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.

Phoenix Awakens

Julia Long’s senior year is starting with an extra dose of crazy. First, there are the creepy dreams about bloody cult rituals. Then, her new classmate and crush, Southern charmer Graham, shows up in her nightmares as the sacrificial victim. And these dreams seem to be telling her she’s supposed to save him, when in ... Read more

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The Curse of the Bruel Coven

Can Vivienne become the witch she needs to be? Or will her newfound powers prove too much for her to handle? Only one thing is certain, Vivienne will soon learn that all magic has a price. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Supernatural Hero

Don’t try to be someone else, be yourself! Reading this book will make you see that being yourself is the only way for success, all you need is to believe. Andy is the nerd everyone makes fun of. He’s really skinny, wears glasses and talks to himself, but he falls in love with the prettiest ... Read more

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A Death’s Awakening

Hadley knows Death wants her. Maybe she wants him too. At least that’s what it feels like to her some days. Hadley’s life follows a triangular path of home, school, and the pharmacy to stock up on inhalers, lozenges, and cough syrup. But, her predictably mundane deterioration is unexpectedly interrupted when Hunter walks into her ... Read more

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T.M. Franklin

Ava Michaels used to think she was special. As a child, she fantasized about having magical powers… making things happen. But Ava grew up and eventually accepted the fact that her childish dreams were just that, and maybe a normal life wasn’t so bad after all.Now a young college student, Ava meets Caleb Foster, a ... Read more

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Lily

S Smith

It’s definitely not what she had in mind for summer vacation. When her friends disappear under mysterious circumstances, thirteen-year-old Lily sets out to discover more about the secret organization with which they were involved. In doing so, Lily makes a new friend and falls for a mysterious young man, even as she remains unsure about ... Read more

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Free: Lake Caerwych (Time Travel Fantasy)

A story of friendship, time travel and haunting adventure in ancient Wales. Two American teenagers embark on the journey of their lives when they find a megalithic portal in Snowdonia which takes them back to 500 BC. Lake Caerwych is Book 1 of a Welsh-themed trilogy. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Steel Maiden

A stolen crown. A handsome prince. A giant disaster. Elena has always been taught that those born in The Pit die in The Pit—the cramped, filthy shantytown where the poor are forced to live out their lives as trash. But when she steals the Anglian crown, everything changes. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: The Book of Sight

A book can be a wonderful gift. When Alex received an unexpected package, she never dreamed the book it contained would change her life forever. After all, the words inside were gibberish. She had no idea the places that book would take her, the friends that book would help her make or the wonders that ... Read more

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The Selection

Humans colonized the planet Kepler 186f after Earth’s near total global collapse. Soon after, supply missions ended leaving the colonists to themselves, renaming the planet Anastasia and building a new society far different than Earth’s. As population imbalance threatened stability in the settlements, a horrific and brutal institution known as The Selection was created. Centuries ... Read more

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Watched

Mikayla doesn’t want much: just to rock out to her favorite band, become the next Kwiki Stop video gaming champion, and keep her Q-tip habit under control. What she does want is the sight of the sudden inexplicable dark auras around everyone to stop. Problem is, those auras are demons and Mikayla is the last ... Read more

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The Crystal Needle

There were only two real witches in Salem during the trials and they left before they were discovered. Together, they founded the town of Featherville to house the refugees from the trials. Unexpectedly, a family of magic Kitsune took refuge there with the sisters. After learning the tragic story of the Kitsune’s mother at the ... Read more

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Order of Vespers

Eighteen-year-old Jasper Andrews finds herself drawn into this superhuman world when a freak explosion exposes her to groups interested in secret abilities. When her family is killed under unbelievable circumstances, Jasper is the only suspect. She flees police custody and heads to New York City to lose herself in the crowds. Jasper wants revenge, but ... Read more

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Free: Rite of Rejection

Sarah Negovetich

Straight-laced, sixteen-year-old Rebecca can’t wait for her Acceptance. A fancy ball, eligible bachelors, and her debut as an official member of society. Instead, the Machine rejects Rebecca. Labeled as a future criminal, she’s shipped off to a life sentence in a lawless penal colony. A life behind barbed wire fences with the world’s most dangerous ... Read more

