Adult Reads with Teen Appeal for 2026
We are updating our Adult Reads - Teen Appeal list for 2026. Here are some of the best new books written for and marketed to adults, but which have a ton of appeal for teens. (Created December 2025)
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Beautiful People
When she was trolled for posting pictures of herself online, disability activist Melissa Blake turned the tables on the trolls, posted selfies on her blog, and started writing this disability primer.
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Daughters of Shandong
In 1948, Communist China is a hotbed of revolution, and when a mother and her daughters are abandoned by their nationalist father and his extended family, they find a way to survive on their own.
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The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
Eveen the Eviscerator is neither a cat nor does she have a tail, but she is an undead assassin, contracted by someone who wishes her to fail, as she learns when she faces her target: a version of herself having traveled through time.
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How to Solve your Own Murder
In 1965, Frances learns from a fortune teller that she will be murdered. Sixty-five years later, she summons her niece Annie to discuss her will. When Annie arrives, her aunt is found dead, and she must solve the mystery in one week if she wants to inherit the estate.
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I Was A Teenage Slasher
When Tolly witnesses a massacre at a school party at the hands of Justin, who is undead due to a prank gone wrong, Tolly is infected by evil blood and goes on a rampage himself. Only his childhood friend Amber can remind him of his innocent past and put an end to the bloodshed.
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The Witch of Colchis
In this retelling of an ancient Greek myth, Medea's talent for witchcraft lands her in trouble with her brother and father. When the hero Jason arrives to find the golden fleece, Medea sees a chance to escape, although her freedom will bring a heavy price.
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The Witchstone
Lazy demon Laszlo has a week to firm up a curse he's been overseeing or his boss will turn him to goo, which brings him to meet human Maggie, who bears this curse and wants nothing more than to finish it.
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Woman, Life, Freedom
Told through graphic arts, this is the story of women in Iran who have resisted the morality police, the men who have beaten and shamed them for the supposed crimes of wearing their hair out in public or attending soccer matches.
Format: Graphic Novel
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