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Best Teen Books of 2020: Teen Picks

Compiled from a variety of sources, these are the best books of 2020 according to teens. Places like Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and Goodreads have put together lists based on purchasing, reviewing, and general interest for the books teens were most enthusiastic about this year. Check out what teens were raving about all year long. 12/20 WH

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  • In a society determined to keep her under lock and key, Tavia must hide her siren powers. Meanwhile, Effie is fighting her own family struggles, pitted against literal demons from her past. Together, these best friends must navigate through the…
    Book, 2020New York, NY : TOR Teen, 2020.
  • Soraya, a princess cursed to be poisonous to the touch, has lived eighteen years in the shadows but as her twin brother's wedding approaches, she faces choices with unimaginable consequences.
    Book, 2020New York : Flatiron Books, 2020.
  • Queer black girls team up to overthrow the patriarchy in the former kingdom of Cinderella.
    Book, 2020New York : Bloomsbury, 2020.
  • Nishat doesn't want to lose her family, but she also doesn't want to hide who she is, and it only gets harder once a childhood friend walks back into her life. Flávia is beautiful and charismatic, and Nishat falls for her instantly. But when a…
    Book, 2020Salem, MA : Page Street Publishing Co., 2020.
  • Gene understands stories - comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always wins. But Gene doesn't get sports. As a kid, his friends called him "Stick" and every basketball game he played ended in pain. He lost…
    Graphic Novel, 2020New York : First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, 2020.
  • Liz Lighty has always done her best to avoid the spotlight in her small, wealthy, and prom-obsessed midwestern high school, after all, her family is black and rather poor, especially since her mother died; instead she has concentrated on her grades…
    Book, 2020New York : Scholastic Press, 2020.
  • Yadriel, a trans boy, summons the angry spirit of his high school's bad boy, and agrees to help him learn how he died, thereby proving himself a brujo, not a bruja, to his conservative family.
    Book, 2020New York : Swoon Reads, 2020.
  • Kyoshi's place as the true Avatar has finally been cemented but at a heavy cost. With her mentors gone, Kyoshi voyages to the Southern Air Temple, where she can master the elements beyond what she could have ever imagined. But while her bending…
    Book, 2020New York : Amulet Books, [2020]
  • In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard to learn that there is no right way to be yourself.
    Book, 2020New York : Scholastic Press, 2020.
  • The story of Bella and Edward from "Twilight" told from Edward's point of view takes on a new and decidedly dark twist. Meeting Bella is both the most unnerving and intriguing event he has experienced in all his years as a vampire. As we learn more…
    Book, 2020New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020.
  • Desperate to reach her grieving mother, Mira joins a group of college students driving home after their flight is stranded, but the road conditions are not the only mortal danger they face.
    Book, 2020Naperville, IL : Sourcebooks Fire, [2020]
  • It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard…
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Scholastic Press, 2020.
  • Laia, Elias, and Helene must risk everything to defeat their foes--both human and supernatural--and prevent the coming of an otherworldly maelstrom
    Book, 2020New York : Razorbill, 2020.
  • As the exiled Queen of Faerie, Jude must travel back to Elfhame to help her twin sister, Taryn, and uncover how to break a dark curse threatening the whole Faerie world.
    Book, 2019New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
  • Cardan Greenbriar, High King of Elfhame, visits the mortal world to face the troll woman, Aslog of the West.
    Book, 2020New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020.
  • Stamped

    Racism, Antiracism, and You

    Reynolds, Jason,
    A history of racist and antiracist ideas in America, from their roots in Europe until today, adapted from the National Book Award winner Stamped from the Beginning
    Book, 2020New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020.
  • Tierney James, sixteen, struggles to endure the year in which she and other young women are banished to the wild until, purified, the survivors are allowed to return home and marry.
    Book, 2019New York : Wednesday Books, 2019.
  • As her senior capstone project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi is determined to find the real killer in a closed, local murder case, but not everyone wants her meddling in the past.
    Book, 2020New York : Delacorte Press, [2020]
  • When a Connecticut teenager inherits vast wealth and an eccentric estate from the richest man in Texas, she must also live with his surviving family and solve a series of puzzles to discover how she earned her inheritance.
    Book, 2020New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2020.
  • After receiving an invitation to spend the summer with their estranged grandmother, the Story cousins arrive at her house only to discover that she is not there, and the longer they stay on the island, the more they realize their mysterious family…
    Book, 2020New York : Delacorte Press, [2020]