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What We Loved in 2024: Teens

These are the books staff discovered and loved this last year. It's a mix of current and older titles.

Hennepin County Library

33 items

  • Christina's pick.
    BookNew York : HarperTeen, an imprint HarperCollins Publishers, [2016] — Teen Fiction Book
  • Christina's pick.
    BookNew York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017] — Teen Fiction Book
  • Christina's pick.
    BookNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021. — Teen Fiction Book
  • Christina's pick.
    BookNaperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Fire, [2022] — Teen Fiction Book
  • I loved The Lost Dreamer by Lizz Huerta. It was an immersive historical fantasy based on Mesoamerican mythology. I can't wait for the sequel! - Mindy
    BookNew York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2022. — Teen Fiction Book
  • When the Angels Left the Old Country (for teens, but crossover for adults) -- unapologetically queer with a wonderful blend of historical fiction with Jewish folklore. (Shout-out to everyone on the Pride workgroup for humoring me and…
    BookMontclair, [New Jersey] : Levine Querido, 2022. — Teen Fiction Book
  • Kathryn's pick.
    BookNew York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2024. — Teen Fiction Book
  • Christina's pick.
    BookNew York : Make Me a World, [2019] — Teen Fiction Book
  • A classic that I reread every couple of years. - Mallory
    BookNew York, N.Y. : Scholastic Press, 2012. — Teen Fiction Book
  • The beauty of this epistolary novel is that it's such an ordinary story despite the dystopian setting. It felt so real. I would have devoured this as a teen. - Baileigh
    BookToronto ; Berkeley : Annick Press, 2021. — Teen Fiction Book
  • Christina's pick.
    BookNew York : Delacorte Press, [2023] — Teen Fiction Book
  • Kathryn's pick.
    BookNew York : Razorbill, 2023. — Teen Fiction Book
  • For teens (or adults!) who read One Dark Window and were disappointed by the lackluster dynamic between the protagonist and the demon/creature/monster possessing her, I recommend the fantasy novel Vespertine. The human-monster dynamic is…
    BookNew York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2021] — Teen Fiction Book
  • Dana's pick.
    BookNew York : Wednesday Books, [2023] — Teen Fiction Book
  • I've taken the plunge into romantasy and this story has it all: adventure, high stakes, magic both mundane and extraordinary, and, of course, an incredible love story at its center. This was by far the most beautiful, lyrical book I read…
    BookNew York : Wednesday Books, 2023. — Teen Fiction Book
  • Dana's pick. Christina loved it, too.
    BookNew York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023] — Teen Fiction Book
  • Mallory's pick.
    BookNew York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022] — Teen Fiction Book