Adult Titles with Teen Allure
A lot of books written for adults feature memorable teen characters and stories. Here are our recommendations. (Updated January 2026)
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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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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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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.
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Charlotte Illes Is Not A Detective
Former child detective Charlotte is back on the case when her brother’s girlfriend starts receiving vaguely threatening notes.
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You'd Look Better as A Ghost
Rejected from an art show by a poorly worded email, Claire decides she must kill the sender. It's not her first kill, and when she learns she is being blackmailed by someone who knows what she did, she knows it will not be her last.
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Mack is about to lose her spot at the women’s shelter, so a competition to spend a week at an abandoned amusement park with thirteen other hopeful people (and win $50,000) is an opportunity she can’t miss. When others go missing, though, Mack’s very life is in danger. GN
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Fourth Wing
Violet wants to be a scribe, not a dragon rider, as her mother the General insists she become, but the academy puts her through life-threatening challenges which are especially dangerous to her health in particular.
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