Best Young Adult Books | Summaries & Audio

Young Adult Book Summaries

Big Mouth and Ugly Girl

by Joyce Carol Oates • 2002

A high school joke turns into a bomb threat accusation, and only one girl believes his innocence.

3.32

5k+

⚖️ False Accusation 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 📰 Media Frenzy 🏫 High School Scandal 🛡️ Defending The Innocent

Big Mouth and Ugly Girl

A high school joke turns into a bomb threat accusation, and only one girl believes his innocence.

by Joyce Carol Oates 2002 288 pages

3.32

5k+ ratings

⚖️ False Accusation 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 📰 Media Frenzy 🏫 High School Scandal 🛡️ Defending The Innocent

City of Bones

by Cassandra Clare • 2007

A girl discovers a demon-hunting world and falls for a boy who could be her brother.

4.06

2.1M+

🕶️ Hidden World ⚔️ Demon Hunters 💔 Forbidden Love 💘 Love Triangle 🧠 Memory Loss

Immersive

City of Bones

A girl discovers a demon-hunting world and falls for a boy who could be her brother.

by Cassandra Clare 2007 485 pages

4.06

2.1M+ ratings

🕶️ Hidden World ⚔️ Demon Hunters 💔 Forbidden Love 💘 Love Triangle 🧠 Memory Loss

Gone

by Michael Grant • 2008

After the adults vanish, kids in a dome develop powers and two leaders battle for control.

3.87

200k+

🧒 Children Without Adults ⚡ Kids With Powers 🏘️ Isolated Small Town ⚔️ Brothers As Enemies ⏰ Ticking Clock

Gone

After the adults vanish, kids in a dome develop powers and two leaders battle for control.

by Michael Grant 2008 560 pages

3.87

200k+ ratings

🧒 Children Without Adults ⚡ Kids With Powers 🏘️ Isolated Small Town ⚔️ Brothers As Enemies ⏰ Ticking Clock

Eleanor & Park

by Rainbow Rowell • 2012

Two misfits share comics and mixtapes on the school bus, until her home life endangers everything.

3.92

1.2M+

🎵 Mixtape Romance 🚌 Opposites Attract 🏠 Abusive Home 💔 First Love 🍂 Bittersweet Romance

Eleanor & Park

Two misfits share comics and mixtapes on the school bus, until her home life endangers everything.

by Rainbow Rowell 2012 328 pages

3.92

1.2M+ ratings

🎵 Mixtape Romance 🚌 Opposites Attract 🏠 Abusive Home 💔 First Love 🍂 Bittersweet Romance

One Piece, Volume 1

by Eiichiro Oda • 1997

A rubber boy who can't swim sails the deadliest ocean to claim the pirate crown.

4.49

100k+

🫂 Found Family Crew ⛵ High Seas Fantasy 💥 Superpower Manga 💰 Treasure Hunt ☀️ Relentless Optimism

One Piece, Volume 1

A rubber boy who can't swim sails the deadliest ocean to claim the pirate crown.

by Eiichiro Oda 1997 207 pages

4.49

100k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family Crew ⛵ High Seas Fantasy 💥 Superpower Manga 💰 Treasure Hunt ☀️ Relentless Optimism

Children of Blood and Bone

by Tomi Adeyemi • 2018

A divîner and a rebel princess race a genocidal king to restore magic before the solstice.

4.11

200k+

🌍 West African Fantasy ✨ Oppressed Magic Users 💔 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Rebel Princess ⚔️ Brutal Oppression

Children of Blood and Bone

A divîner and a rebel princess race a genocidal king to restore magic before the solstice.

by Tomi Adeyemi 2018 544 pages

4.11

200k+ ratings

🌍 West African Fantasy ✨ Oppressed Magic Users 💔 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Rebel Princess ⚔️ Brutal Oppression

Dear Martin

by Nic Stone • 2017

Wrongfully arrested, a Black teen writes a civil rights icon. A cop's bullet tests his nonviolence.

