Teen Reads

The best new reads for teens.
Updated May 9, 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...
Where the Library Hides: the achingly romantic, lush sequel to What the River Knows
Ibanez, Isabel.
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...
Twenty-Four Seconds From Now: A Regular Love Story
Reynolds, Jason.
Paper Book
A brand-new novel from Carnegie winning, global sensation, Jason Reynolds - over 9 million books sold worldwide!
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...
The rebel witch
Ciccarelli, Kristen
Paper Book
The heart-rending conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Crimson Moth duology that began when a heartless hunter met a rebel witch... 'Enchanting and deeply romantic' REBECCA ROSS A witch. A witch hunter. A love so deadly it could set the world on fire... ...
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. Since the hurricane, the town of Mercy, Louisiana has been overtaken by a strange red algae...
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...
Heir
Tahir, Sabaa
Paper Book
Prepare for the action-packed, ruthless, and romantic new fantasy from the #1 New York Times bestselling and National Book Award winning author Sabaa Tahir about love, legacy, and vengeance.An orphan.An outcast.A prince.And a killer who will bring an empire to...
Children of Anguish and Anarchy
Adeyemi, Tomi.
Paper Book
When Zélie seized the royal palace that fateful night, she thought her battles had come to an end. The monarchy had finally fallen. The maji had risen again. Zélie never expected to find herself locked in a cage and trapped on a foreign ship. Now warriors with iron skulls traffic her and her people...
Breath of the Dragon
Lee, Fonda.
Paper Book
Sixteen-year-old Jun dreams of proving his worth as a warrior in the elite Guardian's Tournament, held every six years to entrust the magical Scroll of Heaven to a new protector. Eager to prove his skills, Jun hopes that a win will restore his father's pride - righting a horrible mistake that...
After Life
Forman, Gayle.
Paper Book
The extraordinary new young adult novel from bestselling author of If I Stay, Gayle Forman.
The whispering night
Dennard, Susan
Paper Book
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...
Such charming liars
McManus, Karen M.
Paper Book
The new mystery thriller from the author of One of Us Is Lying, Karen M. McManus! When mother-daughter grifters set out on their final heist, the job gets dangerously personal ... and deadly. For all of Kat's life, it's just been her and her mother, Jamie-except for...
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...
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...
Reckless: TikTok made me buy it! The epic and sizzling fantasy romance series not to be missed
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...
Needy little things
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...
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.
Skyshade (The Lightlark Saga, 3)
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...
The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry (Superworld, 1)
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.
Carving Shadows into Gold
Kemmerer, Brigid.
Paper Book
The King's Courier Tycho has made a treacherous bargain. Now beholden to the magical scraver who saved King Grey's life, one false move could end everything. Jax escaped his life in Briarlock and traveled with Tycho to Emberfall. But life outside his small village brings unexpected...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Where Shadows Bloom: From the Bestselling Author of Flowerheart
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
Capitana
James, Cassandra
Paper Book
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...
A World Worth Saving
Lukoff, Kyle.
Paper Book
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 fantasy,...
The Brightness Between Us
Schrefer, Eliot.
Paper Book
In this sequel to The Darkness Outside Us, a Stonewall Honor Book, New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer delivers another ambitious, genre-bending novel and epic love story that spans thousands of years and the far reaches of the galaxy. Seventeen years have gone...
Oathbound (Legendborn Cycle, 3)
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...
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...
This Ends in Embers (So Let The Burn, 2)
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. Faron Vincent was...
A Banh Mi for Two
Nguyen, Trinity.
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...
Fearless: The epic conclusion to the series taking the world by storm!
Roberts, Lauren.
Paper Book
Paedyn Gray and Kai Azer return to the Kingdom of Ilya... ​ ​ And Paedyn has a life-altering choice to make. Whatever she decides will determine her fate - and the fate of those around her - forever. ​ ​ In the ultimate battle of love and...
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...
Divine mortals
Helander, Amanda M.
Paper Book
Mona can name anyone's soulmate-but she'll do anything to avoid being matched with her own. Especially when she learns he's the king. This debut romantasy perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros delivers sizzling romance, cutthroat competition, a lush fantasy world, and...
The Forest King's Daughter (Thirstwood, 1)
Blake, Elly.
Paper Book
Unlock the dark
Hawk, Sasa
Paper Book
Perfect for fans of Brigid Kemmerer and Lexi Ryan, this debut romantasy stand-alone novel blends an immersive world, unique magic system, and swoon-worthy romance to create an unputdownable read that explores the great and terrible lengths to which love compels us to go. Elia...
It's a love/skate relationship
Corson, Carli J.
Paper Book
Fans of Rachael Lippincott, Elise Bryant, and Dahlia Adler will love this joyful debut novel, a sapphic enemies-to-lovers romance between a hotheaded hockey player and the ice princess at the figure skating rink next door. Charlie Porter is a force to be reckoned with, both...

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