Adult Books for Teens
All of the following books are owned by the Fair Lawn Public Library. They are located
in the Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, or Non-Fiction sections. Their call numbers are
located to the right of the title. Please see a Librarian at the Reference Desk on Level D
for more assistance.
Beard, Jo Ann
In Zanesville
2011
A coming of age story set in the 1970s, of an unnamed narrator and her best friend,
Felicia, the summer before they start high school. FIC BEARD
Berg, Elizabeth
Durable Goods
1993
After her mother's death, Katie and her father move from their home on a Texas
army base. FIC BEARD
Brown, Dan
Angels and Demons
2000 FIC BROWN
Harvard symbologist, Robert Langdon, tries to stop the Illuminati, a legendary secret
society, from destroying Vatican City with the newly discovered power of antimatter.
FIC BROWN
Brunt, Carol Rifka
Tell the Wolves I’m Home
2012 FIC BRUNT
15-year-old June must come to terms with the death of her beloved uncle Finn, an
artist, from AIDS in 1980s New York. As she struggles with his death and her own
grief, June secretly befriends her uncle's mysterious lover, Toby, blamed by her
parents for Finn's death. FIC BRUNT
Crichton, Michael
Prey
2002 FIC CRICHTON
A thrilling cautionary tale of nanotechnology, genetic engineering, and artificial
intelligence. FIC BRUNT
Evanovich, Janet
One For the Money
1994
First in the “Stephanie Plum” mysteries. A New Jersey bounty hunter with attitude,
bail-bonds apprehension agent Stephanie Plum pursues a former vice cop, now on the
run, with whom she shares a sordid history and a powerful chemistry. MYS
EVANOVICH
Feldman, Deborah
Unorthodox
2012
Born into the Hasidic Satmar community in Brooklyn, Deborah Feldman recounts the
first twenty years of her life, and her break with the sect. BIOG FELDMAN
Gaiman, Neil
Stardust
1999
Living in a Victorian countryside town overshadowed by an imposing stone barrier,
Tristran is compelled to retrieve a fallen star for the woman he loves and crosses
to the wondrous other side of the barrier, where he encounters dangerous rivals
for the star. FIC GAIMAN
Golden, Arthur
Memoirs of a Geisha: a novel
1997
Sayuri, sold into slavery at a geisha house in 1929, finds that she's on her own when
World War II starts. FIC GOLDEN
Grossman, Lev
The Magicians
2009
After graduating from college and being admitted into a highly exclusive, secret society
of magic in upstate NY, Quentin makes a stunning discovery: Fillory, a magical land
he read about as a child, is real. But the land of Quentin's fantasies turns out to be
much darker and more dangerous than he could have imagined for his childhood
dream becomes a nightmare with a shocking truth at its heart. FIC GROSSMAN
Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
2003
Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematicallygifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog
and uncovers secret information about his mother. FIC HADDON
Herbert, Frank
Dune
1965
Set in the far future amidst a feudal interstellar society in which noble houses, in
control of individual planets, owe allegiance to the imperial House Corrino, Dune tells
the story of young Paul Atreides, the heir apparent to Duke Leto Atreides as his
family accepts control of the desert planet Arrakis, the only source of the "spice"
mélange. SCI FI HERBERT
Hoffman, Alice
The River King
2000
At the home of the prestigious Haddan School, an unaccountable death puts everyone
on edge. FIC HOFFMAN
Hosseini, Khaled
The Kite Runner
2003
Traces the unlikely friendship of a wealthy Afghan youth and a servant's son in a tale
that spans the final days of Afghanistan's monarchy through the atrocities of the
present day. FIC HOSSEINI
Ishiguro, Kazuo
Never Let Me Go
2005
Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy are best friends who grow up together at an English boarding
school with a chilling secret. FIC ISHIGURO
Jackson, Shirley
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
1962
Since the mysterious death of four family members, the superstitious Mary
Katherine "Merricat" Blackwood, her ailing uncle Julian, and agoraphobic sister
Constance have lived in a bizarre but contented state of isolation. FIC JACKSON
King, Stephen
11/22/63
2011
Jake travels back in time to try and prevent the Kennedy assassination.
FIC KING
Krakauer, Jon
Into Thin Air
1997 796.522 KRA
An epic account of the May 1996 disaster on Mt. Everest, which claimed five
lives. 796.522 KRA
Lahiri, Jhumpa
The Namesake
2003
Features the struggles and hardships of a Bengali couple who immigrate to the United
States to form a life outside of everything they are accustomed to. FIC LAHIRI
Russell, Karen
Swamplandia!
2011
Mere months after their mother dies, the Bigtree family's alligator-wrestling theme
park and cafe, Swamplandia!, goes out of business, sending the abandoned
siblings on individual perilous journeys away from home.
FIC RUSSELL
See, Lisa
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
2005
Centuries ago, two 'sworn sisters' are isolated by their families, but stay connected
through a secret language written in the folds of a white silk fan. Now in modern-day
Shanghai, their descendents must draw inspiration from the past as they struggle to
maintain their own eternal bond in the face of life's complications. FIC SEE
Stockett, Kathryn
The Help
2009 FIC STOCKETT
After a white woman graduates from college in the 1960s, she returns to her home
in Jackson, Mississippi and begins her writing career by interviewing the AfricanAmerican servants in her neighborhood and sharing their stories with the public. FIC
STOCKETT
Walker, Karen Thompson Age of Miracles
2012
A young California girl coming of age in a dystopian near future confronts the
inevitability of change on the most personal level as life on earth withers. FIC
WALKER
Walls, Jeannette
The Glass Castle
2005
Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were
their curse and their salvation. As the dysfunction escalated, the children had
to fend for themselves, supporting one another as they found the resources and
will to leave home. BIOG WALLS
Wharton, William
Birdy
1979 Two teenagers,
Birdy and Al, become friends at school and serve in Vietnam. Birdy already has a
disturbing fixation with birds and his Vietnam experiences push him over the edge. FIC
WHARTON
Whitehead, Colson
WHITEHEAD
Zone One
2011 FIC
A pandemic has devastated the planet, sorting humanity into two types: the
uninfected and the infected, the living and the living dead. FIC WHITEHEAD