What are the teenagers checking out these days? We were curious, so as a follow-up to our post on The Seattle Public Library’s most popular books for adults in 2022, we’ve compiled the top-circulated 10 fiction and nonfiction books for teen audiences. It’s a diverse, fascinating list, ranging from award-winning graphic novels to an Ojibwe coming-of-age story to a youth edition of Trevor Noah’s memoir. Maybe you’ll find a new book for your young adult reader — or for yourself.
Top teen fiction: Print books
Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, by Art Spiegelman
- Firekeeper’s Daughter, by Angeline Boulley
- Last Night at the Telegraph Club, by Malinda Lo
- We Hereby Refuse: Japanese-American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration, by Frank Abe, Tamiko Nimura, with art by Ross Ishikawa, Matt Sasaki
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, by Suzanne Collins
- The Girl from the Sea, by Molly Knox Ostertag
- Maus, I, A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History, by Art Spiegelman
- A Court of Thorns and Roses, by Sarah J. Maas
- Heartstopper, Volume 1, by Alice Oseman
- The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
Top teen fiction: E-books
Shadow and Bone: The Grisha Trilogy, Book 1, by Leigh Bardugo
- A Court of Thorns and Roses, by Sarah M. Maas
- Siege and Storm: The Grisha Trilogy, Book 2, by Leigh Bardugo
- A Snake Falls to Earth, by Darcie Little Badger
- The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
- Ruin and Rising: The Grisha Trilogy, Book 3, by Leigh Bardugo
- The Summer I Turned Pretty, Book 1, by Jenny Han
- Firekeeper’s Daughter, by Angeline Boulley
- Heartstopper, Volume 1, by Alice Oseman
- We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart