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Smash It!

age 16+

Teen experiments with personal, social risks in bold novel.

By Francina Simone

(2020)

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Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard

age 16+

Girl survives through smarts and magic in intense novel.

By Echo Brown

(2020)

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Testimony from Your Perfect Girl

age 16+

Slow coming-of-age tale has lots of swearing, sex, drinking.

By Kaui Hart Hemmings

(2019)

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The Nowhere Girls

age 16+

Teens aim to end school's rape culture in empowering tale.

By Amy Reed

(2017)

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The Art of Losing

age 16+

Authentic, realistic story of addiction, survival, sisters.

By Lizzy Mason

(2019)

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Home After Dark

age 16+

Powerful graphic novel explores issues of abandonment.

By David Small

(2018)

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Not the Girls You're Looking For

age 16+

Half-Iraqi teen finds her way in scattered coming-of-ager.

By Aminah Mae Safi

(2018)

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Little Do We Know

age 16+

Moving story about three teens struggling in crisis.

By Tamara Ireland Stone

(2018)

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I Stop Somewhere

age 16+

Haunting, heartbreaking tale of teen rape and murder.

By TE Carter

(2018)

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The Dangerous Art of Blending In

age 16+

Courageous love story told by teen suffering abuse.

By Angelo Surmelis

(2018)

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Nice Try, Jane Sinner

age 16+

Teen reinvents herself after suicide try in complex tale.

By Lianne Oelke

(2018)

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American Street

age 16+

Raw and gritty immigrant story best for mature teens.

By Ibi Zoboi

(2017)

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Spontaneous

age 16+

Wickedly funny, foul-mouthed look at love and loss.

By Aaron Starmer

(2016)

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Pasadena

age 16+

Edgy noir with violent sex, drugs best for mature teens.

By Sherri L. Smith

(2016)

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Forever for a Year

age 16+

Freshman first-love tale has some insight, lots of sex.

By B.T. Gottfred

(2015)

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Grasshopper Jungle

age 16+

Brilliant end-of-the-world chronicle is unforgettably weird.

By Andrew Smith

(2014)

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No One Else Can Have You

age 16+

Darkly funny, very violent high school murder mystery.

By Kathleen Hale

(2014)

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The F- It List

age 16+

Girl takes on friend's bucket list; best for older teens.

By Julie Halpern

(2013)

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Asylum

age 16+

Teen horror tale has promising premise, half-baked plot.

By Madeleine Roux

(2013)

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Impulse

age 16+

Edgy sequel to Jumper is best for older teens.

By Steven Gould

(2013)

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