The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

Prentisstown isn’t like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else’s thoughts in a constant, overwhelming Noise.
There is no privacy. There are no secrets. Then Todd Hewitt unexpectedly stumbles on a spot of complete silence. Which is impossible. And now he’s going to have to run…

“An epic journey through both a science-fiction world of extraordinary imagination and an emotional landscape of gripping intensity.” – Adrian Tchaikovsky