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.
Here are the titles from the 2026 list that are in the TBP collection.
For more information, check out the Texas Library Association’s website.
| SINGULAR LIFE OF ARIA PATEL by Samira Ahmed (DB 129799) |
| WESTFALLEN by Ann and Ben Brashares (DB 127249) |
| LEGEND OF THE LAST LIBRARY by Frank L. Cole (DB 125675) |
| IT’S WATCHING by Lindsay Currie (DB 130337) |
| STRONGEST HEART by Saadia Faruqi (DB 130966) |
| GIRL WHO KEPT THE CASTLE by Ryan Graudin (DB 126811) |
| BLOOD IN THE WATER by Tiffany D. Jackson (DB 131092) |
| ON AGAIN, AWKWARD AGAIN by Erin Entrada Kelly and Kwame Mbalia (DB 130931) |
| VANYA AND THE WILD HUNT by Sangu Mandanna (DB 129117) |
| NO PURCHASE NECESSARY by Maria Marianayagam (DB 130482) |
| TROUBLE WITH HEROES by Kate Messner (DB 130798) |
| WRONG WAY HOME by Kate O’Shaughnessy (DB 127603) |
| EXPERIMENT by Rebecca Stead (DB 132806 IN PROCESS) |
| CHRONICALLY DOLORES by Maya Van Wagenen (DB 120512, BR 25757) |