Best Young Adult Books | Summaries & Audio

Young Adult Book Summaries

New Moon

by Stephenie Meyer • 2006

After Edward leaves, Bella leans on Jacob, a boy with a wild secret.

3.62

2.1M+

🧛 Paranormal Love Triangle 🖤 Vampire Angst 🐺 Teen Wolf Romance 🚫 Forbidden Love 🦋 Destined Transformation

New Moon

After Edward leaves, Bella leans on Jacob, a boy with a wild secret.

by Stephenie Meyer 2006 563 pages

3.62

2.1M+ ratings

🧛 Paranormal Love Triangle 🖤 Vampire Angst 🐺 Teen Wolf Romance 🚫 Forbidden Love 🦋 Destined Transformation

Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott • 1868

Four sisters chase different dreams through poverty, ambition, and love in Civil War New England.

4.17

2.4M+

🏠 Domestic Fiction 👯 Sisterly Bond ✒️ Tomboy Heroine 📝 Writer Protagonist 🥀 Loss Of Innocence

Immersive

Little Women

Four sisters chase different dreams through poverty, ambition, and love in Civil War New England.

by Louisa May Alcott 1868 449 pages

4.17

2.4M+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Fiction 👯 Sisterly Bond ✒️ Tomboy Heroine 📝 Writer Protagonist 🥀 Loss Of Innocence

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

by Sean Covey • 1997

Urgent things scream. Important things whisper. Seven habits to hear the difference.

4.05

37k+

🧭 Teen Self-Help 🔄 Habit Formation ⏳ Time Management 👂 Active Listening 🤝 Win-Win Thinking

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

Urgent things scream. Important things whisper. Seven habits to hear the difference.

by Sean Covey 1997 268 pages

4.05

37k+ ratings

🧭 Teen Self-Help 🔄 Habit Formation ⏳ Time Management 👂 Active Listening 🤝 Win-Win Thinking

Crown of Midnight

by Sarah J. Maas • 2013

A tyrant's assassin secretly aids the rebellion while falling for the captain of the guard.

4.36

1.8M+

🗡️ Female Assassin 🏰 Court Intrigue 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Forbidden Romance 🏴 Secret Rebellion

Crown of Midnight

A tyrant's assassin secretly aids the rebellion while falling for the captain of the guard.

by Sarah J. Maas 2013 420 pages

4.36

1.8M+ ratings

🗡️ Female Assassin 🏰 Court Intrigue 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Forbidden Romance 🏴 Secret Rebellion

Punching the Air

by Ibi Zoboi • 2020

Convicted after a fight, a Black teen artist paints the truth the courtroom would not hear.

4.39

24k+

🎨 Art As Survival ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🔒 Juvenile Detention ✊🏾 Racial Injustice 🖋️ Novel In Verse

Punching the Air

Convicted after a fight, a Black teen artist paints the truth the courtroom would not hear.

by Ibi Zoboi 2020 400 pages

4.39

24k+ ratings

🎨 Art As Survival ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🔒 Juvenile Detention ✊🏾 Racial Injustice 🖋️ Novel In Verse

Between Shades of Gray

by Ruta Sepetys • 2011

A 15-year-old artist is sent to a Siberian gulag, where her drawings become her only defiance.

4.37

200k+

🏕️ Gulag Labor Camps ❄️ Siberian Exile 🎖️ Stalinist Russia 🖼️ Art As Witness 🕊️ Mother's Sacrifice

Between Shades of Gray

A 15-year-old artist is sent to a Siberian gulag, where her drawings become her only defiance.

by Ruta Sepetys 2011 344 pages

4.37

200k+ ratings

🏕️ Gulag Labor Camps ❄️ Siberian Exile 🎖️ Stalinist Russia 🖼️ Art As Witness 🕊️ Mother's Sacrifice

Cuando no queden más estrellas que contar

by Maria Martinez • 2021

Searching for her unknown father, a former ballerina finds refuge on the Italian coast.

