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Teen Sci-Fi

From space aliens to climate disasters and super-hero time travel shenanigans, this list has all the science fiction you never knew you needed

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  • A cli-fi (climate-based science fiction) novel about a girl genetically engineered to live underwater adjusting to life on land.
    Book, 2025New York : Amulet Books, [2025] — Fletch
  • Why on Earth

    An Alien Invasion Anthology

    A collection of short stories connected to each other by the book's inciting event: an alien ship crash-landing in California.
    Book, 2025Salem, MA : Page Street YA, 2025. — Whyone SS
  • An android gains free will and must decide if he keeps it a secret or lives free. Similar to Murderbot, if you've been looking for something else to scratch that itch.
    Book, 2024[Ontario, Canada] : 5310 Publishing Company, 2024. — Jacobs
  • Superheroes in a dystopian future fighting aliens. That's it. That's the book. What else do you need to know?
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Scholastic Press., 2024. — Walker
  • A web-slinging romp with Miguel O'Hara and Araña for anyone feeling impatient as they wait for the next Spider-Verse movie
    Book, 2023Los Angeles, CA : Marvel, 2023. — Segura
  • Reclaim the Stars

    17 Tales Across Realms & Space

    A little more fantasy than science fiction, this anthology explores what it means to believe in the impossible
    Book, 2022New York : Wednesday Books, 2022. — Reclai
  • A dystopia where young adults fight in wars by piloting mechas (giant robots). If that doesn't sound cool to you, I don't know what will
    Book, 2022New York : Square Fish, 2022. — Mikuta
  • Another dystopia where young adults fight by piloting mechas, but this time they're fighting aliens and the setting is inspired by Chinese culture and history.
    Book, 2021[Toronto, Ontario] : Penguin Teen, 2021. — Zhao
  • This one is another cli-fi where the climate crisis has created zombies (called ghouls within the story). These zombies, however, eat synthetic flesh and go to music festivals and still end up going feral. Literally.
    Book, 2023Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Fire, 2023. — Cottin
  • A story with nonstop action set in a cyberpunk future. Also, people's brains can be uploaded to computers, and our main character is not about to let it happen to her sister without trying to stop it.
    Book, 2021Mendota Heights, Minnesota : Flux, [2021] — Winn
  • Marie Antoinette but it's 3070, she's basically a social media influencer, and there might still be a guillotine looming (p.s. no prior knowledge of Marie Antoinette required to enjoy this book)
    Book, 2022New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — X DAHL
  • I am once again offering you another dystopia. This one is the Hunger Games but make it Reality TV and keep it just as deadly.
    Book, 2024London : Penguin Books, 2024. — Cross
  • Slipping through dimensions, riding a train that speeds through time, and exploring new worlds are just some of what this book has to offer.
    Book, 2025Somerville, Massachusetts : Walker Books, 2025. — Odonog
  • Two boys, one spaceship, and a dizzying mystery that forces them to get along and grow closer.
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2022. — Schref