Teen Reads

The best new reads for teens.
Updated October 6, 2025
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Teen Reads

The best new reads for teens.
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Heavenly Tyrant
Zhao, Xiran Jay.
Paper Book
Zetian must balance dangerous politics with a new quest for vengeance in the sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller Iron Widow. Pacific Rim meets The Handmaid's Tale in this blend of Chinese history and mecha science fiction for YA readers....
Where the library hides : a novel
Ibañez, Isabel (Novelist)
Paper Book
Where the Library Hides is Isabel Ibañez's stunning conclusion to the story that started in What the River Knows. A lush immersive historical fantasy set in Egypt filled with adventure, and a rivals-to-lovers romance like no other! Inez Olivera traveled across the...
Twenty-four seconds from now... : a LOVE story
Reynolds, Jason
Paper Book
A Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner A New York Times Bestseller Seven starred reviews! "Jason Reynolds has done it again!...Fresh from start to finish...This is what it could be, should be, if only we were all as lucky as Aria. Girls (and...
They Bloom at Night
Tran, Trang Thanh.
Paper Book
The author of the New York Times bestselling horror phenomenon She Is a Haunting is back with a novel about the monsters that swim beneath us ... and live within us. 'Trang Thanh Tran has a story for everyone who wants to tear off their skin and craves the...
A language of dragons
Williamson, S. F.
Paper Book
In an alternate London in 1923, one girl accidentally breaks the tenuous truce between dragons and humans in this sweeping debut and epic retelling of Bletchley Park steeped in language, class, and forbidden romance. Perfect for teen fans of Fourth Wing and Babel. * New York Times...
The Whispering Night
Dennard, Susan.
Paper Book
Rebel witch / The Crimson Moth: Book 2
Ciccarelli, Kristen
Paper Book
THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING CONCLUSION TO THE EPIC AND ROMANTIC CRIMSON MOTH DUOLOGY! "A searing and breathtaking tale full of heartache and yearning, thanks to Rune and Gideon's sizzling chemistry as they try to survive a world where magic and their lives are...
Breath of the dragon
Lee, Shannon
Paper Book
The instant NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestseller! Featuring beautiful sprayed edges! A young warrior dreams of proving his worth in the elite Guardian Tournament, fighting not only for himself but the fate of everything he loves.
After Life
Forman, Gayle.
Paper Book
A Good Morning America Book Club YA Pick "Gayle Forman has an uncanny ability to create characters in which we see ourselves, and her latest--which looks at where love goes, after a loss--is an honest, heartbreaking elegy to how memory makes relationships eternal." ...
The floating world
Oh, Axie
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! From Axie Oh, the New York Times-bestselling author of The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea, Final Fantasy meets Shadow and Bone in this lighthearted romantic fantasy reimagining of a Korean legend.
Skyshade
Aster, Alex.
Paper Book
THREE MILLION SERIES COPIES SOLD! The pulse-pounding third novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Lightlark Saga, by acclaimed author and #BookTok sensation Alex Aster Love kills kingdoms... ...
Fearless
Roberts, Lauren.
Paper Book
Paedyn and Kai are reunited but face a terrible decision in this thrilling conclusion to the New York Times bestselling romantasy trilogy perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and The Red Queen. Paedyn Gray and Kai Azer return to the Kingdom of Ilya... And...
The rose bargain
Smith, Sasha Peyton
Ebook
The Cruel Prince meets Bridgerton in this captivating fantasy brimming with heart-pounding romance, vicious competition, and beautiful, cruel fae, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Witch Haven, Sasha Peyton Smith. "A deliciously dark and romantic fantasy. I absolutely...
Needy Little Things: The new YA thriller with a twist that will leave you speechless
Desamours, Channelle.
Paper Book
A brilliantly page-turning thriller with an unusual psychological twist, which fans of One of Us is Lying, Ace of Spades and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder will love. 'Memorable, fascinating and full of emotional complexity, this is an original, layered...
Watch Me
Mafi, Tahereh.
Paper Book
A Good Morning America YA Book Club Pick! An instant #1 New York Times bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller, and indie bestseller! Lose yourself in this exhilarating return to the #1 global bestselling Shatter Me universe--the first book in a new series set ten years after the fall of...
Carving shadows into gold
Kemmerer, Brigid
Paper Book
Dangerous magic. Fateful choices. Broken promises. The spellbinding series by New York Times bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer continues. The King's Courier Tycho has made a treacherous bargain. Now beholden to the magical scraver who saved King Gray's life, one false...
