High School
Beth is Dead — Katie Bernet (TEEN Bernet K.) A bold, thrilling retelling of Little Women in which Beth March's death is treated as a murder mystery. Told from multiple perspectives, everyone is a suspect.
To Deal with Kings — M. Lobb (TEEN Lobb M.) A sequel to To Steal From Thieves. Kane Durante, the new criminal Kingpin of Devil's Acre, is forced to team up with Zaria and return to the Crystal Palace to uncover the source of mysterious alchemological devices being planted at the Great Exhibition.
The Fall of Iris Henley — J. Graham (TEEN Graham J.) Popular cheerleader Iris Henley is accused of murdering her boyfriend and ex-best friend by an anonymous post on her school's subreddit. Disavowed by her friends and getting no help from adults, she has to find the real killer herself.
Gilded in Vengeance — Lyssa Mia Smith (TEEN Smith L.) After being imprisoned for allegedly faking her magical abilities, Emmy Vallillo accepts an escape plan from socialite Jack Fontaine — in exchange for taking revenge on those who wronged them both.
If Looks Could Kill — Julie Berry (TEEN Berry J.) Jack the Ripper comes to New York, and Medusa is determined to stop him — an exploration of human connection during nightmarish times.
The Last Bookstore on Earth — Lily Braun-Arnold (TEEN Braun-Arn L.) In a dystopian world devastated by The Storm, seventeen-year-old Liz finds refuge in her old bookstore. When Maeve breaks in seeking shelter, the two confront their secrets and inner demons as they fight to survive.
Lies We Tell About the Stars — Susie Nadler (TEEN Nadler S.) After a catastrophic earthquake in San Francisco, Celeste adjusts to young adulthood and the losses that come with it — including her best friend Nicky.
The Secret Astronomers: A Novel in Notes — J. Walker (TEEN Walker J.) Two teen girls in 2016 rural West Virginia forge a bond by passing notes to each other in an ancient astronomy textbook, writing under the pseudonyms "Copernicus" and "Kepler" as they discuss art, science, small-town life, and a mystery that ties their pasts together.
Soulmatch — Rebecca Danzenbaker (TEEN Danzenbak R.) Two hundred years after WWIII, eighteen-year-olds undergo "kirling" to learn about their soul, their inheritance, and maybe their soulmate — but can the system be trusted?
A Spell to Wake the Dead — Nicole Lesperance (TEEN Lesperance N.) After discovering a murder on a beach, Mazzy and Nora are pulled into the occult mysteries surrounding them — and the spirit of the woman they found.
Sunrise on the Reaping — Suzanne Collins (TEEN Collins S.) A prequel to The Hunger Games, following Haymitch's own struggle in the famed games.
Twenty Four Seconds from Now — Jason Reynolds (TEEN Reynolds J.) Two high school seniors contemplate physical intimacy and navigate their journey as a couple.
A Queen's Match — Katharine McGee (TEEN McGee K.) A sequel to A Queen's Game, following the betrothed couples arranged by Queen Victoria as they grow uncertain about their matches — told through multiple perspectives with accurate historical context.
We Fell Apart (We Were Liars series) — E. Lockhart (TEEN Lockhart E.) An eighteen-year-old gamer grapples with her mother's departure, a mysterious invitation from her father to come to Massachusetts, and the bonds she forms with three unusual boys.
Winter White — Annie Cardi (TEEN Cardi A.) A modern retelling of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. Pia meets a boy who is both strange and familiar, and begins to question everything she thought she knew about herself, her family, and the isolated world she's grown accustomed to.
ADULT FICTION FOR TEENS
Brooklyn and Long Island — Colm Tóibín (FICTION Toibin C.) Companion novels following an Irish woman's choices in her early twenties after moving to New York, and again in her forties after her husband's infidelity.
Here One Moment — Liane Moriarty (FICTION Moriarty L.) A woman on a plane begins predicting the fates of her fellow passengers. When the predictions start coming true, panic spreads.
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny — Kiran Desai (FICTION Desai K.) A sweeping love story and family saga about two young people navigating the forces that shape their lives: country, class, race, history, and the bonds between generations.
The Ministry of Time — Kaliane Bradley (FICTION Bradley K.) A British bureaucrat discovers her government has been using time travel — which is why she's now charged with helping a nineteenth-century Arctic explorer assimilate into modern life.
