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The Lone Star Reading List is developed by public and school librarians from the Texas Library Association’s Young Adult Round Table. The purpose of the list is to encourage students in grades 6, 7, or 8 to explore a variety of current books. We are excited to announce the 2025 Lone Star Reading List selections!
Between Two Brothers, Crystal Allen
Boy 2.0, Tracey Baptiste
Free Throws, Friendship and Other Things We Fouled Up, Jenn Bishop
Dungeons and Drama, Kristy Boyce
The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman, Gennifer Chodlenko
The No Brainer’s Guide to Decomposition, Adrianna Cuveas
The Mystery of Locked Rooms, Lindsay Currie
Silent Sister, Megan Davidhizer
The Partition Project, Saddi Faruqi
Tethered to Other Stars, Elisa Stone Leahy
Not Another Banned Book, Dana Alison Levy
Deer Run Home, Ann Clare LeZotte
The Five Impossible Tasks of Eden Smith, Tom Llewellyn
Medusa – Myth of Monsters, Katherine Marsh
It Happened to Anna, Tehlor Kay Mejia
World Made of Glass, Ami Polonsky
The Last Dragon of Mars, Scott Reintgen
Kareem Between, Shifa Saltagi Safadi
Ultraviolet, Aida Salazar
Louder Than Hunger, John Schu
The Bletchley Riddle, Ruta Sepetys
The Space Between Here and Now, Sara Suka
Free Period, Ali Terese
Mid-Air, Alicia Williams
The Otherwoods, Justine Pucella Winans
Shark Teeth, Sherri Winston
A new statewide public opinion poll conducted by KRC Research on behalf of the Texas Library Association confirms that Texans overwhelmingly value public libraries as essential public services.
This month’s episode of the Texas Library Association’s podcast explores a powerful idea: What if the most impactful STEM learning in a school isn’t happening in a lab, but in the library?
