The most demanding, attentive and serious audience is young people. Determining their own priorities, interests and desires in the process of growing up, the guys look for kindred spirits on the pages of works, saturating their lives with adventures and experiences, sometimes even identifying themselves with the main characters.

Modern teenage literature is no longer children's books about first school love and problematic relationships with parents. Most novels raise adult problems of very young people. And such books can teach a lot not only to the younger generation, but even to all-knowing adults.

What have teenagers been reading for the last decade? Children over 14 are no longer interested in encyclopedias and fairy tales; fantasy, historical adventure works, detective stories... and, of course, popular books by modern authors are becoming closer and more understandable.

Fifteen-year-old Charlie is trying to cope with the suicide of his friend, Michael. In order to somehow get rid of anxiety and depression, he begins to write letters to a stranger, a good person whom he has never met in person. At school, Charlie unexpectedly finds a mentor in the person of his English teacher, and friends, classmate Patrick and his half-sister Sam. For the first time, Charlie decides to start a new life. He goes on a first date, kisses a girl for the first time, makes and loses friends, experiments with drugs and drinking, participates in the Ricky Horror play and even writes his own music.

Charlie lives a relatively quiet and stable home life. But a disturbing family secret, which influenced his whole life, makes itself felt at the end of the school year. Charlie tries to get out of his head and into the real world, but the fight becomes more and more difficult.

2. "We're Expired" by Stace Kramer

Virginia is 17 years old and has everything a girl could dream of. She is young, beautiful, smart, going to enter Yale University, she has a beloved boyfriend Scott, a best friend Olivia, kind and loving parents. But at the prom, Virginia finds out that Scott is leaving her. Quite drunk, in a fit of anger, she gets behind the wheel of a car and gets into a terrible accident. The girl remains alive, but both her legs are amputated. So in an instant, Virginia’s fabulous life turns into real hell. And the girl increasingly wonders whether it’s worth living like this at all?

3. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

The life of one ordinary American Salmon family is turned upside down in an instant when Susie, the eldest daughter, is brutally and unjustly killed by a maniac.

One December day, on her way home from school, the girl accidentally encountered her killer. She was lured into an underground hiding place, raped and killed. Now Susie is in heaven, watching the people of her city enjoying life while they are alive. But the girl is not ready to leave forever, because she knows the name of the criminal, but her family does not. Susie desperately holds on to her life and watches with alarm as her family and friends try to continue to exist. What worries Susie even more is the fact that the killer is still living near them.

This is the tragic and instructive story of Alice, a girl who at a very young age plunged into the destructive world of drugs.

It started when Alice was given a soft drink mixed with LSD. Over the next month, she lost her comfortable home and loving family and replaced them with city streets and drugs. They robbed her of her innocence, her youth... and, ultimately, her life.

Hazel Lancaster was diagnosed with lung cancer at a young age. She believes that she must come to terms with what her life has become. But then, by chance, she meets a young man named Augustus Waters, who several years ago managed to overcome cancer. When Hazel, with her sarcastic tone, tries to interrupt Augustus' attempts to meet him, he realizes that he has found the girl he has been looking for all his life. Despite the terrible diagnosis, young people enjoy every new day and try to fulfill Hazel’s dream - to meet her favorite writer. They cross the ocean and go to Amsterdam for this meeting to take place. And although this acquaintance turns out to be not quite what they expected, in this city young people find their love. Perhaps the last one in their lives.

For 16-year-old Dan Crawford, New Hampshire College Preparatory is more than a summer program, it's a lifeline. An outcast at his school, Dan is excited about the opportunity to make friends during the summer program. But when he arrives at college, Dan learns that his dorm is a former mental hospital, better known as the last refuge for the criminally insane.

As Dan and his new friends Abby and Jordan explore the hidden recesses of their spooky summer house, they soon discover that it's no coincidence that the three of them end up here. This hideout holds the key to a horrific past, and there are some secrets that don't want to stay buried.

