{"id":10804,"date":"2025-07-15T04:52:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T04:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/10804\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T04:52:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T04:52:04","slug":"8-books-for-teens-who-hate-reading-but-secretly-love-a-good-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/10804\/","title":{"rendered":"8 books for teens who hate reading (but secretly love a good story)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s be honest, reading isn\u2019t everyone\u2019s favorite thing. Some teens would rather binge-watch a show, scroll endlessly on their phones, or play games for hours. Books? Too long. Too boring. Too slow. That\u2019s the general perception.<\/p>\n<p>But here\u2019s the twist: Most teens who \u201chate reading\u201d don\u2019t actually hate stories. They just haven\u2019t met the right book yet.<\/p>\n<p>The truth is, not all books are slow, confusing, or overloaded with dull details. Some pull you in from the very first page. They move fast, feel relatable, and leave you wanting more. These are the kinds of books that even reluctant readers can&#8217;t put down.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2014or someone you know\u2014thinks they don\u2019t like reading, try one of these 8 titles. They just might change your mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s be honest, reading isn\u2019t everyone\u2019s favorite thing. Some teens would rather binge-watch a show, scroll endlessly on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[10800,223,10799,10802,10801,88,10808,10803,10804,10807,10805,10806],"class_list":{"0":"post-10804","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-best-books-for-teens-who-hate-reading","9":"tag-books","10":"tag-books-for-reluctant-teen-readers","11":"tag-easy-reads-for-teens","12":"tag-engaging-books-for-teenagers","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-fiction-for-teens-who-dont-like-reading","15":"tag-fun-books-for-young-adults","16":"tag-high-interest-books-for-teens","17":"tag-must-read-books-for-teens","18":"tag-teen-books-with-great-stories","19":"tag-young-adult-books-for-non-readers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}