Best Adult Books

The third thrilling book in the stunning Predator Cities series!The mighty engines of Anchorage have been rusted and dead for years. The derelict city no longer roams the Ice Wastes, but has settled on the edge of the land that was once America.

It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain because her sister, May, loved him. And he died young, just like May did.

This printed stage play presents a new Harry Potter story as scene-by-scene dialogue and stage directions rather than novel prose. It delivers brisk, stage-ready scenes, set-piece moments, and a focus on the original characters’ children that yields quick emotional jolts. That format compresses interior life, so motivations and quieter arcs can feel shorthand or engineered for spectacle. Best taken as an invitation to imagine staging and voices rather than as a substitute for novel-length character depth.

Love, loss, friendship, and the betrayals of the past all collide in this first women_x0092_s fiction novel from New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Christina Lauren (Autoboyography, Dating You / Hating You).The story of the heart can never be unwritten.Macy…

This gently paced YA fantasy follows an outcast princess who trains herself, bonds with a retired warhorse, and confronts dragons to win a place in her father's court. Its useful part is patient character work: the heroine's growth feels practical and earned, with lyrical descriptions that make scenes linger. The main limitation is pace — long stretches of introspection and worldbuilding slow momentum and may frustrate readers wanting frequent set-piece action. Best read when you want mood and character more than nonstop spectacle.

When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous.But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl.

In the early 1900s, a young woman embarks on a fantastical journey of selfdiscovery after finding a mysterious book in this captivating and lyrical debut.In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr.

Conrad is young, good at heart, and yet is apparently suffering from the effects of such bad karma that there is nothing in his future but terrible things.

A fresh, irresistible romcom from debut author Emma Lord about the chances we take, the paths life can lead us on, and how love can be found in the opposite place you expected.Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and allaround perfectionist.

Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents_x0092_ house after high school graduation. Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family. But Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter. That was Olga_x0092_s role.

Polly has two sets of memories...One is normal: school, home, friends. The other, stranger memories begin nine years ago, when she was ten and gatecrashed an odd funeral in the mansion near her grandmother's house.

I wonder what it would be like to be free Not to need wings because you don_x0092_t have to fly away from your countryAnita de la Torre is a twelveyearold girl living in the Dominican Republic in 1960.

When Chloe Pierce_x0092_s mom forbids her to apply for a spot at the dance conservatory of her dreams, she devises a secret plan to drive two hundred miles to the nearest audition.

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 13: 9781481280761.On the evening of Sofia Claremont's seventeenth birthday, she is sucked into a nightmare from which she cannot wake.A quiet evening walk along a beach brings her face to face with a dangerous pale creature that craves much more…

When fragile, sixteenyearold Hope Walton loses her mom to an earthquake overseas, her secluded world crumbles. Agreeing to spend the summer in Scotland, Hope discovers that her mother was more than a brilliant academic, but also a member of a secret society of time travelers.

Warm, conversational and focused on comfort, this book argues for a lived-in minimalism that prioritizes connection and rest over perfection. Its useful part is practical reassurance: advice on editing possessions, arranging rooms, and making spaces feel welcoming without oversized budgets. Limitations include a chatty, anecdote-driven tone that sometimes repeats the same principles and few technical diagrams or step-by-step project instructions for readers who want precise measurements or contractor-ready plans.

Nineteenyearold Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US when she was young. Recently, it has dawned on her that he isn't the only man who has left town.

Freakling moves briskly with short chapters, plenty of action, and a clear central dilemma: twelve-year-old Taemon loses his psi and must hide the loss in a society built around powers. The book's useful part is momentum—it pulls you through moral choices and tense set pieces without long detours. Its main limitation is thinner secondary characterization and recurring concealment scenes that can feel repetitive; readers seeking slow emotional development or layered worldbuilding may find it surface-level.

Bloomington High School Lions' star goalie, Sebastian Hughes, should be excited about his senior year: His teammates are amazing and he's got a coach who doesn't ask anyone to hide their sexuality.

Into every generation a Slayer is born_x0085_Nina and her twin sister, Artemis, are far from normal. It_x0092_s hard to be when you grow up at the Watcher_x0092_s Academy, which is a bit different from your average boarding school.

A twentyfirstcentury corporation invades the domain of a warlike sixteenthcentury Scottish clan in this "brilliantly imagined" timetravel adventure (Philip Pullman).

In this young Adult, debut, a teen must try to uncover his missing girlfriend's secrets without revealing his own. Flynn's girlfriend, January, is missing. The cops are asking questions he can't answer, and her friends are telling stories that don't add up.

A publisher in New York asked me to write down what I know about the Greek gods, and I was like, Can we do this anonymously Because I don't need the Olympians mad at me again.

