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What Seattle Read in 2022: Teen Edition

Published on: January 13, 2023

Teenager lying on back holding up  book, reading. Water in the background

Editor's note: This article was originally published on the Seattle Public Library blog and is reprinted here with permission.

What are the teenagers checking out these days? We were curious, so as a follow-up to our post on The Seattle Public Library’s most popular books for adults in 2022, we’ve compiled the top-circulated 10 fiction and nonfiction books for teen audiences. It’s a diverse, fascinating list, ranging from award-winning graphic novels to an Ojibwe coming-of-age story to a youth edition of Trevor Noah’s memoir. Maybe you’ll find a new book for your young adult reader — or for yourself.

Top teen fiction: Print books

Firekeeper's Daughter, by Angeline Boulley

  1. Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, by Art Spiegelman
  2. Firekeeper’s Daughter, by Angeline Boulley
  3. Last Night at the Telegraph Club, by Malinda Lo
  4. We Hereby Refuse: Japanese-American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration, by Frank Abe, Tamiko Nimura, with art by Ross Ishikawa, Matt Sasaki
  5. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, by Suzanne Collins
  6. The Girl from the Sea, by Molly Knox Ostertag
  7. Maus, I, A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History, by Art Spiegelman
  8. A Court of Thorns and Roses, by Sarah J. Maas
  9. Heartstopper, Volume 1, by Alice Oseman
  10. The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas

Top teen fiction: E-books

Shadow and Bone: The Grisha Trilogy, Book 1, by Leigh Bardugo

  1. Shadow and Bone: The Grisha Trilogy, Book 1, by Leigh Bardugo
  2. A Court of Thorns and Roses, by Sarah M. Maas
  3. Siege and Storm: The Grisha Trilogy, Book 2, by Leigh Bardugo
  4. A Snake Falls to Earth, by Darcie Little Badger
  5. The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
  6. Ruin and Rising: The Grisha Trilogy, Book 3, by Leigh Bardugo
  7. The Summer I Turned Pretty, Book 1, by Jenny Han
  8. Firekeeper’s Daughter, by Angeline Boulley
  9. Heartstopper, Volume 1, by Alice Oseman
  10. We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart

Top teen nonfiction: Print books

Ain't Burned All the Bright, by Jason Reynolds & Jason Griffin

  1. Ain’t Burned All the Bright, by Jason Reynolds & Jason Griffin
  2. All Boys Aren’t Blue: a Memoir-Manifesto, by George M. Johnson
  3. You Know, Sex: Bodies, Gender, Puberty, and Other Things, by Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth
  4. The Hill We Climb, by Amanda Gorman
  5. Stamped: a Remix of Stamped From the Beginning, adapted by Jason Reynolds with Ibram X. Kendi
  6. An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People, by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz; adapted by Jean Mendoza and Debbie Reese
  7. Messy Roots: a Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American, by Laura Gao
  8. It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Adapted for Young Readers, by Trevor Noah
  9. The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives, by Dashka Slater
  10. Candlekeep Mysteries, by Wizards of the Coast

Top teen nonfiction: E-books

They Called Us Enemy

  1. They Called Us Enemy, by George Takei
  2. All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto, by George M. Johnson
  3. Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults, by Robin Kimmerer
  4. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning, adapted by Jason Reynolds with Ibram X. Kendi
  5. March, Book One, by John Lewis
  6. This Book Is Gay, by James Dawson
  7. Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir, by Ron Ha
  8. Master Builder: The Unofficial Guide to Minecraft & Other Building Games, by Megan Miller
  9. The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives, by Dashka Slater
  10. Beyond the Gender Binary, by Alok Vaid-Menon

Also be sure to see the Library’s most popular books of the year in visual form at “Your Checked-Out 2022.”

Want more book inspiration? Check out our series of 2022 staff favorites for kids, teens and adults, and new fiction and nonfiction for 2023.

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