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Ages 14+

Best books for ages 14+

Young-adult fiction chosen with care.

457 books

Sources of Light
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Sources of Light

Margaret McMullan

Ages 13–18

Camp So-and-So
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Camp So-and-So

Mary McCoy

Ages 16–18

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Various Authors

Ages 18–18

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Never After

Alexis Hall

Ages 18–18

A Bend in the River
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A Bend in the River

V. S. Naipaul

Ages 17–18

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Goodreads Reviewers' Group: Thriller Discussion Thread

Barbara Shapiro, Gillian Flynn, S.J. Bolton, etc.

Ages 17–18

Unbreakable (Unraveling, Book 2)
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Unbreakable (Unraveling, Book 2)

Elizabeth Norris

Ages 14–18

Black Flame
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Black Flame

Gerelchimeg Blackcrane

Ages 14–18

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Various Authors (Goodreads Reviewers' Group)

Ages 18–18

The Lost Girls: A Novel
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The Lost Girls: A Novel

Heather Young

Ages 16–18

The Paris Apartment
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The Paris Apartment

Lucy Foley

Ages 17–18

The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, Book 1)
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The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, Book 1)

James Islington

Ages 16–18

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Beatrice DeSoprontu (and others featured in forum)

Ages 18–18

The Book Thief
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The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

Ages 14–17

Salt to the Sea
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Salt to the Sea

Ruta Sepetys

Ages 13–17

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Aurora Burning

Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Ages 14–18

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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Ishmael Beah

Ages 16–18

Seabiscuit: An American Legend
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Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Laura Hillenbrand

Ages 14–18

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Cerebus the Aardvark

Dave Sim

Ages 18–99

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Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II

Darlene Deibler Rose

Ages 14–18

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Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History

Art Spiegelman

Ages 16–18

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The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story

Richard Preston

Ages 16–18

Boxers & Saints
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Boxers & Saints

Gene Luen Yang

Ages 13–18

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Land of the Lustrous, Vol. 1

Haruko Ichikawa

Ages 14–99

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