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Ages 14+

Best books for ages 14+

Young-adult fiction chosen with care.

559 books

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The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., Book 1)

Jonathan Stroud

Ages 11–15

Safe

Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights

Steve Sheinkin

Ages 10–14

Caution

Sexual contentStrong violence

A Deadly Education

Naomi Novik

Ages 15–18

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Sexual contentStrong violence

Ages 18–99

Ages 12–16

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Holly Jackson

Ages 14–18

Safe

The Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien

Ages 14–18

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Explicit sexStrong violence

Ages 18–99

Laurie Halse Anderson

Ages 14–18

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Explicit sexStrong violence

Morning Star

Pierce Brown

Ages 15–18

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Sexual contentStrong violence

Ages 15–18

Ages 13–17

The City of Gold and Lead

Ages 10–14

Ages 12–16

Sexual contentStrong violence

The Lies of Locke Lamora

Scott Lynch

Ages 16–99

Caution

Sexual content

I'll Give You the Sun

Ages 15–18

Ages 12–18

Ages 14–18

Ages 14–18

Ages 14–18

Ages 10–14

Ages 15–18

The Promised Neverland, Vol. 1

Kaiu Shirai

Ages 14–18

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Explicit sexStrong violence

American Gods

Neil Gaiman

Ages 18–99

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