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May 2018

Ultimate Reading List Monthly Update

May 2018

One of our most popular features on Teenreads is our Ultimate Reading List, a selection of books that are compelling, beautifully written, pure fun, thought-provoking or edge-of-your-seat gripping; books that we would hand to someone and say, “read this!”

In the past, we have updated our Ultimate Reading List once a year, but now we're switching things up a bit: from this moment on, we will be updating our Ultimate Reading List every month, so you can start adding our selections to your TBR even sooner. Read below to see the titles we're adding this month.

Tradition by Brendan Kiely - Contemporary Fiction

May 1, 2018


Jules just wants to keep her head down, avoid distractions and get into the right college, so she can leave Fullbrook Academy behind. Jamie feels like an imposter at Fullbrook, but his hockey scholarship has given him a chance to escape his past. At a school where girls are rated by their looks and school-sponsored dances push first year girls out into the night with senior boys, the stakes for safe sex, real love and true friendship couldn’t be higher. As Jules and Jamie’s lives intertwine, they see Fullbrook for what it really is. Can they stand together against classmates --- and an institution --- who believe they can do no wrong?

Moonrise by Sarah Crossan - Fiction

May 8, 2018


Seventeen-year-old Joe hasn't seen his brother in 10 years. Ed didn’t walk out on the family, not exactly. It’s something more brutal. Ed is locked up --- on death row. Now his execution date has been set, and the clock is ticking. Joe is determined to spend those last weeks with his brother, no matter what other people think…and no matter whether Ed committed the crime. But did he? And does it matter, in the end? MOONRISE asks big questions: What value do you place on life? What can you forgive? And just how do you say goodbye?

Love & Other Carnivorous Plants by Florence Gonsalves - Fiction

May 15, 2018


Freshman year at Harvard was the most anticlimactic year of Danny's life. She's failing pre-med and drifting apart from her best friend. One by one, Danny is losing all the underpinnings of her identity. When she finds herself attracted to an older, edgy girl who she met in rehab for an eating disorder, she finally feels like she might be finding a new sense of self. But when tragedy strikes, her self-destructive tendencies come back to haunt her as she struggles to discover who that self really is.

Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro - Contemporary Fiction

May 22, 2018


Moss Jeffries is a considerate student, devoted son, loyal friend and affectionate boyfriend. But sometimes he wishes he could be someone who hadn’t become a rallying point for a community because of one horrible night. Moss can’t even escape at school --- he and his friends are subject to the lack of funds and crumbling infrastructure, as well as intimidation by the resource officer stationed in their halls. When tensions hit a fever pitch and tragedy strikes again, Moss must face a difficult choice: give in to fear and hate or realize that anger can actually be a gift.
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