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**Please note: This page is for older teenagers (16+). Many of the books below have mature content. Patrons should look up books on Common Sense Media and decide if that book is appropriate for the reader.**
If you like Superheroes and Super Powers... try:
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
Maximum Ride by James Patterson
Gone by Michael Grant
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
The Prisoner of Cell 25 (Michael Vey series)
The Zodiac Legacy series by Stan Lee
Renegades by Marissa Meyer
If you like Sports... try:
Books by Mike Lupica
Books by Tim Green
Books by Carl Deuker (Tends to write mature content)
Samurai Shortstop by Alan Gratz (Warning: Mature)
If you like Animals... try:
The Warriors series by Erin Hunter
A Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron
Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
If you like Paranormal or Horror... try
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake (Warning: Mature)
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (Warning: Mature)
Asylum by Madeleine Roux (Warning: Mature)
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
If you like School Drama... try:
13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher (Warning: Mature)
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver (Warning: Mature)
Looking for Alaska by John Green (Warning: Mature)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (Warning: Mature)
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (Warning: Mature)
If you like Romance... try:
Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell (Warning: Mature)
The Selection by Keira Cass
The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon (Warning: Mature)
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon (Warning: Mature)
If you like characters dealing with difficult decisions... try:
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
That Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. Hinton
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley
Lucky Broken Girlby Ruth Behar
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
If you like epic fantasy worlds... try:
The Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
The Ranger’s Apprentice series by John Flanagan
Homeland: The Legend of Drizzt by R.A. Salvatore
The Dragon Rider series by Cornelia Funke
If you like magic, like Harry Potter... try:
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series by Michael Scott
The Lightning Thiefby Rick Riordan
The Unwanted series by Lisa McGann
If you like Dark Fantasy... try:
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson (Warning: Mature Content)
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (Warning: Mature)
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Game of Thrones (Warning: Mature Content)
If you like Sci-Fi... try:
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
The Martian by Andy Weir
Artemis by Andy Weir
Across the Universe by Beth Revis
If you like Dystopian worlds... try:
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Divergent by Veronica Roth
The Giverby Lois Lowry
Legend by Marie Lu
Blood Red Roadby Moira Young Warning: Mature
Scythe by Neal Shusterman Warning: Mature Content
Unwind by Neal Shusterman Warning: Mature Content
If you like Spy Novels... try:
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
H.I.V.E. by Mark Walden
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
If you like Murder Mysteries... try:
Ten by Gretchen McNeil Warning: Mature Content
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
If you like Missing Person Mysteries... try:
Shift by Jennifer Bradbury
Paper Towns by John Green
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
If you like Video Games... try:
Warcross by Marie Lu
Ready Player Oneby Ernest Cline
Armada by Ernest Cline
The Cure for the Common Universe by Christian McKay Heidicker
Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (Mature)