Teen Reads

The best new reads for teens.
Updated June 8, 2026
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The House Saphir
Marissa Meyer
Paper Book
The "Queen of Fairytale Retellings" is back! #1 New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer weaves the tale of Bluebeard as it's never been told before. This is a thrilling romantasy and murder mystery, perfect for fans Meyer's Cinder and Heartless. ...
The Swan's Daughter: A Possibly Doomed Love Story
Roshani Chokshi
Paper Book
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick! In this lush and enchanting novel from New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi, a prince is only as good as his beating heart and a maiden is only as good as her honest word. But when love and the truth become...
Fake Skating
Lynn Painter
Paper Book
A #1 New York Times bestseller! From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Better Than the Movies Lynn Painter comes a heartfelt and banter-filled "feel-good rom-com" (School Library Journal) about...
Hazelthorn
CG Drews
Paper Book
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! CG Drews, instant New York Times-bestselling author of Don't Let the Forest In, returns with another deeply unsettling and yet hauntingly beautiful tale of murder and botanical body horror, perfect for fans of Andrew...
Thorn Season
Kiera Azar
Paper Book
The instant #1 New York Times bestseller! Shadow and Bone meets The Selection in this first book in Kiera Azar's sharp, sexy, and twisty debut YA romantasy trilogy! "Dark, sexy, and completely addictive, romantasy lovers will devour Azar's...
Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories
Cynthia Leitich Smith
Paper Book
Michael L. Printz Award Winner American Indian Youth Literature Award Winner Featuring the voices of both new and acclaimed Indigenous writers and edited by bestselling Muscogee author Cynthia Leitich Smith, this collection of interconnected stories serves up laughter...
Coldwire
Chloe Gong
Paper Book
An instant New York Times bestseller! "Super-charged with electrifying action, mind-blowing twists, and timely commentary." --Xiran Jay Zhao, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Iron Widow From #1 New York...
Immortal Consequences
I.V. Marie
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A Good Morning America YA Book Club Pick! SIX RIVALS. ONE VICTOR. ETERNITY IS ONLY THE BEGINNING. "A twisty and thrilling dark academia fantasy that will have you enthralled from the very first page." --Ava Reid, #1 New York...
Fearful: A Powerless Story
Lauren Roberts
Paper Book
Set during the time of Fearless, a mysterious figure arrives in the kingdom of Ilya to witness the fight for the throne and the price it costs those sworn to defend the land in this beautiful and heart-wrenching story in the #1 New York Times bestselling Powerless trilogy. ...
A Theory of Dreaming
Ava Reid
Paper Book
Return to the immersive, lush, and dreamlike world of the instantly bestselling dark academia fantasy A Study in Drowning as the aftermath of their first discovery pulls Effy and Preston on a final adventure and brings their haunting love story to its end in this stunning sequel and...
Sibylline
Melissa De la Cruz
Paper Book
**A Good Morning America YA Book Club Pick** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Three teens infiltrate the magical ivy league in the first book of a heart-stopping dark academia romantasy series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz. ...
Hekate
Nikita Gill
Paper Book
This #1 New York Times bestselling novel-in-verse from world-renowned poet Nikita Gill is a richly imagined retelling of the Greek myth of Hekate, a goddess of the underworld. Perfect for fans of Madeline Miller and Alexandra Bracken. This is an ancient story...
The Dead of Summer
Ryan La Sala
Paper Book
A heart-pounding thriller told in a mix of narrative voices and found documents from the bestselling author of The Honeys, perfect for fans of Tiffany D. Jackson, E. Lockhart, Karen McManus, and Rory Powers! Two Days Before Ollie Veltman is finally coming home...
And the River Drags Her Down
Jihyun Yun
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * She has always known the rules: Never resurrect anything larger than the palm of her hand. But that was before her sister died. . . . The stunning hardcover of And the River Drags Her Down features gorgeous stenciled edges and a matching case stamp...
