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Seattle Picks: Teen - Humor

Want to laugh? Of course you do! Here are some great new books almost guaranteed to tickle you. GN = graphic novel MS = Books for middle school readers. (Updated March 2024)

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  • Black nerd Reggie keeps meeting biracial punk singer Delilah on various holidays through the year. Eventually, they start their own holidays just so they can keep meeting. MS
    BookNew York : Balzar + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — YA BRYANT 2023
  • Openly gay Peter has insulted another gay student at his school, and everyone’s opinion of him has plummeted, so he agrees to produce a drag show in their rural hometown to repair his reputation.
    BookToronto : Annick Press, [2023] — YA CAMPBELL 2023
  • Maya’s wanted to work for fashion magazine Fierce for years, so when she gets a chance to intern there, she jumps at it, not revealing her family’s farmer roots or her actual age. How long can she fool her new bosses?
    BookNew York : Feiwel and Friends, 2022. — YA CHARAIP 2022
  • Chloe’s eighteenth birthday and acceptance to an American university mean she can finally leave home, but her bossy aunt thinks it is time for her to marry, and sets her up with eighteen potential partners. MS
    BookNew York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2023. — YA COYIUTO 2023
  • After Astrid’s boyfriend is revealed to be a superhero, she is enrolled in a finishing school to prepare for future kidnappings and interrogations by supervillains. Is their relationship really worth it?
    BookNew York : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022] — YA FERNANDEZ 2022
  • After a fight hurts Rosie’s chances at getting into her preferred school, she and her friends learn of her mother’s once-rebellious ways, and acquire three magical items that should solve all their problems. MS
    BookMontclair [New Jersey] : Levine Querido, 2024. — YA GOMERA-TAV 2024
  • Dumped by their boyfriends, Jack and Nate decide to fight back with a perfect Instagrammable summer vacation, except they’re stuck with Nate’s bickering parents and annoying younger sister.
    BookNew York, NY : Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2022. — YA GREEN 2022
  • After moving across the country, Harris wants to reinvent himself as a popular teen who just happens to be in a wheelchair, and his beautiful new nurse Miranda is just the person to help him.
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press , 2022. — YA HAYDEN 2022
  • Gideon’s days as a locally famous boy detective are over, but when his ex-best friend Lily asks him for help writing an article about crime in their town, he has little trouble saying yes, especially when they find an actual dead body.
    BookNew York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — YA HENRY 2022
  • Celine and Bradley, once a couple and now enemies, find themselves forced to help each other on a competitive survival course with a scholarship at the end for the winners. MS
    BookNew York, : Joy Revolution, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2023] — YA HIBBERT 2023
  • Sloane and Liam, best friends forever, get to spend the summer together in Hollywood, where Liam works for his producer dad’s new teen reality dating show. When Sloane is invited to join the show as a contestant, she meets gorgeous Aspen,…
    BookNew York : Delacorte Press, [2023] — YA HILL 2023
  • Exiled from their vampire community for a deadly indiscretion, siblings Charlotte and Reginald must live as mortals among humans in a small town. How will two immortals navigate high school?
    BookNew York : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — YA LANGE 2022
  • Stumped by an assignment to describe a close relationship, Eliza invents an imaginary boyfriend, but when her essay goes viral and she is offered a job as a romance advice columnist, she must turn to a classmate she doesn’t know to act as…
    BookNew York : Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2023. — YA LIANG 2023
  • After defeating an evil ruler in a magical land, Arek discovers the princess is dead and he is now king. Magic binds him to find a bride before he turns eighteen, but the only person he wants is his best friend, aspiring wizard, and secret…
    BookNew York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2022] — YA LUKENS 2022
  • When Shara, Chloe’s rival for valedictorian, disappears from the prom right after kissing Chloe, Chloe knows she must find her, and she needs the help of two boys also romantically involved with Shara.
    BookNew York : Wednesday Books, 2022. — YA MCQUISTON 2022
  • Saved from a fatal stoning by a traveling merchant named Samir, Monkey returns the favor by helping his guardian avoid his many enemies, but can Monkey avoid them as well, and long enough to gain his own freedom? MS
    BookMontclair : Levine Querido, [2023] — J NAYERI
  • Faith and Hope, sisters and best friends, are thrown into turmoil when their devout younger sister Charity outs Faith to their mother. When Faith disappears, Hope finds hope in a queer punk band.
    BookNew York : JIMMY Patterson Books, Little, Brown and Company, 2022. — YA NORTON 2022
  • Emilie’s Valentine’s Day is the worst: she rear-ends her grumpy chem partner’s truck, her parents are moving to a different state, her prestigious scholarship award was mistakenly awarded to her, and she catches her boyfriend kissing his…
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, [2022] — YA PAINTER 2022
  • After impulsive, attention-seeking Lola accidentally burns her brother-in-law’s new yacht, he makes her attend his sister’s rigorous all-girl hiking boot camp so she will grow up. Will she ever truly change? MS
    BookNew York : HarperTeen is an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023] — YA PETERSON 2023
  • In 1989, Dan’s parents sent him on a class trip to Europe. Even though he was still surrounded by the girls who had teased him in class, he met new friends and had his first Fanta, first fondue, first beer, first time stealing a bike from…
    Graphic NovelNew York : First Second, 2023. — J-GN B Sa593S 2023