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This list started as a compilation of clean books that my children or I have personally read. Since the demand for more clean books has been requested by many of you, we are updating the list with some of your suggestions and with books that we have found to be considered clean through research we have done. If a book on the list has personally been read by my family is will see this *** after the book title.
What is a “clean” book? I know everybody’s opinion may vary, but here is generally how we define a “clean” book. These books are not filled with swear words or sexual situations. None of these books have a mature 17+ rating. I generally err on the side of caution when it comes to “clean” books, but again, perspectives vary. While I made this list for teens, many of these books are entertaining for adults too. In addition to enjoying the stories, reading some of the same books that my teens have read has often provided opportunities for conversations that help build on the parent/teen relationship, which is always an added bonus.
Brandon Sanderson is one of my boys’ favorite author The books in this series are huge too, so it will keep your teens (or you) reading for awhile. You honestly can not go wrong with any of Brandon Sanderson’s books and you will find many of his books on our list.
The Way of Kings: Book One of the Stormlight Archive ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Words of Radiance: Book Two of the Stormlight Archive ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Oathbringer: Book Three of the Stormlight Archive ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Here is another great series by Brandon Sanderson, this series is a favorite at our house.
Steelheart (The Reckoners) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Firefight (The Reckoners Book 2) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Calamity (The Reckoners Book 3) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Once again, you can’t go wrong with books by Brandon Sanderson
The Rithmatist ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Skyward ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Starsight (Skyward Book 2) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Configured: Book #1 in the Configured Trilogy ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Immersed: Book #2 in the Configured Trilogy ~ (Kindle edition)
Actualized: Book #3 in the Configured Trilogy ~ (Kindle edition)
The Goose Girl (Books of Bayern Book 1) ~ (Kindle edition)
Enna Burning (Books of Bayern Book 2) ~ (Kindle edition)
River Secrets (Books of Bayern Book 3) ~ (Kindle edition)
Forest Born (Books of Bayern Book 4) ~ (Kindle edition)
My Lady Jane ~ (Kindle edition)
My Plain Jane ~ (Kindle edition)
My Calamity Jane ~ (Kindle edition)
Brandon Mull is a favorite author of one of my other boys. I am pretty sure that most of the Brandon Mull series’ are clean.
Fablehaven (Book 1) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Rise of the Evening Star (Fablehaven, Book 2) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Grip of the Shadow Plague (Fablehaven, Book 3) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary (Fablehaven, Book 4) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
So many of you have recommended Melanie Dickerson, I am thinking if you choose any of her books they should be good. All of these books are a retelling of famous stories like Cinderella, Mulan, etc.
The Healers Apprentice (Fairy Tale Romance Series Book 1) ~ (Kindle edition)
The Merchant’s Daughter (Fairy Tale Romance Series Book 2) ~ (Kindle edition)
The Fairest Beauty (Fairy Tale Romance Series Book 3) ~ (Kindle edition)
The Captive Maiden (Fairy Tale Romance Series Book 4) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Princess Spy (Fairy Tale Romance Series Book 5) ~ (Kindle edition)
The Golden Braid (Fairy Tale Romance Series Book 6) ~ (Kindle edition)
The Silent Songbird (Fairy Tale Romance Series Book 7) ~ (Kindle edition)
The Orphan’s Wish (Fairy Tale Romance Series Book 8) ~ (Kindle edition)
The Warrior Maiden (Fairy Tale Romance Series book 9) ~ (Kindle edition)
The Piper’s Pursuit (Fairy Tale Romance Series Book 10) ~ (Kindle edition)
UnEnchanted: An Unfortunate Fairy Tale Book 1) ~ (Kindle edition ~ usually FREE!) ***
Fairest (An Unfortunate Fairy Tale Book 2) ~ (Kindle edition)
Fable (An Unfortunate Fairy Tale Book 3) ~ (Kindle edition)
Reign (An Unfortunate Fairy Tale Book 4) ~ (Kindle edition)
Forever (An Unfortunate Fairy Tale Book 5) ~ (Kindle edition)
I’ve had several recommendations to add The Ranger’s Apprentice series to the list. One of my boys has read the entire series (it was a very long time ago though). In some cases these books have some violence, but I don’t think it is anything too drastic, especially since so many of you have recommended this series for this list.
