Read our list of outstanding teenage books that have won or been shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Prize since it was founded in 2003.
Favourite books for teens
Read our list of outstanding teenage books that have won or been shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Prize since it was founded in 2003.
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Looking for JJ
ScholasticIn this brave and intelligent novel, Anne Cassidy explores a range of themes, questioning everything from the ethics of tabloid journalism to the outcome of ineffectual parenting. -
After the Snow
Macmillan Children's BooksFifteen-year-old Willo has been left alone in the freezing and snow covered hills that have been his home for years. -
A Swift Pure Cry
David Fickling BooksLoosely based on the real life case of the Kerry babies, powerful imagery and lyrical prose is woven throughout this unforgettable, outstanding and ultimately hopeful novel. -
The Graveyard Book
BloomsburyBod sometimes goes beyond the graveyard into the world of the living – and here his life is under threat from the man Jack, who has sought him since he was a baby. -
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Red FoxSeen through the eyes of Christopher, a mathematical genius and Sherlock Holmes fan, who also has Asperger's syndrome (a form of autism), the novel opens with his discovery of a murdered dog on his neighbour's lawn. -
Unhooking the Moon
QuercusBob has a stubborn younger sister with disturbing fits and upsetting premonitions. She foretells her best friend's murder, their dog's disappearance and her father's death. Bob calls her the Rat. -
Throne of Glass
Bloomsbury Children's BooksInfamous teenage assassin Celaena Sardothien has been condemned to a life sentence of hard labour in the salt mines of Endovier, until young Captain Westfall appears and offers her freedom, - but only if she'll compete in a deadly contest. -
Henry Tumour
DoubledayHenry Tumour is certainly a memorable book: it's funny, shocking, and thought-provoking, too. Just be warned that the language is extreme throughout! -
The Knife of Never Letting Go
Walker BooksThe first in a series, this enthralling sci-fi/fantasy novel grips readers throughout, presenting them with tough questions about identity, ethics and the nature of truth. -
Rani and Sukh
CorgiA vivid, fast-moving take on the Romeo and Juliet story, exploring the experience of young urban British Asians as they negotiate their way through two cultures -
Here Lies Arthur
ScholasticThe violence is darkly terrifying, the sense of landscape immediate and haunting and Gwyna/Gwyn's shifting gender permits Reeve to cast a unique, strikingly vivid glimpse into dark-age Britain. -
How I Live Now
Penguin15-year-old New Yorker, Daisy, is sent to England to spend a summer with her unconventional cousins: Isaac, Edmond, Osbert and Piper - plus their two dogs and a goat in a rambling English country house. So far so perfect, but... -
My Swordhand is Singing
Orion Children's BooksSet in the seventeenth century amid the bleakness of winter in Eastern Europe, and inspired by vampire folklore, this is a superbly crafted, dark and menacing tale. -
NW
Hamish HamiltonLeah, Felix and Keisha all grew up on the same estate in North West London. In different ways, they all work to escape where they've come from. They quickly realise that 'it's not where you're from, it's where you're at'... -
Out of Shadows
Andersen PressBack in the early 1980s, Robert Jacklin doesn't want to move to the newly independent Zimbabwe with his parents, nor does he want to be shipped off to boarding school.
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