Best Young Adult Books | Summaries & Audio

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Witches Steeped in Gold

by Ciannon Smart • 2021

To end a reign of ritual sacrifice, two enemy witches forge a pact neither trusts.

3.19

6k+

🧙 Rival Witches 🌺 Caribbean Fantasy 🗡️ Political Scheming 💀 Revenge Quest 🤝 Enemies To Allies

Witches Steeped in Gold

To end a reign of ritual sacrifice, two enemy witches forge a pact neither trusts.

by Ciannon Smart 2021 544 pages

3.19

6k+ ratings

🧙 Rival Witches 🌺 Caribbean Fantasy 🗡️ Political Scheming 💀 Revenge Quest 🤝 Enemies To Allies

The Escape Game

by Marissa Meyer • 2026

A teen returns to the reality show where her sister died, only to find the killer already inside.

3.79

9k+

📺 Reality Tv Mystery 🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🧑‍⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Male Lead

The Escape Game

A teen returns to the reality show where her sister died, only to find the killer already inside.

by Marissa Meyer 2026 403 pages

3.79

9k+ ratings

📺 Reality Tv Mystery 🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🧑‍⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Male Lead

La Mémoire de Babel

by Christelle Dabos • 2017

On a floating city where the past is forbidden, a memory-reader hunts for her vanished love.

4.19

71k+

📚 Steampunk Fantasy 🏛️ Magical Academia 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Hidden Identities 🫂 Found Family

La Mémoire de Babel

On a floating city where the past is forbidden, a memory-reader hunts for her vanished love.

by Christelle Dabos 2017 496 pages

4.19

71k+ ratings

📚 Steampunk Fantasy 🏛️ Magical Academia 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Hidden Identities 🫂 Found Family

How Not to Disappear

by Clare Furniss • 2015

A pregnant teen drives her great-aunt across England to outrun dementia and unearth family secrets.

4.08

1k+

🏠 Generational Drama 🤰 Teen Pregnancy 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🚗 Road Trip Journey

How Not to Disappear

A pregnant teen drives her great-aunt across England to outrun dementia and unearth family secrets.

by Clare Furniss 2015 416 pages

4.08

1k+ ratings

🏠 Generational Drama 🤰 Teen Pregnancy 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🚗 Road Trip Journey

The Notorious Virtues

by Alwyn Hamilton • 2025

When her mother is murdered, a dazzling heiress enters a magical contest to claim the throne.

4.07

2k+

🏆 Succession Trials 🧠 Mind-Reading Curse ⚔️ Family Rivalry 👤 Illegitimate Heir 🖤 Dark Family Secrets

The Notorious Virtues

When her mother is murdered, a dazzling heiress enters a magical contest to claim the throne.

by Alwyn Hamilton 2025 512 pages

4.07

2k+ ratings

🏆 Succession Trials 🧠 Mind-Reading Curse ⚔️ Family Rivalry 👤 Illegitimate Heir 🖤 Dark Family Secrets

A Thousand Years to Wait

by L. Ryan Storms • 2019

A young healer is named the prophesied sorceress. Her power awakens only through love, not destiny.

4.10

189

😬 Reluctant Chosen One ❤️ Love Triangle 👑 Hidden Royalty 🌿 Healer Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

A Thousand Years to Wait

A young healer is named the prophesied sorceress. Her power awakens only through love, not destiny.

by L. Ryan Storms 2019 386 pages

4.10

189 ratings

😬 Reluctant Chosen One ❤️ Love Triangle 👑 Hidden Royalty 🌿 Healer Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Lore of the Wilds

by Analeigh Sbrana • 2024

A forbidden fae library, a sentient grimoire, and a human the winged lord used as bait.

3.39

13k+

🧝 Fae Romance 📚 Magical Library 🌑 Dark Fae ⛓️ Magical Oppression ✨ Chosen By Magic

Lore of the Wilds

A forbidden fae library, a sentient grimoire, and a human the winged lord used as bait.

by Analeigh Sbrana 2024 339 pages

3.39

13k+ ratings

🧝 Fae Romance 📚 Magical Library 🌑 Dark Fae ⛓️ Magical Oppression ✨ Chosen By Magic

Lunaria

by Kara Douglas • 2023

A merchant's daughter survives a brutal camp, unaware she was stolen from a fae kingdom.