The Ruins of Gorlan (The Ranger’s Apprentice, Book 1) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Burning Bridge (The Ranger’s Apprentice, Book 2) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Icebound Land (Ranger’s Apprentice, Book 3) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Battle for Skandia (Ranger’s Apprentice, Book 4) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Sorcerer of the North (Ranger’s Apprentice, Book 5) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Siege of Macindaw (Ranger’s Apprentice, Book 6) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Erak’s Ransom (Ranger’s Apprentice, Book 7) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Kings of Clonmel (Ranger’s Apprentice, Book 8) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Halt’s Peril (Ranger’s Apprentice, Book 9) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Emperor of Nihon-Ja (Ranger’s Apprentice, Book 10) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Lost Stories (Ranger’s Apprentice, Book 11) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Royal Ranger: A New Beginning (Ranger’s Apprentice) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Princess of the Midnight Ball (Twelve Dancing Princesses Book 1) ~ (Kindle edition)
Princess of Glass (Twelve Dancing Princesses Book 2) ~ (Kindle edition)
Princess of the Silver Woods (Twelve Dancing Princesses Book 3) ~ (Kindle edition)
The Finisher (Vega Jane, Book 1) ~ (Kindle edition)
The Keeper (Vega Jane, Book 2) ~ (Kindle edition)
The Width of the World (Vega Jane, Book 3) ~ (Kindle edition)
The Stars Below (Vega Jane, Book 4) ~ (Kindle edition)
Heist Society (A Heist Society Book 1)
~ (Kindle edition) ***
Uncommon Criminals (A Heist Society Book 2) ~ (Kindle edition)
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Perfect Scoundrels (Heist Society Book 3) ~ (Kindle edition)
The Warrior Heir (The Heir Chronicles Book 1)
~ (Kindle edition)
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The Wizard Heir (Heir Chronicles Book 2) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Dragon Heir (Heir Chronicles Book 3) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Enchanter Heir (Heir Chronicles Book 4) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Sorcerer Heir (Heir Chronicles Book 5) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The False Prince (The Ascendance Series, Book 1) ~ (Kindle edition)
The Runaway King (The Ascendance Series, Book 2) ~ (Kindle edition)
The Shadow Throne (The Ascendance Series, Book 3) ~ (Kindle edition)
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles Book 1) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles Book 2) ~ (Kindle edition)
Cress (The Lunar Chronicles Book 3) ~ (Kindle edition)
Winter (The Lunar Chronicles Book 4) ~ (Kindle edition)
This series by Brandon Sanderson book series will even work for a slightly younger crowd. While the books are aimed for tweens and young teens it has been promised to me that teens will love this book (this promise comes from my college age kid who is home for break).
Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians (Book 1) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Scrivener’s Bones: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians (Book 2) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Knights of Crystallia: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians (Book 3) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Shattered Lens: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians (Book 4) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Dark Talent: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians (Book 5) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
I had a suggestion that the Brotherband Chronicles should be added to the list, this series was a favorite of one of my boys. There is some violence, but it isn’t too bad.
The Outcasts (Brotherband Chronicles, Book 1) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Invaders (Brotherband Chronicles, Book 2) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Hunters (Brotherband Chronicles, Book 3) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Slaves of Socorro (The Brotherband Chronicles, Book 4) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Scorpion Mountain (The Brotherband Chronicles, Book 5) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Ghostfaces (The Brotherband Chronicles, Book 6) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Michael Vey series was loved by both boys and girls in our family. My husband even read it with our 8 year old and they both liked it. It’s a great series for the whole family.
Michael Vey 1: The Prisoner of Cell 25
~ (Kindle edition
) ***
Michael Vey 2: Rise of the Elgen
~ (Kindle edition)
***
Michael Vey 3: Battle of the Ampere
~ (Kindle edition)
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Michael Vey 4: Hunt for Jade Dragon ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Michael Vey 5: Storm of Lightning ~ (Kindle edition)
Michael Vey 6: Fall of Hades ~ (Kindle edition)
Michael Vey 7: The Final Spark ~ (Kindle edition)
This series happens to be a part of Kindle Unlimited, so if you are a member you can read these all of these for free.
