20 Best Teen Books (2023 Update)

Acclaimed parenting experts return with a lively, down-to-earth guide that tackles the tough issues teens and parents face today. after years of research, lecturing, and feedback, faber and mazlish have developed an innovative approach to maintaining a candid, open, mutually respectful dialogue between parents and teens.

A natural storyteller with a vision of his own. the dark lady, akala's debut novel for teens, will enthuse and entertain teenagers and young adults, showing that reading is a true super-power. a pickpocket with an exceptional gift a prisoner of extraordinary value an orphan haunted by dreams of the mysterious dark lady henry is an orphan, an outsider, a thief. he is also a fifteen-year-old invested with magical powers … this brilliant, at times brutal, first novel from the amazing imagination that is akala, will glue you to your seat as you are hurled into a time when london stank and boys like henry were forced to find their own route through the tangled streets and out the other side.

All three seasons of the hit tv series "a discovery of witches" are streaming now on amc+, sundance now and shudder. with more than five million copies sold in the united states, the novels of the number one new york times-bestselling all souls series have landed on all the major bestseller lists, garnered rave reviews, and spellbound legions of loyal fans. now all three novels are available in an elegantly designed boxed set that's perfect for fans and newcomers alike, and the perfect introduction to the on-going series which continues with time's convert, book four.

Soon to be a major motion picture, the giver, the 1994 newbery medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. the haunting story centers on twelve-year-old jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. not until he is given his life assignment as the receiver of memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. lois lowry has written three companion novels to the giver, including gathering blue, messenger, and son.

All five books in the blockbuster percy jackson and the olympians series, in paperback, collected in a boxed set fit for demigods, complete with a bonus poster! now with glorious new cover art and packaged with a special poster, this value-priced set includes the best-selling the lightning thief, the sea of monsters, the titan's curse, the battle of the labyrinth, and the last olympian. accompany the son of the sea god poseidon and his other demigod friends as they go on a series of quests that will have them facing monsters, gods, and conniving figures from greek mythology. do they have what it takes to save the olympians from an ancient enemy? whether it is for readers who are experiencing percy's funny and thrilling adventures for the first time, or for fans who want to devour the saga again, this gift will be prized by readers aged 8-80. this beloved series, read in schools across the world, has inspired two motion pictures and a broadway musical. it is currently in development for a television series on disney+,

The school for good and evil is the #1 movie now streaming on netflix–starring academy award winner charlize theron, kerry washington, laurence fishburne, michelle yeoh, sofia wylie, sophie anne caruso, jamie flatters, earl cave, kit young, and many others! don't miss the first four books in soman chainani's new york times bestselling fantasy series, the school for good and evil, in a paperback box set. now with beautifully redesigned covers! journey into a dazzling new world when two best friends enter the school for good and evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy-tale heroes and villains. one will train for good, one will become evil's new hope. each thinks they know where they belong.but when the two friends are swept into the endless woods, they find their fortunes are reversed…. the aftermath leads to unexpected paths, new alliances, and forces that divide them in an exhilarating quest to find their true ever after.featuring books 1-4 in the series with newly designed covers, as well as a sneak peek at the fifth book, the school for good and evil: a crystal of time, this paperback box set will delight both fans that are new to the series and die-hard fans alike.don't miss the thrilling conclusion to the beloved series, the school for good and evil #6: one true king!

1.5 million copies sold of the #1 bestselling series! fall in love with the series everyone is talking about with this hardcover boxed set of the #1 new york times bestselling inheritance games trilogy! the inheritance games, the hawthorne legacy, and the final gambit are together for the first time. avery grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. but her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire tobias hawthorne dies and leaves avery virtually his entire fortune. the catch? avery has no idea why — or even who tobias hawthorne is. to receive her inheritance, avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled hawthorne house, where every room bears the old man's touch — and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes. unfortunately for avery, hawthorne house is also occupied by the family that tobias hawthorne just dispossessed. this includes the four hawthorne grandsons: dangerous, magnetic, brilliant boys who grew up with every expectation that one day, they would inherit billions. heir apparent grayson hawthorne is convinced that avery must be a conwoman, and he's determined to take her down. his brother, jameson, views her as their grandfather's last hurrah: a twisted riddle, a puzzle to be solved. caught in a world of wealth and privilege, with danger around every turn, avery will have to play the game herself just to survive. with deadly stakes, thrilling twists, juicy secrets, swoonworthy romance, and billions of dollars hanging in the balance, this "impossible to put down" (buzzfeed) series is perfect for fans of one of us is lying and knives out.

