Foodie Fiction for Teens

Love stories about cooks, bakers, restaurants, and more? Give these YA books a try!

Updated July 6, 2023
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With the fire on high
Acevedo, Elizabeth
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award-winning title The Poet X comes a dazzling novel in prose about a girl with talent, pride, and a drive to feed the soul that keeps her fire burning bright. Winner of the California Young Reader Medal! Ever since she got...
Batter royale
Adams, Leisl
Paper Book
In Leisl Adams's fun debut graphic novel, Batter Royale, a talented young chef is selected to participate in a baking reality show and finds herself mixed up in spicy competition, bitter rivalry, and sweet romance. When 17-year-old small-town...
Hungry hearts : 13 tales of food & love
Chapman, Elsie
Paper Book
"A briliant multicultual collection that reminds readers that stories about food are rarely just about the food alone." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A stunning collection of short stories about the intersection of family, culture, and food in the lives in teens,...
My fine fellow
Cohen, Jennieke
Paper Book
A 2023 Sydney Taylor Honor Book! * A Bustle Best YA Books Out in 2022 title! Culinary delights abound, romance lingers in the air, and plans go terribly, wonderfully astray in this gender-bent take on My Fair Lady from Jennieke Cohen, author of Dangerous Alliance-...
Meal
Delliquanti, Blue
Paper Book
A Junior Library Guild Selection 2018 VLA Graphic Novel Diversity Award Winner 2019 Prism Award Winner "This fresh and tasty comic provides an enticing introduction to a less-traveled area of cuisine." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "Simply...
Melt with you
Dugan, Jennifer
Paper Book
From the author of Some Girls Do and Hot Dog Girl comes a sweet and salty queer YA rom-com about two girls on a summer road trip in an ice cream truck. Fallon is Type A, looks before she leaps, and always has a plan (and a backup plan).   Chloe is...
Somewhere between bitter and sweet
Kemp, Laekan Zea
Paper Book
I'm Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter meets Emergency Contact in this stunning Pura Belpré Honor Book about first love, familial expectations, the power of food, and finding where you belong. Penelope Prado has always dreamed of opening...
A pho love story
Le, Loan
Paper Book
"Will leave readers swooning." --PopSugar ​When Dimple Met Rishi meets Ugly Delicious in this funny, smart romantic comedy, in which two Vietnamese American teens fall in love and must navigate their newfound relationship amid their...
Supper Club
Morrow, Jackie
Paper Book
Nora, Lili, and Iris are seniors at Seaside High. Their differing schedulesand mounting extracurriculars inspire the girls to form a secret club where theycan hang without sacrificing their future aspirations. Enter SupperClub, the delicious solution to their problems. When life...
A Cuban girl's guide to tea and tomorrow
Namey, Laura Taylor
Paper Book
A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club YA Pick "A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow is an absolute delight. Cozier than a hand-knit gray cardigan and richer than Abuela's pastelito recipe, Namey takes you from Miami to Winchester, and leaves your heart...
Bloom
Panetta, Kevin
Paper Book
For fans of Heartstopper! Now that high school is over, Ari is dying to move to the big city with his ultra-hip band--if he can just persuade his dad to let him quit his job at their struggling family bakery. Though he loved working there as a kid, Ari cannot fathom a...

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