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Books celebrating female friendship - for teenagers

Good friends are the best. Who else knows all your embarrassing secrets and your hopes and dreams… and still loves you? Who else has seen you through snotty noses and playground games to hairstyle disasters and homework stresses? They can make you laugh until your tummy hurts, and you know you’ll be mates forever. Here is a selection of brilliant books about fabulous female friendships for teenagers.

An illustration from the front cover of Three Girls: three teenage girls lying on the floor; one has their eyes closed, one is looking up to the sky, and one is looking at one of the others

  • The School for Good and Evil

    by Soman Chainani 

    2013 9 to 14 years 

    • Adventure
    • Fantasy

    Every four years, two children are chosen from Sophie’s village to join the fabled School for Good and Evil and become fairy tale heroes or villains.

  • Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging

    by Louise Rennison 

    2005 9 to 14 years 

    • Classics
    • Coming-of-age
    • Diaries and journals
    • Funny
    • Love and romance

    Welcome to the world of Georgia Nicolson – an angst-ridden teenage girl who keeps a diary to record the rollercoaster of emotions and experiences she faces every day

  • The Love Report

    by BeKa, illustrated by Maya 

    2023 9 to 14 years 

    • Graphic novels
    • Love and romance

    Lola and Grace try to unravel the mystery of romance by learning from couples at school – and by Lola getting her first boyfriend! A sweet graphic novel that gently points out the pitfalls of forgetting your friends to focus on love, and of focusing on appearances. 

  • Three Girls

    by Katie Clapham 

    2022 11 to 14 years 

    • Chapter books
    • Coming-of-age

    Minnie, Lena and Alice are thrown together for a photo for their school’s brochure. At first, they are sure they have nothing in common but they soon find out that they share a common secret.

  • Glow up Lara Bloom

    by Dee Benson 

    2023 9 to 14 years 

    Funny and heart-warming, this diary is an ode to celebrating yourself just as you are.

  • Am I Normal Yet?

    by Holly Bourne 

    2015 11 to 14 years 

    • Coming-of-age

    This is a powerful and engrossing read that successfully informs, shocks, reassures and entertains in equal measures.

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  • Books celebrating female friendship for 8+

    Good friends are the best. Who else remembers the time you called the teacher ​‘Mummy’ and still wants to hang round with you? They can make you laugh until your tummy hurts, they think of great games to play together, and you know you’ll be friends forever. Here is a selection of brilliant books about fantastic female friendships for readers aged 8+.

    • 5 to 14 years