1.5 million copies sold of the #1 bestselling series! don't miss this new york times bestselling "impossible to put down" (buzzfeed) novel with deadly stakes, thrilling twists, and juicy secrets — perfect for fans of one of us is lying and knives out. avery grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. but her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire tobias hawthorne dies and leaves avery virtually his entire fortune. the catch? avery has no idea why — or even who tobias hawthorne is. to receive her inheritance, avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled hawthorne house, where every room bears the old man's touch — and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes. unfortunately for avery, hawthorne house is also occupied by the family that tobias hawthorne just dispossessed. this includes the four hawthorne grandsons: dangerous, magnetic, brilliant boys who grew up with every expectation that one day, they would inherit billions. heir apparent grayson hawthorne is convinced that avery must be a conwoman, and he's determined to take her down. his brother, jameson, views her as their grandfather's last hurrah: a twisted riddle, a puzzle to be solved. caught in a world of wealth and privilege with danger around every turn, avery will have to play the game herself just to survive. ** avery's story continues in the hawthorne legacy and the final gambit

A new york times bestseller with more than a million copies sold–sold on a monday is the unforgettable book-club phenomenon, inspired by a stunning piece of depression-era history. the sign is a last resort. it sits on a farmhouse porch in 1931, but could be found anywhere in an era of breadlines, bank runs and broken dreams. it could have been written by any mother facing impossible choices.for struggling reporter ellis reed, the gut-wrenching scene evokes memories of his family's dark past. he snaps a photograph of the children, not meant for publication.

The 1st installment in the new york times best-selling a twisted tale series asks: what if aladdin had never found the lamp? agrabah lives in fear, waiting for his third and final wish. – to stop the power-mad ruler, aladdin and the deposed princess jasmine must unite the people of agrabah in rebellion. but soon their fight for freedom threatens to tear the kingdom apart in a costly civil war. what happens next? a street rat becomes a leader. a princess becomes a revolutionary. and readers will never look at the story of aladdin in the same way again. for more twisted adventures, try the other books in the a twisted tale series: once upon a dream by liz braswell – as old as time by liz braswell – reflection by elizabeth lim – part of your world by liz braswell – mirror, mirror by jen calonita – conceal, don't feel by jen calonita – straight on till morning by liz braswell – so this is love by elizabeth lim – go the distance by jen calonita – what once was mine by liz braswell

A new york times best seller if you could read my mind, you wouldn't be smiling.samantha mcallister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. but hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that her friends would never understand: sam has purely-obsessional ocd and is consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can't turn off. second-guessing every move, thought, and word makes daily life a struggle, and it doesn't help that her lifelong friends will turn toxic at the first sign of a wrong outfit, wrong lunch, or wrong crush. yet sam knows she'd be truly crazy to leave the protection of the most popular girls in school. so when sam meets caroline, she has to keep her new friend with a refreshing sense of humor and no style a secret, right up there with sam's weekly visits to her psychiatrist.caroline introduces sam to poet's corner, a hidden room and a tight-knit group of misfits who have been ignored by the school at large. sam is drawn to them immediately, especially a guitar-playing guy with a talent for verse, and starts to discover a whole new side of herself. slowly, she begins to feel more "normal" than she ever has as part of the popular crowd . . . until she finds a new reason to question her sanity and all she holds dear. praise for every last word"clueless meets dead poets society with a whopping final twist." -kirkus reviews"this book is highly recommended-readers will connect with sam, relating to her anxiety about her peers, and root for her throughout the book." -voya"a thoughtful romance with a strong message about self-acceptance, [this] sensitive novel boasts strong characterizations and conflicts that many teens will relate to. eminently readable." -booklist"a brilliant and moving story about finding your voice, the power of words, and true friendship. i couldn't put it down?" -elizabeth eulberg, author of the lonely hearts club"brilliant, brave, and beautiful." -kathleen caldwell, a great good place for books"a riveting story of love, true friendship, self-doubt and self-confidence, overcoming obstacles, and truly finding oneself." -melanie koss, professor of young adult literature, northern illinois university"romantic, unpredictable, relatable, and so very enjoyable." -arnold shapiro, oscar- and emmy-winning producer"characters to love and a story to break your heart. readers will want to turn page after page and read every last word. then do it all over again." -marianne follis, teen librarian, valley ranch (irving) public library