4.33

86k+

🚨 Racial Profiling 👮🏾‍♂️ Police Brutality ⛓️ Wrongful Arrest 🏫 Private School 💕 Interracial Romance

Dear Martin

Wrongfully arrested, a Black teen writes a civil rights icon. A cop's bullet tests his nonviolence.

by Nic Stone 2017 208 pages

4.33

86k+ ratings

🚨 Racial Profiling 👮🏾‍♂️ Police Brutality ⛓️ Wrongful Arrest 🏫 Private School 💕 Interracial Romance

I Am Not Jessica Chen

by Ann Liang • 2025

Jenna wishes on a shooting star to be her perfect cousin. She wakes up in Jessica's body.

4.03

23k+

🔄 Body Swap 💕 Childhood Friends To Lovers 📚 Academic Perfectionism 🏠 Family Expectations 🎭 Behind The Perfect Mask

I Am Not Jessica Chen

Jenna wishes on a shooting star to be her perfect cousin. She wakes up in Jessica's body.

by Ann Liang 2025 320 pages

4.03

23k+ ratings

🔄 Body Swap 💕 Childhood Friends To Lovers 📚 Academic Perfectionism 🏠 Family Expectations 🎭 Behind The Perfect Mask

To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee • 1960

A lawyer defends a Black man in 1930s Alabama, and his daughter sees her town's true face.

4.26

6.9M+

🏚️ Southern Gothic ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 👧 Child Narrator 🎭 False Accusation 🌞 Deep South

To Kill a Mockingbird

A lawyer defends a Black man in 1930s Alabama, and his daughter sees her town's true face.

by Harper Lee 1960 323 pages

4.26

6.9M+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 👧 Child Narrator 🎭 False Accusation 🌞 Deep South

This Book Kills

by Ravena Guron • 2023

Her short story kills a classmate. A scholarship student must find the real murderer.

3.90

13k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 📖 Murder Mirrors Fiction 🎭 Secret Society 🕵️ Framed Protagonist 💔 Best Friend Betrayal

This Book Kills

Her short story kills a classmate. A scholarship student must find the real murderer.

by Ravena Guron 2023 357 pages

3.90

13k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 📖 Murder Mirrors Fiction 🎭 Secret Society 🕵️ Framed Protagonist 💔 Best Friend Betrayal

Destroy Me

by Tahereh Mafi • 2012

Shot by the girl he craves, Warner pores over her journal as his father hunts her down.

3.94

300k+

🦹 Villain Point Of View 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Dark Romance 🪖 Military Dystopia 🔥 Obsessive Devotion

Destroy Me

Shot by the girl he craves, Warner pores over her journal as his father hunts her down.

by Tahereh Mafi 2012 111 pages

3.94

300k+ ratings

🦹 Villain Point Of View 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Dark Romance 🪖 Military Dystopia 🔥 Obsessive Devotion

War Horse

by Michael Morpurgo • 1982

A farm horse is sold into World War I, and a boy enlists to find him.

4.16

59k+

🎖️ World War I Fiction 🐴 Animal Point Of View 👦 Boy And His Horse 🫶 Animal Loyalty 🤝 Kindness Amid War

War Horse

A farm horse is sold into World War I, and a boy enlists to find him.

by Michael Morpurgo 1982 165 pages

4.16

59k+ ratings

🎖️ World War I Fiction 🐴 Animal Point Of View 👦 Boy And His Horse 🫶 Animal Loyalty 🤝 Kindness Amid War

Furia

by Yamile Saied Méndez • 2020

Camila's fútbol genius must stay hidden. Her famous ex's return threatens the double life she built.

4.14

15k+

🎭 Sports Drama ⚽ Girls In Sports 💕 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🤫 Secret Life 💔 Abusive Parent

Furia

Camila's fútbol genius must stay hidden. Her famous ex's return threatens the double life she built.

by Yamile Saied Méndez 2020 368 pages

4.14

15k+ ratings

🎭 Sports Drama ⚽ Girls In Sports 💕 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🤫 Secret Life 💔 Abusive Parent

The Testing

by Joelle Charbonneau • 2013

The Testing chooses future leaders by killing most candidates. Cia must be the exception.

