The Must Read List Supported by YALSA

[Charlynn]

2010 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults

(In Alphabetical Order)
1. After Tupac and D Foster, by Jacqueline Woodson
2. Along for the Ride, by Sarah Dessen
3. Boys are Dogs, by Leslie Margolis
4. Carter Finally Gets It, by Brent Crawford
5. The Chosen One, by Carol Lynch Williams
6. Identical, by Ellen Hopkins
7. If I Stay, by Gayle Forman
8. The Indigo Notebook, by Laura Resau
9. In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber, by L.A. Meyer
10. The Killer's Cousin, by Nancy Werlin
11. Living Dead Girl, by Elizabeth Scott
12. Marcelo in the Real World, by Francisco X. Stork
13. The Monstrumologist, by Rick Yancey
14. My Bonny Light Horseman: Being the Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, in Love and War, by L.A. Meyer
15. Newes from the Dead, by Mary Hooper
16. Slumdog Millionaire, by Vikas Swarup
17. Solace of the Road, by Siobhan Dowd
18. The Spectacular Now, by Tim Tharp
19. Tree Girl: A Novel, by Ben Mikaelsen
20. Wildwood Dancing, by Juliet Marillier
21. Zen and the Art of Faking It, by Jordan Sonnenblick

For more information and the Non-Fiction listing, visit the YALSA site HERE. For past winners, visit HERE.



Best Books for Young Adults - 2010

(Alphabetical by Author)
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Wintergirls.
Barnes, John. Tales of the Madman Underground.
Booraem, Ellen. The Unnameables.
Bradley, Alan. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie.
Bray, Libba. Going Bovine.
Brennan, Sarah Rees. Demon's Lexicon.
Brown, Jennifer. Hate List.
Burg, Anne E. All the Broken Pieces.
Cashore, Kristin. Fire.
Chaltas, Talia. Because I Am Furniture.
Clement-Moore, Rosemary. Highway to Hell.
Collins, Suzanne. Catching Fire.
Cooper, Michelle. A Brief History of Montmaray.
Crowley, Suzanne Carlisle. The Stolen One.
Davies, Jacqueline. Lost.
Davis, Tanita. Mare's War.
Dessen, Sarah. Along For the Ride.
Dowd, Siobhan. Solace of the Road.
Efaw, Amy. After.
Forman, Gayle. If I Stay.
Frost, Helen. Crossing Stones.
Garsee, Jeannine. Say the Word.
George, Jessica Day. Princess of the Midnight Ball.
Gill, David Macinnis. Soul Enchilada.
Goodman, Alison. Eon: Dragoneye Reborn.
Griffin, Paul. The Orange Houses.
Halpern, Julie. Into the Wild Nerd Yonder.
Han, Jenny. The Summer I Turned Pretty.
Hardinge, Frances. The Lost Conspiracy.
Herlong, M.H. The Great Wide Sea.
Hernandez, David. No More Us for You.
Jinks, Catherine. The Reformed Vampire Support Group.
Johnson, Louanne. Muchacho.
Katcher, Brian. Almost Perfect.
Kelly, Jacqueline. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate.
King, A.S. The Dust of 100 Dogs.
Knowles, Jo. Jumping Off Swings.
LaCour, Nina. Hold Still.
Larbalestier, Justine. Liar.
Levine, Kristine. The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had.
Lockhart, E. The Treasure Map of Boys: Noel, Jackson, Finn, Hutch--And Me, Ruby Oliver.
Madigan, L.K. Flash Burnout.
Magoon, Kekla. The Rock and the River.
McCormick, Patricia. Purple Heart.
McKernan, Victoria. The Devil’s Paintbox.
McKinley, Robin and Peter Dickinson. Fire: Tales of Elemental Spirits.
Miller-Lachmann, Lyn. Gringolandia.
Napoli, Donna Jo. Alligator Bayou.
Northrop, Michael. Gentlemen.
Oaks, J. Adams. Why I Fight.
Pearson, Mary E. The Miles Between.
Rapp, Adam. Punkzilla.
Runyon, Brent. Surface Tension: A Novel in Four Summers.
Ryan, Carrie. The Forest of Hands and Teeth.
Scott, Elizabeth. Love You, Hate You, Miss You.
Smith, Andrew. In the Path of Falling Objects.
Smith, Sherri L. Flygirl.
Standiford, Natalie. How to Say Goodbye in Robot.
Stead, Rebecca. When You Reach Me.
Stiefvater, Maggie. Lament: The Faerie Queen’s Deception.
Stiefvater, Maggie. Shiver.
Stork, Francisco X. Marcelo in the Real World.
Stroud, Jonathan. Heroes of the Valley.
Tan, Shaun. Tales from Outer Suburbia.
Taylor, Laini. Lips Touch: Three Times.
Thompson, Kate. Creature of the Night.
Valentine, Jenny. Broken Soup.
Vivian, Siobhan. Same Difference.
Warman, Jessica. Breathless.
Westerfeld, Scott. Leviathan.
Williams, Carol Lynch. The Chosen One.
Williams-Garcia, Rita. Jumped.
Wyatt, Melissa. Funny How Things Change.
Wynne-Jones, Tim. The Uninvited.
Yancey, Rick. The Monstrumologist.
Yang, Gene Luen. The Eternal Smile.
Zarr, Sara. Once Was Lost.
Zulkey, Claire. An Off Year.