3.99

2k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🧚 Fae Romance 👑 Court Intrigue 👸 Hidden Princess 💍 Fake Engagement

Lunaria

A merchant's daughter survives a brutal camp, unaware she was stolen from a fae kingdom.

by Kara Douglas 2023

3.99

2k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🧚 Fae Romance 👑 Court Intrigue 👸 Hidden Princess 💍 Fake Engagement

Filthy Rich Boys

by C.M. Stunich • 2019

Three cruel academy kings wager who can seduce the scholarship girl and break her heart first.

4.04

20k+

🖤 Bully Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Academy Romance 😈 Cruel Hero 🔑 Secret Society

Filthy Rich Boys

Three cruel academy kings wager who can seduce the scholarship girl and break her heart first.

by C.M. Stunich 2019 382 pages

4.04

20k+ ratings

🖤 Bully Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Academy Romance 😈 Cruel Hero 🔑 Secret Society

Touch

by Natalia Jaster • 2014

The goddess of desire cannot touch. A mortal sees her, and the gods demand his death.

3.95

1k+

🔱 God X Mortal Lover 🖐️ Forbidden Touch ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🕊️ Becoming Mortal 💛 Found Family

Touch

The goddess of desire cannot touch. A mortal sees her, and the gods demand his death.

by Natalia Jaster 2014 372 pages

3.95

1k+ ratings

🔱 God X Mortal Lover 🖐️ Forbidden Touch ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🕊️ Becoming Mortal 💛 Found Family

Les filles au chocolat - Tome 9 Coeur cacao

by Cathy Cassidy • 2024

When fire destroys her home, a young gymnast learns that starting over begins with letting go.

3.84

113

🫂 Found Family 💕 First Crush 🤸 Gymnastics 🧘 Perfectionism 🏘️ Small Town Community

Les filles au chocolat - Tome 9 Coeur cacao

When fire destroys her home, a young gymnast learns that starting over begins with letting go.

by Cathy Cassidy 2024 272 pages

3.84

113 ratings

🫂 Found Family 💕 First Crush 🤸 Gymnastics 🧘 Perfectionism 🏘️ Small Town Community

La Tempête des échos

by Christelle Dabos • 2019

Voids devour the arks. Exiled, a mirror-walker enters the wrong world to undo what she released.

3.74

55k+

🪞 Mirror Portal 🏛️ Kafkaesque 🫂 Found Family 💕 Awkward Romance 🌪️ Dying World

La Tempête des échos

Voids devour the arks. Exiled, a mirror-walker enters the wrong world to undo what she released.

by Christelle Dabos 2019 572 pages

3.74

55k+ ratings

🪞 Mirror Portal 🏛️ Kafkaesque 🫂 Found Family 💕 Awkward Romance 🌪️ Dying World

The False Prince

by Jennifer A. Nielsen • 2012

A defiant orphan must impersonate a missing prince in a contest where the loser dies.

4.24

100k+

🫅 Secret Royalty ⚔️ Deadly Competition 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏰 Court Intrigue 👑 Reluctant Ruler

The False Prince

A defiant orphan must impersonate a missing prince in a contest where the loser dies.

by Jennifer A. Nielsen 2012 342 pages

4.24

100k+ ratings

🫅 Secret Royalty ⚔️ Deadly Competition 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏰 Court Intrigue 👑 Reluctant Ruler

Summer Sisters

by Judy Blume • 1998

A quiet girl, a dazzling wild child: Vineyard summers that bind them through betrayal and decades.

3.85

100k+

🕰️ Lifelong Friendship 💎 Rich Girl Poor Girl 🌅 Bittersweet Nostalgia ⚡ Friendship Rivalry 🌊 Summer Coming Of Age

Summer Sisters

A quiet girl, a dazzling wild child: Vineyard summers that bind them through betrayal and decades.

by Judy Blume 1998 399 pages

3.85

100k+ ratings

🕰️ Lifelong Friendship 💎 Rich Girl Poor Girl 🌅 Bittersweet Nostalgia ⚡ Friendship Rivalry 🌊 Summer Coming Of Age

The Assassin and the Underworld

by Sarah J. Maas • 2012

An assassin returns to settle old debts, but her mentor's final job will cost more than gold.

