10 Must-Read Young Adult Fantasy Books That Need to be on Your TBR!

Don't miss this Latinx pirate adventure in the Caribbean following Mar León de la Rosa and their misadventures starting after their 16th birthday. Can they use their secret magic to outsmart a literal devil and survive the wicked bargain they find their fate tied up in?

Pub. Year: 2023

Doing her best to compartmentalize her overwhelming grief, high-school junior Bree Matthews leaves home for the residential early college program at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Little does she know her extracurriculars will require her to infiltrate a secret society, bringing her face to face with magic, demons and deeply rooted secrets of her family's past.

Pub. Year: 2020

Hemlock Falls is home to the Luminaries, a society that protects the unknowing humans from the monsters and nightmares of the forest. Winnie Wednesday's family has been exiled from the Luminaries but she's going to do whatever she can to win back their place even if it means passing the hunter trials and risking death.

Pub. Year: 2022

Only a Monster is an anti-hero coming-of-age story, featuring heroes, monsters and family secrets you were better off not knowing. Joan's always thought of her family as the good guys but her chill summer plans come crashing down when she finds out they're actually monsters. What does it mean to be human anyway?

Pub. Year: 2022

Deka was raised as a "good pure daughter" but when she turns 16 and her Ritual of Purity doesn’t go as planned she's faced with a deadly choice; join the army of "un-pure" girls, or stay in her village and be sacrificed for the cause. Now she must fight for her life and question everything she’s ever known as truth. This brutal and captivating series is not one to miss!

Pub. Year: 2020

Every teenage magician has to pass the Culling, a magical competition and rite of passage, to ensure there isn't too much magic in the world. Nigel Barret's ready to prove himself and live up to his family name, but can he survive Ori, a broody rival with sharp wit, or the challenges thrown their way?

Pub. Year: 2023

After a sheltered and isolated upbringing, Tarisai has only ever wanted to be loved and accepted. The funny thing about wishes is they’re rarely granted and often come at too steep a price. When she's sent away to compete for a place in the crown prince's council of 11, her loyalty is tested in ways she could never imagine.

Pub. Year: 2023

Lan has a mysterious mark, acquired during the worst moment of her life. No one else has ever been able to see it, but Zen can. Zen is a practitioner of magic and traditions lost to time; or more accurately stated, traditions eradicated by the Elantian colonizers. When their paths cross, it’s more than fate, but what is their destiny? What if all the myths and folktales were true?

Pub. Year: 2023

Threads that Bind makes us question if our fates are all predetermined. Io Ora is Moira-born, meaning she’s a descendant of the goddess of fate. All 3 Ora sisters have magic allowing them to interact with threads, the very fabric of someone's life. One sister can weave, the other can draw, and perhaps the most dangerous of all, Io can cut them. This story blends questions of privilege and power, fate vs choice, and family struggles into an epic story that's not to be missed!

Pub. Year: 2023

Wren's trained to become a valkyr, a ghost-fighting warrior, her whole life. When her qualifying trial goes horribly wrong, she finds herself banished to the edges of the realm and will do anything to prove herself and earn back her place. Even if that means rescuing a spoiled prince and learning to cooperate with her house's sworn enemy.

Pub. Year: 2023

Laia and Elias come from two very different yet bleak worlds. One a slave turned spy, the other an unwilling yet highly skilled soldier, both are trapped by the Empire. Defiance is met with death, but can they burn this rotten Empire down around them?

Pub. Year: 2015