May 2026

Monthly Themed Reading List for Teens

Themed lists curated by your local librarians. Discover and rediscover books in the local collection based on monthly reading themes!

National Mental Health Awareness Month

Click on the book images below to learn more about each book and even reserve a copy with your Perry Public Library Card!

We are featuring YA books exploring mental health in May in recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month. Check out these titles to discover more:

  • A list of cages                    

  • All the bright places       

  • Goodbye days

  • Highly illogical behavior                

  • It's kind of a funny story               

  • Made you up     

  • The last time we say goodbye    

  • This is my brain in love                  

  • Turtles all the way down                              

  • Wintergirls