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The Ivory Needle

When Denver teen Chessie visits Kenya and finds an ancient ivory needle, she’s suddenly connected to the spirit of the elephant murdered for its tusks–a spirit who begs for her help to save two rare, endangered elephants. But helping out just might land Chessie on the endangered list herself. $0.99 on Kindle. ... Read more

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Famous by Default

MK Harkins

Jax doesn’t want to be famous. Stalked by rabid fans and the paparazzi, he dreams of better days when things were normal. But those days are gone. No one can stay under the radar if you’re from the Jaynes family. He doesn’t trust anymore. Sivan doesn’t have a family. As a part of the foster ... Read more

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Free: Land, A Stranded Novel

Theresa Shaver

Stranded 1500 miles from home when the lights go out for good. Ten students must make it home through a crumbling nation that has fallen to lawlessness and chaos. An epic journey awaits them in this coming of age story. Book 1 of 6. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Jump When Ready

David Pandolfe

Now in the afterlife, Henry witnesses his sister’s abduction. To save her, Henry first has to convince a group of teenagers that dead doesn’t mean helpless. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Swann

If your parents loved you enough to erase you, who would you become? You are not your body. You’re not your hair, your face or your nose. You’re not your diseases, your anxieties or your psychosis. Welcome to Astor Academy where, with their right genetic coding and a stomach for the impossible, you can change ... Read more

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Caught in Between

She’s not like the others… Sadie is a teen vampire who can’t drink blood, trips over her own feet, and is the running joke of her class at University, the local finishing school for young vampires. If she can’t cut it in the vamp world, what other options does she have? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Faceless Strangers

K.J. Sweeney

A mother’s love is supposed be the constant in a child’s life. But for Rab, it’s not. What if a mother created a child and hated it? It was the 1960s, and a feeling of hope and prosperity was in the air. The American dream was unfolding for everyone it seemed, except for one family ... Read more

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Always Mine

Lauren Wood

I have a reputation in the city. My bar is always open to the right kind of people and everyone who is anyone knows me. The ladies know me as someone else. I am their lover, bad boy, anything they want me to be for the night. But then Eve moves in downstairs. She is ... Read more

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Only mine

Lauren Wood

I have a reputation in the city. My bar is always open to the right kind of people and everyone who is anyone knows me. The ladies know me as someone else. I am their lover, bad boy, anything they want me to be for the night. But then Eve moves in downstairs. She is ... Read more

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Free: Born of Earth

17-year-old Georjayna isn’t exactly thrilled about going to Ireland to live with her aunt for the summer, and even less thrilled when her adopted cousin Jasher (cute though he may be) turns out to be as friendly as a nest of vipers. When Georjie unearths Jasher’s terrifying secret and things she never knew about her ... Read more

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Cauldron Bubble

Destiny doesn’t think she’s anything special. The daughter of an outcast witch. Her twin, Fate, is her best friend, so that’s awesome. They’re experts in love potions and selling them to crazy high school kids. So they can buy more shoes. But that all changes when their school is attacked by warlocks—warlocks who want her ... Read more

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To the North

Everyone gets lost in the Wood that surrounds the village to the North. Everyone, that is, except for Annabelle Knopp. But the Wood contains secrets even Annabelle doesn’t know. When the body of a stranger appears on the steps of the church, the quiet village gets thrown into turmoil. People begin to disappear, the trees ... Read more

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Free: Sentinel

Jamie Foley

When a meteor storm knocks out the power grid, the supernaturally gifted become pawns in humanity’s struggle for survival. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: The Mayor of Winchester Gates

When Gilbert Anderson decides to take a shortcut through the cemetery, he gets more than surprised. He gets the answers to the universe. More importantly, he finds a way to fix his broken family. The Mayor of Winchester Gates, with his unique brand of fun and humor, helps Gilbert bring love and understanding back into ... Read more

