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.

Free: I Can Be Your Friend

Jessica Blade

Mandy Wright is the nicest girl at Bliss High. She has it all: the hottest boyfriend, straight A’s, the lead in our play, everything but me. . . Everyone adores Mandy, but nobody really cares about her the way I do. After all, I know things no one else does. Like the fact that her ... Read more

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Journey to the Hopewell Star

Hannah State

A mysterious star could bring stability to her world…or lead her to a blistering end. Quiet and introverted twelve-year-old Sam Sanderson is comfortable living a simple life on her family’s peaceful farm. That is, until a mysterious visitor arrives one night, thrusting her on a formidable and dangerous journey across galaxies. $0.99 on Kindle... Read more

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Bradley’s Dragons (The Nash Dragons Book 1)

Patrick Matthews

“Bradley’s Dragons is a magical journey that has a great message on handling bullying. It was an exciting adventure that my son couldn’t put down.” – Creative Child Magazine (winner of their 2020 Children’s Book Of The Year award) “A compelling cast of characters with rich backstories round out this fantastical story of a scared ... Read more

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Free: Asbury High

Kelly Brady Channick

Four lifelong best friends work to solve the many mysteries that arise in their small, coastal town, while navigating the ins and outs of high school. Nancy Drew meets Outer Banks in this bestselling series, that mystery fans of all ages will love. From Free to $0.99 on Kindle.   Learn More... Read more

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Free: Nary, Nary, Quite Contrary

David Wighton

In Nary, Nary Quite Contrary, (the 7th of 37 free books in the Wilizy series), readers will meet a teenage girl who is part panther, her elderly mother who is an alligator, and a five-year-old blonde blue eyed girl who tries to escape from Big Momma and Big Daddy’s slave ranch. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Order’s Last Play

E. Ardell

Lines about ‘prophecy’ and ‘destiny’ are best used in epic fantasies about heroes who like to wear capes. Too bad the living gods rolling the dice in this game forgot to include those characters. Life is great when you’re good-looking and popular…so long as no one knows you’re a vulatto. Being half-alien gets you labeled ... Read more

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Tropicon Islands

Lexxicon __

In the twenty-first century, personal data is the new oil, and advanced artificial intelligence (AI) is the technology used to extract it.When emerging global singing star Oceania dies in a mysterious accident after a sold-out 5,000-strong concert, young intern Adonis Thomas mutes his concerns about her untimely death. He just wants to carve out a ... Read more

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Free: First Earth: A YA Fantasy Adventure

Cami Murdock Jensen

Raging scars and chronic pain made her different. Her courage made her savior of two worlds Agnes is the first wizard to be born to earth in thousands of years since magic was banned. She has a world’s worth of magic and no idea how to use it. A necromancer targets her to steal all ... Read more

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Free: The Tenth Floor

John Espie

When 10 year-old Jill meets an elderly man in a wheelchair who must get to the top floor of her apartment complex, she has no idea that their journey up ten stories will evolve into an adventure of a lifetime. Enjoy this novella while cuddling at the fireplace and sipping some grownup eggnog, or gather ... Read more

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The Finest Lies

David Naiman

A mysterious stranger traps teen siblings in a precarious game where each must overcome their embittered past for the other to survive. This suspenseful, yet winsome novel explores the power of family and forgiveness. But the truth can cut like shards of glass, especially for those who’d rather avoid it. Sometimes, only the finest lies ... Read more

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The Undiscovered Descendants

Jo Visuri

A captivating modern-day fantasy filled with intrigue, mythology, magical objects, and special abilities. Jo Visuri’s adventurous tale will sweep you away to Auor Island—where nothing is quite as it seems! For generations, the descendants of four supernatural clans have lived in hidden, advanced communities and occasionally intermingled with regular humans—leading to whispers of unforeseen consequences. ... Read more

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Off Trail

Rick Polito

Daniel grew up in the shadow of his older sister, the brash, self-assured, and utterly reckless Jackie, now living with her dirtbag boyfriend and wandering through dead-end jobs. When his parents find her marijuana stash in his closet and decide they do not want him to turn out like his sister, Daniel suffers the “trickle-down ... Read more

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Valley Fliers

David Boito

Jay Smalley, seventeen, loves remote control aviation. He spends most of his time flying model planes at a San Fernando Valley miniature airfield near his home. When a newcomer arrives at the field practicing risky maneuvers with a military-grade drone, Jay suspects there is more to this stranger than meets the eye. But Jay has ... Read more