4.05

83k+

🗡️ Deadly Competition 🏕️ Survival Trials 💕 Friends To Lovers 👀 Hidden Betrayal 📹 Constant Surveillance

The Testing

The Testing chooses future leaders by killing most candidates. Cia must be the exception.

by Joelle Charbonneau 2013 325 pages

4.05

83k+ ratings

🗡️ Deadly Competition 🏕️ Survival Trials 💕 Friends To Lovers 👀 Hidden Betrayal 📹 Constant Surveillance

Check & Mate

by Ali Hazelwood • 2023

A former chess prodigy beats the world champion, then joins his club out of family necessity.

3.94

300k+

🖤 Rivals To Lovers ♟️ Competitive Chess 💬 Witty Banter 🏆 Women In Sports 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Check & Mate

A former chess prodigy beats the world champion, then joins his club out of family necessity.

by Ali Hazelwood 2023 353 pages

3.94

300k+ ratings

🖤 Rivals To Lovers ♟️ Competitive Chess 💬 Witty Banter 🏆 Women In Sports 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Mockingjay

by Suzanne Collins • 2010

Home in ashes, partner captured. Katniss leads a revolution and pays with everyone she loves.

4.12

3.7M+

🔥 Dystopian Rebellion 📺 Wartime Propaganda 💔 Love Triangle 🦸 Reluctant Hero 🎖️ Child Soldiers

Immersive

Mockingjay

Home in ashes, partner captured. Katniss leads a revolution and pays with everyone she loves.

by Suzanne Collins 2010 390 pages

4.12

3.7M+ ratings

🔥 Dystopian Rebellion 📺 Wartime Propaganda 💔 Love Triangle 🦸 Reluctant Hero 🎖️ Child Soldiers

The Battle of the Labyrinth

by Rick Riordan • 2008

Annabeth leads three friends into the Labyrinth before a traitor marches an army into camp.

4.42

1.2M+

🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling ⚡ Modern Demigods 🔀 Living Labyrinth 💙 Found Family 📜 Prophecy-Driven Quest

The Battle of the Labyrinth

Annabeth leads three friends into the Labyrinth before a traitor marches an army into camp.

by Rick Riordan 2008 361 pages

4.42

1.2M+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling ⚡ Modern Demigods 🔀 Living Labyrinth 💙 Found Family 📜 Prophecy-Driven Quest

The Rule of Three

by Eric Walters • 2014

A tech collapse forces a teen to lead his neighborhood's defense against a ruthless enemy.

4.00

8k+

💻 Tech Collapse 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Makeshift Militia 👤 Reluctant Leader 🧠 Strategic Planning

The Rule of Three

A tech collapse forces a teen to lead his neighborhood's defense against a ruthless enemy.

by Eric Walters 2014 405 pages

4.00

8k+ ratings

💻 Tech Collapse 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Makeshift Militia 👤 Reluctant Leader 🧠 Strategic Planning

The River

by Gary Paulsen • 1991

A lightning strike leaves his partner comatose, and a teenage survivalist must raft a deadly river.

3.83

33k+

🌲 Wilderness Survival 🌊 River Survival 🏕️ Teen Survivalist 🇨🇦 Canadian North 🛶 Raft Journey

The River

A lightning strike leaves his partner comatose, and a teenage survivalist must raft a deadly river.

by Gary Paulsen 1991 132 pages

3.83

33k+ ratings

🌲 Wilderness Survival 🌊 River Survival 🏕️ Teen Survivalist 🇨🇦 Canadian North 🛶 Raft Journey

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

by John Boyne • 2006

A commandant's son befriends a boy behind barbed wire, too innocent to see the danger.

4.16

900k+

📖 Holocaust Fiction 👦 Child Narrator 🤝 Forbidden Friendship 🎭 Dramatic Irony 🏴 Nazi Germany

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

A commandant's son befriends a boy behind barbed wire, too innocent to see the danger.

by John Boyne 2006 224 pages

4.16

900k+ ratings

📖 Holocaust Fiction 👦 Child Narrator 🤝 Forbidden Friendship 🎭 Dramatic Irony 🏴 Nazi Germany

Divergent

by Veronica Roth • 2011

At sixteen she picks the warrior caste and buries a secret: her mind cannot be controlled.