The Girl Who Dared to Think ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Girl Who Dared to Stand ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Girl Who Dared to Descend ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Girl Who Dared to Rise ~ (Kindle edition)
The Girl Who Dared to Lead ~ (Kindle edition)
The Girl Who Dared to Endure ~ (Kindle edition)
The Girl Who Dared to Fight ~ (Kindle edition)
Matched ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Crossed ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Reached ~ (Kindle edition) ***
My daughter had read many Kasie West books, she is quickly becoming an “auto-buy” author for my daughter. Her favorite was the The Distance Between Us, it has some fun witty banter. The Pivot Point 2-book series was another fun one too. Other than Pivot Point, the rest of the books are stand alone books.
Pivot Point – (Kindle edition)
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Split Second (Pivot Point) – (Kindle edition
) ***
The Distance Between Us – (Kindle edition)
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Moment of Truth ~ (Kindle edition)
Love, Life, and the List ~ (Kindle edition)
Maybe This Time ~ (Kindle edition)
By Your Side ~ (Kindle edition)
Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss ~ (Kindle edition)
Lucky in Love ~ (Kindle edition)
P.S. I Like You ~ (Kindle Edition) ***
On the Fence – 
(Kindle edition
) ***
The Fill-In Boyfriend
~ (Kindle edition)
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Listen to Your Heart ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Selection Series by Kiera Cass is a popular one. My daughter has read the entire series and enjoyed them all. I will say that several people have mentioned that they do not consider all of these books appropriate. My daughter read these several years ago and she honestly doesn’t remember anything hugely inappropriate. Proceed with caution if you are concerned.
The Selection
– (Kindle edition
) ***
The Elite (The Selection)
– (Kindle edition
) ***
The One (The Selection)
– (Kindle edition)
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The Crown (The Selection) – (Kindle edition) ***
The Heir (The Selection)
~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Siren ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Here is a series that boys will like, in fact, this series will even work for a slightly younger crowd too. I asked my son if he was sure that teens would like them and he assured me they would.
Slathbog’s Gold (Adventurers Wanted, Book 1) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Horn of Moran (Adventurer’s Wanted, Book 2) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Albrek’s Tomb (Adventurers Wanted, Book 3) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Sands of Nezza (Adventurers Wanted, Book 4) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Finding June (The June Series Book 1) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Chasing June (The June Series Book 2) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Catching June (The June Series Book 3) ~ (Kindle edition)
Keeping June (The June Series Book 4) ~ (Kindle edition)
Leviathan (Leviathan Book 1) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Behemoth (Leviathan Book 2) ~ (Kindle edition)
Goliath (Leviathan Book 3) ~ (Kindle edition)
Field Notes on Love ~ (Kindle edition)
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between ~ (Kindle edition)
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
~ (Kindle edition)
The Geography of You and Me
~ (Kindle edition)
This Is What Happy Looks Like
~ (Kindle edition)
I have heard nothing but great things about the Katie Parker Productions series. I loved that I was able to pick up the Kindle edition of the first book for FREE!
In Between (A Katie Parker Production – Volume 1)
– (Kindle edition
– Usually FREE!) ***
On the Loose (A Katie Parker Production – Volume 2) 
– (Kindle edition
)
The Big Picture (A Katie Parker Production – Volume 3) 
– (Kindle edition
)
Can’t Let You Go (A Katie Parker Production – Volume 4)
– (Kindle edition)
We’ve added the Christy Miller series to the list, there are actually 9 books in the original series (we’ve included 3 volumes each with 3 books). There have since been additional books added to this series, but we haven’t had the chance to read them yet.
The Christy Miller Collection, Vol. 1 (Books 1-3) ~ (Kindle edition)
The Christy Miller Collection, Vol. 2 (Books 4-6) ~ (Kindle edition)
The Christy Miller Collection, Vol. 3 (Books 7-9) 
~ (Kindle edition
The Gallagher Girls was one of my daughter’s favorite series when she was younger (she’s in college now). She has actually read most of these books more than once. Definitely two thumbs up from her on the entire series.
