The Mabel's Fables Listening Booklist for Young Adults
Our Young Adult department at Mabel's Fables has some of the greatest novels written and now you can relax and listen by enjoying their audiobook format! The following listening booklist has many of our favourites - you can read our staff reviews on our blog/web site. Remember to check for sequels and more in a series, and more titles by the same author. These books are so strong and beloved that many adults are huge fans as well.
Front Lines
By Michael Grant
Narrated by: Erin Mallon & Therese Plummer
Length: 11 hours 56 minutes
Perfect for fans of The Book Thief and Code Name Verity, New York Times bestselling author Michael Grant unleashes an epic, genre-bending, and transformative new series that reimagines World War II with girl soldiers fighting on the front lines.
World War II, 1942. A court decision makes women subject to the draft and eligible for service. The... Read more »
The Hate U Give
By Angie Thomas
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 11 hours 40 minutes
The Hate U Give
“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.”
Kristen, Tattered Cover
The Last Namsara
By Kristen Ciccarelli
Narrated by: Pearl Mackie
Length: 11 hours 16 minutes
Kristen Ciccarelli’s debut fantasy explores an intricately woven world of deception, inner darkness, and dragons that fantasy fans won’t be able to resist.
In the beginning, there was the Namsara: the child of sky and spirit, who carried love and laughter wherever he went. But where there is light, there must be darkness—and so there was also... Read more »
They Both Die at the End
By Adam Silvera
Narrated by: Michael Crouch, Robbie Daymond & Bahni Turpin
Length: 8 hours 29 minutes
Adam Silvera reminds us that there’s no life without death and no love without loss in this devastating yet uplifting story about two people whose lives change over the course of one unforgettable day.
New York Times bestseller * 4 starred reviews * A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year * A Kirkus Best Book of the Year * A Booklist... Read more »
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
Montague Siblings: Book #1
By Mackenzi Lee
Narrated by: Christian Coulson
Length: 10 hours 47 minutes
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
“The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee was truly a pleasure to hear! A deliciously dry sense of humor pervades this tale of English landed gentry making a tour of the Continent in the 1800s. However, this is no ordinary tour and these no ordinary lords. Unrequited love among the two male protagonists, a racial twist, parental abuse, maladies with no cures and more pervade this fast paced, adventurous novel complete with highwaymen, dukes, alchemy and pirates (sort of). Impossible to stop listening and extremely entertaining!”
Phyllis, Wellesley Books
The Poet X
By Elizabeth Acevedo
Narrated by: Elizabeth Acevedo
Length: 3 hours 30 minutes
The Poet X
“Getting to listen to the author herself read her poetry, which are clearly a testament to the spoken word and the art of slam, is absolutely the best way to devour this novel-in-verse. Acevedo puts everything into her words, and no one else could do them justice the way she does herself. Despite possible age/cultural/religious differences, any listener will immediately relate to this teenage girl desperately trying to both find herself and her voice, and live up to her family's expectations.”
Amber, Quail Ridge Books
On the Come Up
By Angie Thomas
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Length: 11 hours 42 minutes
2020 Audie Awards® Finalist - Young Adult
#1 New York Times bestseller · Seven starred reviews · Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book
Don't miss this audiobook, Audible's Young Adult Audiobook of the Year and an Audie Award finalist!
“For all the struggle in this book, Thomas rarely misses a step as a writer. Thomas continues to hold up that... Read more »
Sea Witch
By Sarah Henning
Narrated by: Billie Fulford-Brown
Length: 8 hours 24 minutes
Sea Witch
“This is a tale for those who are curious about how the Sea Witch came to barter merpeople's voices in return for making them human for a short time to find true love. It's all about her own experiences in the human world and about the magic that ended in her becoming the Sea Witch. Full of enchantments, acts of revenge and love, it will become an instant favorite.”
Darean, Undercover Books & Gifts
Far from the Tree
By Robin Benway
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 8 hours 54 minutes
National Book Award Winner, PEN America Award Winner, and New York Times Bestseller!
Perfect for fans of This Is Us, Robin Benway’s beautiful interweaving story of three very different teenagers connected by blood explores the meaning of family in all its forms—how to find it, how to keep it, and how to love it.
