We hand picked some of the best books across multiple genres like fantasy, romance, dystopian etc, for teen girls and young adults! These books are great reads and worth checking out!
Finding a good book to sit down and read is difficult, especially when there’s so many books out there to read! I’ve made a list of some of the best books to check out if you’re a teenage girl or young woman. Of course, young people of all genders and young adults of all ages can find themselves enjoying these books! These books can also make great gifts for any teen readers.
This genre gives the reader a feeling of excitement! It is a type of book where the main character goes on a thrilling journey to new places while facing challenges along the way! This is a very popular and rewarding genre!
Teen girls and boys can come sail away with this sailing book! This sailing adventure book is written in a journal format and is about the real life experience of the author and main character Addison Renee as she sails across the Pacific Ocean! In her debut novel you learn about the 15-year-old girl (Addison’s) struggle with Tourette’s syndrome and life as a homeschooled, disabled girl as well as what it’s like to sail across an ocean in thirty-five days with no land in sight. This book is a super easy read and made Addison Renee a first time author. Since Addison Renee wrote this as a fifteen year old girl, it has the ability to be immensely relatable to young women and young girls, especially those with disabilities and Tourette’s syndrome.
This book is one of the best sailing books and is available in paperback and ebook format! You can find more information about Addison Renee and the book A Thousand Flying Fish on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and her website!
The Percy Jackson series is an adventure, fantasy novel series written by Rick Riordan! This book series is written in a world where Greek gods and goddesses rule the earth. The books are jampacked with Greek mythology, magic, monster fights and a gripping story! The first book begins with eleven year old Percy Jackson and follows him throughout his life. There’s side plots of romance, drama and the books are pretty funny. I loved reading these books as a teen and still pick them up every now and then!
The first book is called the lightning thief and the books after are as follows: Sea of monsters, The titans curse, Battle of the labyrinth, The last olympian, The Greek heroes, and The Greek gods. These books are so popular and beloved that there is even a recent Percy Jackson tv series! They’re available in paperback, hardcover and e-book format.
The Spirit animals series follows four teenaged main characters, Conor, Abeke, Meilin and Rollan. These books have an extremely unique plot where people bond with animals of all kind. These books are amazing and were some of my favorites growing up, I remember waiting for the last few books to release and immediately begging my parents to buy them!
There are quite a few authors who worked on this amazing book series, such as, Brandon Mull, Maggie Stiefvater, Garth Nix, Sean Williams, Shannon Hale, Tui T. Sutherland, Eliot Schrefer and Marie Lu. These are definitely worth a read!
A Good girl’s guide to murder is a mystery, crime adventure book about an about high school girl named Pippa, who begins investigating the murder of a girl in her town named Andie Bell, the only problem is that the only witness ( Andie’s boyfriend Sal Singh ) is dead. The book series continues to follow this investigation and plot, along with main character Pippa Fitz-Amobi. The book series is a great read for older teens who enjoy crime, thrillers and murder mystery!
This book series is written by the New York Times best selling author Holly Jackson, and has become a TV series in 2024!
The Warriors series is a HUGE book series. There’s easily around fifty books in the whole series not including the all of the graphic novel books. These were my favorite books growing up and I have read every single one. These books are adventure, fantasy and action books. They follow the secret lives of forest cats who live in clans. In these books there’s prophecies, romance, family drama, battles and of course cats! These are entertaining books that’ll never become boring! They are also still ongoing and still being written!
These books have been written by a few authors, Victoria Holmes being the very first! Others include: Cherish Baldry, Kate Cary, Clarissa Hutton, Inbali Iserles, Rosie Best, Tui T. Sutherland and the now fired Gillian Philip. However, these eight authors wrote the Warriors series using a combined pseudonym, Erin Hunter. You can learn more about the authors and this book series on the Warrior Cats website!
These types of books focus on the main characters journey from child to adult. They are stories about growing up and learning about the world! These can be very relatable and are some of my favorite books. Many teenage girls and young women enjoy these kids of books!
This coming-of-age story is not only a classic in American literature but is also an AMAZING book. It’s a fictional, domestic book that follows the life of the march sisters. While it’s an older book, it still holds up as an enjoyable book for teens and young adults.
I love this book and it has been adapted into multiple different movies, the most recent being filmed in 2019 and directed by Greta Gerwig. There are also three other books that go along with Little Women, those being: Good Wives, Little Men and Jo’s Boys. However I haven’t read them and can’t speak on how a teenage girl might like or enjoy them.
Little Women was written by Louisa May Alcott in 1868 and Louisa based the March sisters on her own family. Definitely an interesting read! Since the book was written so long ago and Louisa has long passed, you can find many books with different covers.
Anne of green gables is another timeless classic, these books are fictional, domestic books that follow the teenage years and life of Anne Shirley, an orphaned girl who goes to live with new adoptive parents, Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert.
