Teen Reads

The best new reads for teens.
Updated May 29, 2025
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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.<...
Heavenly tyrant
Zhao, Xiran Jay
Paper Book
THE WAIT IS OVER. ZETIAN IS BACK WITH A VENGEANCE. 'Pulse-pounding, thought-provoking, ambitious and outrageous, this huge YA sci-fi tale amply delivers on the promise of the first volume.' Guardian, best new children's and teens books She is hated by both men and...
Twenty-Four Seconds from Now ... : A LOVE Story
Banuelos, German
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...
Where the library hides
Ibañez, Isabel (Novelist)
Paper Book
AN IMPOSSIBLE LOVE. AN ENCHANGED LEGACY. A DANGEROUS DISCOVERY.The stunning conclusion to Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling What the River Knows. A lush immersive historical fantasy set in Egypt filled with adventure, and a rivals-to-lovers romance like no...
When the world tips over
Nelson, Jandy
Paper Book
Don't Let The Forest In
Drews, C G.
Paper Book
The deliciously dark and dangerously addictive New York Times bestseller, from the author of the sensational The Boy Who Steals Houses. Wilder Girls meets A Deadly Education in this queer dark academia YA horror, filled with...
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...
Children of anguish and anarchy
Adeyemi, Tomi
Paper Book
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER * INSTANT INDIE BESTSELLER "A phenomenon." ―Entertainment Weekly Featuring gorgeous designed edges, dazzling metallic foil designs on the jacket and case, and...
Heir
Vasquez, Juan Gabriel
Paper Book
**A Good Morning America YA Book Club Pick** "Heir is a tour de force of fantasy that will leave readers breathless and boneless and aching for more." - Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Once Upon A Broken Heart ...
A Language Of Dragons
Williamson, S F.
Paper Book
The most exciting debut of 2025 - an incredible fantasy Dark Academia, perfect for fans of Babel, Fourth Wing, and the Scholomance trilogy EVERY FIRE STARTS WITH A SINGLE SPARK. Welcome to Bletchley Park... with dragons. London, 1923. Dragons soar through the...
The Rebel Witch
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...
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...
The Whispering Night
Dennard, Susan
Paper Book
Breath of the Dragon : Breathmarked
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.
Nothing like the movies
Painter, Lynn
Paper Book
An instant no. 1 YA bestseller, discover a romantic, heartfelt sequel to the tiktok sensation Better than the Movies that will sweep you off of your feet!  'If the teen in your life isn't familiar with this series, this could be the best...
After life
Forman, Gayle
Paper Book
The extraordinary new young adult novel from bestselling author of If I Stay, Gayle Forman.
Reckless
Roberts, Lauren.
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES! OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD. Praise for Powerless: 'Nothing short of epic' Rosie Talbot, bestselling author of Sixteen Souls 'A thrilling fantasy with the most...
For She is Wrath
Varga, Emily.
Paper Book
Lovers-to-enemies as you've never seen it before, Emily Varga's YA romantasy debut For She is Wrath is the epic tale of a girl escaped from prison and hell-bent on revenge. Betrayed by her ex-lover and falsely imprisoned for a crime she didn't commit, Dania counts down...
The darkness within us
Levenseller, Tricia
Paper Book
The Darkness Within Us is a wickedly delightful companion novel to Tricia Levenseller's The Shadows Between Us.
Fearless: The epic conclusion to the series taking the world by storm!
Roberts, Lauren.
Paper Book
OVER 5 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE. THE SIZZLING FINALE TO THE NO 1 BESTSELLING ROMANTASY TRILOGY PHENOMENON! ​ Paedyn Gray and Kai Azer return to the Kingdom of Ilya... ​ ​ And Paedyn has a life-altering choice...
Sunderworld vol 1: the extraordinary disappointments of leop
Riggs, Ransom
Paper Book
The much-anticipated new fantasy series from Ransom Riggs, his first since introducing the #1 global phenomenon Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series.
The Floating World
Oh, Axie.
Paper Book
Immortal Dark
Girma, Tigest.
