Lists and Suggestions for Teens
List: Funny Reads
Born to Rock
Korman, Gordon.
High school senior Leo Caraway, a conservative Republican, learns that his biological father is a pu...
Greg Heffley's Journal
Kinney, Jeff.
Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, un...
I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I want to be Your Class President
Lieb, Josh.
In Omaha, Nebraska, twelve-year-old Oliver Watson has everyone convinced that he is extremely stupid...
My Most Excellent Year
Kluger, Steve.
Three teenagers in Boston narrate their experiences of a year of new friendships, first loves, and c...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Adams, Douglas,
Originally published: New York: Harmony Books, 1980....
All-American Girl
Cabot, Meg.
A sophomore girl stops a presidential assassination attempt, is appointed Teen Ambassador to the Uni...
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Alexie, Sherman,
Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an ...
Carter Finally Gets It
Crawford, Brent.
Awkward freshman Will Carter endures many painful moments during his first year of high school befor...
Swim the Fly
Calame, Don.
"Fifteen-year-old Matt Gratton and his two best friends, Coop and Sean, always set themselves a...
24 Girls in 7 Days
Bradley, Alex.
Jack Grammar, average American senior, has no date to the prom. Or so he thinks. Percy and Natalie, ...
Lulu Dark Can See Through Walls
Madison, Bennett.
When someone steals her purse and her identity, high-school junior and reluctant girl sleuth Lulu Da...
Bad Kitty
Jaffe, Michele.
While vacationing with her family in Las Vegas, seventeen-year-old Jasmine stumbles upon a murder my...
The Big Splash
Ferraiolo, Jack D.
Matt Stevens, an average middle schooler with a glib tongue and a knack for solving crimes, uncovers...
Okay for Now
Schmidt, Gary D.
As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends, an abusive father, and a louse...
Once Upon a Marigold
Ferris, Jean,
A young man with a mysterious past and a penchant for inventing things leaves the troll who raised h...
The Wee Free Men
Pratchett, Terry.
A young witch-to-be named Tiffany teams up with the Wee Free Men, a clan of six-inch-high blue men, ...
Beat the Band
Calame, Don.
Paired with the infamous "Hot Dog" Helen for a health class presentation on safe sex, tent...

Spanking Shakespeare
Wizner, Jake.
Shakespeare Shapiro navigates a senior year fraught with feelings of insecurity while writing the me...
Happyface
Emond, Stephen.
After going through traumatic times, a troubled, socially awkward teenager moves to a new school whe...
How to Ruin a Summer Vacation
Elkeles, Simone.
When sixteen-year-old Amy, a spoiled American, goes to Israel for a three-month summer vacation with...
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
Lubar, David.
While navigating his first year of high school and awaiting the birth of his new baby brother, Scott...
Burger Wuss
Anderson, M. T.
Hoping to lose his loser image, Anthony plans revenge on a bully which results in a war between two ...
Perfect Cover
Barnes, Jennifer
High school sophomore Toby Klein enjoys computer hacking and wearing combat boots, so she thinks it ...
Beauty Queens
Bray, Libba.
When a plane crash strands thirteen teen beauty contestants on a mysterious island, they struggle to...
48 Shades of Brown
Earls, Nick,
While his parents are in Geneva, sixteen-year-old Dan spends his last year of high school living wit...
Donorboy
Halpin, Brendan,
Rosalind had two mommies. Now, thanks to a tragic accident involving foodstuffs, she has none. And S...
Voss
Ives, David.
Through a series of letters home, fifteen-year-old Vospop "Voss" Vsklzwczdztwczky shares h...
Bras & Broomsticks
Mlynowski, Sarah.
Living in New York City with her mother and her younger sister, Miri, fourteen-year-old Rachel tries...
The Reformed Vampire Support Group
Jinks, Catherine.
Fifteen-year-old vampire Nina has been stuck for fifty-one years in a boring support group for vampi...
So Punk Rock (and Other Ways to Disappoint Your Mother) :
Ostow, Micol.
Four suburban New Jersey students from the Leo R. Gittleman Jewish Day School form a rock band that ...
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
Rennison, Louise.
Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen-year-old British girl who tries to...
Fat Vampire
Rex, Adam.
After being bitten by a vampire, not only is fifteen-year-old Doug doomed eternally to be fat, but n...
Spud
Van de Ruit, John.
In 1990, thirteen-year-old John "Spud" Milton, a prepubescent choirboy, keeps a diary of h...
The year of secret assignments
Moriarty, Jaclyn.
Three female students from Ashbury High write to three male students from rival Brookfield High as p...
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Andrews, Jesse.
Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high scho...