4.31

64k+

🔪 Rivals To Lovers 🐍 Toxic Mentor ⚖️ Morally Gray 🏛️ Political Intrigue 🗡️ Assassin Underworld

The Assassin and the Underworld

An assassin returns to settle old debts, but her mentor's final job will cost more than gold.

by Sarah J. Maas 2012 102 pages

4.31

64k+ ratings

🔪 Rivals To Lovers 🐍 Toxic Mentor ⚖️ Morally Gray 🏛️ Political Intrigue 🗡️ Assassin Underworld

The Assassin and the Empire

by Sarah J. Maas • 2012

Two young assassins in love risk one last job to buy freedom from their manipulative mentor.

4.38

65k+

🗡️ Assassin Romance 💔 Doomed Lovers 🎭 Manipulative Mentor ⚔️ Revenge Gone Wrong 🏴 Criminal Underworld

The Assassin and the Empire

Two young assassins in love risk one last job to buy freedom from their manipulative mentor.

by Sarah J. Maas 2012 94 pages

4.38

65k+ ratings

🗡️ Assassin Romance 💔 Doomed Lovers 🎭 Manipulative Mentor ⚔️ Revenge Gone Wrong 🏴 Criminal Underworld

Submerge

by Maya Nicole • 2022

Her best friends are mermen who kidnap her. Now she's falling for all three.

4.06

1k+

💔 Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Captive Romance 🌊 Ocean Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Dark Romance

Submerge

Her best friends are mermen who kidnap her. Now she's falling for all three.

by Maya Nicole 2022

4.06

1k+ ratings

💔 Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Captive Romance 🌊 Ocean Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Dark Romance

Where Wolves Don't Die

by Anton Treuer • 2024

Accused of a fire he dreamed first, a Native teen escapes to his grandfather's trapline.

4.17

4k+

🕵️ Indigenous Mystery 🧓 Elder Mentorship 💕 Friends To Lovers 🦅 Rites Of Passage 🌙 Spiritual Realism

Where Wolves Don't Die

Accused of a fire he dreamed first, a Native teen escapes to his grandfather's trapline.

by Anton Treuer 2024 320 pages

4.17

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Indigenous Mystery 🧓 Elder Mentorship 💕 Friends To Lovers 🦅 Rites Of Passage 🌙 Spiritual Realism

Shipwreck Island

by Struan Murray • 2021

A girl carrying a destructive god washes onto an island whose queen's power is failing.

4.38

500+

🖤 Dark Middle Grade 🌊 Drowned World ⚡ Mythic Fantasy ⛵ Nautical Fantasy ⚠️ Cursed Power

Shipwreck Island

A girl carrying a destructive god washes onto an island whose queen's power is failing.

by Struan Murray 2021 416 pages

4.38

500+ ratings

🖤 Dark Middle Grade 🌊 Drowned World ⚡ Mythic Fantasy ⛵ Nautical Fantasy ⚠️ Cursed Power

Les Disparus du Clairdelune

by Christelle Dabos • 2015

At a polar court of illusions, a timid mirror-walker hunts for missing nobles before she disappears.

4.43

85k+

🏰 Court Intrigue 💍 Arranged Marriage 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🌑 Dark Fairytale

Les Disparus du Clairdelune

At a polar court of illusions, a timid mirror-walker hunts for missing nobles before she disappears.

by Christelle Dabos 2015 560 pages

4.43

85k+ ratings

🏰 Court Intrigue 💍 Arranged Marriage 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🌑 Dark Fairytale

Scarlett and the Fake Boyfriend

by Ivy Smoak • 2025

Scarlett fake-dates her best friend to get her crush's attention, but the charade stirs real desire.

4.35

1k+

🎭 Fake Dating 👫 Friends To Lovers 🔺 Love Triangle 🏫 High School 🕵️ Amateur Sleuthing

Scarlett and the Fake Boyfriend

Scarlett fake-dates her best friend to get her crush's attention, but the charade stirs real desire.

by Ivy Smoak 2025 458 pages

4.35

1k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 👫 Friends To Lovers 🔺 Love Triangle 🏫 High School 🕵️ Amateur Sleuthing

Sing Me Forgotten

by Jessica S. Olson • 2021

A masked memory-witch hides in an opera house, until a janitor's voice lures her toward ruin.