Where shadows meet
Caldwell, Patrice
Ebook
Where shadows bloom
Bakewell, Catherine
Paper Book
Fans of Allison Saft and Margaret Rogerson will be swept away into this lush and beguiling sapphic romantasy from the bestselling author of Flowerheart, Catherine Bakewell. Ofelia has lived her life dreaming of entering Le Château Enchanté--the mysterious court of the gods...
The Meadowbrook murders
Goodman, Jessica
Ebook
Secrets don't die. It's the first week of senior year at Meadowbrook Academy. For Amy and her best friend Sarah, that means late-night parties at the boathouse, bike rides through their sleepy Connecticut town, and the crisp beginning of a New England fall. ...
Unhallowed halls
Wilkinson, Lili
Paper Book
DARK ACADEMIA...WITH DEMONS. A teen girl travels to an exclusive boarding school after a deadly incident at her old school, but the wood-paneled halls of Agathion are built over centuries of secrets--including an ancient society which may have ties to demonic magic--in this dark...
Oathbound
Deonn, Tracy
Paper Book
Tracy Deonn's #1 New York Times bestselling Legendborn Cycle continues in the sensational third book about a dazzling contemporary fantasy world that blends Southern Black Girl Magic with secret societies and the legend of King Arthur! Severed from the Legendborn....
When the bones sing
Sain, Ginny Myers
Ebook
Romance, secrets and mystery and a teenage girl who hears the bones of the dead... Perfect for fans of Holly Jackson, Adalyn Grace and Delia Owens' Where the Crawdads Sing 17-year-old Dovie doesn't believe in magic even though she comes from a long line of women who can hear the bones of...
The Shadow Bride
Mahurin, Shelby.
Paper Book
In the thrilling conclusion of the duology set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Serpent & Dove series by Shelby Mahurin, a vampire and the woman who tried to kill him prove that true love can conquer anything, even Death. Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas. Célie's life is...
I must betray you
Sepetys, Ruta
Paper Book
#1 New York Times Bestseller and winner of the Carnegie Medal! A gut-wrenching, startling historical thriller about communist Romania and the citizen spy network that devastated a nation, from the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of Salt to...
The night in question : an Agathas mystery
Glasgow, Kathleen
Paper Book
How do you solve a murder? Follow the lessons of the master--Agatha Christie! Iris and Alice find themselves in the middle of another Castle Cove mystery in the sequel to New York Times bestseller The Agathas, by powerhouse authors Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson. A...
This Ends in Embers
Cole, Kamilah.
Paper Book
Perfect for fans of Raybearer and Fourth Wing, this astonishing sequel to the bestselling novel So Let Them Burn doesn't hold back. After all, there are no easy endings in war--especially when sisters are forced to fight on opposite sides.   ...
Fake dates and mooncakes
Lee, Sher
Paper Book
Heartstopper meets Crazy Rich Asians in this heartfelt, joyful paperback original rom-com that follows an aspiring chef who discovers the recipe for love is more complicated than it seems when he starts fake-dating a handsome new customer. Dylan Tang wants to win a...
Liar's beach
Cotugno, Katie
Paper Book
The New York Times bestseller! A new take on Agatha Christie's classic murder mystery The Mysterious Affair at Styles, with iconic detective Hercule Poirot recast as a brilliant, brash teen girl named Holiday, and narrated by her childhood friend Linden, an athlete...
I Am Made of Death
Andrew, Kelly.
Paper Book
From bestselling author Kelly Andrew comes the most electrifying dark romance of the decade... Following the death of his father, Thomas Walsh had to grow up quickly, taking on odd-jobs to keep food on the table and help pay his gravely ill mother's medical bills. When he's offered a...
The brothers Hawthorne
Barnes, Jennifer Lynn
Paper Book
OVER 6 MILLION COPIES SOLD OF THE #1 BESTSELLING SERIES! Four brothers. Two missions. One explosive read. Jennifer Lynn Barnes returns to the world of her #1 bestselling, TikTok sensation Inheritance Games trilogy, and the stakes have never been higher....
Heist royale
Lewis, Kayvion
Paper Book
The high-stakes sequel to Thieves' Gambit, for fans of Jennifer Lynn Barnes and Ally Carter. It's been six months since the end of the Gambit. Instead of winning an impossible wish, Ross has the threat of her family's execution hanging over her head. Devroe, the only...
No place left to hide
Lally, Megan
Ebook
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