4.35

70k+

🩰 Ballet Fiction ☀️ Italian Summer 🏠 Found Family 🔍 Family Secrets 🌱 Starting Over

Cuando no queden más estrellas que contar

Searching for her unknown father, a former ballerina finds refuge on the Italian coast.

by Maria Martinez 2021 472 pages

4.35

70k+ ratings

🩰 Ballet Fiction ☀️ Italian Summer 🏠 Found Family 🔍 Family Secrets 🌱 Starting Over

Fortune Falls

by Lou Vane • 2021

When society collapses, teens at a remote mountain camp must survive wilderness and armed strangers.

4.14

2k+

🏚️ Post Apocalyptic Survival 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Love Triangle 👑 Reluctant Leader 🕊️ Redemption Arc

Fortune Falls

When society collapses, teens at a remote mountain camp must survive wilderness and armed strangers.

by Lou Vane 2021 372 pages

4.14

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Post Apocalyptic Survival 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Love Triangle 👑 Reluctant Leader 🕊️ Redemption Arc

Lore

by Alexandra Bracken • 2021

The last of a fallen bloodline allies with a wounded Athena to kill the new god of war.

3.74

100k+

🏛️ Mortal Gods ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🗽 Mythic New York 🏹 Deadly Competition 💕 Childhood Friends To Lovers

Lore

The last of a fallen bloodline allies with a wounded Athena to kill the new god of war.

by Alexandra Bracken 2021 480 pages

3.74

100k+ ratings

🏛️ Mortal Gods ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🗽 Mythic New York 🏹 Deadly Competition 💕 Childhood Friends To Lovers

Tower of Dawn

by Sarah J. Maas • 2017

Paralyzed, a soldier seeks the one magical healer who has every reason to let him die.

4.28

1.1M+

🩺 Healing Magic 💗 Allies To Lovers 🌅 Redemption Arc 🏜️ Desert Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

Tower of Dawn

Paralyzed, a soldier seeks the one magical healer who has every reason to let him die.

by Sarah J. Maas 2017 688 pages

4.28

1.1M+ ratings

🩺 Healing Magic 💗 Allies To Lovers 🌅 Redemption Arc 🏜️ Desert Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

Pollyanna

by Eleanor H. Porter • 1913

An orphan teaches a Vermont town to find one reason for happiness in every misfortune.

4.02

92k+

🧒 Orphan Protagonist 🏠 Found Family 🍂 Small Town New England 🌻 Community Renewal ☕ Cozy Period Read

Pollyanna

An orphan teaches a Vermont town to find one reason for happiness in every misfortune.

by Eleanor H. Porter 1913 304 pages

4.02

92k+ ratings

🧒 Orphan Protagonist 🏠 Found Family 🍂 Small Town New England 🌻 Community Renewal ☕ Cozy Period Read

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

by J.K. Rowling • 2000

Forced into a deadly magical tournament, Harry Potter uncovers a plot to resurrect the Dark Lord.

4.57

4.2M+

🏰 Magical Boarding School 🏆 Magical Tournament ⚡ Unlikely Champion 🔮 Chosen One 🐍 Dark Lord Returns

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Forced into a deadly magical tournament, Harry Potter uncovers a plot to resurrect the Dark Lord.

by J.K. Rowling 2000 734 pages

4.57

4.2M+ ratings

🏰 Magical Boarding School 🏆 Magical Tournament ⚡ Unlikely Champion 🔮 Chosen One 🐍 Dark Lord Returns

The Mark of Athena

by Rick Riordan • 2012

Seven demigods, one flying ship, and a statue that could stop a war before it begins.

4.47

600k+

🗡️ Demigod Quest ⛵ Flying Ship 🤝 Enemies To Allies 🫂 Found Family 🔮 Prophetic Burden

The Mark of Athena

Seven demigods, one flying ship, and a statue that could stop a war before it begins.

by Rick Riordan 2012 586 pages

4.47

600k+ ratings

🗡️ Demigod Quest ⛵ Flying Ship 🤝 Enemies To Allies 🫂 Found Family 🔮 Prophetic Burden

A Study in Drowning

by Ava Reid • 2023

At a crumbling manor, a student learns her idol's masterpiece was stolen from a woman he silenced.