An alternative cover edition of this ISBN can be found here.5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (new covers with poster)The Lightning ThiefThe Sea of MonstersThe Titan's CurseThe Battle of the LabyrinthThe Last Olympian An alternative cover edition of this ISBN can be found here.5 Book…

Graham Russell and I weren_x0092_t made for one another.I was driven by emotion; he was apathetic. I dreamed while he lived in nightmares. I cried when he had no tears to shed.Despite his frozen heart and my readiness to run, we sometimes shared seconds.

The bestselling novel about love, loss and hope from the twice Carnegie Medalwinning Patrick Ness. Conor has the same dream every night, ever since his mother first fell ill, ever since she started the treatments that don't quite seem to be working. But tonight is different.

The dragons that have been kept in sanctuaries want their freedom_x0097_and their revenge_x0097_and the world_x0092_s only hope is the reformation of the ancient order of Dragonwatch in this New York Times bestselling first novel of a new sequel series to Fablehaven from author…

By day, seventeenyearold Kiera Johnson is an honors student, a math tutor, and one of the only Black kids at Jefferson Academy.

A lyrical novel about family and friendship from critically acclaimed author Benjamin Alire Sáenz. Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a knowitall who has an unusual way of looking at the world.

Who will be lost to the darkThomas Ward has served as the Spook's apprentice for three years. He has battled boggarts, witches, demons, and even the devil himself. Tom has enemies: The Fiend stalks him, waiting for a moment of weakness.

The New York Times bestseller A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two elevenyearolds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours?

While the Titanic and Lusitania are both welldocumented disasters, the single greatest tragedy in maritime history is the littleknown January 30, 1945 sinking in the Baltic Sea by a Soviet submarine of the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German cruise liner that was supposed to ferry…

Fire! It's all around me, fierce, intense, out of control. I feel the hair on my arms singe and know I have only seconds before I burst into flames. Total panic. There's a horrible shrieking sound, piercing and destructive. My eardrums and eyeballs should burst.

An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found hereSophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably should she ever leave home to seek her fate.

Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Now, two years past the time when she should have received the Sight that is the Clayr's birthright, she feels alone, abandoned, unsure of who she is. Nevertheless, the fate of the Old Kingdom lies in her hands.

Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen.That's what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he's probably right.Half the time, Simon can't even make his wand work, and the other half, he starts something on fire.

Boyhood meets The Sun Is Also a Star in this unconventional love story by awardwinning author Meredith Russo!Two kids, Morgan and Eric, are bonded for life after being born on the same day at the same time.

He's the seventh son of a seventh son. His name is Thomas J. Ward and he's my gift to the County. When he's old enough we'll send you word. Train him well.

The sequel to Dread Nation is a journey of revenge and salvation across a divided America.After the fall of Summerland, Jane McKeene hoped her life would get simpler: Get out of town, stay alive, and head west to California to find her mother.But nothing is easy when you're a…

"I see your future clearly. Your master will be dead, and you will be alone. It would be better if you had never been born."Thomas Ward is the apprentice for the local Spook, who banishes boggarts and drives away ghosts.

Running. That's all that Ghost (real name Castle Cranshaw) has ever known. But never for a track team. Nope, his game has always been ball.

When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police.

Read the critical darling that Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network, called "easily one of the best novels I have read all year!" A sweeping, multilayered romance set in the perilous days of World Wars I and II, where gods hold the fatesand the…

A thoughtprovoking and haunting novel about a creature that escapes from an artist's canvas, whose talent is sniffing out monsters in a world that claims they don't exist anymore. Perfect for fans of Akata Witch and Shadowshaper .

Willa Knight: Dweller. Slave. Nonmagical being. In Minatsol, being a dweller means that you are literally no better than dirt. In fact, dirt might actually be more useful than Willa.

Follows fifteen-year-old Liliana Cruz as she navigates a nearly all-white school, rising racism, and family secrets that force her to choose whether to fit in or speak up. The novel delivers scene-focused immediacy and a close teen viewpoint that keeps stakes personal. It’s an accessible contemporary YA about identity and moral choice, though some readers may find several plot beats telegraphed and emotional moments leaning toward melodrama rather than subtlety.

In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life.

The #1 Bestseller!Twelveyearold Danny Walker may be the smallest kid on the basketball court but don't tell him that. Because no one plays with more heart or court sense.

Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation.

Cimorene is everything a princess is not supposed to be: headstrong, tomboyish, smart and bored.

When Olivia Abbott moves to town, she's excited to join the cheerleading team and make new friends. Then she meets Ivy Vega. At first, Ivy, pale and dressed all in black, looks like Olivia's opposite.

