Teen Reads

The best new reads for teens.
Updated August 7, 2025
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Heavenly Tyrant
Xiran Jay Zhao
Audiobook
Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller CBC bestseller USA Today bestseller 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...
Where the Library Hides
Isabel Ibañez
Audiobook
Twenty-Four Seconds from Now...
Jason Reynolds
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...
When the World Tips Over
Jandy Nelson
Paper Book
* An Instant New York Times Bestseller * "Jandy Nelson is a true virtuoso . . . I am fervently in love with this brave, funny, tender, exuberant beating heart of a book." --Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and Imogen, Obviously<...
Don't Let the Forest In
C. G. Drews
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! As alluring as it is unsettling, award-winning author CG Drews' debut YA psychological horror will leave readers breathless and hesitant to venture deeper into the woods. Once upon a time, Andrew had cut out his...
Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter
Paper Book
#1 New York Times Bestseller In this highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling Better Than the Movies, Wes and Liz struggle to balance their feelings for each other with the growing pains of being a college student in a "worthy second...
Rebel Witch
Kristen Ciccarelli
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...
After Life
Gayle Forman
Immortal Dark
Tigest Girma
Paper Book
An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! An Instant Indie Bestseller! A USA Today Bestseller! "Entirely irresistible. Immortal Dark takes the best parts of vampire lore and brings the undying,...
Celestial Monsters
Aiden Thomas
Paper Book
A New York Times-Bestseller! A Kids' Indie Next Pick! A B&N Best YA Book of the Year! New York Times-bestselling author Aiden Thomas returns to the beloved world of The Sunbearer Trials in Celestial Monsters, a heart-stopping duology...
Skyshade
Alex Aster
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
Lauren Roberts
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
Sasha Peyton Smith
Paper Book
*An instant New York Times bestseller! Vying for the hand of one brother. Falling in love with the other.   A new Victorian-inspired romantasy, perfect for fans of Bridgerton, The Selection, and The Cruel Prince. "If you're looking for...
Watch Me (The Shatter Me Series: The New Republic, 1)
Tahereh Mafi
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...
A World Worth Saving
Kyle Lukoff
A groundbreaking, action-packed, and ultimately uplifting adventure that intertwines elements of Jewish mythology with an unflinching examination of the impacts of transphobia, from Newbery Honor winner Kyle Lukoff "Rare and beautiful--a novel that combines wondrous...
Give Up the Night
P. C. Cast
Divine Mortals
Amanda Helander
Biology Lessons
Melissa Kantor
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." --...
Pick the Lock
A. S. King
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...
Capitana
Cassandra James
Ebook
Prepare to set sail with this riveting romantasy--the first in a duology--that's filled with complex characters, sizzling chemistry, and evocative action. A must-read for fans of Daughter of the Pirate King and Fable! Ximena Reale has spent most of her life training at La Academia to join...
Unhallowed Halls
Lili Wilkinson
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...
I Must Betray You
Ruta Sepetys
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...
Oathbound
Tracy Deonn
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....
The Scorpion and the Night Blossom
Amélie Wen Zhao
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The stunning first edition of The Scorpion and the Night Blossom will feature a beautiful flower design stenciled on the ombre sprayed edges, exclusive printed endpapers, and a foil-stamped case! In a world at war with demons, one girl will...
How to Survive a Slasher
Justine Pucella Winans
Paper Book
You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight meets Scream in this YA slasher that turns classic horror tropes on their heads from Stonewall Honor-winning author Justine Pucella Winans. Few people can say they faced the infamous Satterville Wolf Man and lived. But CJ...
Fake Dates and Mooncakes
Sher Lee
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
Katie Cotugno
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...
The Brothers Hawthorne
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
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....
Last Canto of the Dead
Daniel José Older
Paper Book
Two gods-turned-teenagers wage simultaneous battles in the Caribbean and Brooklyn in this breathless sequel to BALLAD & DAGGER. Healer. Destroyer. Creator. Mateo Matisse and Chela Hidalgo are not just two teenagers in love--they're powerful gods in human form. Powerful enough to...

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