I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls #1)
– (Kindle edition)
***
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (Gallagher Girls #2)
– (Kindle edition)
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Don’t Judge a Girl by Her Cover (Gallagher Girls #3)
– (Kindle edition
) ***
Only the Good Spy Young (Gallagher Girls #4)
– (Kindle edition)
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Out of Sight, Out of Time (Gallagher Girls #5)
– (Kindle edition
) ***
United We Spy (Gallagher Girls #6)
– (Kindle edition)
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Many of you recommended we check out the Princess Academy series. These books are perfect for younger teens and tweens too.
Princess Academy
~ Kindle edition) ***
Princess Academy: Palace of Stone
~ (Kindle edition)
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Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters
~ (Kindle edition)
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Remembrandt
~ (Kindle edition)
Better Off Friends
~ (Kindle edition)
**The B**** word is used once**
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Counting by 7s ~ (Kindle edition)
Dark Life (Dark Life Book 1)
– (Kindle edition)
Rip Tide (Dark Life Book 2)
– (Kindle edition)
Stargirl
~ (Kindle edition)
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Where Love Finds You (The Unspoken Series)
~ (Kindle edition – Usually FREE!) ***
The Girl of Fire and Thorns
~ (Kindle edition)
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Uglies ~ (Kindle edition) ***
Unearthly ~ (Kindle edition) ***
It’s Your Universe ~ (Kindle edition) ***
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet Book 1) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Best Kind of Magic (Windy City Magic, Book 1) ~ (Kindle edition) ***
The Sweetest Kind of Fate (Windy City Magic, Book 2) ~ (Kindle edition)
There You’ll Find Me
~ (Kindle edition)
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Sean Griswold’s Head
~ (Kindle edition
) ***
Dreams By Starlight
~ (Kindle edition)
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I have included links for all of these books at Amazon for both the print and Kindle editions. I highly recommend checking to see if these books are available at your library. I love, love, love my library system and I especially love the fact that I can check out ebooks with the OverDrive Media Console (it’s the coolest thing ever – no more late fees!)
Don’t forget to leave suggestions for books we can add to this list. Happy reading!
You should try out the books of Jennifer Lynn Barnes and Colleen Houck.
This list is the best out there! Please keep suggestions coming, especially for clean teen romance!
The Arrow of the Mist series is clean. Also, the Crown & Court series is very good and clean.
Great resource. I have a fifth grader who has such a high reading level that she’s been given access to the High School library. Trying to find “appropriate” books is a real challenge. Hopefully with some of these I’ll be able to point her in the right direction.
Guitar Notes by Mary Amato is a favorite of mine. Also anything by Melanie DIckerson is amazing! The Healer’s Apprentice is the first book in the Hagenheim series and they are just so good! Hope you find these to be enjoyable as much as I have. 🙂
We have tried most of the books on this website and it’s been a GREAT reference and have found treasures!!!!
Hey! I was just going to say that another really good clean trilogy that I have read recently is the ascendence trilogy by Jennifer A. Nelson. The first book is called The False Prince. If you love books with good plot twists you will love this trilogy.
Your site and common sense media site, are my go-to. However, so many new books are coming out so I have to read and keep an eye out for reviews that are appropriate for 14YO’s.
Ever
Ever the Brave
The Traitors Kiss
The Shadow Queen
The Wish Granter
The Traitor Prince
Not if I Save You First
Markswoman
Frostblood
Fireblood
The Testing Trilogy
Hunted
The Last Namasara
An Enchantment of Ravens
Has you or your kids tried Janette Rallison/CJ Hill books. She has a good mix of different books, your family might like and they’re clean.
I definitely suggest books by Jennifer Estep. She’s an amazing writer and every book I’ve read from her is clean. A lot of her series like my favorite, the black blade series, is full of adventure, magic, and action with an awesome female lead!
Thanks so much for the suggestions. We’ll check them out.
All books by Wendy Mass are awesome! I have read all of them and thoroughly enjoy them.
Have you read The Riddle of Arandella? A fantasy adventure with young adult/middle grade characters — no swearing and no sex. It’s available on Amazon.
Yes! Finally a website that can help me find good “clean” books for my 12 year old daughter. Thank you!!
