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Best Young Adult Books

Books for teenage readers

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  1. Witchlanders

    Lena Coakley

    ★ 3.7 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A skeptical young man who scorns the mountain witches' prophecies finds his world upended when a new, terrifying magic emerges, forcing him to confront a silent, beautiful witch and the shocking truth that he is the subject of the very predictions he disbelieves.

  2. Arizona

    Eden Maguire

    ★ 3.6 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When the mysterious Beautiful Dead vanish, Darina must unravel the truth behind Arizona's apparent suicide before the past consumes them all.

  3. The Always War

    Margaret Peterson Haddix

    ★ 3.4 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    In a ravaged future America, a resilient teen, her war-scarred childhood friend, and a street-smart orphan brave enemy lines to unearth the seventy-five-year deception fueling their nation's endless war.

  4. Faking 19

    Alyson Noel

    ★ 3.5 (3k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    Seventeen-year-old Alex fakes her age to dive into L.A.'s glittering nightlife, escaping suburban boredom and personal problems, only to find her closest friend's deceptions are the most dangerous.

  5. The Road of the Dead

    Kevin Brooks

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Driven by grief and a need for revenge, two half-gypsy brothers—one reckless, the other with unsettling visions—search storm-battered England for their sister's killer.

  6. Black Duck

    Janet Taylor Lisle

    ★ 3.7 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    In 1929 Rhode Island, two boys get caught in a deadly war between rival Prohibition gangs after finding a body and a mysterious package on the beach, leading one of them aboard the legendary smuggling ship, the Black Duck.

  7. Tenderness

    Robert Cormier

    ★ 3.7 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Fresh from juvenile detention for parricide, eighteen-year-old Eric seeks a twisted form of 'tenderness' through murder, only to find a potential mirror—or victim—in the equally damaged and searching fifteen-year-old runaway, Lori.

  8. The Princess Plot

    Kirsten Boie

    ★ 3.7 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A girl's unexpected film role as a princess turns into a real-life mystery in a charming kingdom, where the line between script and reality blurs.

  9. Being Henry David

    Cal Armistead

    ★ 3.7 (3k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    An amnesiac teen renames himself after Thoreau and travels to Walden Pond, hoping the retreat will unlock his tragic memories and reveal his identity.

  10. Good Old Secret Seven

    Enid Blyton

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    The Secret Seven are on the case when mysterious lights and disturbed jackdaws at Torkling Castle hint at a secret lurking within its ruined tower, far more intriguing than a simple ghost story.

  11. Vengeance

    Kate Brian

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    Haunted by a fiery past and relentless adversaries, Reed fights to resurrect her beloved boarding school from literal and metaphorical ashes, all while a sinister legacy threatens to consume her and the remaining Billings girls.

  12. Win

    Vera Nazarian

    ★ 4.5 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    On the alien world of Atlantis, an awkward Earth-nerd with a powerful voice must navigate deadly games, treacherous alliances, and an impending cosmic war to save her loved ones and two planets, all before her wedding day.

  13. Camille

    Tess Oliver

    ★ 3.7 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a world of strict societal rules, a young woman's life hunting werewolves takes a dangerous turn when her latest scientific 'specimen' sparks an forbidden passion, making her choose between love and humanity as he changes into the monster she hunts.

  14. Hawkes Harbor

    S.E. Hinton

    ★ 3.1 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Jamie Sommers, an orphan and lifelong sinner, used to the world's dark corners, faces an unimaginable evil in Hawkes Harbor that threatens his sanity and cursed existence.

  15. The Fugitive Factor

    Gordon Korman

    ★ 4.1 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    On the run from the FBI, a killer, and the entire nation, Aiden and Meg Falconer must find evidence to clear their wrongly imprisoned parents.

  16. The Apple Tart of Hope

    Sarah Moore Fitzgerald

    ★ 3.9 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    When the boy who baked the world's most perfect apple tarts disappears and everyone thinks he's dead, his best friend and little brother search for the truth, showing that even in deep sadness, hope is a strong force.

  17. The Twisted Claw

    Franklin W. Dixon

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    The Hardy Boys chase a self-styled pirate king from Bayport to a Caribbean stronghold, uncovering his role in museum thefts and the "Empire of the Twisted Claw."

  18. Bloodline

    Sidney Sheldon

    ★ 3.7 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In Sidney Sheldon's "Bloodline," a resilient heiress must navigate a viper's nest of avaricious relatives and an unseen assassin to save her family's empire from collapse after her father's suspicious death.

  19. The Fallout

    S.A. Bodeen

    ★ 4.3 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Haunted by their escape from an underground bunker, Eli and his family grapple with a world that wants answers and the chilling realization that their past may still be watching them.

  20. Beyond the Chocolate War

    Robert Cormier

    ★ 3.6 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    As graduation nears, Archie, the sinister leader of the Vigils, prepares his final terror, unaware his right-hand man Obie and other students have a shocking surprise waiting for him.

  21. Word Nerd

    Susin Nielsen

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    After a near-fatal allergic reaction leads to homeschooling, a word-nerd twelve-year-old forms a Scrabble-fueled friendship with an ex-con, finding community among competitive wordsmiths while secretly navigating his overprotective mother.

  22. The Last Silk Dress

    Ann Rinaldi

    ★ 3.9 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    In Civil War Richmond, a fourteen-year-old girl, determined to help the Confederacy by making a silk spy balloon, uncovers family secrets that make her question her loyalty, honor, and the war itself.

  23. Envy

    Sandra Brown

    ★ 3.4 (3k) average on GoodreadsThriller

    A New York book editor's quest for a reclusive author's tantalizing manuscript leads her to a ruined plantation, an undeniable attraction, and a chilling realization that his fictional tale of betrayal and murder may be a terrifying reflection of her own husband's hidden past.

  24. Awake and Dreaming

    Kit Pearson

    ★ 4.3 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A young girl trapped in poverty dreams of a perfect family, only to find herself questioning the line between reality and illusion when her magical new life with the warm Kaldors mysteriously unravels.

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