3.76

4k+

🎭 Phantom Retelling 🧠 Memory Magic 🔮 Forbidden Magic 👤 Hidden Identity 💔 Tragic Lovers

Sing Me Forgotten

A masked memory-witch hides in an opera house, until a janitor's voice lures her toward ruin.

by Jessica S. Olson 2021 336 pages

3.76

4k+ ratings

🎭 Phantom Retelling 🧠 Memory Magic 🔮 Forbidden Magic 👤 Hidden Identity 💔 Tragic Lovers

Cartas de inverno

by Agustín Fernández Paz • 1995

A painter finds a hidden room in his new house, and something ancient begins to feed.

3.68

1k+

✉️ Epistolary Horror 🐙 Lovecraftian Horror 🏚️ Haunted House 📖 Cursed Object 🎨 Artist's Obsession

Cartas de inverno

A painter finds a hidden room in his new house, and something ancient begins to feed.

by Agustín Fernández Paz 1995 152 pages

3.68

1k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Horror 🐙 Lovecraftian Horror 🏚️ Haunted House 📖 Cursed Object 🎨 Artist's Obsession

Donde surgen las sombras

by David Lozano Garbala • 2006

Three friends trace a missing gamer to a live-streamed torture ring hidden under Zaragoza.

3.64

2k+

🎮 Online Gaming Horror 🕸️ Dark Web Conspiracy 🔍 Friend Investigators 🕯️ Secret Society 🕳️ Underground Horror

Donde surgen las sombras

Three friends trace a missing gamer to a live-streamed torture ring hidden under Zaragoza.

by David Lozano Garbala 2006 281 pages

3.64

2k+ ratings

🎮 Online Gaming Horror 🕸️ Dark Web Conspiracy 🔍 Friend Investigators 🕯️ Secret Society 🕳️ Underground Horror

Sam

by Allegra Goodman • 2023

For Sam, climbing is escape: up doorframes, trees, gym walls, away from the chaos of home.

3.77

16k+

🧗 Girl Athlete 💔 Absent Father 🛠️ Working Class Family 🫂 Found Family 🍷 Parental Addiction

Sam

For Sam, climbing is escape: up doorframes, trees, gym walls, away from the chaos of home.

by Allegra Goodman 2023 336 pages

3.77

16k+ ratings

🧗 Girl Athlete 💔 Absent Father 🛠️ Working Class Family 🫂 Found Family 🍷 Parental Addiction

L’efecte Frankenstein

by Elia Barceló • 2019

Trapped in 1790, a medical student falls for the man Victor Frankenstein stitched back to life.

3.50

1k+

🧟 Frankenstein Retelling ⏳ Time Travel Romance 🏰 Gothic Romance 🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy 📚 Dark Academia

L’efecte Frankenstein

Trapped in 1790, a medical student falls for the man Victor Frankenstein stitched back to life.

by Elia Barceló 2019 336 pages

3.50

1k+ ratings

🧟 Frankenstein Retelling ⏳ Time Travel Romance 🏰 Gothic Romance 🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy 📚 Dark Academia

Ghost

by Jason Reynolds • 2016

Running from a gun saved him. A track team might teach him what to run toward.

4.18

53k+

🏃 Youth Sports Drama 🫂 Found Family 🧑‍🏫 Mentor Relationship 💔 Trauma And Healing 🏙️ Inner City Life

Ghost

Running from a gun saved him. A track team might teach him what to run toward.

by Jason Reynolds 2016 181 pages

4.18

53k+ ratings

🏃 Youth Sports Drama 🫂 Found Family 🧑‍🏫 Mentor Relationship 💔 Trauma And Healing 🏙️ Inner City Life

Emerge

by Maya Nicole • 2022

Three mermen rescue a drowning girl, then refuse to leave: she's a siren, and theirs.

4.06

1k+

🧬 Hidden Supernatural Heritage 🌊 Merman Love Interests 🎶 Siren Awakening 🏰 Underwater Kingdom 🔱 Poseidon Mythology

Emerge

Three mermen rescue a drowning girl, then refuse to leave: she's a siren, and theirs.

by Maya Nicole 2022 252 pages

4.06

1k+ ratings

🧬 Hidden Supernatural Heritage 🌊 Merman Love Interests 🎶 Siren Awakening 🏰 Underwater Kingdom 🔱 Poseidon Mythology

The Bark of the Bog Owl

by Jonathan Rogers • 2004

They hunted for a warrior king. The prophecy was always about a boy who tended sheep.