Feyre is a huntress. the skin of a wolf would bring enough gold to feed her sisters for a month. but the life of a magical creature comes at a steep price, and feyre has just killed the wrong wolf . . . follow feyre�s journey into the dangerous, alluring world of the fae, where she will lose her heart, face her demons, and learn what she is truly capable of. the world expands in a court of silver flames with the story of feyre�s fiery sister, nesta. this stunning, five-book box set of the #1 new york times bestselling series by sarah j.

All five novels in kiera cass’s #1 new york times bestselling selection series—now available in one beautiful box setfor thirty-five girls, the selection is the chance of a lifetime. the chance to live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous prince maxon. but for america singer, being selected is a nightmare. it means turning her back on her secret love with aspen, who is a caste below her, and leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn’t want.then america meets prince maxon. gradually, she starts to question all the plans she’s made for herself—and realizes that the life she’s always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined.in the heir and the crown, princess eadlyn becomes the first ever princess to hold a selection of her own—but she doesn’t believe that any of her thirty-five suitors will capture her heart… this gorgeous box set includes all five books in this #1 new york times bestselling series, which has sold millions of copies and captured the hearts of readers around the world.

“the bighearted, wildly charming, painfully real love story i’ve been waiting for.” —becky albertalli, new york times bestselling author of simon vs. the homo sapiens agenda “heartfelt and powerful.” —kirkus reviews (starred review) from william c. morris award finalist s.k. ali comes an unforgettable romance that is the sun is also a star meets anna and the french kiss, following two muslim teens who meet during a spring break trip.a marvel: something you find amazing. even ordinary-amazing. like potatoes—because they make french fries happen. like the perfect fries adam and his mom used to make together. an oddity: whatever gives you pause. like the fact that there are hateful people in the world. like zayneb’s teacher, who won’t stop reminding the class how “bad” muslims are. but zayneb, the only muslim in class, isn’t bad. she’s angry. when she gets suspended for confronting her teacher, and he begins investigating her activist friends, zayneb heads to her aunt’s house in doha, qatar, for an early start to spring break. fueled by the guilt of getting her friends in trouble, she resolves to try out a newer, “nicer” version of herself in a place where no one knows her. then her path crosses with adam’s. since he got diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in november, adam’s stopped going to classes, intent, instead, on perfecting the making of things. intent on keeping the memory of his mom alive for his little sister. adam’s also intent on keeping his diagnosis a secret from his grieving father. alone, adam and zayneb are playing roles for others, keeping their real thoughts locked away in their journals. until a marvel and an oddity occurs… marvel: adam and zayneb meeting. oddity: adam and zayneb meeting.

A new york times bestseller a good morning america, fabfitfun, and marie claire book club pick “in five years is as clever as it is moving, the rare read-in-one-sitting novel you won’t forget.” —chloe benjamin, new york times bestselling author of the immortalists ​perfect for fans of me before you and one day—a striking, powerful, and moving love story following an ambitious lawyer who experiences an astonishing vision that could change her life forever.where do you see yourself in five years? dannie kohan lives her life by the numbers. she is nothing like her lifelong best friend—the wild, whimsical, believes-in-fate bella. her meticulous planning seems to have paid off after she nails the most important job interview of her career and accepts her boyfriend’s marriage proposal in one fell swoop, falling asleep completely content. but when she awakens, she’s suddenly in a different apartment, with a different ring on her finger, and beside a very different man. dannie spends one hour exactly five years in the future before she wakes again in her own home on the brink of midnight—but it is one hour she cannot shake. in five years is an unforgettable love story, but it is not the one you’re expecting.