For more details and non-fiction selection, visit the YALSA site HERE. Also, for past lists, go HERE.



Great Graphic Novels - 2010

(Alphabetized by Author)
Asada, Hiroyuki. Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee, vol 1.
Asano, Inio. solanin.
Benjamin. Orange.
Butcher, Jim and Ardian Syaf. Jim Butcher's Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle.
Carey, Mike and Sebastian Fiumara. Ender's Shadow: Battle School.
Cavallaro, Mike. Parade (With Fireworks).
Chmakova, Svetlana. Nightschool, vol 1.; Nightschool, vol 2.
CLAMP. Clover Omnibus Edition.
Davis, Eleanor. Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook.
DeFilippis, Nunzio, Christina Weir and Kevin Cornell. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Eiki, Eiki. Train*Train, vol 1.
Erb, Greg, Jason Oremland and Wook-Jin Clark. The Return of King Doug.
Fraction, Matt and Salvador Larroca. Invincible Iron Man: The Five Nightmares.
Fujino, Moyamu. Animal Academy: Hakobune Hakusho, vol 1.
Gaiman, Neil and P. Craig Russell. Sandman: The Dream Hunters.
Goddard, Drew and Georges Jeanty. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, vol.3: Wolves at the Gate.
Hama, Larry and Jim Clark and Tom Feister. G.I. Joe: Origins.
Hamilton, Tim. Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Edition.
Hardison, Jim and Bart Sears. The Helm.
Hill, Joe and Gabriel Rodridguez. Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft.; Locke & Key: Head Games.
Hine, David and Carmine DeGiandomenico. Spider-Man Noir.
Igarashi, Daisuke. Children of the Sea, vol 1.
Ishikawa, Masayuki. Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture, vol 1.
Jenkins, Paul and Paolo Rivera. Mythos.
Jensen, Van and Dusty Higgins. Pinocchio: Vampire Slayer.
Johns, Geoff and Ivan Reis. Green Lantern: Secret Origin.
Johns, Geoff and Gary Frank. Superman: Brainiac.
Kanno, Aya. Otomen, vol 1.
Kelly, Joe and J.M. Ken Nimura. I Kill Giants.
Kim, Dong Hwa. The Color of Earth.; The Color of Water.; The Color of Heaven.
Komura, Ayumi. Mixed Vegetables, vol 1.
Kovac, Tommy and Sonny Liew. Wonderland.
Kneece, Mark and Chris Lie. Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone: Deaths-Head Revisited.
Kumeta, Koji. Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei: The Power of Negative Thinking, vol 1.
Lansdale, Joe R. and Nathan Fox. Pigeons From Hell: Based on the Short Story by Conan creator Robert E. Howard.
Lee, Tony and Sam Hart. Outlaw: The Legend of Robin Hood.
Lemire, Jeff. The Nobody.
Lethem, Jonathan and Farel Dalrymple. Omega the Unknown.
Love, Jeremy. Bayou, vol 1.
Matsumoto, Nina. Yokaiden, vol 1.
Millar, Mark and Tommy Lee Edwards. 1985.
Nakashima, Kazuki and Karakara Kemuri. Takeru: Opera Susanoh Sword of the Devil, vol 1.; Takeru: Opera Susanoh Sword of the Devil, vol 2.
Navgorodoff, Danica. Refresh Refresh.
Obata, Yuki. We Were There, vol 1.; We Were There, vol 2.; We Were There, vol 3.; We Were There, vol 4.
Ottaviani, Jim and Zander Cannon and Kevin Cannon. T-Minus: The Race to the Moon.
Pak, Greg and Carmine Di Giandomenico. X-Men: Magneto Testament.
Phelan, Matt. Storm in the Barn.
Powell, Nate. Swallow Me Whole.
Pyle, Kevin C. Katman.
Runberg, Sylvain and Serge Pelle. Orbital, Vol. 1: Scars.;Orbital, Vol. 2: Ruptures.
