Must-Read Teen Novel Sampler

by Lauren Oliver, Veronica Roth, Lauren Conrad

These books may be labeled "Teen," but don't judge a book by its category. No matter what your age, you'll love reading excerpts from these buzzed-about The Special Edition by Lauren Oliver, Divergent by Veronica Roth, The Fame Game by Lauren Conrad, Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard, The Selection by Kiera Cass, and Where I Belong by Gwendolyn Heasley. For the teen in all of us—a collection of fabulous reads.

Genres: Young Adult, Teen, Dystopia, Romance, Collections

300 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 8, 2012

About the author

Lauren Oliver is an author, screenwriter, and media entrepreneur. She is the author of the upcoming novels THE GIRL IN THE LAKE (May 5, 2026) and its sequel, THE SLEEPWALKER (May 5, 2027). Her previous works include multiple New York Times bestselling novels for teens, including Before I Fall (which spent seventeen weeks on the list and was adapted into a feature film released by Open Road), the Delirium trilogy (a two-million-copy-selling dystopian series translated into thirty-five languages), and Panic, which she later adapted into the streaming TV show on Amazon Prime of the same name, for which she wrote every episode and served as Executive Producer. Along the way, Lauren founded the IP company StoryGiants and helped to package and edit nearly one hundred other novels. She is also the co-founder of Incantor AI, a self-scaling digital media engine built on a new and proprietary foundational model of artificial intelligence that respects copyright by providing both IP attribution and royalty shares to contributing sources. Raised in Westchester, New York, Lauren attended the University of Chicago and got her MFA from NYU. She now divides her time between Maryland and Los Angeles. Subscribe to my Substack! laurenoliverbooks.substack.com

Reviews

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is where I first found The Selection!!

[Lizzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quick and easy read which opened my eyes to books I was either unsure about or books I probably wouldn't have read before. I'll probably end up getting a copy of most of them, but still a few I'm on the fence about and would never admit to trying out LOL Still on the fence overall, but an enjoyable read nonetheless. 4 out of 5 stars for the ones I enjoyed reading... Delirium & Divergent were my favorites!

[Lily the Bibliophile · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading the first few chapters of some classic YA I haven't gotten to yet. While I have read Pretty Little Liars and The Selection, I haven't read any of the other books in this sampler. My favorite samples were The Fame Game and Where I Belong, even if Where I Belong might be a little cheesy.
I can't wait to read more from these books!

[Amy Torres · Rating 5 out of 5]

These include all the good details you want to now about I absolutely loved these teen novel selections

I loved that you could put all this detail into one good read sampler and the ONLY thing I do not like was when it said this is what you should expect from such and such story but besides that I would totally recommend this to someone else so that's my review .

[Liane Manso · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've only read Divergent before so this was a great way to get a feel for the other novels. Honestly there are only two others I would plan on reading (Delirium & Pretty Little Liars) but it was nice to sample the options.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really like 3 of the samples, but the other three were just so whiney. I guess that is what happens with samples, some you like, some you don't.

[Shirley · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked 4/6 stories :)
I didn't like The Fame Game and Where I Belong

[Myranda]

I read divergent and delirium those were excellent books to

[Marielle · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was awesomely amazing to read. I couldn't get through the book fast enough! Loved it

[Riley]

i like 4 out of the six books in here. really good for teens