Recommended Reading for Teens

Curated Lists by Louisville Free Public Library's Teen Staff.

Beach Reads

Title: Beach Cute
Author: Beth Reekles
Title: That Summer
Author: Sarah Dessen
Title: Summer Of Bitter And Sweet
Author: Jen Ferguson
Title: Summer Of Lost Letters
Author: Hannah Reynolds
Title: Since You've Been Gone
Author: Morgan Matson
Title: Plain Jane And The Mermaid
Author: Vera Brosgol
Title: Keeping Pace
Author: Laurie Morrison
Title: Every Time You Hear That Song
Author: Jenna Voris
Title: Wish You Weren't Here
Author: Erin Baldwin
Title: Summer Of Broken Rules
Author: K.L Walther
Title: Only Game
Author: Mike Lupica

Juneteenth

Title: This Is My America
Author: Kim Johnson
Title: There Goes The Neighborhood
Author: Jade Adia
Title: Concrete Kids
Author: Amyra León
Title: Piecing Me Together
Author: Renée Watson
Title: Black Was The Ink
Author: Michelle Coles
Title: Crossing Ebenezer Creek
Author: Tonya Bolden
Title: My Name Is Not Friday
Author: Jon Walter
Title: Just Mercy
Author: Bryan Stevenson
Title: Under A Painted Sky
Author: Stacey Lee
Title: Freedom! : The Story Of The Black Panther Party
Author: Jetta Grace Martin
Title: I'm Not Dying With You Tonight
Author: Kimberly Jones

May the Force Be With You

Title: Star Wars. Mace Windu. The Twilight Run
Author: Marc Bernardin
Title: Star Wars. Sana Starros. Family Matters
Author: Justina Ireland
Title: Midnight Horizon
Author: Daniel José Older
Title: Ahsoka
Author: E. K Johnston
Title: Free Fall
Author: Alex Segura
Title: Star Wars. Force Collector
Author: Kevin Shinick
Title: Path Of Vengeance
Author: Cavan Scott
Title: Out Of The Shadows
Author: Justina Ireland
Title: Crimson Climb
Author: E. K Johnston

Mom

Title: Wearing My Mother's Heart
Author: Sophia Thakur
Title: These Vengeful Wishes
Author: Vanessa Montalban
Title: Bemused
Author: Farrah Rochon
Title: First Love Language
Author: Stefany Valentine
Title: Someday Daughter
Author: Ellen O'Clover
Title: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Author: Erika L Sanchez
Title: Things We Couldn't Say
Author: Jay Coles
Title: And Then There Was Us
Author: Kern Carter
Title: Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined
Author: Danielle Younge Ullman
Title: Poet X
Author: Elizabeth Acevedo
Title: Unbecoming
Author: Jenny Downham