4.29

5k+

📖 Biblical Retellings 🔮 Allegorical Fantasy 🐑 Unlikely Heroes ⭐ Prophecy And Destiny 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

The Bark of the Bog Owl

They hunted for a warrior king. The prophecy was always about a boy who tended sheep.

by Jonathan Rogers 2004 240 pages

4.29

5k+ ratings

📖 Biblical Retellings 🔮 Allegorical Fantasy 🐑 Unlikely Heroes ⭐ Prophecy And Destiny 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

Red Arrows

by Laura Burton • 2021

Red hunts the wolf that killed her grandmother but loves the man who hides that beast.

4.05

1k+

🎭 Fairy Tale Mashup 🐺 Shifter Romance 🏹 Found Family ❄️ Eternal Winter 🔥 Vengeful Heroine

Red Arrows

Red hunts the wolf that killed her grandmother but loves the man who hides that beast.

by Laura Burton 2021 308 pages

4.05

1k+ ratings

🎭 Fairy Tale Mashup 🐺 Shifter Romance 🏹 Found Family ❄️ Eternal Winter 🔥 Vengeful Heroine

Touching Spirit Bear

by Ben Mikaelsen • 2001

Banished to an Alaskan island, a teen is mauled by a white bear, sparking inner war.

3.86

37k+

🌲 Wilderness Survival 🐻 Bear Attack 😡 Teenage Anger 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🏔️ Alaska

Touching Spirit Bear

Banished to an Alaskan island, a teen is mauled by a white bear, sparking inner war.

by Ben Mikaelsen 2001 266 pages

3.86

37k+ ratings

🌲 Wilderness Survival 🐻 Bear Attack 😡 Teenage Anger 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🏔️ Alaska

First & Then

by Emma Mills • 2015

Her awkward cousin's football stardom pulls a sarcastic senior into the orbit of a silent star.

3.91

17k+

🏈 Football Romance 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🖤 Stoic Love Interest 💔 Unrequited Crush

First & Then

Her awkward cousin's football stardom pulls a sarcastic senior into the orbit of a silent star.

by Emma Mills 2015 272 pages

3.91

17k+ ratings

🏈 Football Romance 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🖤 Stoic Love Interest 💔 Unrequited Crush

Majesty

by Katharine McGee • 2020

America's first queen is engaged for duty but still loves the bodyguard she can never choose.

3.75

80k+

🏰 Modern Monarchy 💔 Love Triangle ⚖️ Duty Versus Love 👯 Sister Rivalry 🎭 Fake Dating

Majesty

America's first queen is engaged for duty but still loves the bodyguard she can never choose.

by Katharine McGee 2020 374 pages

3.75

80k+ ratings

🏰 Modern Monarchy 💔 Love Triangle ⚖️ Duty Versus Love 👯 Sister Rivalry 🎭 Fake Dating

Capitana

by Cassandra James • 2025

To redeem her traitor parents, a pirate hunter must capture the rebel who carries their secret.

3.33

1k+

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Academy ⚔️ Sister Against Sister 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🔮 Forbidden Magic

Capitana

To redeem her traitor parents, a pirate hunter must capture the rebel who carries their secret.

by Cassandra James 2025 400 pages

3.33

1k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Academy ⚔️ Sister Against Sister 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🔮 Forbidden Magic

The Teen's Guide to Social Skills

by Kate Fitzsimons • 2021

Awkwardness is a habit, not a trait. Practical skills for teens who want confidence and connection.

4.59

🗣️ Teen Social Skills 🧠 Cbt For Teens 💪 Assertiveness Training 👂 Active Listening 😌 Social Confidence

The Teen's Guide to Social Skills

Awkwardness is a habit, not a trait. Practical skills for teens who want confidence and connection.

by Kate Fitzsimons 2021 170 pages

4.59

29 ratings

🗣️ Teen Social Skills 🧠 Cbt For Teens 💪 Assertiveness Training 👂 Active Listening 😌 Social Confidence

Gunslinger Girl

by Lyndsay Ely • 2018

A runaway gunslinger joins a theater where the final act is a public execution.

3.68

3k+

🏜️ Dystopian Western 🔫 Female Gunslinger 👥 Found Family 🎭 Death As Spectacle 👑 Secret Heir

Gunslinger Girl

A runaway gunslinger joins a theater where the final act is a public execution.

by Lyndsay Ely 2018 422 pages

3.68

3k+ ratings

🏜️ Dystopian Western 🔫 Female Gunslinger 👥 Found Family 🎭 Death As Spectacle 👑 Secret Heir

WaR

by Will.i.am • 2018

Centuries-old wizards, time-traveling robots, and a lonely teen coder fight for the key to creation.

