YA Books for the Eclectic Reader

Darkly

By: Marisha Pessl
Narrated by: Imani Jade Powers
Length: 11 hours 15 minutes

“5 STARS!! This YA mystery thriller is an unforgettable adventure with a fast-paced plot, buried secrets, hidden symbols, and intriguing puzzles. After winning a chance to intern at Darkly, a game-making empire, Dia and six other teens from all across America land in England and are taken to an abandoned island where they are thrown into a... Read more

True Biz

A Novel

By: Sara Novic
Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan & Kaleo Griffith
Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A “tender, beautiful and radiantly outraged” (The New York Times Book Review) novel that follows a year of seismic romantic, political, and familial shifts for a teacher and her students at a boarding school for the deaf, from the acclaimed author of Girl at War

“For those who loved the... Read more

King of Dead Things

By: Nevin Holness
Narrated by: Troy Glasgow
Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

“A fast-paced supernatural horror with roots in African Caribbean folklore. Rich with mystery, secrets and the weight of family, found and otherwise. Read more

Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor

Zachary Ying

By: Xiran Jay Zhao
Narrated by: Eric Yang
Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

“When the first emperor of China possesses Zachary's video game device and demands his help, he doesn't expect the whirlwind adventure through China that follows. For fans of Percy Jackson! Read more

The Leadership Journey

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Narrated by: Dion Graham, Rufus Jones, Christian McKay, Graham Sibley & Doris Kearns Goodwin
Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

A New York Times bestseller!

From #1 New York Times bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize winner, and leading historian Doris Kearns Goodwin comes an essential middle grade guide to Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and Lyndon Johnson and how they became leaders.

All four presidents profiled grew up and lived in... Read more

Cascade Failure

A Novel

Ambit's Run: Book #1

By: L. M. Sagas
Narrated by: Torian Brackett
Length: 14 hours 13 minutes

“My new favorite sci-fi universe - can't wait for the sequel! It's got action, suspense, betrayal, and shootouts, but it's super cozy throughout. Queernormative AI, found family, anti-capitalist, entertaining banter, and complex, believable characters that pull at your heartstrings. This was one of those books that I thought about every second of... Read more

Gravity Lost

A Novel

Ambit's Run: Book #2

By: L. M. Sagas
Narrated by: Torian Brackett
Length: 14 hours 5 minutes

“A wonderful followup rejoining the cast of the Ambit in their incredible journey. Such a great audio performance with very creative plot and twists and turns that will keep you entertained and thrilled. Listen with extreme confidence. This is a tour de force of Sci Fi fun. Read more

Gender Queer

A Memoir

By: Maia Kobabe
Narrated by: Maia Kobabe, Trini Alvarado, Stephen Graybill, Phoebe Kobabe, Jeremy Carlisle Parker & Full Cast
Length: 1 hour 58 minutes

2020 ALA Alex Award Winner
2020 Stonewall — Israel Fishman Non-fiction Award Honor Book

The ground-breaking, bestselling graphic novel is now available on audio.

In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only... Read more

Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrated by: Monique Gray Smith
Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Drawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer demonstrated how all living things—from strawberries and witch hazel to water lilies and lichen—provide us with gifts and lessons every day in her bestselling book Braiding Sweetgrass. Adapted for young adults by Monique Gray Smith, this new edition reinforces... Read more

The Hate U Give

By: Angie Thomas
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 11 hours 50 minutes

“This bestselling, powerful young adult novel about social justice and one teen girl's effort to fight for what is right, will leave you breathless. The narration by Bahni Turpin is hands down the best I've ever heard. This is such an important book it should be required reading for life in general. Or listening. Definitely listening. Read more

The Wee Free Men

Discworld: Book #30

By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Stephen Briggs
Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children's Book * Horn Book Fanfare Book * Kirkus Reviews Editor’s Choice * SLJ Best Book of the Year By the beloved and bestselling grandmaster of fantasy, Sir Terry Pratchett, this is the first in a series of Discworld novels starring the young witch Tiffany Aching.A nightmarish danger threatens... Read more

A Hat Full of Sky

Discworld: Book #32

By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Stephen Briggs
Length: 7 hours 47 minutes

The second in Terry Pratchett's beloved Discworld novels starring the young witch Tiffany Aching.Tiffany Aching is ready to begin her apprenticeship in magic. She expects spells and magic—not chores and ill-tempered nanny goats! Surely there must be more to witchcraft than this.What Tiffany doesn't know is that an insidious, disembodied creature... Read more

Wintersmith

Tiffany Aching: Book #3

By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Stephen Briggs
Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * ALA Booklist Editors' Choice * ALA Notable Children's Book“Pratchett’s unique blend of comedy and articulate insight is at its vibrant best. Full of rich humor, wisdom, and eventfulness.” —Horn Book (starred review)By the beloved and bestselling grandmaster of fantasy, Sir Terry Pratchett, this is the third in... Read more

I Shall Wear Midnight

Tiffany Aching: Book #4

By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Stephen Briggs
Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

The fourth in a series of Discworld novels starring the young witch Tiffany Aching.As the witch of the Chalk, Tiffany Aching performs the distinctly unglamorous work of caring for the needy. But someone—or something—is inciting fear, generating dark thoughts and angry murmurs against witches. Tiffany must find the source of unrest and defeat the... Read more

The Shepherd's Crown

Tiffany Aching: Book #5

By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Stephen Briggs
Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Fantasy grandmaster Sir Terry Pratchett's final Discworld novel, and the fifth to feature the witch Tiffany Aching.A SHIVERING OF WORLDSDeep in the Chalk, something is stirring. The owls and the foxes can sense it, and Tiffany Aching feels it in her boots. An old enemy is gathering strength. This is a time of endings and beginnings, old friends... Read more

How Do You Live?

By: Genzaburo Yoshino
Narrated by: Brian Nishii
Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

“Originally published in 1937, this Japanese classic is a unique YA coming of age story about 15 year old boy named Copper as he navigates life after the death of his father. Told in a series of journals exchanges with a beloved uncle this beautiful book explores the big questions about a life well-lived. Read more

Lockwood & Co.: The Screaming Staircase

Lockwood & Co. Book 1

Lockwood & Co.: Book #1

By: Jonathan Stroud
Narrated by: Miranda Raison
Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

A sinister Problem has occurred in London: all nature of ghosts, haunts, spirits, and specters are appearing throughout the city, and they aren't exactly friendly. Only young people have the psychic abilities required to see-and eradicate-these supernatural foes. Many different Psychic Detection Agencies have cropped up to handle the dangerous... Read more

Lockwood & Co., Book 2: The Whispering Skull

Lockwood & Co.: Book #2

By: Jonathan Stroud
Narrated by: Katie Lyons
Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

In the six months since Anthony, Lucy, and George survived a night in the most haunted house in England, Lockwood & Co. hasn't made much progress. Quill Kipps and his team of Fittes agents keep swooping in on Lockwood's investigations. Finally, in a fit of anger, Anthony challenges his rival to a contest: the next time the two agencies... Read more

Lockwood & Co., Book 3: The Hollow Boy

Lockwood & Co.: Book #3

By: Jonathan Stroud
Narrated by: Emily Bevan
Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

As a massive outbreak of supernatural Visitors baffles Scotland Yard and causes protests throughout London, Lockwood & Co. continue to demonstrate their effectiveness in exterminating spirits. Anthony Lockwood is dashing, George insightful, and Lucy dynamic, while the skull in the jar utters sardonic advice from the sidelines. There is a new... Read more

Lockwood & Co. The Creeping Shadow

Lockwood & Co.: Book #4

By: Jonathan Stroud
Narrated by: Emily Bevan
Length: 12 hours 56 minutes

After leaving Lockwood & Co. at the end of The Hollow Boy, Lucy is a freelance operative, hiring herself out to agencies that value her ever-improving skills. One day she is pleasantly surprised by a visit from Lockwood, who tells her he needs a good Listener for a tough assignment. Penelope Fittes, the leader of the giant Fittes Agency... Read more