Best teen & young adult science fiction books according to redditors
We found 155 Reddit comments discussing the best teen & young adult science fiction books. We ranked the 29 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
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Many years ago I got swept into writing and in the process I managed to squeeze out a novel. I still think it is a great piece of work, but only now did I have the courage to put it up on Amazon Kindle. Here is the premise for Prevailence below:
Terry Fox desired to live a normal teenage life like any other kid his age. Instead of focusing on his studies, a transfer to a private school, and his enrollment into sports, the teenager loses his family at the arrival of a zombie apocalypse. Now he has to wander around to find other survivors in the infected world, as well as coping with an unexplained manifestation of psychic abilities.
So there you have it. It's a young adult novel with zombies (infected if you want to get technical) and psychics. Oh, and a ninja.
It's available for $2.99 on Kindle.
I would be extremely grateful to anyone who shelled out the money for this novel. I also did some short stories that also available there. If I know you in real life I will thank you and buy you a drink. If I haven't met you, well thank you anyway. Spread the word if you can...and I hope you like it.
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EDIT: Thank you for the feedback so far. I will admit as my first book it is rough around the edges. My newer stuff is better, but this is the only book I feel comfortable releasing. My crime novel is nearly finished, just trying to fix the beginning, and my superhero story is only just started (150 pages atm). I am a bit nervous about putting myself out there and while I do expect feedback, please gentle (fragile ego).
YA Dystopian book: The Fractured Prism
$2.99 e-book and $12.99 softcover
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MQR32Q7
What happens when dystopian strife, unexpected love, and royal drama combine?
For fans of Divergent and Red Rising. Ninety-nine years after the Third American Civil War destroyed the monarchy and tore the country apart, the People's Democratic Republic of Northern Mississippi is divided, its people split into color-coded classes by the dystopian Prism Test following their sixteenth birthday.
Ivan 181375 is a twenty-one-year-old Red living in the Twin Cities. He is the lowest of the low, a slave to the government, and a lieutenant in the rebel Militia acting under the codename "Coyote." For the last thirteen years, Ivan has fought unsuccessfully to destroy the Prism Test, but everything changes when he saves the life of a princess and is thrown into the royal political game itself.
Together, this unlikely pair has the chance to destroy the tyrannical United People's Front and the Prism Test, but if they are going to survive the threats from within the weak remains of the monarchy and beyond, they must trust one another and sacrifice everything. Loyalties will be tested, love will be found in unlikely places, and Ivan will have to decide what matters to him more: his fight or her life.
My bad, didn't notice the audiobook part, just the exciting combat part.
Patch 17; locked in game story (or maybe portal into game-world?), lots of great combat and multiple audiobooks. Character gets glitch-stuck in a locked expansion surrounded by demon NPCs, right as everyone who plays the game gets uploaded into it (there are some unexplained non-scientific stuff about that, that make me wonder if it's actually an upload and not really a portal story).
Adventures on Brad; dungeon crawling fantasy story containing no earthlings. Easier/lower level story, a trilogy, but the fights are decent for what I consider a YA level book.
The System Apocalypse; real life apocalypse story. Fighting is good, as is the writing, and there are 4 (5?) audiobooks already (and a few more books already published that haven't gotten an audio treatment).
Codename: Freedom; VRMMORPG, with zero magic to start but lots of fighting. Decent for a VR book, I'm not usually a fan of those but I've listened to the first two books and am looking forward to the third.
Arcane Survivalist; apocalypse caused by a portal-story (scientist semi-accidentally sends the system back though his portal into the real world). Action is great, though writing could have been better. Same writer wrote another story I've read, but I can't remember how much action there is in it.
Forever Fantasy Online; VRMMORPG turned portal-story. I'll admit the whole thing wasn't amazing, but you're just looking for action and I liked the action.
You're Not Allowed to Die; end of life single-player VR sim turned portal-story (the MC doesn't know that, though). This one is hard, as I liked it but the character starts with some insane OP equipment. Still, this and the sequel were both enjoyable.
The Land; I'm not even linking this one, people here have a hate-hardon for it. Still, as long as you look past the bro-ish behavior and tone, great books with lots of action.
I started reading the Codename: Freedom series last night. Only about 10 chapters in so far, but it seems pretty good so far. It did come out in 2017 though, so you may have already read it. The third book only just came out in August though.
Currently reading The Ripple Trilogy - I picked it up on a whim because it was so cheap. They call it a trilogy, but honestly - each book is so short that all three in their entirety equals out to a single book imo.
It's about a girl with a genetic mutation that allows her to turn invisible; she meets a guy with the same genetic mutation, and then they discover that this nazi scientist from WW II did experiments on people like them, and is still experimenting and trying to eliminate anyone with the mutation that isn't under his control. I'm only about halfway through, so that's as far as I've gotten :)
It's not bad, but it annoys me that half the narrative is about the protagonist's crush on the guy, and how sad she is because she thinks he only wants to be friends. The story part is really well done and intriguing, but the romance angle is bullshit, awkward, and poorly executed. It feels so forced, like the author thought she had to include romance for whatever reason - because that's the way things are done? I dunno. It's stupid, and it's really taking away from my enjoyment of the book otherwise.