3.34

332

🖥️ Magic Vs Technology 🤖 AI Companion 🫂 Found Family 🧙 Reluctant Wizard 👾 Alien Corruption

WaR

Centuries-old wizards, time-traveling robots, and a lonely teen coder fight for the key to creation.

by Will.i.am 2018 316 pages

3.34

332 ratings

🖥️ Magic Vs Technology 🤖 AI Companion 🫂 Found Family 🧙 Reluctant Wizard 👾 Alien Corruption

Cricket

by Willow Hadley • 2020

A witch is fated to three werewolves, but pack law will only let her keep one.

4.08

3k+

💕 Why Choose 🖤 Fated Mates 🏠 Found Family 🐺 Pack Dynamics 🏘️ Small Town Magic

Cricket

A witch is fated to three werewolves, but pack law will only let her keep one.

by Willow Hadley 2020 412 pages

4.08

3k+ ratings

💕 Why Choose 🖤 Fated Mates 🏠 Found Family 🐺 Pack Dynamics 🏘️ Small Town Magic

Float

by Kate Marchant • 2022

An Alaskan girl who can't swim falls for the brooding Florida lifeguard next door.

3.91

13k+

🏖️ Summer Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🖤 Brooding Love Interest

Float

An Alaskan girl who can't swim falls for the brooding Florida lifeguard next door.

by Kate Marchant 2022 376 pages

3.91

13k+ ratings

🏖️ Summer Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🖤 Brooding Love Interest

Campos de fresas (Novela ambientada en el mundo de las drogas).

by Jordi Sierra i Fabra • 1997

A teenager overdoses on a party drug; her friends have hours to find the antidote.

3.24

8k+

💊 Teen Drug Use 🍽️ Eating Disorder 👥 Friends In Crisis ⏳ Race Against Time 🎭 Gritty Realism

Campos de fresas (Novela ambientada en el mundo de las drogas).

A teenager overdoses on a party drug; her friends have hours to find the antidote.

by Jordi Sierra i Fabra 1997

3.24

8k+ ratings

💊 Teen Drug Use 🍽️ Eating Disorder 👥 Friends In Crisis ⏳ Race Against Time 🎭 Gritty Realism

The Ballad of Ronan McCoy

by Colin Morgan • 2026

A boy who washes hearses in secret already knows death. Then silence steals his only friend.

4.35

1k+

🖋️ Literary Coming-Of-Age 🍀 Northern Irish Fiction 👦 Childhood Friends 🤝 Caretaker Friendship 💔 Bittersweet Friendship

The Ballad of Ronan McCoy

A boy who washes hearses in secret already knows death. Then silence steals his only friend.

by Colin Morgan 2026 384 pages

4.35

1k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Coming-Of-Age 🍀 Northern Irish Fiction 👦 Childhood Friends 🤝 Caretaker Friendship 💔 Bittersweet Friendship

Give Me a Sign

by Anna Sortino • 2023

At a Deaf summer camp, a hard-of-hearing teen reclaims the self she lost between two worlds.

4.07

7k+

🦻 Deaf Community 🎧 Hard Of Hearing 🏕️ Summer Camp 👫 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Give Me a Sign

At a Deaf summer camp, a hard-of-hearing teen reclaims the self she lost between two worlds.

by Anna Sortino 2023 303 pages

4.07

7k+ ratings

🦻 Deaf Community 🎧 Hard Of Hearing 🏕️ Summer Camp 👫 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Grasshopper Jungle

by Andrew Smith • 2014

An Iowa teen's spilled blood unleashes a giant insect apocalypse and a bisexual love triangle.

3.64

19k+

🧬 Engineered Plague 🐛 Giant Insect Horror 🔬 Cold War Secrets 🌈 Bisexual Awakening ⬇️ Underground Bunker

Grasshopper Jungle

An Iowa teen's spilled blood unleashes a giant insect apocalypse and a bisexual love triangle.

by Andrew Smith 2014 388 pages

3.64

19k+ ratings

🧬 Engineered Plague 🐛 Giant Insect Horror 🔬 Cold War Secrets 🌈 Bisexual Awakening ⬇️ Underground Bunker

Finding Perfect

by Colleen Hoover • 2019

The baby they surrendered haunts his girlfriend. He searches for their son to give her peace.