Ryukishi07 and Karin Suzuragi. Higurashi When They Cry, vol 1: Abducted by Demons Arc.; Higurashi When They Cry, vol 2: Abducted by Demons
Sala, Richard. Cat Burglar Black.
Saito, Ken. Name of the Flower, vol. 1.
Schweizer, Chris. The Crogan Adventures: Crogan's Vengeance.
Shan, Darren and Takahiro Arai. Cirque du Freak, vol. 1.
Shanower, Eric and Skottie Young. Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Shelley, Mary and Clive Bryant. Frankenstein: The Graphic Novel.
Shiina, Karuho. Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, vol. 1.;Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, vol. 2.
Siddell, Tom. Gunnerkrigg Court, vol 1: Orientation.
Simone, Gail and Terry Dodson and Rachel Dodson. Wonder Woman: The Circle.
Strzepek, Kazimir. The Mourning Star, vol 2.
Suzuki, Julietta. Karakuri Odette, vol. 1.
Telgemeier, Raina and Dave Roman and Anzu. X-Men: Misfits.
Thomas, Roy and Sebastian Fiumara. The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Urasawa, Naoki and Takashi Nagasaki. Pluto, vol 1.;Pluto, vol 2.;Pluto, vol 3.
Vehlmann, Fabien and Denis Bodart. Green Manor: Assassins and Gentlemen.
Waid, Mark, editor. Cthulhu Tales, vol 2: Whispers of Madness.
Yoshinaga, Fumi. Ooku: The Inner Chambers, vol 1.
Yost, Christopher and Paqual Ferry. Ender's Game: Battle School.

For more information and non-fiction selections, visit the YALSA site HERE. And for more graphic novel lists, visit HERE.

[Charlynn]

2009 Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners

YALSA provides an explanation of this list HERE.

(Alphabetized by Author)
Arts and Humanities
Bernier-Grand, Carmen. Frida: Viva la Vida! Long Live Life!
Blumenthal, Karen. Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America.
Bowker, John. World Religions: The Great Faiths Explored and Explained.
Bryson, Bill. Shakespeare: The World as Stage.
Campbell, Joseph and Bill Moyers. The Power of Myth.
D’Orso, Michael. Eagle Blue: A Team, a Tribe, and a High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska.
Engle, Margarita. The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano.
Follett, Ken. Pillars of the Earth.
Freedman, Russell. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights.
Greenberg, Jan. Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art.
Gruen, Sara. Water for Elephants: A Novel.
Hemphill, Stephanie. Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath.
Howe, Peter. Shooting Under Fire: The World of the War Photographer.
Jacobs, A.J. The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible.
King, Melissa. She’s Got Next: A Story of Getting In, Staying Open, and Taking a Shot.
Landis, Deborah Nadoolman. Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design.
Martin, Steve. Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life.
McGreevey, Tom and Joanne Yeck. Our Movie Heritage.
Partridge, Elizabeth. John Lennon: All I Want is the Truth.
Partridge, Elizabeth. This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie.
Polly, Matthew. American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China.
Sandler, Martin. Photography: An Illustrated History.
Strickland, Carol. The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern.
Weller, Sheila. Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon—And the Journey of a Generation.