4.13

4.4M+

🏘️ Faction-Based Society 🏙️ Dystopian Chicago ⚔️ Initiation Trials 🎭 Secret Identity 🧠 Mind Control Weapon

Divergent

At sixteen she picks the warrior caste and buries a secret: her mind cannot be controlled.

by Veronica Roth 2011 487 pages

4.13

4.4M+ ratings

🏘️ Faction-Based Society 🏙️ Dystopian Chicago ⚔️ Initiation Trials 🎭 Secret Identity 🧠 Mind Control Weapon

Hatchet

by Gary Paulsen • 1987

After the pilot dies, a 13-year-old crash-lands alone in the Canadian woods with only a hatchet.

3.80

400k+

🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🪓 Self-Reliance 🇨🇦 Canadian Wilderness ⛈️ Man Vs Nature 🌲 Solitary Survival

Hatchet

After the pilot dies, a 13-year-old crash-lands alone in the Canadian woods with only a hatchet.

by Gary Paulsen 1987 208 pages

3.80

400k+ ratings

🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🪓 Self-Reliance 🇨🇦 Canadian Wilderness ⛈️ Man Vs Nature 🌲 Solitary Survival

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

by Chris Grabenstein • 2013

An eccentric game-maker locks twelve kids in his library and dares them to escape.

4.12

62k+

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 📚 Library Adventure 🤝 Team Competition 🎩 Eccentric Benefactor ✨ Whimsical Adventure

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

An eccentric game-maker locks twelve kids in his library and dares them to escape.

by Chris Grabenstein 2013 304 pages

4.12

62k+ ratings

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 📚 Library Adventure 🤝 Team Competition 🎩 Eccentric Benefactor ✨ Whimsical Adventure

The Ruins of Gorlan

by John Flanagan • 2004

Rejected for knighthood, a boy joins the Rangers and faces a mission to stop monstrous assassins.

4.26

100k+

🏰 Low Magic Fantasy 🎯 Mentor Apprentice 🏹 Stealth Archery 🤝 Rivals To Friends 🖤 Found Family

The Ruins of Gorlan

Rejected for knighthood, a boy joins the Rangers and faces a mission to stop monstrous assassins.

by John Flanagan 2004 249 pages

4.26

100k+ ratings

🏰 Low Magic Fantasy 🎯 Mentor Apprentice 🏹 Stealth Archery 🤝 Rivals To Friends 🖤 Found Family

Delirium

by Lauren Oliver • 2011

Love has been cured out of everyone except one boy, and he's about to infect her.

3.95

400k+

🖤 Dystopian Romance 💔 Forbidden Romance 🌸 Good Girl Rebels 🔒 Oppressive Society 💉 Medical Control

Delirium

Love has been cured out of everyone except one boy, and he's about to infect her.

by Lauren Oliver 2011 441 pages

3.95

400k+ ratings

🖤 Dystopian Romance 💔 Forbidden Romance 🌸 Good Girl Rebels 🔒 Oppressive Society 💉 Medical Control

The Sea of Monsters

by Rick Riordan • 2006

Percy and his Cyclops half-brother brave monster seas to find the relic that saves their camp.

4.24

1.4M+

🏛️ Modern Mythology 📜 Greek Myths Retold 🏆 Quest For Artifact 🤝 Found Family 🔮 Prophecy Burden

The Sea of Monsters

Percy and his Cyclops half-brother brave monster seas to find the relic that saves their camp.

by Rick Riordan 2006 279 pages

4.24

1.4M+ ratings

🏛️ Modern Mythology 📜 Greek Myths Retold 🏆 Quest For Artifact 🤝 Found Family 🔮 Prophecy Burden

Bully

by Penelope Douglas • 2013

Her best friend became her bully. After a year in France, she's back, fearless and done running.

3.84

200k+

😈 Bully Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Dark Romance 🔥 Bad Boy Hero 🏫 High School Setting

Bully

Her best friend became her bully. After a year in France, she's back, fearless and done running.

by Penelope Douglas 2013 333 pages

3.84

200k+ ratings

😈 Bully Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Dark Romance 🔥 Bad Boy Hero 🏫 High School Setting

The Darkest Minds

by Alexandra Bracken • 2012

Psychic runaway hides a monstrous power while falling for the boy leading the search for safety.

