Uplifting teen reads on the lighter side for tough times.
Available as downloadable e-books and/or e-audiobooks. (If the library owns both e-book and e-audiobook formats, both are linked below.)
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie: e-audiobook, e-book
- Again, But Better by Christine Riccio: e-audiobook, e-book
- Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
- Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins: e-audiobook, e-book
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
- Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings: e-audiobook, e-book
- Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan: e-audiobook, e-book
- Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
- Con Academy by Joe Schreiber
- The Distance Between Us by Kasie West
- Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy: e-audiobook, e-book
- Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
- Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe: e-audiobook, e-book
- The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer Holm: e-audiobook, e-book
- Funny, You Don’t Look Autistic by Michael McCreary
- Geekerella by Ashley Poston
- Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackeni Lee: e-audiobook, e-book
- Guy in Real Life by Steven Brezenoff
- Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones: e-audiobook, e-book
- How to Speak Boy by Tiana Smith
- I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo
- Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju
- Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli: e-audiobook, e-book
- Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann
- Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian
- Lucky Caller by Emma Mills
- Match Made in Mehendi by Nadini Bajpai
- My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand: e-audiobook, e-book
- My So-Called Bollywood Life by Nisha Sharma
- Once and For All by Sarah Dessen: e-audiobook, e-book
- Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
- Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell
- Save the Date by Morgan Matson
- Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares: e-audiobook, e-book
- Ship It by Britta Lundin
- There’s Something About Sweetie by Sandhya Menon: e-audiobook, e-book
- This Book is Not Yet Rated by Peter Bognanni
- This is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kheryn Callender
- To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han: e-audiobook, e-book
- Trans Mission: My Quest to a Beard by Alex Bertie: e-audiobook, e-book
- Trials of Apollo: Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan: e-audiobook, e-book
- Tweet Cute by Emma Lord: e-audiobook, e-book
- The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli: e-audiobook, e-book
- The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo: e-audiobook, e-book
- What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera: e-audiobook, e-book
- What Light by Jay Asher: e-audiobook, e-book
- What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum
- When the Moon was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore