This Month in Teen Books: June 2025

Reading recommendations for teens
June 12, 2025
What We Are Reading
Here a quote from library staff about the books in the newest list of recommended picks:
 
When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson: “Bit of a story-within-a-story vibe.”



What’s Hot This Month
Make sure to check out these affirming and celebratory teen books for Pride Month.
   
Featured Title
Book cover of "Ameila, If Only."Amelia, If Only by Becky Albertalli
Amelia Applebaum isn't in love with Walter Holland. He just happens to be her favorite moderately famous, chaotically bisexual YouTuber. Who she just happened to invite to prom. (But it's fine. No, for real. If you delete the post, it didn't happen.)
 
Okay, maybe her friends are right: She's slightly parasocially infatuated. But Amelia just knows sparks would fly--if only she could connect with Walter for real.
 
If only he would host a meet and greet.
 
If only it were just a short road trip away.
 
And if only Amelia could talk her best friends into making it the perfect last hurrah before graduation--even her newly single, always-cynical, guitar-toting best friend Natalie.
 
One thing's for sure: All roads lead to butterflies.
 
But what if Amelia's butterflies aren't for Walter at all?
 
What’s New This Month
Fans of cozy fantasy will want to check out a new sapphic YA romance by C. B. Lee about coffee in parallel universes. Also incoming are new titles from authors Rachel Hartman, Molly X. Chang, A. B. Poranek, Kate Chenli, Marieke Nijkamp, and more.
   
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