Great Adult Books for Teens

Books written for a general adult audience that also have teen appeal.

Updated June 19, 2023
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The Midnight Library
Haig, Matt
Paper Book
Between life and death there is a library.  When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change.<...
The Martian : a novel
Weir, Andy.
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "Brilliant . . . a celebration of human ingenuity [and] the purest example of real-science sci-fi for many years . . . utterly compelling."--The Wall Street Journal The inspiration for the major motion picture ...
Prisoner of Tehran : a memoir
Nemat, Marina
Paper Book
Already sold in eight countries Prisoner of Tehran is the heartbreaking story of the price a 16-year-old Iranian girl was forced to pay for her freedom--and her life.

Contains some mature, difficult content.

The Rosie project : a novel
Simsion, Graeme C.
Paper Book
A Globe & Mail 100 Selection The feel-good hit of 2013, The Rosie Project is a classic screwball romance about a handsome but awkward genetics professor and the woman who is totally wrong for him A first-date dud, socially awkward and overly fond of quick-dry clothes, genetics...
The kite runner
Hosseini, Khaled.
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times bestselling novel beloved by millions of readers the world over. New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century "A vivid and engaging story that reminds us how long his people [of Afghanistan] have been struggling to...
All the light we cannot see : a novel
Doerr, Anthony
Paper Book
*NOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES--from producer and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti* Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, the beloved instant New York Times bestseller...
Room
Donoghue, Emma
Paper Book
WINNER! 2010 Rogers Writers' Trust Award for Fiction SHORTLISTED for the 2010 Man Booker Prize SHORTLISTED for the 2010 Governor General's Award To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It’s where he was born and where he and his Ma eat and play and learn....
Ready player one
Cline, Ernest.
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. "Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix."--USA Today * "As one adventure leads expertly to the next...
The magicians : a novel
Grossman, Lev.
Paper Book
Lev Grossman's new novel THE BRIGHT SWORD will be on sale July 2024 The New York Times bestselling novel about a young man practicing magic in the real world, now an original series on SYFY "The Magicians is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to...
Wild : from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Strayed, Cheryl
Paper Book
NATIONAL BEST SELLER * Oprah's Book Club 2.0 selection. * A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe--and built her back up again.   At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought...

Contains some mature content.


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