Reading recommendations: Rangatahi
Explore fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels, rainbow reads and more - all made for teens. Find your next favourite read at the library.
Most Popular in 2024
Most Popular
Most Popular in 2024: eAudiobooks for teens
Most Popular in 2024: eBooks for teens
Kirkus Reviews - Best Young Adult Books of 2024
Jem's fave reads of 2024
2024 SLJ Best Books - Young Adult
2024 SLJ Best Books - Graphic Novels and Manga (Kids/YA)
Kirkus Reviews - Best Young Adult Books of 2024
Jem's fave reads of 2024
2024 SLJ Best Books - Young Adult
2024 SLJ Best Books - Graphic Novels and Manga (Kids/YA)
Reading guides
Reading Guides
eBooks and eAudiobooks reading guide
Fiction reading guide
Genre reading guide
Graphic novels reading guide
If You Like reading guide
Manga reading guide
Mental health reading guide
Non-Fiction reading guide
Our Voices reading guide
Rainbow reads for rangatahi - teens
Theme reading guide
Request reading recommendations
Award winners
The Best of the best - find shortlisted and award-winning titles of international and New Zealand literary prizes for kids and young adults.
Award winners
American National Book Awards
Awards of the Children’s Book Council of Australia
Sir Julius Vogel award winners 2024
Best of the Year
Kirkus Reviews - Best Young Adult Books of 2024
2024 SLJ Best Books - Young Adult
2024 SLJ Best Books - Graphic Novels and Manga (Kids/YA)
Kirkus Reviews - Best Young Adult Books of 2024
2024 SLJ Best Books - Young Adult
2024 SLJ Best Books - Graphic Novels and Manga (Kids/YA)
Customer comments
A look at the extraordinary life of Dame Whina Cooper - her personal struggles and her crusade to stop the loss of Māori land that culminated in the 1975…
Read more of this comment about WhinaBeing queer isn't easy, especially not in small town suburban America; however when you have someone to confide in, to be trans with, the world doesn't…
Read more of this comment about A Million Quiet RevolutionsA gloriously fun addition to Brandon Sanderson's secret projects. It is outside of his main cosmere stories, but that has never limited his story telling…
Read more of this comment about The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for…
Snowglobe
Korean dystopian YA fiction set in a fascinating world where everyone is trapped in an ice age - except for the reality TV stars who live in a temperate…
Read more of this comment about Snowglobe