2025 Lone Star Reading List Announced

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