This book list contains my personal recommendations for teens (organized alphabetically by author’s first name)! For a full list of recommendations across genre, visit my Goodreads page!
The Carrying by Ada Limón
Transit by Cameron Awkward-Rich
from unincorporated territory [lukao] by Craig Santos Perez
[insert] boy by Danez Smith
Black Movie by Danez Smith
Homie by Danez Smith
Lovely Asunder by Danielle Cadena Deulen
The Bones, the Breaking, the Balm by Dominique Christina
Facts About the Moon by Dorianne Laux
Tap Out by Edgar Kunz
Slow Lightning by Eduardo C. Corral
Ordinary Misfortunes by Emily Jungmin Yoon
Blood, Sparrows and Sparrows by Eugenia Leigh
Bright Stain by Francesca Bell
Floating, Brilliant, Gone by Franny Choi
Rocket Fantastic by Gabrielle Calvocoressi
al youm by George Abraham
The Specimen’s Apology by George Abraham
If They Come for Us by Fatimah Asghar
A Fortune for Your Disaster by Hanif Abdurraqib
Not Here by Hieu Minh Nguyen
When the Ghosts Come Ashore by Jacqui Germain
Hum by Jamaal May
The Big Book of Exit Strategies by Jamaal May
The New Testament by Jericho Brown
The Tradition by Jericho Brown
Citizen Illegal by José Olivarez
An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo
Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings by Joy Harjo
Portrait of the Alcoholic by Kaveh Akbar
Crumb-Sized by Marlena Chertock
Favorite Daughter by Nancy Huang
When my Brother was an Aztec by Natalie Diaz
Thrall by Natasha Trethewey
Our Numbered Days by Neil Hilborn
Head Off & Split by Nikky Finney
Rice by Nikky Finney
Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
New American Best Friend by Olivia Gatwood
War of the Foxes by Richard Siken
Unpeopled Eden by Rigoberto González
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay
Prelude to Bruise by Saeed Jones
When the Only Light is Fire by Saeed Jones
Madness by sam sax
Bury It by sam sax
We Slept Here by Sierra DeMulder
Bodega by Su Hwang
Registers of Illuminated Villages by Tarfia Faizullah
Barbie Chang by Victoria Chang
Mad Farmer Poems by Wendell Berry
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