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Time After Time

Pick your favorite decade and then read a book set in that time!

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  • In 1926, Juliette Cai, a former flapper, returns to assume her role as the proud heir of the Scarlet Gang, a network of criminals far above the law.
    Book, 2020New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2020] — TEEN FICTION GONG
  • In 1922, Nicolas is a transgender boy who hates living in NYC. He connects with Daisy, who is trying to erase her Latinx heritage. Then Daisy introduces Nicolas to the mysteriously glamorous transgender neighbor who throws the most epic parties!
    Book, 2022New York : Feiwel & Friends, 2022. — TEEN FICTION MCLEMORE
  • In 1930s Los Angeles Chinatown, the Chow sisters, May, Gemma and Peony, suspect foul play in the death of Chinatown star Lulu Wong and take it upon themselves to solve the murder, revealing a conspiracy that threatens their Chinatown neighborhood.
    Book, 2024New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2024. — TEEN FICTION LEE
  • Being a Jew in the 1940s has become increasingly dangerous, and when Astra falls in love and starts pulling away from her, Rieke wonders if there's anything in her life she can count on. Rieke is trying to survive the Holocaust in Romania.
    Book, 2023New York : Balzer + Bray, 2023. — TEEN FICTION ARNOLD
  • America 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. When Lily and Kathleen meet at the Telegraph Club, sparks fly. Are they willing to risk everything to be together?
    Book, 2021New York : Dutton Books, 2021. — TEEN FICTION LO
  • In 1958, 16 dead bodies have been found, all drained of their blood. Maria was found alive and covered in blood. She's the only suspect, but she swears she didn't do it. How can you determine the truth when it seems wildly impossible?
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — TEEN FICTION BLAKE
  • Houston, Texas, 1964. Evie Barnes is a bad girl. So are all her friends. They're the sort who wear bold makeup, laugh too loud and run around with boys! This "Outsider" retelling is all about the modern outcast!
    Book, 2021New York : Roaring Brook Press, [2021] — TEEN FICTION MATHIEU
  • When a peaceful protest over the Vietnam War in the 1970s turned deadly, the results impacted many lives. Wiles explores this event at Kent State University and its aftermath in this deeply moving novel.
    Book, 2020New York : Scholastic Press, 2020. — TEEN FICTION WILES
  • In the '70s, RJ lives in a dead-end town where the Blackjacks gang runs the town, and you're either with them or against them. RJ just wants to be left alone, but that's hard to do, especially when the Blackjacks come calling.
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Soho Teen, [2021] — TEEN FICTION FARLEY
  • In the 1980s, Romania is suffering under the thumb of a dictator when Cristian is blackmailed into being a government informer. What if there was a way to use his position to fight back? Could he pay the price that might be required?
    Book, 2022New York : Philomel Books, 2022. — TEEN FICTION SEPETYS
  • In the '80s, Dante and Ari seem to be complete opposites. But as life changes in dramatic ways, they learn that what sets them apart is nothing compared to what ties them together.
    Book, 2012New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2012. — TEEN FICTION SAENZ
  • The year is 1982, and two teens are recruited to work on an FBI team that will interview and analyze juvenile murderers to help solve cold cases.
    Book, 2020New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020. — TEEN FICTION MARNEY
  • Los Angeles, 1992: After the acquittal of the officers who beat Rodney King, riots break out, and Ashley, who has led a sheltered life, finds it suddenly shattered by the tumult of the world around her.
    Book, 2020New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, [2020] — TEEN FICTION HAMMONDS REED
  • Southern California, 1996: High school senior Rana Joon wants to honor her deceased best friend by entering a rap contest and living authentically as a lesbian, but feels conflicted by her Iranian family's expectations.
    Book, 2023New York : Atheneum, 2023. — TEEN FICTION ETAAT
  • In the early 2000s, Nick and Norah's "five-minute date" starts an all-nighter for the couple around New York City filled with exes, concerts, sharing and the feeling that Nick and Norah might actually be able to defy the odds and be a couple.
    Book, 2006New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, c2006. — TEEN FICTION COHN
  • It's the early 2000s, and Cammie is a sophomore at a secret spy school and the daughter of a former CIA operative, sheltered from a normal teenage life until she meets a local boy while on a class surveillance mission.
    eBook, 2009Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2009
  • Don't miss this 2010s hit that took to world by storm! Hazel Grace is a 16-year-old girl with lung cancer who found the love of her life in a support group.
    Book, 2012New York : Dutton Books c2012. — TEEN FICTION GREEN
  • If you love all historical fiction books set in WWII, then you must pick up Bray's latest novel, which alternates between three timelines: 1940s Germany, 1980s West Germany and New York City in the spring of 2020.
    Book, 2025New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, [2025] — TEEN FICTION BRAY