Genre reading guide
Find new reads from your favourite genres with these librarian recommendations.
Contemporary and Realistic - Teens
Take a walk in another person's shoes. This is a list of teen contemporary reads that are bound to please, shock, wound and heal.
Booklists
Horror and Thriller - Rainbow Reads - Teens
Take a step into the dark with these stories of murder, mystery, and the supernatural.
Contemporary and Realistic - Teens
Take a walk in another person's shoes. This is a list of teen contemporary reads that are bound to please, shock, wound and heal.
Science Fiction - Teens
Space, politics, adventure and more - science fiction blends actual science with imagination to create possible futures and alternate worlds
Adventure - Teens
Want some thrills to get you through your week? Get your gritty survival situations, escapes against the odds, a high-speed chases here.
Horror - Teens
Seeking thrills and terror, a tingle down your spine, or some serious goosebumps? Roughly ordered from somewhat unsettling to gory. Beware.
Historical fiction - Teens
Historical fiction can transport us to worlds and experiences different from our own, and teach us valuable lessons about the world today.
Fantasy - Teens
Peruse some of our recommendations of what fantasy novels to read. This guide is roughly ordered by nice reads to gritty.
Mystery - Teens
Mystery is lurking everywhere from! Find books with amateur detectives searching for clues, and stories blending horror and drama.
Romance - Teens
Read messy love-triangle stories or sweeping historical epics; bittersweet romantic tragedies or hilarious meet-cute mishaps.
Dystopian - Teens
Travel into grim futures not-so-far-removed from the world as we know it.
Funny - Teens
This is disembodied heads reattached, time-travelling literary cops, and maybe a bowl of petunias along the way kind of booklist.
Suspense and Thrillers - Teens
Books that keep you on the edge of your seat, flinching at sudden noises and locking the doors.
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Printable lists
If you like... Rainbow reads
Stories about relationships, family, romance, activism, and struggle with a range of LGBTQIA+ characters. Printable author list (405 KB pdf)
If you like... YA Mystery fiction
Mystery is lurking everywhere from the school hallways to the shadows of the local woods. Printable author list (702 KB pdf).
If you like... YA Fantasy fiction
Encounter magic and myth, journey with legendary heroes, or protect the world from monsters or oppression. Printable author list (370KB pdf)
If you like... YA Dystopian fiction
Travel into grim futures not-so-far-removed from the world as we know it. Printable author list (939 KB pdf).
If you like... YA contemporary and realistic reads
Stories firmly rooted in the issues that affect us today. Funny, heartbreaking, realistic, engrossing. Printable author list (478KB pdf).
If you like... YA Adventure & action fiction
Hardy men in the wilderness, as well as bad guys in mean streets, tough heroines, and spies doing spy stuff. Printable author list (1MB pdf)
Backbone of the Nation
This was a fascinating read about the Miner's Strike from those who were involved, their experiences, and how it changed their lives and their communities.…
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