For more information, go HERE.


History and Cultures

Ahmad, Dohra, ed. Rotten English: A Literary Anthology.
Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
Bagdasarian, Adam. Forgotten Fire: A Novel.
Chandrasekaran, Rajiv. Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone.
Chang, Iris. The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II.
Chotjewitz, David. Doris Orgel (Translator). Daniel Half-Human: And the Good Nazi.
Delisle, Guy. Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea.
Diamond, Jared. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed.
Diaz, Junot. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
Egan, Timothy. The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl.
Eggers, Dave. What is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng: A Novel.
Fadiman, Anne. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures.
Fleming, Anne Marie. The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam.
Jones, Edward P. The Known World.
Horwitz, Tony. A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World.
Larson, Erik.The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America.
Maltman, Thomas. The Night Birds: A Novel.
Roberts, Gene and Hank Klibanoff. The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation.
Saenz, Benjamin Alire. Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood.
Satrapi, Marjane. The Complete Persepolis.
Spiegelman, Art. The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale.
Ung, Loung. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers.
Weiner, Tim.Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA.
Williams, David. Bitterly Divided: The South’s Inner Civil War.
Wolf, Allan. New Found Land: Lewis and Clark’s Voyage of Discovery.

For more information, go HERE.


Literature and Language Arts

Allison, Dorothy. Bastard Out of Carolina.
Anderson, M.T. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. II: The Kingdom on the Waves.
Bond, Jenny and Chris Sheedy. Who the Hell is Pansy O’Hara?: The Fascinating Stories Behind 50 of the World’s Best-Loved Books.
Cameron, Peter. Someday This Pain Will be Useful to You.
Cisneros, Sandra. Caramelo.
Dunn, Mark. Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters.
Foer, Jonathan Safran. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
Gaines, Ernest. A Lesson Before Dying.
Green, John. Looking for Alaska.
Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner.
Ishiguro, Kazuo. Never Let Me Go.
Jones, Lloyd. Mister Pip.
Keillor, Garrison, ed. Good Poems.
Kidd, Sue Monk. Secret Life of Bees.
Kyle, Aryn. The God of Animals.
Maguire, Gregory. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.
McCarthy, Cormac. The Road.
Murakami, Haruki. Kafka on the Shore.
Myers, Walter Dean. Sunrise Over Fallujah.
Roth, Philip. The Plot Against America.
Sebold, Alice. Lucky: A Memoir.
Stoppard, Tom. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead.
Thompson, Craig. Blankets.
Zusak, Marcus. The Book Thief.

For more information, go HERE.


Science and Technology

Adams, Scott. God’s Debris: a Thought Experiment.
Anderson, M.T. Feed.
Ayres, Ian. Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-By-Numbers is the New Way to Be Smart.
Best, Joel. Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists.
Bryson, Bill. A Short History of Nearly Everything.
Casey, Susan. The Devil’s Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks.
Chen, Joanne. The Taste of Sweet: Our Complicated Love Affair With Our Favorite Treats.
Doctorow, Cory. Little Brother.
Firlik, Katrina. Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside.
Flannery, Tim. The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth.
George, Rose. The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why it Matters.
Hoose, Phillip M. The Race to Save the Lord God Bird.
Jones, Chris. Out of Orbit: The Incredible True Story of Three Astronauts Who Were Hundreds of Miles Above Earth When They Lost Their Ride Home.
Leopold, Aldo. A Sand County Almanac.
Macaulay, David. Mosque.
Macaulay, David. The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body.
McKibben, Bill, ed. American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau.
Melville, Greg. Greasy Rider: Two Dudes, One Fry-Oil-Powered Car, and a Cross-Country Search for a Greener Future.
Pollan, Michael. The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s Eye View of the World.
Preston, Richard. The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring.
Roach, Mary. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers.
Schroeder, Gerald. Hidden Face of God: How Science Reveals the Ultimate Truth.
Silverstein, Ken. The Radioactive Boy Scout: The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor.
Smith, Gina. The Genomics Age: How DNA Technology is Transforming the Way We Live and Who We Are.
Teresi, Dick. Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science--From the Babylonians to the Maya.

