Brighton District Library

Teen Reading Lists

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Teen Reading Lists

Looking for your next book to read? Check out our Teen Reading Lists below for recommendations!

For more great reading, give us a call at 810-229-6571 ext. 227 and ask one of our reference librarians for some recommendations.

Reading Lists for Teens

READ-ALIKE BOOKS

If you like Harry Potter

View our recommended read-alike titles here.

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SCIENCE FICTION

Teen Science Fiction

View our recommended teen science fiction books here.

View our catalog recommendation of teen post-apocalyptic fiction books here.

View our recommended teen steampunk books here.

View our recommended books about time travel here.

View our recommended dystopian books here.

View our recommended space opera books for teens here.

View our recommended super powered fiction books here.

View our recommended Here, There Be Dragons titles here.

View our recommended fairy tale retelling titles here.

View our recommended adventure fantasy books here.

View our recommended teen fantasy fiction titles here.

View our recommended teen epic fantasy titles here.

REALISTIC FICTION

Realistic Teen Fiction

View our recommendation realistic fiction books here.

View our recommended fiction titles dealing with suicide and depression here.

View our recommended fiction titles dealing with grief and death here.

View our recommended sports fiction titles here.

View our recommended love story books here.

View our recommended titles about friendship here.

View our recommended tearjerker titles here.

View our recommended music fiction titles here.

View our recommended prep school dramas here.

HISTORICAL FICTION

Historical Quick Picks

View our historical teen fiction quick pick recommendation here.

View our recommended teen fiction titles of the middle age and renaissance era here.

View our recommended teen fiction titles based on the colonial America and the revolutionary war here.

View our recommended teen fiction titles based in the 1800s here.

View our recommended teen fiction titles that cover WWII and the Holocaust here.

MULTI-GENRE

Gentle Reads

View our recommended gentle reads titles (that won’t make you blush) here.

View our recommended teen humor titles here.

View our recommended teen winter read titles here.

View our recommended titles for teen reluctant readers here.

View our recommended teen titles that have a male lead/narrator here.

View our recommended teen survival stories here.

View our recommended teen last minute reads here.

View our recommended teen royal reads here.

View our recommended teen novels in verse titles here.

View our recommended teen inspirational fiction titles here.

View our recommended teen summer read titles here.

View our recommended teen fiction titles that have little to no romance here.

MYSTERY, HORROR & SUSPENSE

Horror Fiction

View our recommended teen horror fiction titles here.

View our recommended teen fiction titles about the ghosts and the supernatural here.

View our recommended teen mystery & suspense titles here.

View our recommended psychological thrillers for teens here.

SOCIAL ISSUES FICTION

We Need Diverse Books

View our “we need diverse books” recommendation list here.

View our recommended teen immigration and refugee fiction here.

View our recommended teen titles covering the #MeToo Movement here.

View our recommended teen fiction that covers mental health issues and illness here.

View our recommended teen titles that cover gun violence here.

LGBTQ+

LGBTQ+ Booklist

View our LGBTQ+booklist here.

View our recommended teen LGBTQ+ fiction titles here.

View our recommended teen titles that cover transgender and gender identity here.

View our recommended teen LGBTQ+ fantasy and science fiction titles here.

AWARD WINNERS

2018 Award Winners

View our full list of the top award winning teen titles of 2018 here.

View the Goodreads Choice Awards recommended titles of 2018  here.

View the BDL teen librarian’s recommended top 10 booklist here.

View YALSA’s Best Teen Books of 2016 here.

TEEN NON-FICTION

Non-Fiction

View our teen non-fiction titles here.

View our recommended teen memoirs and biographies here.

View our recommended teen adulting 101 titles here.

View our recommended teen adult & artists titles here.

View our recommended teen non-fiction titles about sports and athletes here.

View our recommended teen non-fiction titles about social media and celebrities here.

View our recommended teen titles that cover teen mental health here.

DIVERSE FICTION &
NON-FICTION

LGBTQ+ #OwnVoice

View our LGBTQ+ #OwnVoice recommended titles here.

View our Latinx #OwnVoice recommended titles here.

View our Black #OwnVoice recommended titles here.

View our Asian American #OwnVoice recommended titles here.

View our Native American #OwnVoice recommended titles here.

View our diverse abilities recommended titles here.