4.15

200k+

🧠 Psychic Abilities 🧡 Found Family 💭 Memory Manipulation 🚐 Dystopian Road Trip ✊ Rebellion

The Darkest Minds

Psychic runaway hides a monstrous power while falling for the boy leading the search for safety.

by Alexandra Bracken 2012 488 pages

4.15

200k+ ratings

🧠 Psychic Abilities 🧡 Found Family 💭 Memory Manipulation 🚐 Dystopian Road Trip ✊ Rebellion

New Boy

by Tracy Chevalier • 2017

The new Black boy at a 1970s D.C. school catches a girl's eye and a bully's wrath.

3.49

9k+

🎭 Shakespeare Retelling 🎠 Playground Politics ⚡ Racial Tension 🇺🇸 1970s America 🐍 Jealousy And Betrayal

New Boy

The new Black boy at a 1970s D.C. school catches a girl's eye and a bully's wrath.

by Tracy Chevalier 2017 188 pages

3.49

9k+ ratings

🎭 Shakespeare Retelling 🎠 Playground Politics ⚡ Racial Tension 🇺🇸 1970s America 🐍 Jealousy And Betrayal

Crush

by Tracy Wolff • 2020

Turned to stone, she wakes a gargoyle possessed by the vampire who tried to kill her.

4.23

100k+

🏫 Paranormal Academy 💫 Fated Mates ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🧠 Psychic Link 🦇 Vampire Romance

Crush

Turned to stone, she wakes a gargoyle possessed by the vampire who tried to kill her.

by Tracy Wolff 2020 720 pages

4.23

100k+ ratings

🏫 Paranormal Academy 💫 Fated Mates ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🧠 Psychic Link 🦇 Vampire Romance

The Westing Game

by Ellen Raskin • 1978

Sixteen tenants learn a dead man's will named them suspects. To inherit, they must find the killer.

3.99

200k+

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identities 🕵️ Child Detective 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 👥 Eccentric Ensemble Cast

The Westing Game

Sixteen tenants learn a dead man's will named them suspects. To inherit, they must find the killer.

by Ellen Raskin 1978 182 pages

3.99

200k+ ratings

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identities 🕵️ Child Detective 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 👥 Eccentric Ensemble Cast

The Scorch Trials

by James Dashner • 2010

After the Maze, Thomas must cross a desert in two weeks before the Flare kills him.

3.89

600k+

🧪 Forced Trials ☣️ Deadly Virus 🕵️ Sinister Organization 🔮 Telepathic Connection 💭 Memory Loss

The Scorch Trials

After the Maze, Thomas must cross a desert in two weeks before the Flare kills him.

by James Dashner 2010 362 pages

3.89

600k+ ratings

🧪 Forced Trials ☣️ Deadly Virus 🕵️ Sinister Organization 🔮 Telepathic Connection 💭 Memory Loss

Blended

by Sharon M. Draper • 2018

Between her white mom and Black dad, Isabella searches for the melody that sounds like her.

4.16

19k+

🖤 Biracial Protagonist 📅 Shared Custody 🎹 Piano As Escape 🏫 School Racism 🚔 Police Violence

Blended

Between her white mom and Black dad, Isabella searches for the melody that sounds like her.

by Sharon M. Draper 2018 308 pages

4.16

19k+ ratings

🖤 Biracial Protagonist 📅 Shared Custody 🎹 Piano As Escape 🏫 School Racism 🚔 Police Violence

Naruto, Vol. 1

by Masashi Kishimoto • 2000

Shunned for the fox demon inside him, an orphaned ninja vows to become the village's leader.

4.41

200k+

⚔️ Shonen Battle 🥷 Ninja Trainee 👹 Inner Demon 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Rivals To Allies

Naruto, Vol. 1

Shunned for the fox demon inside him, an orphaned ninja vows to become the village's leader.

by Masashi Kishimoto 2000 187 pages

4.41

200k+ ratings

⚔️ Shonen Battle 🥷 Ninja Trainee 👹 Inner Demon 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Rivals To Allies

Mark of the Fool

by J.M. Clarke • 2022

Branded useless for magic but gifted at mundane skills, he flees the Ravener to reach wizard school.

