For Teens
Fiction for Teens - Ages 14 and Older
Chicago Public Library recommends the following books as the very best fiction published in 2012 for teens in high school. For more ideas of outstanding things to read, please check out Teen Volume Reads, browse the Teen Volume collection at your neighborhood library and ask your librarian for assistance. Read, Learn, Discover!
Ask the Passengers
By A.S. King
Little, Brown
Beneath a Meth Moon
By Jacqueline Woodson
Nancy Paulsen
Bitterblue
By Kristin Cashore
Dial
The Book of Blood and Shadow
By Robin Wasserman
Knopf
eAudiobook | eBook
The Brides of Rollrock Island
By Margo Lanagan
Knopf
Bushman Lives!
By Daniel Pinkwater, illustrated by Calef Brown
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Chopsticks
By Jessica Anthony & Rodrigo Corral
Razorbill
Code Name Verity
By Elizabeth Wein
Hyperion
Croak
By Gina Damico
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
The Difference Between You and Me
By Madeleine George
Viking
The Disenchantments
By Nina LaCour
Dutton
The Diviners
By Libba Bray
Little, Brown
Audiobook
Every Day
By David Levithan
Knopf
Audiobook | eAudiobook | eBook
The Fault in Our Stars
By John Green
Dutton
Graffiti Moon
By Cath Crowley
Knopf
eBook
Grave Mercy
By Robin Lafevers
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Audiobook
Never Fall Down
By Patricia McCormick
Balzer & Bray
eBook
No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller
By Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
Carolrhoda
eBook
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard
By Lesléa Newman
Candlewick
Personal Effects
By E.M. Kokie
Candlewick
Pinned
By Sharon G. Flake
Scholastic
The Princesses of Iowa
By M. Molly Backes
Candlewick
eBook
Seraphina
By Rachel Hartman
Random House
Audiobook | eAudiobook | eBook
The Shadow Society
By Marie Rutkowski
FSG
Starters
By Lissa Price
Delacorte
eBook