3.70

100k+

🕯️ Dark Academia 🏚️ Gothic Manor 📖 Literary Mystery ❤️ Allies To Lovers ✍️ Hidden Authorship

A Study in Drowning

At a crumbling manor, a student learns her idol's masterpiece was stolen from a woman he silenced.

by Ava Reid 2023 378 pages

3.70

100k+ ratings

🕯️ Dark Academia 🏚️ Gothic Manor 📖 Literary Mystery ❤️ Allies To Lovers ✍️ Hidden Authorship

These Infinite Threads

by Tahereh Mafi • 2023

The lost Jinn queen must wed a cursed king before her mortal prince can save her.

4.09

67k+

🧞 Jinn Mythology 👑 Lost Queen 👑🖤 Cursed King 😈 Devil's Bargain 💍 Arranged Marriage

These Infinite Threads

The lost Jinn queen must wed a cursed king before her mortal prince can save her.

by Tahereh Mafi 2023 416 pages

4.09

67k+ ratings

🧞 Jinn Mythology 👑 Lost Queen 👑🖤 Cursed King 😈 Devil's Bargain 💍 Arranged Marriage

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

by J.K. Rowling • 2007

Three young wizards hunt a dark lord's hidden soul fragments before his army finds them first.

4.62

4.1M+

🏰 Wartime Fantasy 🫂 Found Family ⚡ Chosen One Sacrifice 🕯️ Hidden Mentor Secrets 🖤 Redemptive Reveal

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Three young wizards hunt a dark lord's hidden soul fragments before his army finds them first.

by J.K. Rowling 2007 759 pages

4.62

4.1M+ ratings

🏰 Wartime Fantasy 🫂 Found Family ⚡ Chosen One Sacrifice 🕯️ Hidden Mentor Secrets 🖤 Redemptive Reveal

All This Twisted Glory

by Tahereh Mafi • 2024

A lost queen of the Jinn rises, and two princes will risk their kingdoms to claim her hand.

4.12

52k+

🕌 Persian-Inspired Fantasy 👑 Royal Love Triangle ✨ Fated Queen 🖤 Dark Brooding Prince 💀 Touch Her And Die

All This Twisted Glory

A lost queen of the Jinn rises, and two princes will risk their kingdoms to claim her hand.

by Tahereh Mafi 2024 397 pages

4.12

52k+ ratings

🕌 Persian-Inspired Fantasy 👑 Royal Love Triangle ✨ Fated Queen 🖤 Dark Brooding Prince 💀 Touch Her And Die

Twin Crowns

by Catherine Doyle • 2022

Twins separated at birth trade lives: a witch claims a throne, a princess claims her magic.

3.92

35k+

👯 Twin Sisters 🧙 Hidden Witch Heritage 👑 Palace Intrigue 🏜️ Desert Quest 🔥 Witch Persecution

Twin Crowns

Twins separated at birth trade lives: a witch claims a throne, a princess claims her magic.

by Catherine Doyle 2022 480 pages

3.92

35k+ ratings

👯 Twin Sisters 🧙 Hidden Witch Heritage 👑 Palace Intrigue 🏜️ Desert Quest 🔥 Witch Persecution

Number the Stars

by Lois Lowry • 1989

When Nazis target Jews in Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie hides her Jewish friend to save her.

4.20

600k+

🕯️ Holocaust Resistance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👭 Wartime Friendship 🌱 Coming Of Age In War 🇩🇰 Danish Solidarity

Number the Stars

When Nazis target Jews in Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie hides her Jewish friend to save her.

by Lois Lowry 1989 137 pages

4.20

600k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Resistance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👭 Wartime Friendship 🌱 Coming Of Age In War 🇩🇰 Danish Solidarity

Heart Bones

by Colleen Hoover • 2020

Two guarded strangers agree to one summer with no strings. But the truth will pull them under.

4.20

600k+

☀️ Summer Fling 💰 Class Divide 🏠 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏖️ Beach Town

Heart Bones

Two guarded strangers agree to one summer with no strings. But the truth will pull them under.

by Colleen Hoover 2020 338 pages

4.20

600k+ ratings

☀️ Summer Fling 💰 Class Divide 🏠 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏖️ Beach Town

The House of Hades

by Rick Riordan • 2013

Seven demigods race to seal a gateway to the dead while two fight through Tartarus itself.

