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Laughter can improve your mood, so pick up one of these giggle-inducing novels today. These titles are classified as Teen High School (TH) and can be found in the Teen section of the library unless otherwise noted.
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Twelfth Knight
by Alexene Farol Follmuth
Viola Reyes is annoyed. Her painstakingly crafted tabletop game campaign was shot down, her best friend is suggesting she try being more "likable," and her school's star running back Jack Orsino is the most lackadaisical Student Body President she's ever seen, which makes her job as VP that much harder. Vi's favorite escape from the world is the MMORPG Twelfth Knight, but online spaces aren't exactly kind to girls like her--girls who are extremely competent and have the swagger to prove it. So Vi creates a masculine alter ego, choosing to play as a knight named Cesario to create a safe haven for herself. But when a football injury leads Jack Orsino to the world of Twelfth Knight, Vi is alarmed to discover their online alter egos-Cesario and Duke Orsino-are surprisingly well-matched. As the long nights of game-play turn into discussions about life and love, Vi and Jack soon realize they've become more than just weapon-wielding characters in an online game. But Vi has been concealing her true identity from Jack, and Jack might just be falling for her offline.
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Dungeons and Drama
by Kristy Boyce
Musical lover Riley has big aspirations to become a director on Broadway...but when Riley takes her mom's car without permission, she's grounded and stuck with the worst punishment: spending her after-school hours working at her dad's game shop. Riley can't waste her time working...so she convinces Nathan--a nerdy teen employee--to cover her shifts and, in exchange, she'll flirt with him to make his gamer-girl crush jealous. Soon, Riley starts to think that flirting with Nathan doesn't require as much acting as she would've thought.
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Sunny G's Series of Rash Decisions
by Navdeep Singh Dhillon
When Mindi Vang steals his notebook filled with rash decisions on prom night, Sunny chases after her and has an unexpected all-night adventure filled with reckless, wonderful, romantic, stupid, life-changing decisions.
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Where There's a Whisk
by Sarah J. Schmitt
Peyton Sinclaire wants nothing more than to escape her life as a diner waitress in her small North Florida town and attend culinary school. Top Teen Chef, Food TV's new show that pairs reality TV drama with a fast-paced culinary competition, is her ticket out of her boring future. It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to make her dreams come true and Peyton is determined to prove to herself, and the world, that where you're born does not determine where you can go. However, once on the show, Peyton quickly discovers that there is more to the competition than just a well-seasoned dish. As things start to heat up on and off the set, Peyton will have to prove to the judges that she deserves to win while trying to untangle what is real and what is scripted drama, and decide what she is willing to risk to win before her dreams end up on the chopping block.
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So This is Ever After
by F. T. Lukens
Assuming the role of King of Ere, Arek discovers there is a magical catch: choose a spouse by your 18th birthday, or wither away into nothing. With the help of his mage Arek desperately searches for the perfect candidate.
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Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute
by Talia Hibbert
To win the grand prize at the end of their survival course, ex-best friends Claire and Bradley trudge through mud, dirt, and their messy past to find the adventure bringing them closer together, sparking a whole new kind of relationship.
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Sleepless in Dubai
by Sajni Patel
Arriving in Dubai to celebrate Diwali, Nikki is encouraged to get reacquainted with Yash, the boy next door with whom she has a rocky history, and wonders if they can set aside their differences long enough to discover the true meaning of the Festival of Lights.
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Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling
by Elise Bryant
Pretending to be someone they're not, Delilah, who is unable to open up, and Reggie, a D&D Dungeon Master who is role-playing someone confident, fall for a version of each other that doesn't really exist when fate keeps throwing them together.
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This Time it's Real
by Ann Liang
To keep a massive secret from coming out, 17-year-old Eliza Lin asks the famous actor in her class to pose as her fake boyfriend in exchange for writing his college applications—an agreement that starts to feel all too real, threatening her carefully laid plans.
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Chloe and the Kaishao Boys
by Mae Coyiuto
When her dad sends her on a series of dates, hoping she'll find a reason for staying in Manila instead of attending college in the U.S., Chinese Filipina girl Chloe must decide if following her dreams is worth everything and everyone she'll be leaving behind.
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Being Mary Bennet
by J. C. Peterson
Determined to reinvent herself, 17-year-old Marnie Barnes, with the help of her bubbly roommate, opens herself up to new experiences, new friends, a very cute boy, and a rescue pup, finally learning to embrace who she really is.
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One True Loves
by Elise Bryant
While on a post-graduation Mediterranean cruise with her family, Lenore Bennett meets a hopeless romantic with a 10-year plan who helps her find something she's been looking for - love, in this companion novel to Happily Ever Afters.
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Gut Check
by Eric Kester
When star quarterback Brett suffers a terrible concussion, his brother Wyatt must decide if keeping his brother's secret is worth the risk to their relationship and their town's economic future.
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It Only Happens in the Movies
by Holly Bourne
Turning cynical about love in the face of her parents’ acrimonious divorce, her own shifting relationships, and the fictional portrayals of love in movies, Audrey bonds with a flirtatious co-worker, Harry, who encourages her to take a chance in the real world.
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Girls Save the World in this One
by Ash Parsons
Looking forward to the panels, photo ops, and celebrity appearances at the ZombieCon fan convention, June and her girl-power friends discover that real zombies have taken over the event, prompting a daring plan to save the world.
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This Will be Funny Someday
by Katie Henry
Sixteen-year-old Izzy has stumbled across her dream of doing stand-up comedy, but hiding it from family and friends is causing her many untruths to quickly unravel.
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Once Upon a Quinceañera
by Monica Gomez-Hira
Accepting a humiliating unpaid internship working as a party princess in a ball gown, romance-minded Carmen embarks on a summer that is shaped by blistering Miami heat, an unexpected attraction, and a spoiled cousin’s quinceañera.
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Charming as a Verb
by Ben Philippe
Hiding less-than-honest business practices behind his charming smile and Ivy League ambition, a popular Haitian-American star debater is blackmailed by an intense classmate who wants to improve her image at school.
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I'll Be the One
by Lyla Lee
A nuanced celebration of body positivity follows the experiences of a plus-sized teen girl who shatters expectations on a televised competition to become the next big K-pop star.
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My Lady Jane
by Cynthia Hand
A fantastical, comedic romance adventure inspired by the true story of Lady Jane Grey follows the experiences of a 16-year-old noblewoman who, on the eve of her marriage to a stranger, is swept up in a conspiracy to usurp the throne from her cousin.
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