Humor for Teens
Want to laugh? Of course you do! Here are some great new books almost guaranteed to tickle you. GN = graphic novel MS = Books for middle school readers. (Updated March 2024)
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Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling
Black nerd Reggie keeps meeting biracial punk singer Delilah on various holidays through the year. Eventually, they start their own holidays just so they can keep meeting. MS
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Dragging Mason County
Openly gay Peter has insulted another gay student at his school, and everyone’s opinion of him has plummeted, so he agrees to produce a drag show in their rural hometown to repair his reputation.
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How Maya Got Fierce
Maya’s wanted to work for fashion magazine Fierce for years, so when she gets a chance to intern there, she jumps at it, not revealing her family’s farmer roots or her actual age. How long can she fool her new bosses?
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Chloe and the Kaishao Boys
Chloe’s eighteenth birthday and acceptance to an American university mean she can finally leave home, but her bossy aunt thinks it is time for her to marry, and sets her up with eighteen potential partners. MS
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How to Date A Superhero (and Not Die Trying)
After Astrid’s boyfriend is revealed to be a superhero, she is enrolled in a finishing school to prepare for future kidnappings and interrogations by supervillains. Is their relationship really worth it?
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The Girl, the Ring, & the Baseball Bat
After a fight hurts Rosie’s chances at getting into her preferred school, she and her friends learn of her mother’s once-rebellious ways, and acquire three magical items that should solve all their problems. MS
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Heartbreak Boys
Dumped by their boyfriends, Jack and Nate decide to fight back with a perfect Instagrammable summer vacation, except they’re stuck with Nate’s bickering parents and annoying younger sister.
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The First Thing About You
After moving across the country, Harris wants to reinvent himself as a popular teen who just happens to be in a wheelchair, and his beautiful new nurse Miranda is just the person to help him.
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Gideon Green in Black and White
Gideon’s days as a locally famous boy detective are over, but when his ex-best friend Lily asks him for help writing an article about crime in their town, he has little trouble saying yes, especially when they find an actual dead body.
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Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute
Celine and Bradley, once a couple and now enemies, find themselves forced to help each other on a competitive survival course with a scholarship at the end for the winners. MS
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