Teentober 2024

Enjoy these pumpkin spicy chillers and thrillers during TeenTober™ , a nationwide celebration hosted by libraries every October that aims to celebrate teens and highlight teen services.

Updated September 12, 2024
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Better left buried
Roach, Mary E.
Paper Book
Lucy Preston just wants to go on vacation. But being the daughter of a famous private detective means that sometimes, your beach vacay goes off the rails a bit. Think- a clandestine meeting at an abandoned amusement park-except instead of a meeting, Lucy and her mom find a body. Because of course...
The champions
Thomas, Kara
Paper Book
From the author of The Cheerleaders comes another dark YA thriller set in the same town of Sunnybrook. When a mysterious accident befalls a member of the all-star high school football team, the town's deadly history stands to repeat itself--and the price of discovering the truth is higher...
The darkness within us
Levenseller, Tricia
Paper Book
Featuring spray-painted and stenciled edges, a metallic foil case stamp, detailed map endpapers, a deleted scene and a ribbon, The Darkness Within Us is a wickedly delightful companion novel to Tricia Levenseller's The Shadows Between Us. ...
Death at morning house
Johnson, Maureen
Paper Book
An instant New York Times and Indie bestseller! From the bestselling author of the Truly Devious books, Maureen Johnson, comes a new stand-alone YA about a teen who uncovers a mystery while working as a tour guide on an island and must solve it before history repeats itself.<...
The extraordinary disappointments of Leopold Berry
Riggs, Ransom
Paper Book
The instant New York Times bestseller from visionary storyteller Ransom Riggs!   Weaving the familiar with the peculiar, this stunning tale of loss, triumph, friendship and magic, will remind readers everywhere that true heroes are made, not born--and when you're...
The grandest game
Barnes, Jennifer Lynn
Paper Book
Get ready for a new series that brings readers deeper into the lush, romantic, and puzzle-filled world of the #1 bestselling Inheritance Games series (over 4 million copies sold!), set a year after we last saw Avery and the Hawthornes. Seven tickets. An island of...
Hemlock House : a novel
Cotugno, Katie
Paper Book
Last summer there was a murder on Martha's Vineyard. Now a killer's on campus in Cambridge. The follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Liar's Beach. More than a year after childhood friends Michael Linden and Holiday Poirot solved a...
Looking for smoke
Cobell, K. A.
Paper Book
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK In her powerful debut novel, Looking for Smoke, author K. A. Cobell (Blackfeet) weaves loss, betrayal, and complex characters into a thriller that will illuminate, surprise, and engage readers until the final word. A must-pick for readers who enjoy books by...
Moonstorm
Lee, Yoon Ha
Paper Book
In a society where conformity is valued above all else, a teen girl training to become an Imperial pilot is forced to return to her rebel roots to save her world in this adrenaline-fueled sci-fi adventure--perfect for fans of Iron Widow and Skyward! Hwa Young was...
Pick the lock
King, A. S.
Paper Book
From Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King, a weird and insightful new novel about a girl intent on picking the lock of her toxic family. Jane Vandermaker-Cook would like her mother back. As Jane's mother tours the world to support the family, Jane lives and goes to school in...
The prisoner's throne : a novel of Elfhame
Black, Holly
Paper Book
An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! An Instant #1 Indie Bestseller! Return to the opulent world of Elfhame, filled with intrigue, betrayal, and dangerous desires, with this second book of a captivating duology from the #1 New York Times ...
Shadows of Perl
Elle, J.
Paper Book
The dazzling romantic fantasy world of House of Marionne continues in this dark and deadly sequel full of forbidden magic, devastating lies, and broken hearts. The stunning first edition of Shadows of Perl will feature a beautiful designed printed case and metallic...
Such charming liars
McManus, Karen M.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The newest mystery from the author One of Us Is Lying, the Queen of thrillers, Karen M. McManus! When mother-daughter grifters set out on their final job, the heist gets deadly and dangerously personal. For all of Kat's life, it's just...
That's not my name
Lally, Megan
Ebook
Their vicious games
Wellington, Joelle
Paper Book
"A brutally honest and haunting cautionary tale...exposing the lie that is meritocracy and the unrelenting toll that being a final girl takes. A bloody tale spun masterfully...a dark delight." --Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, New York Times bestselling author of Ace of Spades
Two sides to every murder
Valentine, Danielle
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · From the author of How to Survive Your Murder comes a propulsive thriller about two teens who return to Camp Lost Lake, site of an infamous murder case that sealed their fates. "A must-read for fans of true crime, dark family...
Under the surface
Urban, Diana
Paper Book
An epic survival-thriller about four teens who get lost in the Paris catacombs for days-a gripping and propulsive story of love, danger, betrayal, and hope... even when all seems lost. "Tense and fast-moving, with a unique setting and compelling characters, Under the Surface...
Your blood, my bones
Andrew, Kelly
Paper Book
An instant New York Times Bestseller. A seductively twisted romance about loyalty, fate, the lengths we go to hide the darkest parts of ourselves . . . and the people who love those parts most of all. Wyatt Westlock has one plan for the farmhouse she's just...

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