Ages 15-18: Favorite Character Crush

No Adults Allowed! Whether you want to be their best friend or something more, whether they inspire you or shock you, these are the characters you can’t stop thinking about. Teens can pick their top 5 Favorite Character Crushes from the list below.

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Ace Clyde from Counting Down with You, by Tashie Bhuiyan

Adam Stillwater from You Can Go Your Own Way, by Eric Smith

Aiden Kane from Fence: Disarmed, by Sarah Rees Brennan and C.S. Pacat

Annie from Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms, by Crystal Frasier; illus. Val Wise

Annika from Sparks, by David Michael Slater

Arsalan from Sway with Me, by Syed M. Masood

Asya from These Feathered Flames, by Alexandra Overy

Ava Bardem from What Beauty There Is, by Cory Anderson

Avery Grambs from The Hawthorne Legacy, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Bass from Sink or Swim, by Tash McAdam

Bebe from Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms, by Crystal Frasier; illus. Val Wise

Blake Pendleton from The Rules Have Changed, by Lesley Choyce

Charlie Spring from Heartstopper #3, written and illustrated by Alice Oseman

Cris from Can’t Take That Away, by Steven Salvatore

Danny from Weeaboo, written and illustrated by Alissa Sallah

Daunis from Firekeeper’s Daughter, by Angeline Boulley

Ekon from Beasts of Prey, by Ayana Gray

Ellis Haley from A Lesson In Vengeance, by Victoria Lee

Figgie from The Whaler’s Daughter, by Jerry Mikorenda

Finn from Aurora’s End, by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Fix from Eighty Days OGN HC, written and illustrated by A.C. Esguerra

Gabe Hudson from Bend in the Road, by Sara Biren

Gio from Things We Couldn’t Say, by Jay Coles

Guillermo Lozano from The Right Side of Reckless, by Whitney D. Grandison

Harley from The Heartbreak Bakery, by A.R. Capetta

Iseult from Witchshadow, by Susan Dennard

Jake from Don’t Hate the Player, by Alexis Nedd

Jay from Eighty Days OGN HC, written and illustrated by A.C. Esguerra

Jean-Luc from Pickpocket, by Karen Spafford-Fitz

Jerzie Jhames from Roman and Jewel, by Dana L. Davis

Jo McNair from Blood Donor, by Karen Bass

Kath Miller from Last Night at the Telegraph Club, by Malinda Lo

Katsa from Graceling: The Graphic Novel, by Kristin Cashore; illus. Gareth Hinds

Keltie from The Girl from the Sea, written and illustrated by Molly Knox Ostertag

Lord Cassia from Year of the Reaper, by Makiia Lucier

Louie O’Connor from Martian Ghost Centaur, by Mat Heagerty; illus. Steph Mided

Luca from Be Dazzled, by Ryan La Sala

Luisa Patterson from Our Way Back to Always, by Nina Moreno

Marie from This Poison Heart, by Kalynn Bayron

Mary from Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit, by Colby Cedar Smith

Marynka from The Midnight Girls, by Alicia Jasinska

Maverick Carter from Concrete Rose, by Angie Thomas

Michael from Mr. Universe, by Arthur Slade

Michael from Yesterday is History, by Kosoko Jackson

Moth from Me (Moth), by Amber McBride

Nala from Love Is a Revolution, by Renée Watson

Nick Bell from Flash Fire, by TJ Klune

Nick Nelson from Heartstopper #3, written and illustrated by Alice Oseman

Nora from The Girls I’ve Been, by Tess Sharpe

Penelope Prado from Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet, by Laekan Zea Kemp

The Realm Breaker crew: Corayne, Andry, Dom, Sorasa, and Valtik from Realm Breaker, by Victoria Aveyard

Rika from From Little Tokyo, With Love, by Sarah Kuhn

Rory from The Grimrose Girls, by Laura Pohl

Rose from Fresh, by Margot Wood

Ruby from Some Girls Do, by Jennifer Dugan

Sang from The Nature of Witches, by Rachel Griffin

Sanjeet from Redemptor, by Jordan Ifueko

Serilda from Gilded, by Marissa Meyer

Seryu from Six Crimson Cranes, by Elizabeth Lim

Takkan from Six Crimson Cranes, by Elizabeth Lim

Tess from Happily Ever Afters, by Elise Bryant

Tina from Victories Greater Than Death, by Charlie Jane Anders

Toni from Rise to the Sun, by Leah Johnson

Tristan from Ferryman, by Claire McFall

Wendy from Lost in the Never Woods, by Aiden Thomas

Wes from Defy the Night, by Brigid Kemmerer

Will Crumrin from The Crumrin Chronicles Vol. 1: The Charmed & The Cursed, by Ted Naifeh; illus. Ted Naifeh and Warren Wucinich

Wyatt Kahales from I’m Dreaming of a Wyatt Christmas, by Tiffany Schmidt

Wynd from Wynd Vol. 1 SC, by James Tynion IV; illus. Michael Dialynas

X from Instructions for Dancing, by Nicola Yoon

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