Paper Book
A lost heiress must infiltrate an arcane society and live with the vampire she suspects killed her family and kidnapped her sister in this dangerously romantic dark academia debut.Orphan Kidan Adane is the heiress to a fallen House of humans bound to vampiric creatures known as draniacs. As a...
The Rose Bargain
Smith, Sasha Peyton.
Paper Book
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...
Skyshade
Aster, Alex.
Paper Book
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... Back in Grim's castle on Nightshade, Isla is reeling...
Celestial monsters
Thomas, Aiden
Paper Book
A heart-stopping duology finale, in which three young semidioses travel through a dark monster-infested world, facing down chaotic Obsidian gods, in a quest to save their friends and return the sun to the sky. Celestial Monsters is the sequel to mexican inspired YA fantasy The...
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...
Everything Is Poison
McCullough, Joy
Paper Book
This historical novel in prose and verse tells the story of a deadly secret hiding in plain sight and of the women who risk everything to provide care for those with nowhere else to turn, perfect for fans of Blood Water Paint and The Lost Apothecary. Early...
Carving Shadows into Gold
Kemmerer, Brigid.
Paper Book
_______________ Rediscover the worlds of Emberfall and Syhl Shallow in this irresistible return to Brigid Kemmerer's New York Times bestselling Cursebreakers series. _______________ The King's Courier Tycho has made a treacherous bargain. Now beholden...
A Banh Mi for Two
Woodford, Chris
Paper Book
In this sweet sapphic romance about two foodies in love, Vivi meets Lan while studying abroad in Vietnam and they spend the semester unraveling their families' histories--and eating all the street food in Sài Gòn. In Sài Gòn, Lan is always trying to be the perfect...
Oathbound
Deonn, Tracy.
Paper Book
The phenomenal third book in the TikTok sensation Legendborn Cycle by New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Tracy Deonn. Perfect for fans of Tahereh Mafi, Sabaa Tahir, Cassandra Clare and Leigh Bardugo! Severed from the Legendborn. Oathbound...
I must betray you
Sepetys, Ruta
Paper Book
Trapped by an evil dictatorship, will Cristian be forced to betray his family or will he risk everything he loves to resist? A powerful, heart-breaking thriller based on real events. *Winner of the Yoto Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Medal for Writing 2023*
Meadowbrook murders
Goodman, Jessica
Paper Book
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. ...
The Wilde Trials
Reed, Mackenzie
Paper Book
From the acclaimed author of The Rosewood Hunt comes a thrilling new mystery about a high-stakes competition packed with shocking twists, second chances, and deadly deceit, where allies--and enemies--are the people you'd least expect. Chloe Gatti will do whatever it...
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 beasts we bury
Taylor, D. L.
Paper Book
A Goodreads Most Anticipated Romantasy Novel A Paste Magazine Most Anticipated Romantasy Book "A captivating romantic fantasy." --Kelly Andrew, New York Times-bestselling author of Your Blood, My Bones In this electric...
Biology Lessons
Kantor, Melissa
Paper Book
Biology Lessons is a heartfelt and profound contemporary young adult novel about the strength and importance of female friendship in a time when bodily autonomy is outlawed, from acclaimed author Melissa Kantor. "This is a book that Judy Blume would approve of." --...
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. Alice...
Unhallowed Halls
Wilkinson, Lili.
Paper Book
DARK ACADEMIA...WITH DEMONS. After a deadly incident at her old school, Page enrols in Agathion College, an exclusive boarding school, only to find that it's built over centuries of secrets - including an ancient society potentially linked to demonic magic. Perfect for fans of Lynette Noni and Leigh...
Fake dates and mooncakes
Lee, Sher
Paper Book
Fake-dates, mooncakes and rich people problems. But love wasn't meant to be on the menu . . .Dylan Tang wants to win a Mid-Autumn Festival mooncake-making competition for teen chefs - in memory of his mom, and to bring much-needed publicity to his aunt's struggling Chinese takeout in Brooklyn.Enter...

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