4.57

400k+

🏛️ Modern Mythology 🖤 Underworld Journey ❤️ Found Family 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Self-Acceptance 🕊️ Heroic Sacrifice

The House of Hades

Seven demigods race to seal a gateway to the dead while two fight through Tartarus itself.

by Rick Riordan 2013 597 pages

4.57

400k+ ratings

🏛️ Modern Mythology 🖤 Underworld Journey ❤️ Found Family 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Self-Acceptance 🕊️ Heroic Sacrifice

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

by Benjamin Alire Sáenz • 2012

A Mexican-American boy hides his family's ghosts. Then Dante asks about every one.

4.28

600k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🌵 Chicano Literature 📖 Literary Ya ✍️ Lyrical Prose 🌈 Queer Awakening

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

A Mexican-American boy hides his family's ghosts. Then Dante asks about every one.

by Benjamin Alire Sáenz 2012 390 pages

4.28

600k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🌵 Chicano Literature 📖 Literary Ya ✍️ Lyrical Prose 🌈 Queer Awakening

Wisteria

by Adalyn Grace • 2024

A bargained bride discovers her husband's enchanted kingdom is a lie built to trap her heart.

4.21

51k+

🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 💍 Arranged Marriage 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🧵 Fated Mates

Wisteria

A bargained bride discovers her husband's enchanted kingdom is a lie built to trap her heart.

by Adalyn Grace 2024 419 pages

4.21

51k+ ratings

🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 💍 Arranged Marriage 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🧵 Fated Mates

Flowers for Algernon

by Daniel Keyes • 1966

An experimental surgery makes a man a genius, but the mouse who went first is regressing.

4.24

800k+

📝 Epistolary Narrative 🧪 Scientific Hubris 🧠 Mental Decline 💡 Superintelligence 💔 Bittersweet

Flowers for Algernon

An experimental surgery makes a man a genius, but the mouse who went first is regressing.

by Daniel Keyes 1966 311 pages

4.24

800k+ ratings

📝 Epistolary Narrative 🧪 Scientific Hubris 🧠 Mental Decline 💡 Superintelligence 💔 Bittersweet

The Dragonet Prophecy

by Tui T. Sutherland • 2012

Five young dragons raised to end a war escape their prison into a deadly queen's arena.

4.23

83k+

🐉 Dragon Adventure ✨ Chosen Ones 🦎 Animal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Arena Combat

The Dragonet Prophecy

Five young dragons raised to end a war escape their prison into a deadly queen's arena.

by Tui T. Sutherland 2012 336 pages

4.23

83k+ ratings

🐉 Dragon Adventure ✨ Chosen Ones 🦎 Animal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Arena Combat

The Mysterious Benedict Society

by Trenton Lee Stewart • 2007

Four extraordinary kids ace a strange test, then infiltrate an academy built on mind control.

4.20

100k+

🧩 Puzzle Box Mystery 🕵️ Spy School Adventure 🖤 Found Family 🧠 Gifted Children Team 🌀 Mind Control Plot

The Mysterious Benedict Society

Four extraordinary kids ace a strange test, then infiltrate an academy built on mind control.

by Trenton Lee Stewart 2007 497 pages

4.20

100k+ ratings

🧩 Puzzle Box Mystery 🕵️ Spy School Adventure 🖤 Found Family 🧠 Gifted Children Team 🌀 Mind Control Plot

Thunderhead

by Neal Shusterman • 2018

The AI governing humanity cannot intervene as the order of death-dealers turns on itself.

4.38

200k+

⏳ Immortal Society ⚔️ Vigilante Justice 🎓 Mentor Apprentice 🏛️ Corrupt Institution 🕵️ Undercover Mission

Thunderhead

The AI governing humanity cannot intervene as the order of death-dealers turns on itself.

by Neal Shusterman 2018 504 pages

4.38

200k+ ratings

⏳ Immortal Society ⚔️ Vigilante Justice 🎓 Mentor Apprentice 🏛️ Corrupt Institution 🕵️ Undercover Mission

Artemis Fowl

by Eoin Colfer • 2001

A twelve-year-old genius kidnaps a fairy and demands gold. Her people have hours to pay.