4.11

100k+

🫂 Adoption Reunion 💕 High School Sweethearts 🤫 Hidden Child 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 😢 Bittersweet

Finding Perfect

The baby they surrendered haunts his girlfriend. He searches for their son to give her peace.

by Colleen Hoover 2019 128 pages

4.11

100k+ ratings

🫂 Adoption Reunion 💕 High School Sweethearts 🤫 Hidden Child 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 😢 Bittersweet

Upon a Dream

by Laura Burton • 2023

A prince enters a dream realm for answers. Its captive princess steals more than his memory.

4.07

443

🥀 Sleeping Beauty Retelling ✨ Fairy Tale Mashup 🛌 Dream Walking 👑 Cursed Prince 👸 Hidden Royalty

Upon a Dream

A prince enters a dream realm for answers. Its captive princess steals more than his memory.

by Laura Burton 2023 271 pages

4.07

443 ratings

🥀 Sleeping Beauty Retelling ✨ Fairy Tale Mashup 🛌 Dream Walking 👑 Cursed Prince 👸 Hidden Royalty

Tanz der Tiefseequalle

by Stefanie Höfler • 2017

She asks the bullied boy to dance. The room laughs. By morning, they're gone.

3.75

🏫 School Bullying 🪞 Body Image 🎨 Imagination As Refuge 🤝 Outsider Friendship 🫣 Peer Pressure

Tanz der Tiefseequalle

She asks the bullied boy to dance. The room laughs. By morning, they're gone.

by Stefanie Höfler 2017 193 pages

3.75

4 ratings

🏫 School Bullying 🪞 Body Image 🎨 Imagination As Refuge 🤝 Outsider Friendship 🫣 Peer Pressure

They Call Her Regret

by Channelle Desamours • 2026

A teen drowns her best friend and strikes a ghostly bargain: a life for a life, a curse to shatter.

4.00

500+

🌿 Southern Gothic Ya 🧠 Psychological Horror 🤝 Supernatural Bargain 💔 Dead Best Friend 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

They Call Her Regret

A teen drowns her best friend and strikes a ghostly bargain: a life for a life, a curse to shatter.

by Channelle Desamours 2026 320 pages

4.00

500+ ratings

🌿 Southern Gothic Ya 🧠 Psychological Horror 🤝 Supernatural Bargain 💔 Dead Best Friend 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict

by Trenton Lee Stewart • 2012

A narcoleptic genius orphan races the director of a grim orphanage to solve a hidden treasure.

4.37

20k+

🏚️ Orphanage Mystery 🗝️ Treasure Hunt Mystery 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧠 Orphan Prodigy 🤝 Unlikely Allies

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict

A narcoleptic genius orphan races the director of a grim orphanage to solve a hidden treasure.

by Trenton Lee Stewart 2012 14 pages

4.37

20k+ ratings

🏚️ Orphanage Mystery 🗝️ Treasure Hunt Mystery 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧠 Orphan Prodigy 🤝 Unlikely Allies

Remember Me

by Christopher Pike • 1989

Four stories down. Now a ghost. Finding the killer is easy compared to facing her guilt.

4.03

13k+

👻 Teen Ghost Stories 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 💀 Ghost Protagonist ✨ Afterlife Fiction 🕊️ Forgiveness Arc

Remember Me

Four stories down. Now a ghost. Finding the killer is easy compared to facing her guilt.

by Christopher Pike 1989 272 pages

4.03

13k+ ratings

👻 Teen Ghost Stories 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 💀 Ghost Protagonist ✨ Afterlife Fiction 🕊️ Forgiveness Arc

Trinkets

by Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith • 2013

Three girls from different cliques are caught shoplifting and sentenced to the same therapy group.

3.40

3k+

🛒 Teen Shoplifting 👭 Unlikely Friends 🏠 Found Family 🖤 Grief And Loss 🏘️ Affluent Suburb

Trinkets

Three girls from different cliques are caught shoplifting and sentenced to the same therapy group.

by Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith 2013 288 pages

3.40

3k+ ratings

🛒 Teen Shoplifting 👭 Unlikely Friends 🏠 Found Family 🖤 Grief And Loss 🏘️ Affluent Suburb

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