4.28

10k+

🧙‍♂️ Magical University 🌱 Underdog Protagonist 🤎 Found Family 🐕 Animal Companion 💬 Witty Banter

Mark of the Fool

Branded useless for magic but gifted at mundane skills, he flees the Ravener to reach wizard school.

by J.M. Clarke 2022 722 pages

4.28

10k+ ratings

🧙‍♂️ Magical University 🌱 Underdog Protagonist 🤎 Found Family 🐕 Animal Companion 💬 Witty Banter

Matched

by Ally Condie • 2010

Matched with her best friend, a glitch reveals a forbidden face. Cassia cannot look away.

3.62

800k+

🫶 Love Triangle 💔 Forbidden Love 💕 Dystopian Romance 🗝️ Secret Rebellion 🌿 Quiet Defiance

Matched

Matched with her best friend, a glitch reveals a forbidden face. Cassia cannot look away.

by Ally Condie 2010 369 pages

3.62

800k+ ratings

🫶 Love Triangle 💔 Forbidden Love 💕 Dystopian Romance 🗝️ Secret Rebellion 🌿 Quiet Defiance

Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline • 2011

A slum teen cracks a dead genius's online treasure hunt. The corporation hunting him turns lethal.

4.22

1.3M+

🎮 Virtual Reality Quest 📼 1980s Nostalgia 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 💻 Online Friendship

Ready Player One

A slum teen cracks a dead genius's online treasure hunt. The corporation hunting him turns lethal.

by Ernest Cline 2011 480 pages

4.22

1.3M+ ratings

🎮 Virtual Reality Quest 📼 1980s Nostalgia 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 💻 Online Friendship

The School for Good and Evil

by Soman Chainani • 2013

Best friends Sophie and Agatha are snatched to a fairy-tale school and placed in opposite worlds.

3.98

100k+

🏰 Fairy Tale School ✨ Fairy Tale Subversion 💔 Friendship And Betrayal 🎭 Beauty And Ugliness 💋 True Love's Kiss

The School for Good and Evil

Best friends Sophie and Agatha are snatched to a fairy-tale school and placed in opposite worlds.

by Soman Chainani 2013 488 pages

3.98

100k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale School ✨ Fairy Tale Subversion 💔 Friendship And Betrayal 🎭 Beauty And Ugliness 💋 True Love's Kiss

The Cabin

by Natasha Preston • 2016

A weekend at a remote cabin ends in murder, and the killer is among the survivors.

3.62

45k+

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🏚️ Remote Cabin 🔪 Killer Among Friends 🏃‍♀️ Final Girl 🕯️ Past Tragedy

The Cabin

A weekend at a remote cabin ends in murder, and the killer is among the survivors.

by Natasha Preston 2016 327 pages

3.62

45k+ ratings

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🏚️ Remote Cabin 🔪 Killer Among Friends 🏃‍♀️ Final Girl 🕯️ Past Tragedy

Nineteen Minutes

by Jodi Picoult • 2007

A bullied boy's school shooting forces his mother to face the everyday cruelty the town ignored.

4.18

400k+

🏫 School Shooting ⚖️ Legal Drama 😞 Survivor Guilt 😔 Parental Guilt 💔 Bullying Trauma

Nineteen Minutes

A bullied boy's school shooting forces his mother to face the everyday cruelty the town ignored.

by Jodi Picoult 2007 440 pages

4.18

400k+ ratings

🏫 School Shooting ⚖️ Legal Drama 😞 Survivor Guilt 😔 Parental Guilt 💔 Bullying Trauma

The Lost Hero

by Rick Riordan • 2010

An amnesiac demigod must free a captive goddess and unite rival demigod camps before giants rise.

4.29

900k+

🏛️ Greek And Roman Myths 🧠 Amnesia 🤝 Found Family 😂 Humorous Fantasy 🌐 Modern Mythology

The Lost Hero

An amnesiac demigod must free a captive goddess and unite rival demigod camps before giants rise.

by Rick Riordan 2010 576 pages

4.29

900k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek And Roman Myths 🧠 Amnesia 🤝 Found Family 😂 Humorous Fantasy 🌐 Modern Mythology

Daughter of the Moon Goddess

by Sue Lynn Tan • 2022

A moon goddess's hidden daughter tumbles into an immortal court that wants her blood.