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Sixth Sin

Cora Kenborn

Previously published as Starlet by Cora Kenborn Hollywood. Mafia. Love. Lust. Secrets. Corruption.Romanov.From USA Today Bestselling Author Cora Kenborn comes a dark and twisted enemies-to-lovers retelling of Anastasia. They call me America’s Sweetheart. Hollywood royalty. The last of an era. Sole survivor of LA’s most infamous crime. I’m not any of those things. He forced ... Read more

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Free: Heir of Magic

J.D. Ruffin

She’s been dead a thousand years. She’s angry. And now she wants her throne back. Irina was a powerful Mage who tried to crush the nations under her iron fist, only to be thwarted by the selfless sacrifice of magic’s guardian. A millennia later, her cult of fanatics plots to bring her back. When magicians ... Read more

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Free: The Tuar Tums Trilogy: The Prophecy

Phil Asmundson

She thought she’d sacrificed enough……Now she’s the only hope of two planets. If she can unlock the mystery in time. Alexa celebrated twelve birthdays without her beloved father, but on the eve of her sweet sixteenth, he miraculously returns with a gift she never imagined—her destiny. Can she trust what he says after all these ... Read more

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Free: Karik’s First Battle

Evan Oliver

His friends and family are dying. Now the only way to help them is to brave the cold and dangers of the north… Karik is sick of the hunger slowly killing his village. And after watching his brother die of starvation, he fears the icy winter will claim them all. So when the jarl declares ... Read more

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Blood of the Lily

S.D. Huston

Triplet sisters, one dead, one kidnapped. A vengeful leprechaun and a scheming goddess. Can Lily save her last sister? Whether she believes it or not, leprechauns are real, and in Lugh she has made an unfortunate enemy. Contending with her past grief, Lily races to save Rose from the deranged whims of an unscrupulous faery ... Read more

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River Rocks

Steve Kittner

Your Adventure Begins Here! Set in rural Appalachia, “River Rocks” is a riveting coming of age tale of two boys, and a one-hundred-year-old local legend of Confederate gold buried somewhere in the hills that surround their home. The buried gold resulted from a 1903 train robbery, which liberated the U.S. government of their prized ‘Southern ... Read more

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Calculated

Nova McBee

She has many names – Octavia, Double 8, Phoenix, Josephine. She’s a math prodigy, a calculating genius and everyone wants her. In seventeen-year-old Jo River’s complicated world of numbers, there’s no such thing as coincidence. When she is betrayed by someone she loves, kidnapped by the world’s most wanted smuggler, and forced to use her ... Read more

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Free: Stranger

Isadora Brown

An unusual power. A dead body. Nowhere to turn. By the time she gets to the Academy for Peculiars, Sophie Harper has already killed a man. The superhuman strength she was born with and abandoned means she’s a peculiar, but her unique gift still alienates her from her peculiar peers because of its rarity. As ... Read more

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Faete

Aimee Sellars

Looking for a treat this Halloween? Grab your copy of Faete and get lost in the pulse-pounding world of 17-year-old Renny McGuire, where nothing is as it appears and twists and turns abound. An intoxicating brew of sigh-worthy romance, Celtic mythology and magic, this paranormal fantasy is sure to keep you turning pages through the ... Read more

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Free: Assassination Day

David Wighton

A DPS technician offers to defect if the Wilizy will rescue his daughter from The Citadel – some super smart military people who are friends with Zzyk. Izzy thinks that their new recruit is an assassin, but Yollie insists that he’s a decent man. Can assassins be decent men? It will take a hair-raising experience ... Read more

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Super

Grant Smits

Homework, detention, and saving the world. For the brother of a Super, high school is anything but ordinary. James Bolt is used to being saved. But when the Supers — and his brother — disappear without a trace, the powerless teenager must jump into action and be the hero he’s always wanted to be. As ... Read more

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Friendship’s Gallop

Ross Davis

A homesteader’s son and a Lakota Indian boy become steadfast friends through music, horsemanship, and simple adventure. However, their friendship is ultimately tested as they are forced to choose sides amid the Cavalry’s attempt to purge the Indian boy’s tribe from the frontier. $1.99 on Kindle... Read more

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Free: Orca Rising: Spy School or Lie School (Orca #1)

Chris Hannon

Spy School or Lie School? Ocean Daley just doesn’t fit in –for one, he’s called Ocean– but his enigmatic uncle sees huge promise in him and takes Ocean to a summer school for talented teens. Orca, the secretive organization behind the school, needs fresh recruits…but for what? With classes in hacking, bike racing and defense, ... Read more

