A curated collection of books that a teenager might find engaging. The purpose of this list is to encourage them to find out what they actually enjoy reading.
Literacy for Teenagers Public
Created and curated by Suzanne Aldrich
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Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #31)
4 stars
War has come to Discworld . . . again.
And to no one's great surprise, the conflict centers around the …
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
4 stars
"The real cycle you're working on is a cycle called 'yourself.'"One of the most important and influential books of the …
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4 stars
One of Vonnegut's major works, a young writer decides to interview the children of a scientist primarily responsible for the …
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Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks (Culture, #3)
4 stars
The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit …
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (Blade Runner)
4 stars
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, …
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
4 stars
She was born Marguerite, but her brother Bailey nicknamed her Maya ("mine"). As little children they were sent to live …
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The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
4 stars
The Culture - a human/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest …
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Red Paint by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe
4 stars
An Indigenous artist blends the aesthetics of punk rock with the traditional spiritual practices of the women in her lineage …
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Candide: Candide: Bilingual Edition (English - French) by Voltaire (2015-01-06) by Voltaire
4 stars
Candide, ou l'Optimisme ( kon-DEED, French: [kɑ̃did] (listen)) is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher …
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer & Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
4 stars
The adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the early nineteenth century. …
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The Lathe Of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
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“The Lathe of Heaven” ; 1971 ( Ursula Le Guin received the 1973 Locus Award for this story) George Orr …
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To Kill a Mockingbird (To Kill a Mockingbird, #1) by Harper Lee
4 stars
One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than 40 languages, …
