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Standalones for the Commitment-Phobe

Are you tired of cliff-hanger endings? Do you hate waiting for the next book in a series to get some answers? If you answered yes to either of those questions, here is a list of books with no sequels — though they may still leave you wanting more.

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  • A teenager is elected president of the United States, sparking a global revolution of young leaders, until one of them is murdered and he's the prime suspect.
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  • London, 1933: Seven people receive letters. Someone knows their secrets. They are summoned to a townhouse where one is stabbed right in front of the others, but somehow no one saw a thing. Can you solve this interactive murder mystery?
    Book, 2025California : Ten Speed Press, [2025] — TEEN FICTION JOHNSON
  • After her sister is murdered during season four, Sierra Angelos joins season five of a televised escape-room competition, where contestants solve high-stakes puzzles to win, as she searches for the truth before history repeats itself.
    Book, 2026New York, NY : Putnam / G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2026] — TEEN FICTION MEYER
  • In a dystopic future, Jay and his friends live in Karloff Country, a place removed from the horrors of the real world, but things are not as safe as they seem.
    Book, 2022New York : Scholastic Press, 2022. — TEEN FICTION GILES
  • A YA fantasy novel inspired by Chinese folklore, following a corpse-driving priestess, Kang Siying, who takes a dangerous job to save her father but accidentally resurrects a prince instead.
    Book, 2026New York, NY : Wednesday Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2026. — TEEN FICTION TSAI
  • Two teens are pitted against each other in a magical duel for revenge while they fight their growing attraction to each other!
    Book, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, 02/26
  • It's "Titanic" meets "Aliens" in this sci-fi horror story! Celeste is optimistic for the voyage from Earth to Mars, while Dominic feels trapped on his dad's ship and aliens displayed for entertainment are released through an act of sabotage.
    Book, 2025[Toronto, Ontario] : Tundra ; [Plattsburgh, New York] : Tundra Books of Northern New York, an imprint of Tundra Book Group, a division of Penguin Random House of Canada Limited, [2025] — TEEN FICTION JOHNSTON
  • Most schools are about being the best. This school? It's about being the worst! Calder Academy is where the paranormals go.
    Book, 2024Shrewsbury, PA : Entangled Teen, an imprint of Entangled Publishing, LLC, 2024. — TEEN FICTION WOLFF
  • Three girls with entangled pasts who compete for glory in their private school's annual tournament, put their survival skills and their relationships to the test.
    Book, 2025New York, N.Y. : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2025. — TEEN FICTION BARROW
  • After his injury, Ossie struggles with the loss of his identity as an athlete and navigates the social pressures of a wealthy school.
    Book, 2025Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2025. — TEEN FICTION JOSEPH
  • After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died.
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017] — TEEN FICTION THOMAS
  • Natasha, whose family is hours away from being deported, and Daniel, a first-generation Korean American who strives to live up to his parents' expectations, unexpectedly fall in love.
    Book, 2016New York : Delacorte Press, [2016] — TEEN FICTION YOON
  • In Fairfold, where humans and fae exist side by side, a boy wakes up in a glass coffin, causing Hazel to be swept up in new love, shift her loyalties, feel the fresh sting of betrayal, and make a secret sacrifice to the faerie king.
    Book, 2015New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2015. — TEEN FICTION BLACK
  • A girl betrothed since childhood to a handsome prince to seal an alliance between their kingdoms hides her magical affinity for wielding fire powers while falling unexpectedly in love with her intended's sister.
    Book, 2016New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016] — TEEN FICTION COULTHURST
  • This retelling of Snow White follows the adventures of Lorelai, an exiled princess pursued by a magic-wielding prince serving as the personal huntsman for evil queen Irina, who has charged him with bringing her Lorelai's heart.
    eBook, 2016HarperCollins, 2016
  • When Sylvie goes missing, her sister Jules is devastated. She refuses to believe that her sister is gone forever. At the very same time, in the shadow world, a shadow fox is born, and she senses something is very wrong.
    Book, 2016New York : Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, [2016] — J FICTION APPELT
  • Forced to work as a Siren and lure strangers to their deaths after being rescued from drowning by the Ocean, Kahlen falls in love with a human and defies the rules of her service in order to follow her heart.
    Book, 2016New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016] — TEEN FICTION CASS
  • Chronicles the close friendship between two Japanese American sisters growing up in rural Georgia during the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the despair when one sister becomes terminally ill.
    Book, 2004New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2004. — J FICTION KADOHATA
  • When Fei village is suddenly in danger, Fei finds herself on a journey from the peak of her jagged mountain village to the valley of Beiguo, where a startling truth and an unlikely romance will change her life forever.
    Book, 2015New York, New York : Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2015] — TEEN FICTION MEAD