For the school's most popular senior, Samantha Kingston, February 12th - "Cupid's Day" - promises to turn into one big party: Valentine's Day, roses, gifts and the privileges that come with being at the top of the social pyramid. And this lasted until Samantha died in a terrible accident that night. However, she wakes up the next morning as if nothing had happened. In fact, Sam relives the last day of her life seven times until she realizes that even the slightest change in her last day could affect the lives of others much more than she previously realized.

This is a story about the lives of ordinary New York teenagers, written by a seventeen-year-old boy. Children who are bought off by rich parents with money, throw parties in luxurious mansions and know no other entertainment except drugs and sex, which leads to tragic and shocking consequences.

To avoid getting into such situations, you should definitely read books about sex for teenagers.

A young man named Smoker lives in a boarding school for disabled children. When he is transferred to a new group, he begins to understand that this is not just a boarding school, but a building filled with eerie secrets and mysticism. The Smoker learns that all the inhabitants of the castle, even the teachers and directors, do not have names, only nicknames. It turns out that there is a parallel world and some children can move there freely. A year before his graduation, the guy begins to feel fear of the real world, which is located outside the walls of this house. He is oppressed by the most important question: stay or go? Go into the real world or a parallel one, even if not forever?

The reader will have to decide for himself whether this House is really magical, or is it just the imagination of children?

Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden and the source of all strife and trouble. Even so, Montag is unhappy. Disagreements in a marriage, books hidden in the house... The mechanical dog of the Fire Department, armed with a lethal injection, accompanied by helicopters, is ready to hunt down all dissidents who challenge society and the system. And Guy feels that he is being watched, waiting for him to take the wrong step. But is it worth fighting for life in a society that has already ruined itself a long time ago?

Getting a child, and even more so a teenager, to read in our time is not an easy task. Gadgets, computer games and social networks occupy a larger place in their lives. There is no time for live communication with peers, let alone books! However, without reading literature, without understanding the works and the eternal truths written in them, the formation of personality is almost impossible. The wealth of language and human wisdom are the main treasures that can and should be gleaned from books. Perhaps, at the first stage, books about love for teenagers will captivate 13-14 year olds. A topic that is relevant at all times is likely to arouse interest at an age when the same experiences engulf you.

Beyond reality

A love story can be woven into the plot of a book of almost any genre. For example, fantasy novels for teenagers, which are most attractive to young audiences today, may well become the first guides to the world of more serious literature, such as the classics.

Fantasy is a window into the world of fairy tales and miracles, which children so lack in the modern world. Considering the extent of progress, it is difficult to surprise them with anything. This is probably why twisted plots full of secrets and heroes with supernatural powers are so attractive. Fantasy does not teach overtly, like ordinary fairy tales, there is no need to think about an obvious moral line, it is more of a leisure read.

Such works are a little more than science fiction, because they are necessarily filled with mysticism, attracting and exciting the imagination of the young reader. The main characters, necessarily heroes in the literal sense, throughout the entire plot encounter obstacles on their way, fight evil in various forms, but in the end they always achieve their goals. And of course, love often pushes you to great deeds and helps you endure all the difficulties!

Teenage fantasy novels will set an example of honesty, courage and loyalty no worse than the myths of Ancient Greece.

Below are the titles of just some of the books that enjoy continued success:

• “The Chronicles of Amber” (cycle), Roger Zelazny;
• “Mefodiy Buslaev” (cycle), Dmitry Yemets;
• “Vampire Academy” (cycle), Rachel Mead;
• "Twilight" (saga), "The Host", Stephenie Meyer;
• “Trilune” (cycle), Alla Vologzhanina.

Books-friends

Modern teenage books about love are interesting to their audience because they offer the opportunity to look at everyday life around them as if from the outside, through the eyes of the same young girls and boys. Sometimes the plot opens your eyes to your own unseemly actions and helps you understand the difficulties of your first attempts at relationships with the opposite sex. All the “charms” of falling in love against the backdrop of youthful maximalism, self-doubt, attempts to feel and appear to others as a completely adult, independent person...

