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Chosen One Books

A protagonist is destined to fulfill a special role.

14 books
Ender's Game
YA Sci-Fi

Ender's Game

by Orson Scott Card

Ender Wiggin is recruited into a brutal military academy in space, where children are trained to fight an alien invasion. The games are never just games — and the stakes are higher than Ender knows.

🔥 Adrenaline Meter🌀 Plot Twist Incoming⏰ Sleep? What Sleep?
Eragon
YA Fantasy

Eragon

by Christopher Paolini

A farm boy finds a dragon egg in the mountains and becomes the first Dragon Rider in a generation — thrust into a war against an evil king he never knew existed.

🔥 Adrenaline Meter☕ Comfort Read⏰ Sleep? What Sleep?
Children of Blood and Bone
YA Fantasy

Children of Blood and Bone

by Tomi Adeyemi

In a West African-inspired world where magic was violently suppressed, Zélie Adeyemi fights to restore her people's power before the king destroys what little hope remains.

🔥 Adrenaline Meter🌑 Dark & Twisty⏰ Sleep? What Sleep?
Red Queen
YA Fantasy

Red Queen

by Victoria Aveyard

Mare Barrow lives in a world divided by blood: Silvers, who have superpowers, rule over the powerless Reds. But when Mare discovers she has power of her own, she's thrust into the Silver court — where…

Shadow and Bone
YA Fantasy

Shadow and Bone

by Leigh Bardugo

A soldier discovers she may be the key to ending a darkness threatening her country — until she learns that the most dangerous thing in her world is the man who claims to be her ally.

🔥 Adrenaline Meter🦋 Butterflies Guaranteed🕯️ Slow Burn Alert
The Lightning Thief
YA Fantasy Adventure

The Lightning Thief

by Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson discovers he's the son of a Greek god — and is immediately blamed for stealing Zeus's master lightning bolt, launching a cross-country quest to prevent a war among the Olympians.

🔥 Adrenaline Meter🦋 Butterflies Guaranteed🌀 Plot Twist Incoming
The Poppy War
Dark Fantasy

The Poppy War

by R.F. Kuang

A peasant girl aces the empire's military exam and discovers a power so dark it may destroy her.

The Battle of the Labyrinth
YA Fantasy Adventure

The Battle of the Labyrinth

by Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson is about to start tenth grade when a prophecy reveals that the Olympians face their greatest threat yet — Kronos is planning a war from his throne in the Underworld, and the only way to …

🔥 Adrenaline Meter🦋 Butterflies Guaranteed
Brave Story
YA Fantasy Adventure

Brave Story

by Miyuki Miyabe

After his family falls apart, young Wataru enters a fantasy world called Vision where he must complete a quest to change his fate — discovering that courage costs more than he imagined.

Divergent
YA Dystopian

Divergent

by Veronica Roth

In future Chicago, society is divided into five factions. Tris Prior discovers she doesn't fit neatly into any of them — which makes her the most dangerous person alive.

🔥 Adrenaline Meter🌀 Plot Twist Incoming⏰ Sleep? What Sleep?
The Giver
YA Dystopian

The Giver

by Lois Lowry

In a society without pain, war, or choice, Jonas is selected to hold the community's memories — and discovers a truth that changes everything.

The Priory of the Orange Tree
Epic Fantasy

The Priory of the Orange Tree

by Samantha Shannon

A queen without an heir, a dragon-rider from the East, and a lady-in-waiting hiding a dangerous mission converge as an ancient evil stirs — in a standalone epic built on female power.

Aru Shah and the End of Time
young-adult

Aru Shah and the End of Time

by Roshani Chokshi

A girl accidentally unleashes an ancient demon from a lamp and has to rally a group of unlikely heroes to save the world. Middle-grade energy meets YA stakes — a Pandava sibling's quest with humor, my…

🦋 Butterflies Guaranteed🕯️ Slow Burn Alert😭 Tissue Warning
We Are the Ants
young-adult

We Are the Ants

by Ryan Sheldon

A boy with depression discovers the world's going to end in six months — and no one believes him. He's also deciding whether he even wants to stop it. Haunting, humane, and deeply strange.

💘 He Falls First💔 Ugly Cry