Check out the Wildflower Series by Alecia Whitaker. It is a three book series picked up by Scholastic. You might also want to try Queen of Kentucky by the same author.
Great list! With advanced readers we need to be careful. Just because they can read it doesn’t mean they should.
I am thrilled to find this site! I am an author of clean YA books and would love to appear on your list. I am also the mother of two girls who were advanced readers. A wonderful woman at the local Borders (sadly, gone now) helped me find books that were appropriate, but they were few and far between. I was inspired to write my Switch series because of them, and because there are other parents who believe that a compelling story doesn’t need graphic sex, violence or language. Currently, the first two books in the series are available – Switch and Forsaken. The third book in the trilogy will release in June of this year. I have another book, not in the series, releasing in the fall.
Thank you! I hope you’ll consider adding these books to your list.
I really want to know about Orson Scott Card. I read the Pathfinder series already but I’d like my little sister to read them too. I don’t remeber there being anything bad. And also Meagan Spooner’s book Hunted.( My sis and I read it and it’s only got one bad word towards the end. ) Lisa T. Bergren’s River of Time series, Melanie Dickerson books, Jessica Day George, Donna Jo Napoli….I have over 60 authors that I want to check. I want to buy good books to read and make my own library. I read about 300 books a year and really fast so I have to have a ton by now 😉
Oops you already have some of those I recommended….what a bout Jennifer Donnelly, Sharon Creech, Jane Kirkpatrick, Kirby Larson, Claudia grey, Fonda lee, Kelly more, Beth Revis, etc. Take that! Hahaha
I would like for you to take look at my new book, “Panther Creek Mountain” about pre-teens having a wonderful clean and fun life on a mountain top in the 1950s. It received a 5 star review from Reader’s Choice .
https://www.amazon.com/Panther-Creek-Mountain-Big-Adventure/dp/0998669911/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526575557&sr=1-1&keywords=panther+creek+mountain
I can’t thank you so much for this!!! Great list!
What a fantastic list! I’m the mother of three and a clean YA author myself. Would you consider adding my “Beauties from Ashes ” series to your list? Book one “Secrets” is available on Amazon now. Book two “The Uninvited” should be out this holiday season.
“Every girl has a secret she hopes the light will never find—but the demons already have.”
https://amzn.to/2CaKrwk
Thanks for your consideration. I look forward to hearing from you!
Beckie Lindsey
Anything by Roseanne M. White and Jody Hedlund is good and clean.
This was very helpful because it’s hard to find some good clean books now! I’m very excited to read some of these! Thank you so much!
Please check out The Blue Unicorn’s Journey To Osm Illustrated Book for teens and older readers.
thank you so much for posting this Clean Book List for Tweens. My 12 1/2 year old daughter devours books at a HS level but we have run out of clean books for her. We so discouraged by how much sex, violence, drugs and language are in books they say are for pre-teens.
Keep adding to the list. This is a such a relief to find your site.
God bless you!
Deb
So happy to have found your list. Thank you for creating it!
An author I didn’t see when I skimmed through is Robin Jones Gunn. She has some amazing books for teen girls (christian themed)! The Christy Miller Series and the Sierra Jensen series in particular. There are now college age books, and books about some of the friends met in the original series. Her adult books follow the same trend and many of the same characters are found in them.
Jenni James is an author I’ve just found on amazon with both teen and adult stories (I watched her one movie, based on Not Cinderella’s Type, and read one of her adult books, which was clean). She advertises clean stories and I have not picked up a religious thread so far.
So happy I found your blog! I teach English at a small Christian private school and was having a hard time finding appropriate books (especially for girls) to stock my shelves with and you just gave me a great list to get started on!
First of all, this is a great list! A lot of the books here I have read or are still on my TBR list.
And second, I just released a book that is clean and fun for teens to read!
Standing By
Thanks for the list of appropriate books. My son loved the Leven Thumps series (was his favorite) my girls loved Fablehaven series(which is amazing )
Tula –
Thanks so much for sharing those, I know my older boys have read both those series, but it was such a long time ago I totally forgot about them. I am sure I will be able to add those to the list for sure. Thanks again!!