The Enchanted Greenhouse — Sarah Beth Durst (SCIFI/FAN Durst) When an ancient magical library burns down during a rebellion against an oppressive empire, its librarians flee to remote locations, befriend locals, and come into their own. Cozy, low-stakes fantasy with talking houseplants. Book 2 in the Spellshop series.
TEEN GRAPHIC NOVELS
Angelica and the Bear Prince — Trung Le Nguyen (TEEN GRAPHIC Angelica) A teen recovering from burnout volunteers at her local community theater and falls for its bear-suited mascot, in this modern reimagining of the Norwegian fairy tale "East of the Sun and West of the Moon."
Astral Panic — Katie Hicks (TEEN GRAPHIC Astral) Gale is an art student managing his anxiety with a wellness app that isn't really working. When a spontaneous, accident-prone new roommate named Aiden disrupts his quiet life, a quest to help Aiden find a job might just bring Gale out of his shell.
Dan in Green Gables — Rey Terciero (TEEN GRAPHIC Dan) A modern retelling of Anne of Green Gables in which Dan, an effervescent queer teen boy, is left with his conservative grandparents in rural Tennessee. He faces homophobic bullies and family friction with Anne Shirley passion while figuring out what it means to truly belong.
The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor — Shaenon K. Garrity (TEEN GRAPHIC Dire) Haley, a devoted reader of gothic literature, finds herself inside Willowweep Manor — a gothic "Gasket Universe" that exists to stabilize surrounding universes. When a hostile multiversal entity threatens it, Haley must use her genre know-how to save the day.
Fustuk — Robert Mgrdich Apelian (TEEN GRAPHIC Fustuk) In a fantastical Armenian and Persian-inspired world, a teen and his two adult siblings must cook a dish greater than anything their famous chef father ever made — or a capricious spirit called a Div will take their mother's life. Family baggage may be their biggest obstacle.
Run Home — Alyssa Bermudez (TEEN GRAPHIC Run) A graphic memoir about fourteen-year-old Alyssa, who is forced to join her new high school's cross country team and gradually finds stability in running — until a loss tests everything she's built.
Wake Now in the Fire — Jarrett Dapier (TEEN GRAPHIC Wake) Based on a true story, this graphic novel follows teens' reactions to the banning of Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis in Chicago high schools.
Side Quest: A Visual History of Roleplaying Games — Samuel Sattin (TEEN GRAPHIC Side) An in-depth look at the history of play, performance, and tabletop gaming — accessible to both longtime fantasy fans and newcomers alike. Includes a beginner campaign at the back.
This Place Kills Me — Mariko Tamaki (TEEN GRAPHIC This) New girl Abby Kita must solve the mystery of a beautiful, popular theater lead's death in this boarding school whodunit.
Steam — Shaenon K. Garrity (TEEN GRAPHIC Steam) Ruby, a superintelligent humanoid grown in a lab to solve humanity's problems, escapes her creators and hides as a matchmaking barista at a university coffee shop. She finds community and humanity in her new life — but will she ever be truly free?
NONFICTION — TEEN AND ADULT
American Spirits — Barb Rosenstock (TEEN 133.9097 R727a) In nineteenth-century America, the Fox sisters claimed to communicate with the dead through knocks and raps — and rose to celebrity status as the Spiritualism movement swept the country.
Beast in the Clouds — Nathalia Holt (508.5496 H742b) In 1928, Theodore Roosevelt's sons set out through the Himalayas to confirm the existence of panda bears — and in the process introduced pandas to the West while documenting a fragile ecosystem in need of conservation.
Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown — Candace Fleming (TEEN B J71f) A chronicle of one of American history's most notorious cults, tracing Jim Jones from humble origins to Jonestown in Guyana and his transformation of Peoples Temple into a nefarious experiment in mind control, with first-person accounts throughout.
Everything is Tuberculosis — John Green (616.995 G823e) The story of a young tuberculosis patient in Sierra Leone interwoven with the scientific and social history of how tuberculosis has shaped the world — and how our choices will shape its future.
Fight AIDS! — Michael G. Long (TEEN 362.196 L852f) A chronicle of the art, community organizing, and protest that rose up in response to the AIDS crisis, with crucial background on the Stonewall riots and the gay liberation movements that laid the groundwork for the fight back.
The Martians — David Baron (576.839 B268m) An exploration of humanity's fascination with Mars and the idea of alien life in the early twentieth century, with historical context and scientific research tracing why Mars mania keeps returning to popular culture.