3.86

500k+

🏦 Heist Fantasy 🧠 Child Genius ⚔️ Antihero Protagonist 🌿 Fairy Underworld ⚡ Tech Meets Magic

Artemis Fowl

A twelve-year-old genius kidnaps a fairy and demands gold. Her people have hours to pay.

by Eoin Colfer 2001 396 pages

3.86

500k+ ratings

🏦 Heist Fantasy 🧠 Child Genius ⚔️ Antihero Protagonist 🌿 Fairy Underworld ⚡ Tech Meets Magic

An Ember in the Ashes

by Sabaa Tahir • 2015

A scholar slave and an elite soldier forge a forbidden alliance to survive a murderous academy.

4.23

300k+

🛡️ Ancient Rome Inspired ⚔️ Military Academy 🕵️ Spy Among Enemies 💔 Forbidden Romance 🏜️ Desert Journey

An Ember in the Ashes

A scholar slave and an elite soldier forge a forbidden alliance to survive a murderous academy.

by Sabaa Tahir 2015 446 pages

4.23

300k+ ratings

🛡️ Ancient Rome Inspired ⚔️ Military Academy 🕵️ Spy Among Enemies 💔 Forbidden Romance 🏜️ Desert Journey

The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel)

by Natsu Hyuuga • 2022

A palace apothecary tracks a missing friend into a rebel fortress where old betrayals spark war.

4.57

9k+

🏯 Court Intrigue 🌿 Medical Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identities 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Generational Trauma

The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel)

A palace apothecary tracks a missing friend into a rebel fortress where old betrayals spark war.

by Natsu Hyuuga 2022 295 pages

4.57

9k+ ratings

🏯 Court Intrigue 🌿 Medical Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identities 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Generational Trauma

by Tappei Nagatsuki • 2017

Death rewinds time in his new world. But a killer inside the manor needs a scapegoat.

4.31

1k+

🚪 Isekai Fantasy 🔄 Time Loop 🔍 Loop Mystery 🌑 Dark Isekai 🏠 Found Family

Death rewinds time in his new world. But a killer inside the manor needs a scapegoat.

by Tappei Nagatsuki 2017 264 pages

4.31

1k+ ratings

🚪 Isekai Fantasy 🔄 Time Loop 🔍 Loop Mystery 🌑 Dark Isekai 🏠 Found Family

The Secret Life of Bees

by Sue Monk Kidd • 2001

When her caretaker is jailed, a guilt-ridden girl flees to beekeepers who knew her mother.

4.10

1.3M+

🏠 Southern Fiction 🐝 Found Family ✊🏿 Civil Rights Era 👩‍👩‍👧 Sisterhood 💕 Interracial Romance

Immersive

The Secret Life of Bees

When her caretaker is jailed, a guilt-ridden girl flees to beekeepers who knew her mother.

by Sue Monk Kidd 2001 352 pages

4.10

1.3M+ ratings

🏠 Southern Fiction 🐝 Found Family ✊🏿 Civil Rights Era 👩‍👩‍👧 Sisterhood 💕 Interracial Romance

XOXO

by Axie Oh • 2021

Moving to Seoul, a cellist discovers her LA crush is a K-pop idol forbidden from dating.

3.79

48k+

🎤 K-Pop Romance 🎭 Performing Arts School 🤫 Secret Dating 💫 Idol X Civilian 💔 Forbidden Romance

XOXO

Moving to Seoul, a cellist discovers her LA crush is a K-pop idol forbidden from dating.

by Axie Oh 2021 352 pages

3.79

48k+ ratings

🎤 K-Pop Romance 🎭 Performing Arts School 🤫 Secret Dating 💫 Idol X Civilian 💔 Forbidden Romance

Heartstopper

by Alice Oseman • 2026

Final year of school: Nick and Charlie must decide whether first love can survive separate futures.

4.54

2k+

📖 Graphic Novel Romance 💕 First Love 💌 Long Distance 👥 Found Family 🎓 Final Year Of School

Heartstopper

Final year of school: Nick and Charlie must decide whether first love can survive separate futures.

by Alice Oseman 2026

4.54

2k+ ratings

📖 Graphic Novel Romance 💕 First Love 💌 Long Distance 👥 Found Family 🎓 Final Year Of School

Truly, Devious

by Maureen Johnson • 2018

A secluded academy. A 1930s kidnapping. A true-crime-obsessed teen. Then murder returns to campus.