4.06

100k+

🐉 Chinese Mythology 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Forbidden Love 👑 Court Intrigue ⚔️ Warrior Woman

Daughter of the Moon Goddess

A moon goddess's hidden daughter tumbles into an immortal court that wants her blood.

by Sue Lynn Tan 2022 503 pages

4.06

100k+ ratings

🐉 Chinese Mythology 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Forbidden Love 👑 Court Intrigue ⚔️ Warrior Woman

Howl’s Moving Castle

by Diana Wynne Jones • 1986

Cursed into a crone, Sophie bargains with a fire demon inside the wizard Howl's wandering castle.

4.28

400k+

🧚 Fairy Tale Subversion 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏰 Found Family 🧙 Cursed By A Witch 🔥 Deal With A Demon

Howl’s Moving Castle

Cursed into a crone, Sophie bargains with a fire demon inside the wizard Howl's wandering castle.

by Diana Wynne Jones 1986 329 pages

4.28

400k+ ratings

🧚 Fairy Tale Subversion 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏰 Found Family 🧙 Cursed By A Witch 🔥 Deal With A Demon

Revolution 2020

by Chetan Bhagat • 2011

He builds a college on bribes after failing. The woman he loves and his best friend expose him.

3.12

66k+

💘 Love Triangle 💔 Unrequited Love 💰 Systemic Corruption 📰 Social Critique 🌅 Redemption Arc

Revolution 2020

He builds a college on bribes after failing. The woman he loves and his best friend expose him.

by Chetan Bhagat 2011 296 pages

3.12

66k+ ratings

💘 Love Triangle 💔 Unrequited Love 💰 Systemic Corruption 📰 Social Critique 🌅 Redemption Arc

My Sister's Keeper

by Jodi Picoult • 2004

Born to save her sister, a thirteen-year-old sues her parents for control of her own body.

4.11

1.2M+

🩺 Medical Ethics 🧬 Designer Baby 👭 Sibling Sacrifice 🫂 Childhood Illness 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Rift

My Sister's Keeper

Born to save her sister, a thirteen-year-old sues her parents for control of her own body.

by Jodi Picoult 2004 423 pages

4.11

1.2M+ ratings

🩺 Medical Ethics 🧬 Designer Baby 👭 Sibling Sacrifice 🫂 Childhood Illness 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Rift

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

by Axie Oh • 2022

A sacrificial bride falls into the spirit realm finding a sleeping god and a brooding warrior.

4.08

97k+

🧧 Korean Folklore 🪢 Fated Bond 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 🗡️ Brooding Protector 🌊 Sorrowful Deity

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

A sacrificial bride falls into the spirit realm finding a sleeping god and a brooding warrior.

by Axie Oh 2022 325 pages

4.08

97k+ ratings

🧧 Korean Folklore 🪢 Fated Bond 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 🗡️ Brooding Protector 🌊 Sorrowful Deity

Ikigai for Teens

by Héctor García • 2021

What Okinawa's 100-year-olds can teach teens about building a life worth waking up for.

3.94

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Ikigai for Teens

What Okinawa's 100-year-olds can teach teens about building a life worth waking up for.

by Héctor García 2021 129 pages

3.94

464 ratings

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Uglies

by Scott Westerfeld • 2005

Weeks before her beauty surgery, Tally must hunt down her runaway friend or stay ugly forever.

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Uglies

Weeks before her beauty surgery, Tally must hunt down her runaway friend or stay ugly forever.

by Scott Westerfeld 2005 425 pages

3.84

700k+ ratings

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The Recruit

by Robert Muchamore • 2004

After his mother dies, a bullied boy joins a secret agency turning children into spies.

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The Recruit

After his mother dies, a bullied boy joins a secret agency turning children into spies.

by Robert Muchamore 2004 342 pages

4.23

40k+ ratings

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The 5th Wave

by Rick Yancey • 2013

Alien invaders wear human faces. A teenage girl crosses the wasteland to rescue her brother.

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The 5th Wave

Alien invaders wear human faces. A teenage girl crosses the wasteland to rescue her brother.

by Rick Yancey 2013 457 pages

4.00

400k+ ratings

👽 Alien Infiltration 😰 Body Snatcher Paranoia 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏕️ Military Training Camp 🪖 Child Soldier

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