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A fantasy premise turns an expected future upside down: Liz must find her place in an afterlife where people grow younger. Her adjustment brings grief and frustration alongside friendship, love and personal choices.

This instalment combines supernatural peril with a romantic dilemma: Ever’s efforts to help Damen unfold alongside an unexpected attraction to Jude.

A fantasy collection built around a distinctive archive of the dead, with a working Keeper at its centre. It combines action, horror and romance, alongside questions of life, loss and difficult choices.

This instalment brings together friendship, Christian belief, end-times danger and an investigation into a relative’s reported death. Its conflicts include pressure to share the group’s faith as well as an external threat.

This is a supernatural school story in which Rose balances friendship and romantic complications with escalating danger. A winter trip becomes a rescue mission after three friends leave to face the Strigoi threat.

A supernatural romance premise combines a reaper, a deteriorating health situation and a protagonist caught between worlds. Its appeal may lie in the relationship and fantasy danger working together.

This is a murder mystery built around five girls whose joking plan becomes entangled with a real killing. Their need to prove their innocence gives the story a continuing investigation and suspense thread.

This is a supernatural romance built around a choice between a loved one’s possible future and the relationship Suze shares with him.

This is a story of ambition and survival, centred on a young mentor whose choices may affect both his prospects and his tribute’s fate.

This is a magical adventure shaped by bereavement, with a quest to retrieve a stolen nut and restore balance.

Expect a brisk, peril-filled adventure focused on a king's efforts to meet threats to his country. This is the trilogy's conclusion, so earlier instalments may matter for following the characters and stakes.

This is a fantasy and science-fiction journey shaped by two competing calls: political alliance-making and a mission to deal with dangerous remnants of the past.

This is a space-adventure story about Tina’s unusual identity and her effort to meet a vast, seemingly heroic destiny while facing dangers she had not anticipated.

This is a story of a family fleeing discrimination and trying to reach a new home, with Desta taking on greater responsibility after a devastating loss.

Expect a science-fiction sequel centred on teleportation’s aftermath, duplicated identities and a search for Q. It offers fast-moving danger and moral puzzles, but the early plot may be difficult to follow.

This is a dark mermaid fantasy built around revenge, danger and a swift romance. Its distinctive creature mythology may appeal to readers seeking a less familiar version of mer-people, while emotional and character choices invite scrutiny.

This is a character-led story about a child whose unusual familiarity with funerals does not protect her from grief, friendship strain or difficult choices. Its tone combines humour with sadness and emotional upheaval.

This is a supernatural mystery with a strongly suspenseful premise: a murdered teenager’s spirit seeks answers.

This is a compact, atmospheric horror story where lavish celebration is set against plague and mortality. Its strongest appeal is the deliberate use of colour, rooms, sound and theatrical suspense rather than detailed psychological development.

This is a thoughtful, atmospheric fantasy about mortality, responsibility, and coexistence. It offers layered world-building and several interconnected viewpoints, with more emphasis on conversation, ideas, and relationships than on continuous action.

This is a faith-centred teen novel about performing, friendship, relationships and emotional consequences. Chloe’s ambitions sit alongside questions about responsibility, attraction, guilt and whether her music should serve a spiritual purpose.

This is a varied speculative-fiction collection rather than one continuous story. Its appeal lies in imaginative settings, changing moods and morally pressured situations, but the individual stories may differ considerably in intensity and subject matter.

Expect a relationship-focused supernatural story in which Lindsay weighs a publicly declared mate against an intense attraction to someone else. Her decision is complicated by expectations from her family and community.

A determined young princess faces political danger while trying to protect her family and kingdom. Expect brisk fantasy adventure, humorous touches, action, inventive world-building and a child protagonist who takes responsibility in a crisis.

This is a brisk, high-stakes heist adventure centred on twins discovering one another. It combines family secrets, friendship, escape and fantastical moonstones, with plot momentum taking priority over detailed character development.

This is best understood as supplementary reading: it broadens the Red Queen setting through different viewpoints, aftermath stories and documentary-style material rather than offering a standalone introduction.

This is a dark climate-fiction novel told through Nat’s reflective account. Its unusual narrative approach raises moral questions without following a straightforward action-adventure structure.

A school-based story about Tess using algebra and graphs to think through uncertain relationships and family worries. Its appeal lies in connecting mathematics with everyday decisions, alongside friendship tensions and a suspenseful mystery.

This is a speculative romance about a compulsory soulmate connection made dangerous by shared pain and mortality. Zoe’s preparedness meets Milo’s risk-taking, creating a survival problem as well as a relationship dilemma.

A fast-moving fantasy about siblings protecting a rare book while confronting tyranny, imprisonment and loss. Expect mystery, magical adventure and moral decisions, alongside darker material involving death, torture and violence.

Expect a suspenseful mystery built around unreliable perspectives, teenage status and the question of whether Tasha’s near-drowning was an accident. The investigation gradually exposes strained friendships and hidden motives.

A dark, atmospheric thriller combining a competitive K-pop setting with unresolved friendship, grief and supernatural dread. Its strongest appeal is likely the gradual shift from celebrity drama into psychological and body horror.

A short, atmospheric seaside adventure that turns into a ghost story. Its strongest features are Cherry’s determined project, the mounting storm, the twist, and an emotional exploration of death and grief.

This is a dark, visually distinctive folktale about a poor fisherman, Death’s unusual fairness, medicine, deception and consequences. Its accessible story shape is paired with a bleak ending that may invite thoughtful discussion.

This is a thought-provoking dystopian story about two apprentices learning to carry out sanctioned killings in a world where people otherwise do not die. Its central tension comes from competing ideas about duty, compassion, mortality and power.

Expect a twisty, atmospheric ghost story with humour, danger and a morally ambiguous central character. Harriet’s pursuit of power drives the tension, while the surrounding friendships and queer romantic thread add warmth and complication.

This is a dark supernatural story about a bereaved teenager who enters a dangerous bargain to investigate her sister’s death. Its central pull is the tension between serving Death and finding reasons to keep living.

A warm, imaginative friendship book that treats caring for a ghost as an everyday responsibility. It combines playful instructions and gross-out food details with a broader portrait of companionship lasting through major changes in life.

A family mystery with a strong relationship thread: Ani and Riri are trying to stay connected across separated households when a killing turns their theme-park visit into an investigation.

A clue-driven thriller combines danger and investigation with a sustained story about bereavement. Edie’s efforts to uncover the truth are paired with ideas about psychological stress and learning to live with loss.

A twist-led mystery about friendship under pressure, this novel combines murder investigation, school life and family responsibilities. It may suit readers who enjoy multiple viewpoints, concealed information and consequences that unfold quickly.

This is a supernatural family drama about a dead teenager’s unexpected return and its consequences. It offers emotionally serious reflection on grief, regret, identity, memory and the possibility of repair.

Expect a fast-moving, high-threat story centred on escape, survival and the choices Luka makes when prison control collapses. Its imaginative future setting is paired with frightening creatures, bodily danger and questions about justice.

Expect atmospheric Gothic fantasy: a boy investigates unsettling events in a cold, impoverished village while family history and vampire folklore shape the mystery. The tone is menacing, symbolic and sometimes visceral.

A thoughtful, atmospheric family mystery in which Kate’s investigation opens difficult questions about death, secrecy and belonging. Its suspense is closely tied to emotional upheaval rather than adventure alone, and the ending involves significant family change.