I have been wanting to check out [Daughter of Nothing] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F7ROSHC/?coliid=I9833N2VDEV4T&colid=2F75C4UXELQLN&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it) on [this wislist] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/ls/?ref=navm_em_mobile_menu_lists) just because it looks really interesting. Also I think that /u/iassessoldpeople should get [The Hangman's Daughter] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003P9XMFI/?coliid=I2KZO33A3O8SY0&colid=2AVU1O0LS10FR&psc=0&ref_=lv_vv_lig_dp_it) because that is an awesome title.
Edit my kindle email is lovekataralove@gmail .com and iassessoldpeople is amberbowers79@gmail .com in case I didn't link right.
Hey, this is late but here's the link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VX1HC7P/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=east+food+court&qid=1565505129&s=gateway&sr=8-1
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Definitely no pressure to purchase. It's not everyone's cup of tea. It's a YA dystopian novel about a society that lives in an airport--was a fun concept a just ran with. I'll be running a free promo sometime soon (basically, when Amazon lets me again). Maybe you can snag it then. Thanks for the interest!
This novel, which is for my Kindle, is just under $3.00. Anyone who has played the game Chrono Trigger will probably recognize a few...certain similarities. But that's part of why I'd like to read it as it's my favorite game of all time.
Favorite horror movie? I'd say Tremors. I mean really. Who'd ever thought Reba and Alex P. Keaton's dad teaming up to fight a giant killer prehistoric worm would be so awesome to watch?
Debbie Reese's blog is focused on children's literature, but she has a long list here of Native writers and illustrators on Twitter. Personally, I've enjoyed books by Daniel Heath Justice and Rebecca Roanhorse. There's also a nice short story collection called Walking the Clouds (though if you get bogged down in the first section about non-linear narratives, I suggest skipping ahead to the other stories, which are more straightforward).
On my to-read list: Indigenous Literatures from Micronesia, Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice, The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline, The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina.
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I actually do have a lot of talent, but thanks for speaking about something which you have no real knowledge.
And it's not called ghost writing. I'm thinking of the approach Tom DeLonge wrote in working with an author to create Poet Anderson, with which both he and the actual author are credited, similar to the screenwriter/director relationship. Perhaps it's an approach that's too new for you to grasp because there is no commonly accepted label with which to describe it.
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I stumbled across this subreddit a few days ago. It seems like a great site with a lot of relevant information. Loving it so far :)
So, my name is Sarah Dalton. The username is because there's another sarahdalton somewhere and because I had a thing for JD Salinger. I'm a self-published author and writer of the YA dystopian series 'Blemished', a story about a girl labelled genetically inferior in a world of clones. It's quite a bit more complicated than that, but I'll leave it at that for now!
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I've also had short stories published in Apex Magazine, PANK magazine, Strange Horizons and the Wyvern Anthology Fangtales.
Work in progress YA Fantasy set in a medieval style world. It's about a girl, a Prince, revenge, and magic.
Codename: Freedom is free right now for the first time over on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0725PVK63
Exile, part one of The Book of Ever, is a post-apocalyptic adventure novel that begins with a religious community facing annihilation at the hands of a violent tribe.
Some of the Blessed, as the community calls themselves, have supernatural gifts: the power to heal or superhuman strength, for example, which they see as gifts from a benevolent God.
It's the first book of a trilogy, set in the ruins of New England hundreds of years after a nuclear war. The main character, Ever Oaks, is a young woman tasked with finding a new home for her people, who sets out only to discover that she faces an enemy with far grander designs than simply depriving the Blessed of their home.
The novel follows Ever and her companions through a devastated landscape filled with lawless raiders and dangerous mutants, pursued by a insane cult leader increasingly obsessed with Ever herself.
Available in paperback and ebook on Amazon.
Exile: The Book of Ever
Exile is the first book in a post-apocalyptic fantasy trilogy about a group of characters trying to find a new home for their people centuries after the devastating event they know only as the Fall.
The United States is a ruined wasteland, ruled by twisted mutants and violent, lawless human tribes. Amidst this chaos, a small community of insular post-Christian survivalists has managed to survive, and even thrive, but their enemies are increasingly aggressive.
Some of the Blessed, as they call themselves, are Saints: people born with superhuman abilities--which the Blessed see as God-given blessings. A group of young people, led by Ever Oaks, a Saint with the power to heal, sets out into the uncharted north to find a safe haven for their people.
It's sort of The Walking Dead meets The Hunger Games meets The Stand.
You can read the first five chapters for free at my website.