YA Books on Kindle
The young adult (YA) genre consists of books that are written to appeal to pre-teens and teenagers. There is no clear age range for this genre’s audience, but most agree that the standard reading age is for those between the ages of 12 and 18 (although even older adults may love these stories, too!). These books may include fiction and non-fiction titles with themes and plots that are likely to be extremely relevant to the young people in your life.
The Gamble
“And yet here we are, and I am reminded once again that I have never known anything at all.” A new YA dystopian novel that outranked Divergent and The Hunger Games on Amazon’s Top 100 Best Sellers List, The Gamble features a young female heroine navigating through the lies and betrayals of those she loves ... Read more
Our Friendship Matters
Leah and Sasha are 17-year-old friends who had been close to one another since elementary school, but as the summer approaches they find their friendship tested in ways they never anticipated. Following graduation, Sasha’s privileged life and perception of the world around her is suddenly altered when an old childhood friend persuades her to join ... Read more
Free: Mermaid Cliff
Rockport is a small, seaside town. After the new girl at school is found beneath the iconic, Mermaid Cliff, a group of teens will hunt for the killer or become the next victim. The town is thrust into the national spotlight, forcing an investigation into the town’s darkest secrets. Free on Kindle... Read more
Free: A Rose Should be Red
Jenny, a broken girl, haunted by her dark past and weighed down by the suffering she had to endure throughout her life, is willing to start anew. In London, she got used to her current environment and managed to make some friends in school. There was also Tyler Williams, who was one of the reasons ... Read more
Free: Third Daughter (Royals of Dharia 1)
Aniri is the Third Daughter of the Queen—zero royal duties. Then a barbarian prince proposes. If she refuses, the country may plunge into war. When she discovers the prince has his own secrets, saving her country may end up breaking her heart. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Distracted By You
Ivy’s parents have just told her they’re getting a divorce. She can’t bear it. Her first year of University life at Exeter has suddenly come crashing down and she can’t stop doodling ladybugs on her hand to remind her of another tragedy from her life. Ivy copes by pushing her thoughts away, choosing to be ... Read more
Free: the Loser in the Static
With the death of his older brother still haunting him Peyton Pieters rebels against a society that rejects individuality. When he sets off to find the only girl he has ever loved things spiral downward into a self imposed existential crisis. Obsessed with crush Amber, Peyton begins a journey that hearkens back to Kerouac’s ‘On ... Read more
Juice Ain’t Worth The Squeeze
The juice ain’t worth the squeeze when it comes to relationships in 2020. Everyone knows a decent one is hard to come by in the age of social media, thot culture, Closet cases, and narcissism. Toxic situationships are the bulk of what’s left. When the curtain goes down, and the act is over, dealing with ... Read more
Free: Broken: Macy’s Story
Macy’s in a mess. Tired of being the pastor’s daughter who never measures up, now she’s in trouble with the law, too. Assigned to do community service, she agrees to work as a housekeeper at her grandparents’ motel. Broken and defeated, Macy is just counting down the days to complete her service hours until she ... Read more
Free: An Uncommon Blue: 5th Anniversary Edition
In Télesphore, the glowing color of a person’s palm determines their place in society and shaking hands with another mixes the colors permanently. When sixteen-year-old Bruno accidentally kills a royal soldier, he goes from favored to fugitive. Now Bruno’s only chance at survival is to become someone else. That means a haircut, a change of ... Read more
Free: Intwine Star-Crossed DNA
Intwine is the first book a four-part series. Combining forbidden interplanetary romance with space travel and intrigue, Intwine is a fast-paced, unique blend of sci-fi adventure, star-crossed DNA, passions and an ensemble of characters that bring readers to the center of the story. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: An Italian Obsession
Roberto never really got over the crush he had on Alessandra in school. But with the police, who have taken a belated interest in past events, and Roberto’s romantic relation with Alessandra’s roommate, which complicates everything, will he be able to keep his life from taking another bad turn? Free on Kindle.... Read more