The heroes of teenage novels about love, and together with their peers, experience the full range of inner passions and learn to channel them into a creative direction. In these books you can try to find answers to questions that cannot be discussed with friends and parents. Growing up is so difficult, and novels about teenagers, about first love, unhappy or happy, will share the joy and sorrow of their own experiences.

To get acquainted, we can recommend the works of both Russian and foreign contemporary writers:

• “We, the children of the gold mines”, Alena Filipenko;
• "Chic", Kat Spears;
• “A grain of sand in the palm”, Irina Shcheglova;
• "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky;
• To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee;
• “Twelve touches to the horizon”, Mikhail Samarsky.

Girlish love

During adolescence, when women's sentimentality and emotionality develop extremely rapidly, all events are perceived as acutely as possible. What can we say if the first object of all dreams appears on the horizon! Girls at this age tend to rush headlong into a whirlpool of passions. Unfortunately, this often leads to very unhappy consequences. The example of heroines of the same age will help you look at many life moments from an observer’s point of view, which means there is a chance to avoid your own mistakes by learning from others.

Correctly chosen books about love for girls will become unobtrusive mentors and will be able to show the underside of situations, the obviousness of which is often distorted by the “rose-colored glasses” of the first exciting feeling. Among other things, such works teach girls to remain strong despite any difficulties.

At the peak of popularity, naturally, are modern love novels for teenagers, such as:

• "We're Expired" by Stace Kramer;
• “The Fault in Our Stars,” John Green;
• “Scarecrow”, Vladimir Zheleznikov;
• “Accidental Kiss”, Galina Gordienko;
• All That Glitter by Holly Smale;
• “Dear Nobody. The Real Diary of Mary Rose by Gillian McCain.

An all-time classic

Youth is a period not at all as rosy as it is remembered from the heights of past years. And this has always been the case. The conditions and rhythm of life changed, the scale of values ​​varied, but the depth of youthful experiences did not diminish from era to era. Accordingly, books about love for teenagers have always been written. Moreover, there are a huge number of works on this topic that have already become classics and are definitely recommended for reading by modern youth.

It’s hard to expect that a classic novel for teenagers will be read in one sitting: modern literature presents information more simply and more superficially, you can’t argue with that. The books of previous years are full of reasoning, inevitably forcing the reader to think seriously. Acquaintance with the masterpieces of world literature will definitely leave a bright mark on the soul of any young person.

There are novels about love that have not lost their popularity over decades and even centuries.

You can start getting acquainted with them at the age of 14-16 years:

• "Notre Dame de Paris", Victor Hugo;
• The Thorn Birds, Colin McCullough;
• Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
• Wuthering Heights, Emilia Brontë;
• "Jane Eyre", Charlotte Brontë;
• Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell.

First of all, of course, these are novels for girls. The list goes on and on, the fate of each heroine worries and makes you worry, despite the time gap. And each of them is an example of perseverance of character hidden behind external fragility and weakness. Classic works teach modern girls to understand the value of true love, to believe and preserve it, no matter what.

Boys often call the masterpieces of love lyrics too “slobbery,” but this part of the youth audience also has something to interest.

The books listed below resonate with both boys and girls:

• “Three Comrades”, “Night in Lisbon”, Erich Maria Remarque;
• “Quiet Don”, Mikhail Sholokhov;
• A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway;
• “Queen Margot” (trilogy), “Notes of a Doctor” (cycle), Alexandre Dumas.

As can be seen from the review, the literary diversity is unimaginably great, and the problems raised in such works are relevant and interesting for the younger generation. We can safely say that books about love for teenagers are quite capable of becoming the first guides to the world of fiction and instilling a craving for reading.