Being the middle child has its ups... Read more »
Salt to the Sea
By Ruta Sepetys
Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie, Will Damron, Cassandra Morris & Michael Crouch
Length: 8 hours 46 minutes
New York Times Bestseller! "Masterly crafted"—The Wall Street Journal
For readers of Between Shades of Gray and All the Light We Cannot See, bestselling author Ruta Sepetys returns to WWII in this epic novel that shines a light on one of the war's most devastating—yet unknown—tragedies.
World War II is drawing to a close in East Prussia and... Read more »
How I Live Now
By Meg Rosoff
Narrated by: Kim Mai Guest
Length: 4 hours 14 minutes
“Every war has turning points and every person too.”
Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she’s never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her aunt goes away on business soon after Daisy arrives. The next day bombs go off as London is attacked and occupied by an unnamed enemy.
As... Read more »
So Yesterday
By Scott Westerfeld
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 6 hours 32 minutes
We are all around you.
You don’t think about us much, because we are invisible. Well, not exactly invisible. A lot of us have hair dyed in four colors, or wear five-inch platform sneakers, or carry enough metal in our skin that it’s a hassle getting on an airplane. Quite visible, actually, come to think of it.
But we don’t wear signs saying what... Read more »
The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, Book One)
The Maze Runner Series: Book #1
By James Dashner
Narrated by: Mark Deakins
Length: 10 hours 49 minutes
Book one in the blockbuster Maze Runner series that spawned a movie franchise and ushered in a worldwide phenomenon! And don’t miss The Fever Code, the highly-anticipated series conclusion that finally reveals the story of how the maze was built!
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by... Read more »
Whichwood
By Tahereh Mafi
Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
Length: 7 hours 5 minutes
Whichwood
“Whichwood is a darkly whimsical tale with a Persian flair involving magical worlds, ghostly pests, and a lonely young mortician. It is lyrical and fans of Miyazaki and Tim Burton will enjoy it immensely. The narrator is what really makes this audio book special! Whichwood is a companion book, but it isn't necessary to have read or listened to the first book (Furthermore) if this story has grabbed you and only listening to it RIGHT NOW will satisfy the itch.”
Kate, Bank Square Books
Warcross
Warcross: Book #1
By Marie Lu
Narrated by: Nancy Wu
Length: 11 hours 45 minutes
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu—when a game called Warcross takes the world by storm, one girl hacks her way into its dangerous depths.
For the millions who log in every day, Warcross isn’t just a game—it’s a way of life. The obsession started ten years ago and its fan base now spans the globe, some eager to escape from... Read more »
Turtles All the Way Down
By John Green
Narrated by: Kate Rudd
Length: 7 hours 11 minutes
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“So surprising and moving and true that I became completely unstrung.” – The New York Times
Named a best book of the year by: The New York Times, NPR, TIME, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Entertainment Weekly, Southern Living, Publishers Weekly, BookPage, A.V. Club, Bustle, BuzzFeed, Vulture, and many... Read more »
The Raven Boys: Book 1 of the Raven Cycle
By Maggie Stiefvater
Narrated by: Will Patton
Length: 11 hours 7 minutes
"There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark's Eve," Neeve said. "Either you're his true love . . . or you killed him."
It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.
Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them-not until this... Read more »
Girl in Pieces
By Kathleen Glasgow
Narrated by: Julia Whelan & Kathleen Glasgow
Length: 10 hours 41 minutes
For fans of Girl, Interrupted, Thirteen Reasons Why, and All the Bright Places comes a novel Nicola Yoon, author of Everything, Everything, calls "a haunting, beautiful, and necessary book that will stay with you long after you've read the last page."
Charlotte Davis is in pieces. At seventeen she’s already lost more than most people do in a... Read more »
Speak
20th Anniversary Edition
By Laurie Halse Anderson
Narrated by: Mandy Siegfried, Ashley C. Ford, Jason Reynolds & Laurie Halse Anderson
Length: 5 hours 48 minutes
"Speak up for yourself―we want to know what you have to say."
From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to... Read more »
Little Brother
By Cory Doctorow
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
Length: 11 hours 52 minutes
Marcus, a.k.a “w1n5t0n,” is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school’s intrusive but clumsy surveillance systems.
But his whole world changes when he and his friends find... Read more »