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A Realm of Stone and Tears

Emily Whartynne

A sixteen year old orphan girl is thrust into the centre of a terrifying adventure, when she moves into a mysterious castle. $1.05 on Kindle... Read more

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The Scarlet Rose

Valia Lind

A mafia heiress. A desperate bargain. A cursed wolf prince without hope. The Scarlet Rose is a retelling of the traditional Russian Beauty and the Beast fairytale. Set in the world of Skazka, this complete stand-alone novel is full of banter, heart, found family, and romance! $3.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Chameleon

Zoe Kalo

A ghost and a rising body count. Will Paloma face her delusions to unveil the killer…and survive? $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Honesty

Brandy Robinson

What if you discovered you’re not human and the world you’ve always known is not your own? On the verge of turning eighteen, Raven can’t wait to escape the island she’s called home all her life. With her friends Leo and Sadie right behind her, she’s excited about her future and all the world has ... Read more

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Free: Twisted Hearts

Anastasia Slash

Return to Wexley Academy with this book featuring Bella and the rich hot guys Killian, Maxim and Matteo. Secrets will be revealed and hearts will be twisted. Wanting something you cannot have is a bad thing…. Who said that? I did not ask for this life. I had no interest but one fateful evening and ... Read more

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Free: Jock Row

Sara Ney

Scarlett is always the sensible one: The sober driver. The planner. The one holding your hair back while you’re worshiping the porcelain gods. Week-after-week, she visits Jock Row with her friends—the university’s hottest party scene and breeding ground for student-athletes. And if keeping her friends out of trouble, and guys out of their pants, was ... Read more

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Seven Wanders

Shannon O'Gorman

WHAT IF YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO VISIT ALL THE SITES OF THE 7 ANCIENT WONDERS IN A WEEK? WOULD YOU DO IT? Rose Hawthorne is a popular dystopian author with a secret. Her previous series of books about the 7 Ancient Wonders were based on fact and not fiction! She stumbled upon some ancient ... Read more

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Changeling’s Clan: Book Three of the Falconcrest Chronicles

J. Traveler Pelton

When the King calls Lucan and his clan to rescue the five Kingdoms, weddings and love are set aside as the pack and family rallies to destroy those who would destroy the land. With techs challenging magic, help from a dragon called Melchior, led by a beastmaster, will Clan Falconer survive to recover peace? You ... Read more

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Free: I Got’cha!

David Wighton

I Got’cha is the first book of the 34-book Wilizy series in which teenage superheroes fight for justice using intelligence and guile. They live in a world challenged by climate change, crazy dictators, bigotry, corrupt politicians, avaricious businessmen, and rogue military forces. All books in the series are free. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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The Treasure of Peril Island

C.W. James

Young, penniless Jack Drayton lives on a barge, anchored in the Thames River in 1903 London. One night, Jack comes to the assistance of an old man, who claims to be the infamous pirate Black Juan Gaskara, on the run from several men who want him dead. Before Juan is murdered by his old enemies, ... Read more

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Free: The Journeyman

Michael Alan Peck

Winner of the Illinois state libraries’ Soon to Be Famous Illinois Author Project “Paul Reid died in the snow at seventeen. The day of his death, he told a lie—and for the rest of his life, he wondered if that was what killed him.” And so begins the battle for the afterlife, known as The ... Read more

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Ethan Fox and the Eyes of the Desert Sand

E. L. Seer

After barely escaping abduction at the hands of Grimleaver vampires, thirteen-year-old Ethan Fox encounters a girl he is deeply drawn to. The two young strangers discover that they share a bond, both missing memories of their past. Together, Ethan and Hayley are lured away, awakening at The Residence, a mysterious parallel world within our own. ... Read more

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A Dangerous Longing

TM Perkins

It’s been almost a year, but Avery hasn’t gotten over her father’s death in a tragic accident. He was the only one who understood her special abilities, which he instructed her to always keep secret. Who can she talk to now that he’s gone? One of her friends isn’t who he seems to be, and ... Read more

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Free: Keeper of the Hourglass

GL Garrett

Young Peter can alter the bully’s fate who caused his death, but only if he gives the secret of time control to an ancient evil force determined to enslave humanity. a truly beautiful book that plays with the themes of life, death and time in a clever and imaginative way and also challenges the concept ... Read more

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