Best Teen Books

I never thought about tomorrow until I woke up from my overdose in the hospital. I didn't want to wake up. But they saved me. "You have had a heart transplant." Why did they do this? Someone else’s heart is now beating in my chest, and I want to tear them to pieces because they dared to change my life like that. My personality... now, in addition to constant withdrawal, I am also tormented by mysterious visions and memories of a girl whose face I cannot see. And I don't want to see. I wasted my life and intended to continue to do so... but only the new heart goes against me, and my life turns into a real nightmare from which there is no way out. (c) - Michael Next to him, I always knew how my day would begin and end. We were one of those ideal couples whose wedding is written about in magazines and whose love story can be made into a film. When I returned home, I knew that support and support were waiting for me there. I can still see his eyes when I close mine to sleep. But ever since one fateful accident changed my life, I can no longer sleep. I lost him. Lost him forever. While I'm in the clinic, it seems to me that this is all a hoax, and when I finally leave...he will greet me again with a perfect smile and hazel eyes. But this won't happen. And my life will never be the same again, because now I am forced to learn everything again...learn to live without my husband. Go through the pain, tearing open wounds in your soul. And the last thing I want is for the person whose name I swore to forget years ago and hate with all my heart to appear in my life again. And he decided to finish me off completely. (c) - Monica

Dan is smart, lucky and determined. He has everything: money, power, strength. He always goes firmly towards his goal, is uncompromising and self-confident.

Sonya is a soft, gentle and insecure girl. She is stubborn in her principles until it comes to him. He turns her world upside down. And, despite everything - her principles, desires, assurances and opinions of others - she is ready to be with him.

First... Second... He sat and counted how many glasses this blonde, perched on the next chair, would throw in one gulp. The third - already after two sips... Well, there is hope that she will not fall under the counter next to her shoes. A very entertaining sight - a girl in an evening dress, sipping a Martini alone. How did she even get here? He turned around. Darkened hall. There are very few women, and even those are accompanied by men and certainly not in evening dresses. Hearing the polite “thank you” addressed to the bartender, he again turned his gaze to his neighbor. Her face was not really visible; hair falling to one side covered it. He returned to his occupation, which was as exciting as hers. Apparently, they had one goal - to get drunk alone. And he wasn’t going to disturb her, but when he heard her colorful statements, he couldn’t resist and turned his whole body towards her. This did not go unnoticed and she looked at him. "Lord, what are you doing here?" - the first thing that came to mind when he looked into her blue eyes. "Bird of Paradise" clearly fluttered in the wrong direction, or maybe even there... But why?"

She wears sneakers and a shoulder bag. He drives an Aston Martin and doesn't miss a single skirt. She calls him Bald Head, Bruiser and Mama's Boy, and they can't stand each other. And then - one stupid slip of the tongue, and that’s it...

Young Evelyn Armstrong does not expect miracles and obediently goes down the aisle with the man her father chose for her - the courageous and stern Graham Montgomery.

She is required to be the mistress of her husband's castle and give birth to heirs - we are not talking about happiness...

However, underneath Graham's outward harshness lies kindness and a thirst for love. And the ingenuous, silent beauty with sunny hair and a radiant smile awakens in him not only passionate desire, but also tenderness, the desire to protect her and make her happy...

Zlata is a young girl who will go through difficult times and is trying to cope with difficult life circumstances. And in order to understand herself, she decides to take extreme, desperate measures... And the man who appears in her life only complicates everything. From the Author: I don’t know how to write annotations, for which I certainly apologize. The story turned out to be cruel in places, dark in others, and very, very frank. The novel is “without cuts” and euphemisms. I will say that I haven’t written anything so “edgy” for a long time, and re-reading the work I experienced the whole gamut of emotions that the reader will experience. The novel, of course, is about love - in all its manifestations. I say thank you in advance to everyone who dares to meet the characters and live a piece of their lives...

He is a cruel and all-powerful savage who believes that everything in this world depends only on him. She is a dreamy and freedom-loving girl who strives to achieve something in this life. He has no heart, but she has the purest soul. He doesn’t know what joy is, but she smiles at a new day every day. His coldness kills the shoots of even the most insignificant feelings, and her warmth makes even the most icy hearts burn. His name is Daren Baker and he will do anything to get what he wants. Her name is Abigail Davis, and she is ready to fight for this thing we call love. Fate brought these people together, but forgot that at the same time two opposites are united. She did not even imagine that Heaven would have to face Hell.