Vivie’s Secret
Following her family’s escape from Hungary during the 1956 Soviet invasion, twelve-year-old Vivie is entrusted with a butcher-paper-wrapped packet that she safeguards for the remainder of her life. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Reckless Heat
Evie Baker has loved Matt Girard since they were kids, but all Matt sees is his tomboy best friend…until one reckless dare changes everything. Free on Kindle... Read more
Free: The Legacy Human (Singularity 1)
Elijah wants to become an ascender, a human/machine hybrid, but it’s forbidden for legacies like him, preserved for their unaltered genetic code. When he wins a sponsor to the creative Olympics, he finally gets his chance… until he discovers nothing is as it seems. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Seven Players
Max Stranger and his girlfriend, Lara, are chosen to play the lead roles of the lovers in a post-apocalyptic movie. But in the films of the Seven Metropolises everything is real and is broadcast live on TV. The worst of all – the action will take place outside the Metropolises in a desolated wilderness of ... Read more
Winter’s Wolf
Escape into a world of werewolves, witches, and magic! Louvette Blackwood never even knew her own father’s name until a lawyer shows up on her doorstep to execute her grandfather’s will. She soon finds out that her grandfather was murdered while searching for her father. At first, they are hesitant to sign the will, but ... Read more
Silent Screams
For a group of friends, one mistake changed the course of their lives forever. In the aftermath of a tragic school shooting, the group must find their own form of justice and a way to begin healing from a wound that just won’t stop hurting. For them, the lines were drawn. Right and wrong became ... Read more
Falling Too Deep
Not everyone gets second chances. Seventeen-year-old Brooke McFadden is having a bad summer. It doesn’t get any better when she falls from the top deck of the Fairchild yacht into the churning waters of Lake Michigan. The impact knocks her out. When she comes to, she realizes three things: her head throbs, she’s in her ... Read more
Free: Butterfly Bones
Fifteen-year-old Bethany Keatley has a rare bone disorder cursing her with the body of a ten-year-old. But the discovery of unexpected and horrifying side effects to her treatment means her existence is now a life sentence. But nature has other plans, a sacrifice for Bethany’s life. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Matilda Seer
2020 Eric Hoffer Award recipient: Fantasy category honorable mention and shortlist finalist. Rachel woke up on her sixteenth birthday dreading the day ahead. Little did she know that after being pulled into a mysterious mirror by an unknown force, she would emerge in a new realm and soon become Matilda Seer. Every year on December ... Read more
Montrose Paranormal Academy
Three power-hungry secret societies desperately want the strange girl who sees angels. For what? Beats me. Hi, I’m Lucy and I just discovered I’m not normal. After my brother’s disappearance, I enrolled in the super-elite academy where he was last seen on U.S. soil. Now two totally gorgeous secret society guys are fighting over which ... Read more
The Fairy Tale
“A truly astonishing fantasy debut.” When two students learn about a chemical that will make everybody beautiful, it is obvious they must make it widely available. But will universal beauty make humans feel free, or will it create new problems? Little do they know, two fairy lands above them are engaged in a war over ... Read more
The Ten
They fear what we’ve become. They should. Although many students attend the prestigious, Institute of Anomalous Intelligence, only ten of them matter. The single most important, Aiden Quinn, the one whose neurological scan shows activity unknown to humans. The year is 2072, and sixteen-year-old Aiden Quinn and his mother have kept his abilities hidden from ... Read more
Coyote Summer
The summer of magic happened forty years ago when Ben was just seventeen, but he’s never forgotten. It started with rape and ended with a promise. In between things happened that Ben still didn’t understand. A man turned into a coyote, a girl danced in the air, Ben broke the law, and he fell in ... Read more
Survivor
When Juliet receives a scholarship to attend the prestigious Breaker Academy, she accepts without hesitation. But the moment she arrives on campus, it’s clear that the students who rule the school despise her. But if the Kings of Breaker Academy think they can bully her, they’re mistaken; Juliet’s been to hell and back and survived ... Read more
Free: Fear Justice
