Teens
Reading Recommendations for Teens
Whether you’re into dystopian fiction, high school drama, manga, thrillers or just plain great stories, the books on this list are all great reads. We update this page with fresh recommendations every month.
Staff Picks for Teens
August 2022
The Arc
Ben Oliver
The Lies We Tell
Katie Zhao
Salt and Honey: Jewish Teens on Feminism, Creativity, and Tradition
Elizabeth Mandel
Blood Like Fate
Liselle Sambury
The Final Gambit
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Furysong
Rosaria Munda
Graphic Novels for Teens
August 2022
Neverlanders
Tom Taylor
Enola Holmes: Mycroft's Dangerous Game
Nancy Springer
Blue Period 8
Tsubasa Yamaguchi
Usagi Yojimbo Saga 5
Stan Sakai
Fire Force 28
Atsushi Ohkubo
Jujutsu Kaisen 17
Gege Akutami
Spotlight on Back to School Reads for Teens
Only the cool kids in class are reading these books.
The Chandler Legacies
Abdi Nazemian
In the Wild Light
Jeff Zentner
A Show for Two
Tashie Bhuiyan
Lulu and Milagro's Search for Clarity
Angela Velez
This May End Badly
Samantha Markum
The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
Sonora Reyes
Spotlight on Beach Reads for Teens
Beach Reads for Teens
Here are 10 of our favorite books to keep in your beach bag this summer!
Golden Boys
Phil Stamper
The Summer of Lost Letters
Hannah Reynolds
The Backups: A Summer of Stardom
Alex de Campi
My Last Summer With Cass
Mark Crilley
The Matchbreaker Summer
Annie Rains
The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny Han
Spotlight On Pride
Spotlight on Pride
Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle
Nina LaCour
The Best Bed for Me
Gaia Cornwall
'Twas the Night Before Pride
Joanna McClintick
Alice Austen Lived Here
Alex Gino
Small Town Pride
Phil Stamper
Different Kinds of Fruit
Kyle Lukoff
Spotlight On
Spotlight on Pride
These books honor the journeys of LGBTQ+ individuals and the movement for love, acceptance and equality for all.
Bad Things Happen Here
Rebecca Barrow
Hell Followed With Us
Andrew Joseph White
Home Field Advantage
Dahlia Adler
Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder
Tae Keller
Seeing Gender: An Illustrated Guide to Identity and Expression
Iris Gottlieb
What's the T?: The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary
Juno Dawson
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