his ex.

3.95

35k+

🖤 Blackmail To Lovers 💘 Best Friend Crush ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏳️‍🌈 Bi Protagonist 🫂 Queer Found Family

Perfect on Paper

Her secret advice locker discovered, a teen is blackmailed into coaching a classmate back to his ex.

by Sophie Gonzales 2021 352 pages

3.95

35k+ ratings

🖤 Blackmail To Lovers 💘 Best Friend Crush ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏳️‍🌈 Bi Protagonist 🫂 Queer Found Family

The Smoke Thieves

by Sally Green • 2018

Demon smoke turns children into soldiers. A tyrant builds an army. Five fugitives stand against him.

3.79

9k+

🔮 Hidden Identity 💔 Forbidden Romance 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Political Intrigue 👑 Arranged Marriage

The Smoke Thieves

Demon smoke turns children into soldiers. A tyrant builds an army. Five fugitives stand against him.

by Sally Green 2018 538 pages

3.79

9k+ ratings

🔮 Hidden Identity 💔 Forbidden Romance 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Political Intrigue 👑 Arranged Marriage

Heroes by Cormier, Robert ( AUTHOR ) Mar-30-2007 Hardback

by Robert Cormier • 1998

A scarred veteran comes home hiding his face, carrying a gun, and hunting his former hero.

3.39

4k+

🏘️ Postwar Small Town 👁️ Witness Guilt 💔 Fallen Mentor 🩹 Scarred Protagonist 🪖 Survivor's Guilt

Heroes by Cormier, Robert ( AUTHOR ) Mar-30-2007 Hardback

A scarred veteran comes home hiding his face, carrying a gun, and hunting his former hero.

by Robert Cormier 1998

3.39

4k+ ratings

🏘️ Postwar Small Town 👁️ Witness Guilt 💔 Fallen Mentor 🩹 Scarred Protagonist 🪖 Survivor's Guilt

Frozen Tides

by Morgan Rhodes • 2015

Enemies race to claim four elemental crystals before a ruthless empress takes the world.

4.29

23k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Political Intrigue 🔥 Elemental Magic 👁️ Multiple Pov ⚔️ Morally Gray Hero

Frozen Tides

Enemies race to claim four elemental crystals before a ruthless empress takes the world.

by Morgan Rhodes 2015 413 pages

4.29

23k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Political Intrigue 🔥 Elemental Magic 👁️ Multiple Pov ⚔️ Morally Gray Hero

Room to Dream

by Kelly Yang • 2021

A corporation wants her family's motel. Seventh-grader Mia Tang has a column and something to prove.

4.37

5k+

🧳 Immigrant Experience 🌏 Cultural Identity 💔 Shifting Friendships 📰 Girl Reporter ✊ Community Resistance

Room to Dream

A corporation wants her family's motel. Seventh-grader Mia Tang has a column and something to prove.

by Kelly Yang 2021 320 pages

4.37

5k+ ratings

🧳 Immigrant Experience 🌏 Cultural Identity 💔 Shifting Friendships 📰 Girl Reporter ✊ Community Resistance

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