Among modern readers of different age categories, books about teenage love are very popular. Many people want to remember their first love and relive these wonderful moments again.

There are also often works with a tragic plot, where the fate of the main characters befalls many difficulties, and sometimes even a difficult separation. Both categories are interesting and attractive in their own way, so we have compiled a list of the most relevant and exciting works that tell about the love of teenagers.

A charming girl, Hayes, suffers from thyroid cancer. She underwent treatment for a long time, but it did not produce significant results, and recently the situation worsened due to metastasis in the lungs.

She tries not to show her pain and live a normal life, but her parents force her to attend support group classes. Unexpectedly for herself, there she finds a congenial and simply charming guy, Augustus, with similar problems. They fall in love with each other and decide to live here and now while they can.

The main character of the book is a simple, modest and quiet guy, Charlie. Despite his young age, the young man experienced many tragedies and difficult events that left an imprint on his character

Last year, his best friend committed suicide and this drama still does not allow the student to come to his senses, so he behaves like a quiet person and tries not to attract too much attention. Charlie's only close friend is his literature teacher, but the situation changes when his half-brother and sister Patrick and Sam appear at the high school.

This is the story of an attractive, strong and incredibly smart girl named Dimple, who believes exclusively in scientific facts and evidence, and also approaches all issues with particular rationality. She doesn’t believe in love and considers stories about wonderful feelings to be just someone’s fantasies, but the situation changes after meeting the hopeless romantic Risha, who plans to win the heart of a charming career woman.

“Ten Little Sighs” by K.A. Tucker

Casey Cleary was an ordinary teenager until a real tragedy occurred in her life. Four years ago, she was driving in a car with her parents and lover when a drunk driver lost control and crashed straight into them. The parents and the young man died on the spot, and the girl had to go through real hell.

Casey could not give up, because she still had a younger sister who needed to be taken care of. She is tired of constant memories, so she buys two tickets to Miami and, together with her only loved one, goes to a new place of residence, where an unexpected but pleasant acquaintance awaits her.

Theodore Finch often thinks about the topic of death and suicide. He is full of pain, confused in himself and cannot understand his own feelings, but his acquaintance with the unfortunate schoolgirl Violet prevents him from taking the fatal step.

She recently lost her younger sister and is going through a personal tragedy, and one day she decides to take her own life. Finch miraculously manages to save a girl distraught with grief, and he decides to awaken her interest in life.

"My Life Among the Boys" by Casey West

Charlie grew up around men, so she behaves accordingly. Her father was involved in her upbringing, and she spent her free time with three brothers, as a result of which she is well versed in any male topics and areas of activity, but does not understand at all how a true girl should behave.

She has no friends, but she has a charming neighbor and part-time best friend, Braden, with whom she can discuss any topic. They spend enough time together, and gradually Charlie begins to experience romantic feelings.

Lina lives in a world where love is considered the most terrible and dangerous disease. She is well aware of the consequences of this illness, so she wants to quickly go through the cleansing process, after which it becomes impossible to experience romantic feelings.

The girl is afraid to follow in the footsteps of her mother, who abandoned the rules and laws of the new world, and paid in full for this act. However, two weeks before the procedure, she meets an amazing man and falls in love with him with all her heart. She has to make a difficult choice that will radically change her whole life.

"Paper Towns" John Green

For many years, Quentin has been in love with his sweet and attractive neighbor Margot, who does not pay any attention to the guy. He deals with her offenders, helps solve any problems and tries to conquer his beloved with actions, not words.

One day he gets the opportunity to play an unusual game with his peers, where he can get to know Margot better. In the process, it turns out that the girl is not as sweet and innocent as it might seem at first glance.

Any book about teenagers and school is an amazing world, full of kindness, slight naivety and a special attitude to life.