These books are not only comedic but also very fun and gripping to read. They offer a found family trope and go through the ups and downs of life and really grip at your heartstrings. Anne of green gables has been widely acknowledged as children’s classic novels. These coming-of-age books have garnered multiple movies based on them and also a Netflix tv series!
Anne of green gables was written in 1908 by the Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. This is again, an older book with many different books with different covers!
The fault in our stars is a romance novel about two cancer struck teenagers who meet in a cancer kid support group, then begin to fall in love with eachother. This book is thought provoking and tear jerking. It’s a wonderful book and one of the best romance novels of the 2000’s.
I don’t want to spoil anything but this book is widely viewed as a book that will “Break your heart, make you ugly cry and sob.”
This book was written by New York Times best seller John Green and has its very own movie! It’s available in paper back format, e-book and hard cover. Definitely worth a read!
From bookmarks to small book lamps, these can be great additions to a book purchase!
From dragons to fairies, to unicorns and mermaids, fantasy can be many different kinds of things and have many different types of sub-genres in them. Fantasy is undoubtedly one if not the most popular book genres among teenagers and young adults!
Teen girls and boys can love this book! Harry Potter follows the life of Harry Potter as he navigates through the wizarding school of Hogwarts with his two best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger! Harry Potter shot to fame in the United States of America in the early 2000’s, and rightfully so! The magical world J.K Rowling describes and builds is gripping, inspiring and captivating. Harry Potter is a MUST read for teenagers and young adults alike.
Harry Potter has seven books in the series, and around four Harry Potter related books. Harry Potter was such a hit that j.k Rowling has her very own Harry Potter themed park in Universal studios and eight movies produced by Universal as well!
The stolen heir series follows main female character Suren and male main character oak. The stolen heir series is part of the Elfhame series by Holly Black, but can be read as a standalone series. These books are filled with betrayal, romance, adventure and of course high fantasy with a very well built and descriptive world!
These books are written by Holly Black, a bestselling author of fantasy and contemporary books for teenagers. There might be a third new book coming out soon, but as of now there are only two!
The folk of the air series follows Jude Duarte a human who ends up in Holly Black’s world of faerie after both of her parents murder. The series is full of romance, betrayal and once again tons of fantasy elements. These books became very very very popular, especially on the TikTok platform!
This series is also written by Holly Black and comes before The Stolen Heir series! They are great books and are definitely worth picking up and giving them a read!
Dystopian is a type of genre in which the books depict a future where countries and societies are in decline, sometimes only for the poor and the rich stay on top. It is a very doom and gloom type of genre. Dystopian is not as common and popular as romance and fantasy, but it is a really good genre and has the potential to produce gripping and very unique books. Most teens who get into this genre love it!
The hunger games can be a great introduction into the dystopian genre. It is one of my favorite book series EVER! These books are amazing. They’re captivating, detailed and thought provoking. There are so many layers to these books than can even be discussed. They follow main protagonists Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Malark as the pair are sent from poverty in the twelve districts of Panem, into the glamour and wealth filled Capitol.
These books were written by Susanne Collins and were turned into multiple movies! I have never met a teenager, or anyone really, who does not like these books. They are definitely worth a read and great books to gift your teenager!
Divergent is another very popular dystopian series, with a very interesting premise set in Chicago post apocalypse. These young adult books follow the life of Tris as she leaves her selfless faction of abnegation and enters the brave faction of dauntless. Although i prefer The hunger games and heavily dislike the way these books ended, Divergent is a great book series!
The Divergent books were written by Veronica Roth, garnered three divergent movies and another book related to the series called Four!
Romance is a type of genre that focuses on the love between two people. It is fictional stories about a real human emotion that the majority go through. Romance is most definitely the most popular type of book among all ages, not just teens and young adults. It can have many different types of romantic sub genres, the most popular tends to be fantasy romance, contemporary romance, and romance that ends in a happy ending.
The twilight books and the twilight movies are cult classics! Most teenagers can attest to the books being much better than the movies and the movies being hilarious to watch! Each twilight book follows the life of Bella Swan after meeting Edward Cullen after moving from Arizona to Forks Washington.
These books were written by Stephenie Meyer and after the initial four books she published a novella and two related novels. The books and Twilight movies are so extremely popular that in Forks Washington the whole town has become a Twilight themed tourist attraction.
To all the boys is a three book series and follows the life of Laura Jean as she navigates high school drama and navigates the consequences of her little sister kitty sending out her love letters she wrote to her crushes. These books are very cute and easy to read and Laura Jean is a very likable protagonist!
These books were written by Jenny Han and the movie adaptations of these books became Netflix hits! They were so popular that a spin off series about Laura Jean’s younger sister Kitty came out on Netflix not long after, called XO Kitty.
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