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Ages 14+

Best books for ages 14+

Young-adult fiction chosen with care.

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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Alison Bechdel

Ages 16–18

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The Guest List

Lucy Fokley

Ages 16–99

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith

Ages 14–18

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Becky Albertalli

Ages 14–18

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Vinland Saga, Vol. 1

Makoto Yukimura

Ages 16–99

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Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

John Elder Robison

Ages 16–18

A Separate Peace
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A Separate Peace

John Knowles

Ages 15–18

Rebecca
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Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier

Ages 15–99

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Blue Flag, Vol. 1

Kaito

Ages 15–99

Sorcery of Thorns
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Sorcery of Thorns

Margaret Rogerson

Ages 13–17

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Berserk, Vol. 1

Kentaro Miura

Ages 18–99

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The Glass Castle: A Memoir

Jeannette Walls

Ages 16–18

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Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth

Chris Ware

Ages 17–99

The Fountain of St. James Court; or, Portrait of the Artist as an Old Woman
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The Fountain of St. James Court; or, Portrait of the Artist as an Old Woman

Sena Jeter Naslund

Ages 16–18

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The Diabolic

S.J. Kincaid

Ages 14–18

Gogo Monster
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Gogo Monster

Taiyo Matsumoto

Ages 16–99

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The Men Who Created 'Manga': The Manga Artists' Biography Series

Ishinomori Shotaro

Ages 15–99

The Maltese Falcon
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The Maltese Falcon

Dashiell Hammett

Ages 15–99

Travels with Charley: In Search of America
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Travels with Charley: In Search of America

John Steinbeck

Ages 16–18

Rock Paper Scissors
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Rock Paper Scissors

Alice Feeney

Ages 16–99

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Aurora Rising

Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Ages 14–18

The Secret History
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The Secret History

Donna Tartt

Ages 18–99

This Vicious Cure
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This Vicious Cure

Emily Suvada

Ages 14–18

Essex County
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Essex County

Jeff Lemire

Ages 16–99

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