3.88

100k+

🔍 Teen Detective 🕰️ Cold Case Mystery 📜 Dual Timeline Mystery 🏫 Boarding School Secrets 💛 Found Family

Truly, Devious

A secluded academy. A 1930s kidnapping. A true-crime-obsessed teen. Then murder returns to campus.

by Maureen Johnson 2018 416 pages

3.88

100k+ ratings

🔍 Teen Detective 🕰️ Cold Case Mystery 📜 Dual Timeline Mystery 🏫 Boarding School Secrets 💛 Found Family

Losing Hope

by Colleen Hoover • 2013

After his twin's suicide, a guilt-ridden boy meets his missing childhood friend's mirror image.

4.09

200k+

🖤 Angsty Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔥 Tortured Hero 🌱 Survivor Love Story

Losing Hope

After his twin's suicide, a guilt-ridden boy meets his missing childhood friend's mirror image.

by Colleen Hoover 2013 321 pages

4.09

200k+ ratings

🖤 Angsty Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔥 Tortured Hero 🌱 Survivor Love Story

I Know What You Did Last Summer

by Lois Duncan • 1973

Four friends covered up a fatal hit-and-run. One year later, someone is hunting them down.

3.38

21k+

🔪 Teen Suspense 🚗 Fatal Cover-Up 🎯 Revenge Thriller 💔 Crumbling Friendships 🧠 Psychological Horror

I Know What You Did Last Summer

Four friends covered up a fatal hit-and-run. One year later, someone is hunting them down.

by Lois Duncan 1973 199 pages

3.38

21k+ ratings

🔪 Teen Suspense 🚗 Fatal Cover-Up 🎯 Revenge Thriller 💔 Crumbling Friendships 🧠 Psychological Horror

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird

by Christopher Sergel • 1995

In 1930s Alabama, Scout's father defends a Black man, forcing her to see her town's hidden face.

4.51

24k+

🏘️ Small Town South ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 👧 Child Narrator 🕊️ Unjustly Accused 🌱 Coming Of Age Classic

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird

In 1930s Alabama, Scout's father defends a Black man, forcing her to see her town's hidden face.

by Christopher Sergel 1995 128 pages

4.51

24k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town South ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 👧 Child Narrator 🕊️ Unjustly Accused 🌱 Coming Of Age Classic

Renegades

by Marissa Meyer • 2017

A sleepless girl infiltrates the heroes who failed her family, but one boy complicates her revenge.

4.11

100k+

🦹 Corrupt Superheroes ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Secret Identity 🕵️ Infiltration Mission 👿 Villain Protagonist

Renegades

A sleepless girl infiltrates the heroes who failed her family, but one boy complicates her revenge.

by Marissa Meyer 2017 552 pages

4.11

100k+ ratings

🦹 Corrupt Superheroes ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Secret Identity 🕵️ Infiltration Mission 👿 Villain Protagonist

Heartless

by Marissa Meyer • 2016

Cath bakes magic into tarts, but a king wants her hand, a joker her heart.

4.08

200k+

📖 Villain Origin Story 🐇 Wonderland Retelling 🌹 Dark Fairytale 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers 🎪 Dark Whimsy

Heartless

Cath bakes magic into tarts, but a king wants her hand, a joker her heart.

by Marissa Meyer 2016 453 pages

4.08

200k+ ratings

📖 Villain Origin Story 🐇 Wonderland Retelling 🌹 Dark Fairytale 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers 🎪 Dark Whimsy

The Thing About Jellyfish

by Ali Benjamin • 2015

After her best friend drowns, a girl stops speaking and searches for answers in jellyfish.

4.10

45k+

🔬 Young Scientist 🤫 Chosen Silence 💔 Grieving A Friend 🥲 Bittersweet ✨ Lyrical Middle Grade

The Thing About Jellyfish

After her best friend drowns, a girl stops speaking and searches for answers in jellyfish.

by Ali Benjamin 2015 343 pages

4.10

45k+ ratings

🔬 Young Scientist 🤫 Chosen Silence 💔 Grieving A Friend 🥲 Bittersweet ✨ Lyrical Middle Grade

How to Make Friends with the Dark

by Kathleen Glasgow • 2019

After her mother dies, a teen in foster care must trust a half-sister she's never met.