Natsumi is obsessed with being a beautiful teenager, but she's got years to go. or does she? frustrated by being treated like a child, she swipes free packages of nuts being handed out in the street. it turns out that one of these packages have special pink nuts… nuts that will turn an ordinary kid into a very grown-up teenager!

Depression, violence, pressures to succeed, eating disorders–being a teenager seems more difficult with every generation. confronted daily with demands from parents, teachers, and peers, teens have to have refusal skills and positive attitudes to meet the challenges of life in a world which requires them to grow up before their time. without patronizing or lecturing, teen esteem helps teenagers develop the skills needed to handle stress, peer pressure, substance abuse, anger, sexual expression, more. the third edition includes new material on being different, self-acceptance, cyber-bullying, and coping with depression (in oneself and in others).

New york times bestseller – national book award finalist – a “stunning” (america ferrera) ya novel about a teenager coming to terms with losing her sister and finding herself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a mexican american home—from the author of crying in the bathroom “alive and crackling—a gritty tale wrapped in a page-turner. ”—the new york times perfect mexican daughters do not go away to college. and they do not move out of their parents’ house after high school graduation. perfect mexican daughters never abandon their family. but julia is not your perfect mexican daughter. that was olga’s role. then a tragic accident on the busiest street in chicago leaves olga dead and julia left behind to reassemble the shattered pieces of her family. and no one seems to acknowledge that julia is broken, too. instead, her mother seems to channel her grief into pointing out every possible way julia has failed. but it’s not long before julia discovers that olga might not have been as perfect as everyone thought. with the help of her best friend lorena, and her first love, first everything boyfriend connor, julia is determined to find out. was olga really what she seemed? or was there more to her sister’s story? and either way, how can julia even attempt to live up to a seemingly impossible ideal?

National bestseller! best book of 2018 (library journal, npr, buzzfeed)locus recommended reading list – 2018july 2018 indie next pick! summer 2018 publishers weekly pick!“ a tremendous book―thought-provoking and terrifying, with tension that winds up like a chain. the cabin at the end of the world is tremblay’s personal best. it’s that good.” — stephen king“a clinic in suspense, a story that opens with high-wire tension and never lets up from there.” — michael koryta"i tore through it in record time. i just couldn’t wait to see where tremblay was going to take me next.” — victor lavallethe bram stoker award-winning author of a head full of ghosts adds an inventive twist to the home invasion horror story in a heart-palpitating novel of psychological suspense that recalls stephen king’s misery, ruth ware’s in a dark, dark wood, and jack ketchum’s cult hit the girl next door.seven-year-old wen and her parents, eric and andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet new hampshire lake. their closest neighbors are more than two miles in either direction along a rutted dirt road.one afternoon, as wen catches grasshoppers in the front yard, a stranger unexpectedly appears in the driveway. leonard is the largest man wen has ever seen but he is young, friendly, and he wins her over almost instantly. leonard and wen talk and play until leonard abruptly apologizes and tells wen, "none of what’s going to happen is your fault". three more strangers then arrive at the cabin carrying unidentifiable, menacing objects. as wen sprints inside to warn her parents, leonard calls out: "your dads won’t want to let us in, wen. but they have to. thus begins an unbearably tense, gripping tale of paranoia, sacrifice, apocalypse, and survival that escalates to a shattering conclusion, one in which the fate of a loving family and quite possibly all of humanity are entwined. the cabin at the end of the world is a masterpiece of terror and suspense from the fantastically fertile imagination of paul tremblay.“ read paul tremblay's new novel, the cabin at the end of the world, and you might not sleep for a week. longer.

"amongst the top 50 horror books of all time" – cosmopolitan for fans of kathe koja, clive barker and stephen graham jones. winner of the splatterpunk award for best novella. – a whirlpool of darkness churns at the heart of a macabre ballet between two lonely young women in an internet chat room in the early 2000s—a darkness that threatens to forever transform them once they finally succumb to their most horrific desires. a couple isolate themselves on a remote island in an attempt to recover from their teenage son’s death, when a mysterious young man knocks on their door during a storm…and a man confronts his neighbour when he discovers a strange object in his back yard, only to be drawn into an ever-more dangerous game. – three devastating, beautifully written horror stories from one of the genre’s most cutting-edge voices. – what have you done today to deserve your eyes?