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Fiction for Young People
In Glasgow's libraries, you'll find every kind of story book you can imagine - dystopian fiction, romance, fantasy, comedy, tragedy, science-fiction, horror, and more. If the book you want isn't on the shelf, library staff can request it for you from another library, or order it in. Don't be shy about asking for recommendations.
Fiction for Young People
Your recommendations
Books recommended by young people from across Glasgow 
LGBTQ+
149262246X 
Book 
Year: 2016
Media class: Book
Publisher: Sourcebooks Inc
Resource type: Physical
288p (Cloth)
1566893747 
Book
Year: 2014
Media class: Book
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Resource type: Physical
124p
0007533039 
Book 
Year: 2013
Language: English
Media class: Book
Publisher: HarperCollins
Resource type: Physical
240p ; 19.7x12.8cm
1509853189 
Book
Year: 2019
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Macmillan
Resource type: Physical
325p ; 19.7x13cm (Paperback)
1529013003 
Book
Year: 2019
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: New Cover Reprint
Publisher: Macmillan
Resource type: Physical
520p ; 19.7x13cm (Paperback)
0062473425 
Book
Year: 2018
Media class: Book
Edition: Import
Publisher: HarperCollins
Resource type: Physical
400p ; 20.3x13.5cm (Paperback)
1910200522 
Book
Year: 2016
Media class: Book
Publisher: David Fickling Bks
Resource type: Physical
368p ; 19.6x12.8cm
1509896880 
Book
Year: 2019
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: First
Publisher: Macmillan
Resource type: Physical
356p ; 20.5x13.5cm (Cloth)
1616204559 
Book
Year: 2014
Media class: Book
Edition: Import
Publisher: Algonquin Books (division of W
Resource type: Physical
248p ; 17.8x12.7cm
1785923412 
Book
Year: 2018
Language: English
Media class: Book
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley
Resource type: Physical
224p ; 21.4x13.6cm (Paperback)
1406371556 
Book
Year: 2016
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Walker Bks
Resource type: Physical
182p ; 23x19cm (Stitched)
1407194577 
Book
Year: 2019
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Scholastic
Resource type: Physical
366p ; 19.8x12.9cm (Paperback)
0062270982 
Book
Year: 2016
Media class: Book
Edition: Import
Publisher: HarperCollins
Resource type: Physical
432p ; 21x14cm
0062382810 
Book
Year: 2018
Media class: Book
Edition: Import
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Bks
Resource type: Physical
528p ; 20.3x13.5cm (Paperback)
1471146189 
Book
Year: 2017
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Simon & S
Resource type: Physical
294p ; 19.8x12.9cm
1783446730 
Book
Year: 2018
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: New in Paperback
Publisher: Andersen Pr
Resource type: Physical
420p ; 19.8x12.9cm (Paperback)
1471166201 
Book
Year: 2017
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Simon & S
Resource type: Physical
368p ; 19.8x13cm
Witchy Books
Is your life lacking a little magic? Never fear, there are lots of witches just waiting to cast a spell on you in these books! 
1473223962 
Book 
Year: 2018
Media class: Book
Publisher: Gollancz
Resource type: Physical
448p ; 21.6x13.7cm (Paperback)
1407134612 
Book
Year: 2012
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Scholastic
Resource type: Physical
456p ; 19.8x12.9cm
1408335190 
Book
Year: 2014
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Orchard Bks
Resource type: Physical
374p ; 19.6x12.8cm
1509804552 
Book
Year: 2016
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Macmillan
Resource type: Physical
408p ; 19.7x13cm (Paperback)
1509895973 
Book
Year: 2019
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Macmillan
Resource type: Physical
480p ; 19.7x13cm (Paperback)
1408836351 
Book
Year: 2014
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Resource type: Physical
496p ; 19.8x12.9cm
0571325254 
Book
Year: 2016
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Faber
Resource type: Physical
368 pages ; 20 cm (pbk)
0552571318 
Book
Year: 2017
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Corgi
Resource type: Physical
388p ; 19.6x12.7cm
0008300844 
Book
Year: 2018
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: First
Publisher: HarperCollins
Resource type: Physical
348p ; 22.2x14cm (Cloth)
1406378798 
Book
Year: 2018
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Walker Bks
Resource type: Physical
364p ; 19.8x12.8cm (Paperback)
YP Fantasy books by Women
Many of these books are the first in their series, so if you particularly enjoy one, there are more waiting. 
