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8 teen fiction books grown-ups will love too

Teen fiction is a bit of a guilty pleasure for GH’s Books Editor, Joanne Finney. Here’s her pick of 8 to pinch off your teenager and read yourself!

By Joanne FinneyPublished: 28 January 2015

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We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

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Warning: We Were Liars is a complete heartbreaker of a book. It's the story of a wealthy American family (think private schools and a Summer house on a New England island) that's been hit by tragedy. You don't find out until quite late in the book exactly what the devastating event that's taken place is, but when you do - wow - it takes your breath away.

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The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins

Katniss Everdeen, heroine of The Hunger Gamestrilogy, is one of the feistiest characters in fiction. She's strong, brave and has a killer aim with a bow and arrow. The books aren't all pure adrenaline, and there are tender moments too when our heroine is forced to make some difficult choices.

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All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

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At the heart of All The Bright Places lies an unlikely love story between a loveable pair of teenagers. Both are troubled but still find something in each other that gives them hope. I loved the two leads - I couldn't stop thinking about them long after I'd finished the book.

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My Sister Lives On The Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher

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I loved Annabel Pitcher's debut, My Sister Lives On The Mantelpiece. This tale of a young boy whose older sister has been killed in a bomb attack in London is funny, frank and refreshingly unsentimental.

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Looking For Alaska by John Green

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The Fault In Our Stars turned John Green into a megastar, but what you might not know is that he has written five other books for teens. My favourite is his debut, Looking For Alaska. It was published 10 years ago but proves his knack for capturing the obsessions and intensities of being a teenager was there right from the start.

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If I Stay by Gayle Forman

Bad boy musician falls for the quiet girl - so far, so obvious. But If I Stay then hits you with a punch to the stomach of a tragic twist, taking the book in a completely different direction. I raced through it - then through it's sequel, Where She Went, too.

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The Fever by Megan Abbott

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In The Fever, a mysterious illness sweeps through the teen girl population of a secondary school in small-town America.This dark and disturbing read will appeal to fans of Gillian Flynn.

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Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

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Code Name Verity took me on a bit of an emotional rollercoaster ride. The heroines are two young women who join the home effort during the Second World War and find themselves flying a spy plane across Nazi-occupied France. What happens next is shocking, eye-opening, and very moving.

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