Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard - When her supernatural powers manifest, Mare, a thief in a world divided between commoners and superhuman, is forced to assume the role of lost princess before risking everything to help a growing rebellion. (High School Readers; also available as an e-book)
White Cat by Holly Black - When Cassel Sharpe discovers that his older brothers have used him to carry out their criminal schemes and then stole his memories, he figures out a way to turn their evil machinations against them. (High School Readers)
School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainini - Best friends Sophie (princess wannabe) and Agatha (witchy loner) are headed to the School for Good and Evil, but their assumed destinies are reversed. (Middle School Readers; also available as an e-book)
The Dark City by Catherine Fisher - In a devastated world where ancient relics possess advanced powers, Master Galen and his 16-ear-old apprentice, Raffia, enter the ruined city of Tasceron seeking a relic that could save the world while evading the Watch. (Middle School Readers; also available as an e-book)
The Ruins of Gorian by John Flanagan - When 15-year-old Will is rejected by battle school, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt, and winds up protecting the kingdom from danger. (Middle School Readers; also available as an e-book)
The Glass Sentence by S.E. Grove - In 1891, in a world transformed by 1799's Great Disruption, 13-year-old Sophia Tims and her friend Theo go in search of Sophia's uncle, Shadrack Elli, Boston's foremost cartologer, who has been kidnapped. (Middle School Readers; also available as an e-book)
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman - In a world where dragons and humans coexist in an uneasy truce and dragons can assume human form, Seraphina, whose mother died giving birth to her, grapples with her own identity amid magical secrets and royal scandals. (High School Readers; also available as an e-book)
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas - After she served a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, Crown Prince Dorian offers 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien her freedom on the condition that she acts as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. (High School Readers; also available as an e-book)
The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen - In the country of Cathy, a devious nobleman engages four orphans in a brutal competition to be selected to impersonate the king's long-missing son in an effort to avoid a civil war. (Middle School Readers; also available as an e-book)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs - A horrific family tragedy sends 16-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of an old orphanage that was home to children who were more than just peculiar, but possibly dangerous - and who may still be alive. (High School Readers; also available as an e-book)
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir - When her brother is arrested for treason, Laia goes undercover as a slave at the empire's greatest military academy in exchange for the assistance of rebel Scholars in saving him from execution. (High School Readers; also available as an e-book)
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor - 17-year-old Karou carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters - the chimaerae who form the only family she has ever known. (High School Readers; also available as an e-book)
Other recommended authors:
Leigh Bardugo
Kristin Cashore
Cinda Williams Chima
Cassandra Clare
Neil Gaiman
Robin McKinley
Garth Nix
Tamora Pierce
Terry Pratchett
Patricia C. Wrede
Other recommended authors:
Leigh Bardugo
Kristin Cashore
Cinda Williams Chima
Cassandra Clare
Neil Gaiman
Robin McKinley
Garth Nix
Tamora Pierce
Terry Pratchett
Patricia C. Wrede
For more book suggestions, check out Middle School Reader books and High School Reader books.