After her dad is kidnapped by terrorists, Rena doesn’t know who to trust. She’s rescued by an agent who promises to find her dad. Rena has no idea his real mission is to unlock her power…Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: The Every Stone
On the planet Precios, gemstones can cure everything from heartache to heartburn—unless you’re one of the children doomed to Devil’s Crown to mine them. All Yrund wants is to get back to her beloved home in the Sky Country, but escaping the powerful Mining Wield will take more than just courage. Especially when Yrund accidentally ... Read more
Free: An Italian Obsession
Roberto never really got over the crush he had on Alessandra in school and when, years later, they meet again and fall in love, tragedy strikes and all seems lost. After a long separation Roberto finally reconnects with Alessandra and has a chance to win her back, but a dark secret from his past threatens ... Read more
The Progeny
“Intricately woven, intriguing and romantic—I literally couldn’t put it down.” —#1 New York Times Bestselling Author Jennifer L. Armentrout When you wake up, you remember nothing. Not your name, or where you were born, or the faces of the people you knew. Just a single warning written to yourself before you forgot it all: “Emily, ... Read more
Unusual Confusion
“I was an outsider all my life. The only people in this world that wanted me were my family. But I had a way of escaping that world. I had my own world.” Lexi Miller never had any friends. At age 6 she discovered a weird secret about herself – she could teleport to her ... Read more
Adopted into the Supernatural
A girl with a painful past, a vampire prince with no sense of humor, and a werewolf archnemesis. Welcome to paranormal high school where Amber, a human girl, is the freak. Adopted by vampires to escape a bad situation, yes vampires can be saviors too, she must get through the year without being killed by ... Read more
Free: The Last Days of Childhood
Lucy sees herself as overweight, unattractive, unloved. She worries about her forthcoming exams, is sexually confused and has been self-harming. What’s more, the coronavirus is sweeping across England and the UK seems certain to enter a period of lockdown. If the transition to adulthood isn’t difficult enough. Will she ever resolve her problems and find ... Read more
Free: Looking for Dei (The Godseeker Duet Book One)
Fifteen-year-old Nara Dall has never liked secrets, yet it seems that her life has been filled with them, from the ugly scar on her back to the strange powers she possesses. When she uses forbidden magic to save her friend, she uncovers the biggest secret of all: the power of broken people. FREE on Kindle... Read more
Free: Fated to Die
A cursed village. A doomed maiden. A love to rival fate. Dark romantic retelling inspired by the Scottish folktale of the Washer Woman with a hint of Beauty and the Beast. Free on Kindle.... Read more
The Antarctic Circle: Arcania
A kingdom hidden in Antarctica for over four thousand years…would you dare enter? Set in one of Earth’s final frontiers, the story follows 15-year-old Evenéiel Collins after she stumbles into an ancient, post-diluvian civilization. Arcania. For four thousand years, this kingdom lay hidden beneath enormous, geodesic Domes—but has Eve brought an end to its Secrecy? ... Read more
Trinal Academy: Ancient Blood Ties
Deeply rooted in ancient Egyptian mythology, Trinal Academy is a tale of hidden secrets passed down through the blood of afflicted children. It explores the internal struggle of finding oneself, whilst fighting for love amidst an attack from the oldest of evils. In the unassuming town of Ely, there are bizarre traditions and things hidden ... Read more
Life is Big
Alma-Jane, an impossibly curious 11-year-old girl who lives in NYC and the most genetically happy person alive, is about to die due to a rare mutation. Ayrton, Alma-Jane’s older brother and a math prodigy, declares war against Death, “the destroyer of Life,” and then suddenly takes off to Oxford, UK, to examine Albert Einstein’s brain. ... Read more
Mayhem on the Midway
It’s the time and place, but it’s not all fun and games. Emotions run high at Rosedale High as Tamar and her friends plan the junior class’s year-end fundraiser – a school fair set to involve students, staff, and the community. Even when a series of puzzling incidents put a friend and their plans at ... Read more
Piecing it Back Together
Brandi McCullen left her hometown years ago with no explanation and has never felt the same since. In her new life, she finds she has no time to go home…until one day she does. When Brandi can finally return to her childhood home to the friends she left she finds a broken group spread apart ... Read more