For more information, go HERE.


Social Sciences

Albom, Mitch. Tuesdays with Morrie: an Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson.
Beah, Ishmael. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier.
Bolles, Richard Nelson. What Color Is Your Parachute? 2009: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers.
Casnocha, Ben. My Start-Up Life: What a (Very) Young CEO Learned on His Journey through Silicon Valley.
George, Mary W. The Elements of Library Research: What Every Student Needs to Know.
Gladwell, Malcolm. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference.
Juette, Melvin and Ronald J. Berger. Wheelchair Warrior: Gangs, Disability, and Basketball.
Keen, Lisa. Out Law: What LGBT Youth Should Know About Their Legal Rights.
Kohl, Jana. A Rare Breed of Love: The True Story of Baby and the Mission She Inspired to Help Dogs Everywhere.
McCormick, Patricia. Sold.
Menzel, Peter and Faith D'Aluisio. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
Mortenson, Greg and David Oliver Relin. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace One School at a Time.
Picoult, Jodi. Nineteen Minutes.
Pipher, Mary. The Middle of Everywhere: Helping Refugees Enter the American Community.
Pope, Loren. Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges.
Rogers, Elizabeth and Thomas Kostigen. The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time.
Sheff, David. Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey through His Son's Addiction.
Sheff, Nic. Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines.
Smith, Jodi R.R. From Clueless to Class Act: From Clueless to Class Act: Manners for the Modern Woman.
Stern, Jessica. Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill.
Urrea, Luis Alberto. The Devil's Highway: A True Story.
Wallis, David, ed. Killed Cartoons: Casualties from the War on Free Expression.
Walls, Jeannette. The Glass Castle: A Memoir.
Wheelan, Charles. Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science.

For more information, go HERE.




Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

(Four Themes; Alphabetized by Author)
Thrillers & Killers
Abrahams, Peter. Down the Rabbit Hole: An Echo Falls Mystery.
Arnold, Tedd. Rat Life.
Blundell, Judy. What I Saw and How I Lied.
Cormier, Robert. Tenderness.
Cusick, Richie Tankersly. Walk of the Spirits.
Doerr, Bonnie J. Island Sting.
Doctorow, Cory. Little Brother.
Donnelly, Jennifer. A Northern Light.
Duncan, Lois. Killing Mr. Griffin.
Feinstein, John. Change-Up.
Ferguson, Alane. The Christopher Killer: A Forensic Mystery.
Gerber, Linda. Death by Bikini.
Gerber, Linda C. Death by latte.
Giles, Gail. Dead Girls Don't Write Letters.
Gordon, Roderick and Williams, Brian. Tunnels.
Kate, Lauren. The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove.
McClintock, Norah. Dooley Takes the Fall.
McNamee, Graham. Acceleration.
Olin, Sean. Killing Britney.
Parker, Robert B. The Boxer and the Spy.
Perez, Marlene. Dead is the New Black.
Price, Charlie. Dead Connection.
Shepard, Sara. Pretty Little Liars.
Sorrells, Walter. First Shot.
Stolarz, Laurie Faria. Project 17.
Vande Velde, Vivian. Never Trust a Dead Man.
Weingarten, Lynn. Wherever Nina Lies.
Werlin, Nancy. Killer's Cousin.
Urasawa, Naoki. Naoki Urasawa's Monster: Volume 1.

What's Cooking?
Anderson, M.T. Burger Wuss.
Bauer, Joan. Hope Was Here.
Carle, Megan and Carle, Jill. Teens Cook: How to cook what you want to eat.
Coolio. Cookin' with Coolio.
Dessen, Sarah. