Best Fiction Novels For Young Adults - April 2024

The Beginning of Everything

Robyn Schneider's The Beginning of Everything is a witty and heart-wrenching teen novel that will appeal to fans of books by John Green and Ned Vizzini, novels such as The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and classics like The Great Gatsby and The Catcher in the Rye.Varsity tennis captain Ezra Faulkner was supposed to be homecoming king, but that was before—before his girlfriend cheated on him, before a car accident shattered his leg, and before he fell in love with unpredictable new girl Cassidy Thorpe.As Kirkus Reviews said in a starred review, "Schneider takes familiar stereotypes and infuses... [Read More]

• ASIN: B009NF6DBI
• ASIN: B009NF6DBI
• Manufacturer: Katherine Tegen Books

The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

A young New Yorker grieving his mother's death is pulled into a gritty underworld of art and wealth in this "extraordinary" and beloved Pulitzer Prize winner that "connects with the heart as well as the mind" (Stephen King, New York Times Book Review).Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don't know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by a longing for his mother, he clings t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316055441
• ASIN: 0316055441
• ISBN: 0316055441
• Brand: Back Bay Books
• Manufacturer: Back Bay Books

The Amber Project (The Variant Saga)

200 years after the world ends, their future begins.In 2157, a mysterious gas known as Variant spreads across the globe, killing or mutating most organic life. The surviving humans take refuge in an underground city, determined to return home. But after generations of failures and botched attempts, hope is beginning to dwindle. That is, until a young scientist makes a unique discovery--and everything changes. Suddenly, there's reason to hope again, and it rests within a group of genetically engineered children that are both human and Variant.Terry is one of these children, modified and trained... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1511757914
• ASIN: 1511757914
• ISBN: 1511757914
• Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Tell Me Three Things

A New York Times Bestseller “Here are three things about this book: (1) It’s . . .  funny and romantic; (2) the mystery at the heart of the story will keep you turning the pages; (3) I have a feeling you’ll be very happy you read it.” —Jennifer E. Smith, author of The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight With the perfect mix of comedy and tragedy, love and loss, and pain and elation, the characters in Julie Buxbaum’s Tell Me Three Things come to feel like old friends who make any day better. This YA novel is sure to appeal to fans of Rainbow Rowell, Jennifer Niven, and... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0553535676
• ASIN: 0553535676
• ISBN: 0553535676
• Brand: Ember
• Manufacturer: Ember

Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel

The #1 New York Times bestseller!Soon to be a Hulu limited series starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington.Named a Best Book of the Year by: People, The Washington Post, Bustle, Esquire, Southern Living, The Daily Beast, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Audible, Goodreads, Library Reads, Book of the Month, Paste, Kirkus Reviews, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and many more...  “I read Little Fires Everywhere in a single, breathless sitting.” —Jodi Picoult“To say I love this book is an understatement. It’s a deep psychological mystery about the... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0735224315
• ASIN: 0735224315
• ISBN: 0735224315
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance, and Hope

The Nazis murdered their husbands but concentration camp prisoners Priska, Rachel, and Anka would not let evil take their unborn children too—a remarkable true story that will appeal to readers of The Lost and The Nazi Officer’s Wife, Born Survivors celebrates three mothers who defied death to give their children life.Eastern Europe, 1944: Three women believe they are pregnant, but are torn from their husbands before they can be certain. Rachel is sent to Auschwitz, unaware that her husband has been shot. Priska and her husband travel there together, but are immediately separated. Also at ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00NVLNZ8Y
• ASIN: B00NVLNZ8Y
• Manufacturer: Harper

One of Us Is Lying

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!“Pretty Little Liars meets The Breakfast Club” (EW.com) in this “flat-out addictive” (RT Book Reviews) story of what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive.   Pay close attention and you might solve this.On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention.    Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule.     Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess.     Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing.    Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseba... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1524714682
• ASIN: 1524714682
• ISBN: 1524714682
• Brand: DELACORTE
• Manufacturer: Delacorte Press

The Unknown

For fans of Divergent, The Hunger Games, and Stranger Things who want to discover something new ..."I have read hundreds of books and it is extremely rare for me to be surprised or give 5 stars. I almost always anticipate the plot twists. I thought I had this one all figured out from the very beginning ... [I] couldn't have been more wrong! ... An exhilarating, emotional, fast paced read that I couldn't put down ... This story was utterly unique." - Justine, Book Catharsis ★★★★★EIGHT CHILDREN WERE KIDNAPPED.BUT WHY?Eight kids, ages nine to seventeen, awaken to find that almost every... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1082472972
• ASIN: 1082472972
• ISBN: 1082472972
• Manufacturer: Independently published

Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

"Readers who choose the book for the attraction of Navajo code talking and the heat of battle will come away with more than they ever expected to find."—Booklist, starred review Throughout World War II, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo code talkers were a crucial part of the U.S. effort, sending messages back and forth in an unbreakable code that used their native language. They braved some of the heaviest fighting of the war, and with their code, they saved countless American lives. Yet their story remained classified for more than twenty years. But now Joseph Bruchac brings the... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0142405965
• ASIN: 0142405965
• ISBN: 0142405965
• Brand: Speak
• Manufacturer: Speak

The Final Four

"Volponi, a multiple award-winning author, keeps the tension high from the first to last page ...The Final Four is definitely a winner." —VOYA, starred reviewMarch Madness is in full swing, and there are only four teams let in the NCAA basketball championship. The heavily favored Michigan Spartans and the underdog Troy Trojans meet in the first game in the seminfinals, and it's there that the fates of Malcolm, Roko, Crispin, and M.J. intertwine. As the last moments tick down on the game clock, you'll learn how each player went from being a kid who loves to shoot hoops to a powerful force in ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0142423858
• ASIN: 0142423858
• ISBN: 0142423858
• Brand: Speak
• Manufacturer: Speak

That Boy (That Boy Series Book 1)

Fall in love with the boy next door in this sweet contemporary romance by USA Today Best Selling Author, Jillian Dodd. You know, being friends with two cute boys does have its benefits.There's Danny. Danny is a golden boy in every way. He has dreamy blue eyes and blonde hair that always looks perfect, even when it’s windblown or been stuck under a football helmet. He’s the boy every girl crushes on. The boy I get into trouble with, the boy I fight with, the hot quarterback no girl can resist. Being with Danny is like being on an adventure. He has a bright, contagious smile and abs to die ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B004Z1DBG0
• ASIN: B004Z1DBG0
• Manufacturer: Swoonworthy Books

The Seclusion

Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Winner in Science Fiction-A Kirkus Reviews Best Science Fiction Book of September 2018!-io9's New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books You Need to Put On Your Radar This Fall_________ In the year 2090, America has walled itself off from the rest of the world. While on a routine assignment scouting the country's dwindling natural resources, Patricia "Patch" and her best friend, Rexx, discover a cache of dangerous contraband-- printed books from before the Seclusion. These texts spark an unquenchable thirst for the truth that leads to the arrest of Patch's father by t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1947848518
• ASIN: 1947848518
• ISBN: 1947848518
• Manufacturer: Inkshares

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

“Powerful and unsettling. . . . As memorable an introduction to the subject as The Diary of Anne Frank.” —USA Today   Berlin, 1942: When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move to a new house far, far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people in the distance.   But Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place tha... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0385751532
• ASIN: 0385751532
• ISBN: 0385751532
• Brand: Ember
• Manufacturer: David Fickling Books

Recruitment: A Dystopian Novel (The Resistance Trilogy Book 1)

In the Valta, no matter what month you were born, everyone is assigned the same birthday. November 1st. It's the anniversary of the day when the government declared war on the Eastern Order. The day you turn seventeen, the Recruiters come to take you away. And no one ever hears from you again. It’s October 31st. Today, Kress is sixteen years old. Tomorrow, she’ll be taken. The good news? So will her best friend Cardyn, and Brohn, the handsome, enigmatic boy she’s avoided all her life. The bad news? Recruitment isn’t what any of them expected.Weeks of training await. Military and psycho... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07GZ9MBP8
• ASIN: B07GZ9MBP8

The Girl in the Picture

"A dark and addictive mystery that had me flying through the pages: best read late at night under the covers with the doors locked!"—Kara Thomas, author ofThe Darkest CornersOne dead body, one photograph, one comprimising secret. Everyone's a suspect in this classic "whodunit" murder mystery from Timeless author, Alexandra Monir.  Nicole Morgan has been labeled many things—the geeky music girl, the shy sidekick of Miss Popularity, and the girl with the scar. Now only one name haunts her through the halls of Oyster Bay Prep. The girl in the picture.After heartthrob Chace Porter is found d... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0385743904
• ASIN: 0385743904
• ISBN: 0385743904
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Delacorte Press

The Universe Builders : Bernie and the Putty: (humorous fantasy and science fiction for young adults)

Universes don't build themselves. We have staff for that. We call them gods...When a young god named Bernie finally gets a job building universes, it starts a series of mishaps that spark numerous revelations. Challenged

• UPC: 53418794
• Rating: 5.0

Soaring Through Stars : A Contemporary Young Adult Novel

Praise for the Swimming Through Clouds Trilogy "It is the rare author who can end an emotionally compelling trilogy with the same resounding truth from which it was formed, but turned inside out. In Soaring

• UPC: 53440038
• Rating: 5.0

Immurement : A Young Adult Science Fiction Dystopian Novel

The Sweepers are coming. They hunt the young.Sixteen-year-old Derry Connolly lives in perpetual fear of capture. The year is 2069. A scorched post-apocalyptic earth overrun by merciless gangs offers little haven. From the skies, mysterious

• UPC: 53442700
• Rating: 4.7

Halo: Meridian Divide (Battle Born: A Halo Young Adult Novel Series #2)

9781338280999

• UPC: 236786219

Gwen Reaper : A Young Adult Paranormal Romance

Gwen Reaper: A Young Adult Paranormal

• UPC: 53390210
• Rating: 4.0

Seventh Dimension - The Castle : A Young Adult Fantasy

Falsely accused of murder, 17-year-old Daniel becomes trapped in Jerusalem in 33 A.D. during

• UPC: 53442358

Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman : A Novel

In Rome one January afternoon in 1943, a young German woman is on her way to listen to a Bach concert at the Lutheran church. The war is for her little more than a daydream,

• UPC: 17025272
• Rating: 4.3

Nightmare at Camp Forrestwood : A Young Adult Whodunit

Nightmare at Camp Forrestwood

• UPC: 53012212
• Rating: 5.0

Seventh Dimension - The City : A Young Adult Fantasy

Shale and Daniel travel through a stargate to a spiritual dimension where time is an

• UPC: 53442360

Young God : A Novel

Longlisted for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel PrizeNamed a Best Book of the Year by Buzzfeed, The Times Literary Supplement (Selected By Eimear McBride), and the Houston Chronicle"This is a furious blaze of a book that

• UPC: 44516717
• Rating: 3.5

The Best Of Scary Stories For Stormy Nights (2000, Paperback)

• UPC: 202960941102
• Category: Children & YA Fiction
• Price: 5 USD