A Stage Set for Villains
Shannon J. Spann
Paper Book
INSTANT #1 NYT BESTSELLER STARRED Publishers Weekly Review STARRED Kirkus Reviews STARRED School Library Journal Review OPTIONED FOR FILM by Amazon MGM Studios The gods are dead. All that's left are the Players...
The Escape Game
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * An unforgettable young adult murder mystery set in an escape-room themed game show filled with sabotage, betrayal, and puzzles to die for. "An absolute winner--sharp, suspenseful, and so much fun." --Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times...
Grim and Oro
Alex Aster
Paper Book
One deluxe volume containing two brand-new, novel-length stories in the Lightlark universe, written from the perspectives of Grim and Oro, from #1 New York Times bestselling author and #BookTok sensation Alex Aster True love knows...
The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar
Sonora Reyes
Paper Book
2026 Schneider Family Book Awards Honor MPIBA's Reading the West YA Longlist "This is Sonora Reyes at their absolute best." -- Aiden Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery Boys From bestselling author Sonora Reyes comes a poignant...
Truth Is: A Novel in Verse
Hannah V. Sawyerr
Paper Book
Finalist for the 2025 National Book Award for Young People's Literature From the critically acclaimed author of All the Fighting Parts comes an empowering and defiant novel in verse in which a teen poet grapples with an unplanned pregnancy and determines what...
Break Wide the Sea
Sara Holland
Paper Book
In New York Times bestselling author Sara Holland's new novel, Break Wide the Sea, a young woman cursed with a fatal heartbreak-induced sickness must race against time to find a cure and protect her family legacy from the ancient finfolk that would destroy it, the fiancé that...
The Sun and the Starmaker
Rachel Griffin
Paper Book
An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!  There once was a village so far north that most considered it the top of the world... and in that village, the Sun fell in love with her Starmaker. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nature of Witches comes a whimsical and...
What We Did to Survive
Megan Lally
Paper Book
A vacation in paradise turns deadly when four teens' sailing charter hits stormy seas in this propulsive new thriller from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Megan Lally! Hannah is having an incredible spring break. A week at a resort in Mexico with her best friend Emmy and...
Someone to Daydream About
Sydney Langford
Paper Book
This is what dreams are made of.Every teenager in America knows eighteen-year-old Felix Song, the lead singer of the most popular boy band since One Direction. Unfortunately, Natalie Nielsen is no exception. Though she thinks of him more as an annoying rich kid from her hometown than a...
The Crimson Throne
Sara Raasch
Paper Book
Powerless meets Reign in this new historical romantasy from the New York Times bestselling authors of Night of the Witch. Samson Calthorpe's curse has isolated him from everyone he has ever cared about. So, when the opportunity arises to break the curse, he grabs it....
Sparking Fire out of Fate
Brigid Kemmerer
Paper Book
Broken loyalties. Uncertain fates. Two kingdoms hanging in the balance. . . The exhilarating finale in bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer's Forging Silver series will leave readers breathless! Callyn has grown closer to Queen Lia Mara in Syhl Shallow, bonded by the secret...
If All the Stars Go Dark
S. G. Prince
An intergalactic enemies to lovers romance where tensions are high but the stakes are higher. When eighteen-year-old Keller Hartman is recruited into the Legion's most prestigious galactic unit, it's a dream come true. He's worked hard for this. He's ready to prove himself....
Hollow
Taylor Grothe
Paper Book
Don't Let the Forest In meets The Whispering Dark in a queer YA cult horror following a recently diagnosed autistic teen who becomes enmeshed in a community of outcasts harboring sinister secrets. "One of the best horror novels of the year, full stop. Haunting,...
Few Blue Skies
Carolina Ixta
Paper Book
In her latest novel, Pura Belpré Award-winning author Carolina Ixta weaves a tender story about love and hope, following a teen as she works to protect her family and community from a major corporation taking over her town. Paloma Vistamontes is heartbroken. A year ago, her ex...
Every Spiral of Fate
Tahereh Mafi
Ebook
I Must Betray You
Ruta Sepetys
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A gut-wrenching, startling historical thriller about a young man in communist Romania who dared to resist the spy network that devastated a nation, from the award-winning author of Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray. *...

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