1907410406 
Book 
Year: 2013
Language: English
Media class: Book
Publisher: Atom
Resource type: Physical
584p ; 19.7x12.6cm
1473223962
Book 
Year: 2018
Media class: Book
Publisher: Gollancz
Resource type: Physical
448p ; 21.6x13.7cm (Paperback)
1473629144 
Book
Year: 2017
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: First
Publisher: Hodder
Resource type: Physical
408p ; 24x16cm
1509855203 
Book
Year: 2018
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Macmillan
Resource type: Physical
434p ; 19.7x12.9cm (Paperback)
1509804552
Book
Year: 2016
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Macmillan
Resource type: Physical
408p ; 19.7x13cm (Paperback)
1848455453 
Book
Year: 2018
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: HarperCollins
Resource type: Physical
460p ; 19.8x12.9cm (Paperback)
0008288755 
Book
Year: 2018
Media class: Book
Publisher: HarperCollins
Resource type: Physical
480p ; 24x15.9cm (Hardback)
1492656623 
Book
Year: 2018
Media class: Book
Edition: Import
Publisher: Sourcebooks Inc
Resource type: Physical
512p ; 22.9x15.2cm (Hardback)
1510104453 
Book
Year: 2019
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: First
Publisher: Orion
Resource type: Physical
511p ; 24x16cm (Cloth)
1473657989 
Book
Year: 2018
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: New in Paperback
Publisher: Hodder
Resource type: Physical
392p ; 19.7x12.8cm (Paperback)
1471162133 
Book
Year: 2019
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: First
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Resource type: Physical
350p ; 24x16cm (Cloth)
1408884615 
Book
Year: 2019
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Resource type: Physical
477p ; 19.7x12.9cm (Paperback)
1509871357 
Book
Year: 2018
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Macmillan
Resource type: Physical
532p ; 19.7x13cm (Paperback)
Mental Health YP Fiction
1481448579 
Book 
Year: 2017
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: Import
Publisher: Atheneum
Resource type: Physical
340p ; 20.9x13.9cm
1510102965 
Book
Year: 2018
Media class: Book
Publisher: Orion
Resource type: Physical
480p ; 19.8x12.9cm (Paperback)
0141357037 
Book 
Year: 2015
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Puffin
Resource type: Physical
388p ; 19.7x12.9cm
1786075644 
Book
Year: 2019
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Oneworld Publications Ltd.
Resource type: Physical
411p ; 19.8x12.8cm (Paperback)
0061134147 
Book
Year: 2016
Media class: Book
Edition: Import
Publisher: HarperCollins
Resource type: Physical
320p, ill (B & W chapter headings) ; 20.3x13.5cm (Paperback)
1911077821 
Book
Year: 2018
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Chicken House
Resource type: Physical
296p ; 19.8x12.8cm (Paperback)
0141346043 
Book
Year: 2018
Media class: Book
Edition: New in Paperback
Publisher: Penguin
Resource type: Physical
286p ; 19.8x12.8cm (Paperback)
1471173720 
Book
Year: 2018
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Simon & S
Resource type: Physical
258p ; 19.8x13cm (Paperback)
Holly Bourne
Feast on fun and feminism in these books by bestselling author Holly Bourne 
1409562182 
Book 
Year: 2014
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Usborne
Resource type: Physical
448p ; 19.8x13cm
1409591468 ![Am I normal yet?, [electronic resource], Holly Bourne](/o/arena-portlet/portletResources?resource=resourceCover&portalSiteId=75621149&recordId=1409591468&agencyName=AUK000048&width=0&height=0)
eBook
Year: 2015
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Publisher: Usborne Publishing
Resource type: Electronic material
Note: Originally issued in print: 2015
1. - online resource (ePub ebook)
1409591220 
Book
Year: 2016
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Usborne
Resource type: Physical
476p ; 19.8x12.8cm (Paperback)
1474921329 
Book
Year: 2017
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Usborne
Resource type: Physical
412p ; 19.8x13cm
147492722X 
Book
Year: 2016
Media class: Book
Publisher: Usborne
Resource type: Physical
224p ; 20.5x13.6cm (Cloth)
1474915582 ![How hard can love be?, [electronic resource], Holly Bourne](/o/arena-portlet/portletResources?resource=resourceCover&portalSiteId=75621149&recordId=1474915582&agencyName=AUK000048&width=0&height=0)
eBook
Year: 2016
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Publisher: Usborne Publishing
Resource type: Electronic material
1. - online resource((480 pages)) (ePub ebook)
1474958494 ![Are we all lemmings and snowflakes?, [electronic resource], Holly Bourne](/o/arena-portlet/portletResources?resource=resourceCover&portalSiteId=75621149&recordId=1474958494&agencyName=AUK000048&width=0&height=0)
eBook
Year: 2018
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Publisher: Usborne Publishing
Resource type: Electronic material
ebook
1474949525 
Book
Year: 2019
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Usborne
Resource type: Physical
361p ; 19.5x12.8cm (Paperback)
1474936776 
Book
Year: 2019
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: New in Paperback
Publisher: Usborne
Resource type: Physical
224p ; 19.8x13cm (Paperback)
147499637X ![The yearbook, [electronic resource], Holly Bourne](/o/arena-portlet/portletResources?resource=resourceCover&portalSiteId=75621149&recordId=147499637X&agencyName=AUK000048&width=0&height=0)
eBook
Year: 2021
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Resource type: Electronic material
1. - online resource (ebook)
1473667763 
Book
Year: 2019
Media class: Book
Publisher: Hodder
Resource type: Physical
pbk
1473667720 
Book
Year: 2018
Media class: Book
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Resource type: Physical
hbk
1473668131 
Book
Year: 2020
Language: English
Media class: Book
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Resource type: Physical
438 pages (hbk)
J000333691 ![The places I've cried in public, [electronic resource]](/o/arena-portlet/portletResources?resource=resourceCover&portalSiteId=75621149&recordId=J000333691&agencyName=AUK000048&width=0&height=0)
eBook
Year: 2019
Language: English
Media class: eBook
Publisher: Usborne
Resource type: Electronic material
1 online resource (ebook)
1474915027 
Book
Year: 2016
Language: English
Media class: Book
Edition: Original
Publisher: Usborne
Resource type: Physical
420p ; 19.8x12.9cm (Paperback)