A 2012 Michael L. Printz Honor BookCharlie Bucktin, a bookish thirteen year old, is startled one summer night by an urgent knock on his bedroom window. His visitor is Jasper Jones, an outcast in their small mining town, and he has come to ask for Charlie's help.

Some men are born responsible, some men have responsibility thrust upon them. Henry Charles Albert Edgar Pembrook, Prince of Wessco, just got the motherlode of all responsibility dumped in his regal lap.He_x0092_s not handling it well.Hoping to force her grandson to rise to the…

He's won the hearts of millions. But is he willing to lose his I met the president's son when we were both young. Matthew Hamilton was handsome, polished, and intelligent. I'd never met a guy like him. He promised me that he'd never run for president.

Lara Jean keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her.They aren_x0092_t love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones she_x0092_s written. One for every boy she_x0092_s ever loved_x0097_five in all.

You_x0092_re not supposed to want the one who torments you. When my stepbrother, Elec, came to live with us my senior year, I wasn_x0092_t prepared for how much of a jerk he_x0092_d be. I hated that he took it out on me because he didn_x0092_t want to be here.

Livy notices him the moment he walks into the coffee shop. He's heartstoppingly stunning, with a blueeyed gaze so piercing she's almost too distracted to take his order. When he walks out the door, she thinks she'll never see him again.

There is an alternate cover edition for this ASIN here.From strip clubs and truck stops to southern coast mansions and prep schools, one girl tries to stay true to herself.These Royals will ruin you_x0085_Ella Harper is a survivor_x0097_a pragmatic optimist.

Among the Hidden follows Luke, a twelve-year-old forced to live in secret because families are limited to two children. Short chapters and plain prose push a steady tension of hiding, discovery, and risk, making it highly readable for younger teens or anyone who favors plot momentum over exposition. Its main strength is accessibility and an immediate emotional hook; its main limitation is thin secondary characters and a sketchy political background, so readers wanting deep world mechanics or ambiguous moral wrestling may feel unsatisfied.

Miri lives on a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have quarried stone and lived a simple life. Then word comes that the king's priests have divined her small village the home of the future princess.

From the founding member of We Need Diverse Books comes a powerful novel about identity, betrayal, and the meaning of family.By day, seventeenyearold Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta.

What if the world's worst serial killer...was your dadJasper "Jazz" Dent is a likable teenager. A charmer, one might say.But he's also the son of the world's most infamous serial killer, and for Dear Old Dad, Take Your Son to Work Day was yearround.

Ruthless People #1...the book that started it all......"One Marriage Two Bosses = 3X the Chaos." To the outside world, they look like American royalty, giving to charities, feeding the homeless, and rebuilding the city.

A new kind of bighearted novel about being seen for who you really are.Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school. Like anyone else, all she wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is keeping a secret, and she's determined not to get too close to anyone.

"If you don't put that ring on this minute, I'm going to take it back," Annie whispered in my ear. She leaned back, looking at me, her hands still on my shoulders, her eyes shining softly at me and snow falling, melting, on her nose.

?The Sea of Trolls blends ancient history and Norse epics with recognizable bits of Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings? (The New York Times).Jack is kidnapped by berserkers from his Saxon village in the year A.D. 793, an occurrence forewarned by his mentor the Bard.

He is everything she doesn_x0092_t want, so why does she want him so badly From the New York Times Bestselling Author Penny ReidOne week.Private beach.Invisible girl.Jerkfaced bully.What_x0092_s the worst that could happenKaitlyn Parker has no problem being the invisible girl,…

A voice-driven coming-of-age novel that drops you into a young Haitian immigrant's first months in Detroit after her mother is detained by U.S. immigration. The strength lies in tight first-person perspective, vivid neighborhood scenes, and family dynamics that make the cultural friction feel immediate; it's most useful for readers who want character and atmosphere over plot-heavy pacing. Limitations: repeating motifs and a sometimes-shortened subplot resolution can feel elliptical, so readers looking for tidy plot arcs may be frustrated.

The new Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn_x0092_t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate number of cardigans in her wardrobe.

When Cameron Post's parents die suddenly in a car crash, her shocking first thought is relief. Relief they'll never know that, hours earlier, she had been kissing a girl.But that relief doesn't last, and Cam is soon forced to move in with her conservative aunt Ruth and her…

It_x0092_s graduation day for sixteenyearold Malencia Vale, and the entire Five Lakes Colony (the former Great Lakes) is celebrating.

The #1 Bestseller!Michael Arroyo has a pitching arm that throws serious heat along with aspirations of leading his team all the way to the Little League World Series. But his firepower is nothing compared to the heat Michael faces in his daytoday life.