4.07

42k+

🖤 Grief And Loss 🏠 Foster Care 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 👭 Sister Bond 🤝 Found Family

How to Make Friends with the Dark

After her mother dies, a teen in foster care must trust a half-sister she's never met.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2019 421 pages

4.07

42k+ ratings

🖤 Grief And Loss 🏠 Foster Care 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 👭 Sister Bond 🤝 Found Family

Journey to the River Sea

by Eva Ibbotson • 2001

An orphan arrives in the Amazon to cold guardians and a jungle boy fleeing his past.

4.19

17k+

🌿 Amazon Adventure 🧒 Orphan Protagonist 🤝 Found Family 🎭 Identity Swap 🕰️ Edwardian Era

Journey to the River Sea

An orphan arrives in the Amazon to cold guardians and a jungle boy fleeing his past.

by Eva Ibbotson 2001 304 pages

4.19

17k+ ratings

🌿 Amazon Adventure 🧒 Orphan Protagonist 🤝 Found Family 🎭 Identity Swap 🕰️ Edwardian Era

The City of Brass

by S.A. Chakraborty • 2017

Her healing con accidentally summons a djinn, dragging her into a hidden city's magical civil war.

4.14

100k+

🕌 Middle Eastern Fantasy 👑 Political Intrigue 🧬 Hidden Heir 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Elemental Magic

The City of Brass

Her healing con accidentally summons a djinn, dragging her into a hidden city's magical civil war.

by S.A. Chakraborty 2017 532 pages

4.14

100k+ ratings

🕌 Middle Eastern Fantasy 👑 Political Intrigue 🧬 Hidden Heir 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Elemental Magic

The Outsiders

by S.E. Hinton • 1967

A sensitive greaser hides out after his friend kills a Soc, learning what innocence costs.

4.15

1.6M+

🏭 Working Class Fiction 🔪 Gang Rivalry 🫂 Found Family 🍂 Loss Of Innocence ⚖️ Class Divide

The Outsiders

A sensitive greaser hides out after his friend kills a Soc, learning what innocence costs.

by S.E. Hinton 1967 208 pages

4.15

1.6M+ ratings

🏭 Working Class Fiction 🔪 Gang Rivalry 🫂 Found Family 🍂 Loss Of Innocence ⚖️ Class Divide

Because of Mr. Terupt

by Rob Buyea • 2010

A new teacher's warmth draws seven guarded fifth graders into a classroom that feels like family.

4.35

46k+

🏫 School Story 🗣️ Multiple Narrators 👨‍🏫 Inspirational Teacher 🤝 Classroom Community 💗 Bully Redemption

Because of Mr. Terupt

A new teacher's warmth draws seven guarded fifth graders into a classroom that feels like family.

by Rob Buyea 2010 269 pages

4.35

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Drama

She can't sing, so she designs sets. Two brothers bring romantic chaos to the stage crew.

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4.18

100k+ ratings

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Notes from the Midnight Driver

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A sixteen-year-old's drunken crash earns him a hundred hours with a hostile, jazz-obsessed old man.

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Notes from the Midnight Driver

A sixteen-year-old's drunken crash earns him a hundred hours with a hostile, jazz-obsessed old man.

by Jordan Sonnenblick 2006 265 pages

4.05

9k+ ratings

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Finale

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Finale

Ancient immortals have escaped. Love is their only weakness, and two sisters must wield it.

by Stephanie Garber 2019 478 pages

4.12

400k+ ratings

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by Ursula K. Le Guin • 1968

After a reckless spell, a young wizard chases his own shadow to the ocean's end.

4.01

300k+

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A Wizard of Earthsea

After a reckless spell, a young wizard chases his own shadow to the ocean's end.

by Ursula K. Le Guin 1968 183 pages

4.01

300k+ ratings

📚 Wizard School 🖤 Shadow Self 🏛️ Mythic Fantasy ⛵ Seafaring Fantasy 🤔 Contemplative Fantasy

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