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Free: Enchantress Sacrifice

Denice Hughes Lewis

An Enchantress is born–forbidden on an uncharted island. Hidden underground for sixteen years, Elandra must face her destiny and save the island from the Beast who wants her soul and the natives who want her death. Instead, she embarks on a quest to become normal that endangers the lives of her savior, her shipwrecked young ... Read more

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Shadowislands, City of Skies

Norah Hunt has just joined the deadly quest to discover the ancient Viking legend of the hidden Shadowislands. Her post-apocalyptic world, Triangle of Peace, is the only home she’s ever known. But at sixteen years old, the skilled young warrior joins an elite band of raiders called Jarls. Her mission? Merely to win the perilous ... Read more

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Chaos (un)Controlled

Teenage Rixa flees to a library-in-the-sky world to escape her mother’s religious, controlling nature, but finds a murky truth below the polished surface of what seems like a paradise. To emerge victorious, she’ll need to overcome her upbringing’s resulting emotional suppression to better control her power, or risk being consumed by her newfound abilities. $2.99 on ... Read more

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Deadman’s Planet, Lady Dana of the Badlands

Seth, the Recruiter, roams the harsh desert terrain on a mission to lure in young people and convince them to live their lives in the domes. But one young woman – Lady Dana – knows there’s far more to him than meets the eye. After learning that Seth has threatened her mother, the venerable Duchess ... Read more

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Free: Time Shifters, Into the Past

Kate Frost

When Maisie is time-shifted to 1471 during a school trip to Warwick Castle, it’s the beginning of an adventure bigger than she could ever have dreamed of. The only problem is she has to share it with Lizzie, the class bully, instead of her best friend Danny, who has managed to get caught up with ... Read more

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Free: Sinful Cinderella

Anita Valle

I’m not who they think I am. A docile girl who meekly obeys her stepmother and stepsisters. Some kind of sick angel who cheerfully bears their mistreatment. That’s what I WANT them to think. Because then they won’t suspect what I’m really up to. The ball, the prince – it’s all part of my plan ... Read more

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Free: Rimrider

Orphan, pirate, spy. Awakened by her father, Jane Benedict is ordered to memorize a mysterious code. Hours later, Mathias Benedict is dead and Jane and her brother, Will, are wards of United Earth Corporation. To evade the company’s murderous clutches and uncover the meaning of her father’s last message, Jane leads Will on a desperate ... Read more

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Free: Self Defense

Uriel Lynn

Five Teenagers prove that with bravery, initiative and belief, even a group of boys can save the world. Self Defense brings the extraordinary experiences of brave teenagers in a land consumed by violence and strife. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Lingering Dreams

Shy, quiet Kirsten Nicholson’s life on the sprawling family ranch in Oklahoma has been one of serene predictability. In fact, her rancher father, Carter, detests change. But changes galore explode when seventeen-year-old Enrique Delaire arrives on the scene. Wearing his “Bronc Busting’s a Kicker” ballcap, his Nikes, and his surfer shirt, Enrique is ready to ... Read more

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Simulation

M Black

City of Embers meets The 100. “No one is getting in but whom we allow, and no one is ever getting out.” Set in 2175 in Colorado, USA, where Citigogs are the new form of cities and citizens are kept under a careful population control, we meet Ilia the Princess of our main Citigog named ... Read more

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Three Wishes

Zara Ruiz is a normal California girl on the verge of graduating from high school and thinking about her dawning future. But when dusk brings a shattering loss—and she discovers a priceless object in the shallows of a tide pool—she is thrust a hundred-and-eighty years into the past. There she meets handsome ranchero Javier de ... Read more

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At Water’s Edge

S. McPherson

When 17-year-old, Dezaray Storm drunkenly stumbles across a portal one night, her abused and broken life begins to change, mainly because she starts living someone else’s life. Accidently trading places with the most powerful sorceress of the realm, Coldivor, Dezaray finds herself assuming the identity of her magical lookalike, having to convince everyone in the ... Read more

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