Thank you so much for making this list. It really helped me choose books for my “turning 14 yrs. old in a week” daughter. It’s difficult to ask questions about language/ sexual “preference” etc., online without being ridiculed for being a parent concerned with what your child is exposed to.
Seas Apart by Jeanna Janes is a great tween adventure/mystery story for both boys and girls. I especially liked that the parents are also main characters working alongside the kids’ adventure.
CJ Redwine is a clean YA author
This is a great service you are providing. I have a three book series I originally wrote for my kids and then finally decided to publish. They are appropriate for all ages. The titles are, The Ancient Castle, The Ancient Book of Magic and The Ancient Amulet. All three can be purchased on Amazon.
There are so many raunchy books out there, so we need to get the word out to everyone that there are also good, fun, clean books out there. Thanks for your consideration.
Thanks so much for this list. I’m tutoring high school students so I have to be super careful in my book selections for them.
Hi Christy,
I would recommend ‘Light of the Lost’ by David Ian Flynn. A very entertaining archaeological mystery in the vein of Indiana Jones – with great teen characters. Super clean education.
Regards
Charles
I love this list! I think I’ve read almost every one so far and I’ve loved them all! I would definitely recommend the Ranger’s Apprentice series by John Flanagan. It’s set in the same world as the Brotherband Chronicles and even features some of the same charcters. I’ve read all 10 books or so in the series at least four times, they are amazing and written with the same wry humor as the Brotherband series (which I’ve also read many many times ;)) Happy reading!
Thank you so much for making this list!!
I LOVE your book lists! Thank you soooooo much – just wondered if you had read the rest of the books in the Michael Vey series – books 4-7?
Hello, I really love your list! These are a lot of great books I have never heard of, and I only read clean books.
Is it possible to get on your list? I work for His Everlasting Love Media. HisEverlastingLove.com
We publish clean books that teens would love. Currently, we only publish Regency books, but in 2019 we will also publish contemporary clean books.
Just fyi – you did say everyone has their own definition of clean but I got my daughter the best kind of magic based on your recommendation. Unfortunately it has the b word, jack -a and thats when my daughter decided to stop reading. Just thought I should give other moms a heads up if this is something they want to avoid.
Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer– All of the books I have read by Bauer are clean.
The False Prince series by Jennifer Nielsen– Really Great– All her books that I have read are clean books and good reads. They are all a safe bet.
You have the Brotherband series by John Flanagan but I didn’t see the Rangers Apprentice series by this author. They are all clean. Great series.
This is such an awesome resource! Thanks for creating this list- I’ve referenced it often lately. The Greyson Gray series is another series to check out.
One author you might like to check out is Kelly Oram. I love her books and they all are what I call clean. (maybe some kissing but nothing past that, and I don’t remember any swearing) Specifically look at “Cinder & Ella” about a disfigured high school girl who is just amazing and the famous guy who loves her, “The Avery Shaw Experiment – Science Squad book 1” a romance about a smart girl who learns about herself and matures through the book, “V is for Virgin” about a girl who believes in waiting until marriage and the high school rock star who wants to date her (its very clean with good message about self worth and sticking to your beliefs). My favs are Cinder & Ella and also V is for Virgin. 🙂
Also Emily Evans is a good writer. I liked her “Accidental” series (Accidental Rock Star, Accidental Movie Star, etc) Some of her books are Young Adult (or 17+), and some are for teens. Amazon does a pretty good job of helping you know which is which. 🙂
Just so readers are aware if you want truly clean language books, you can use Amazon’s look inside feature to look for any words you are not comfortable with you teens reading frequently. For example, I did this with the Girl Who Dared to Think Series, and the word “damn” (which is a swear word for some, and not others) appears 13 times in the book in the connotation of not the location. Same book, the word “God” used as an expletive not describing the being, appears 16 times.
Kirsten – What a great tip, I had no idea you could do this. Thanks so much!
Melanie Dickerson’s books are great, and romantic.
Strange new girl/ brave new girl by Rachel Vincent is a great clean read
Keeper of the Lost Cities is also a great one
The Selection Series has some…interesting…. parts to it, though.
Definitely would recommend the Lunar Chronicles, aswell
Great Job on Picking books!
Thank you for this list! It is always great to find new, clean books for my teens to read!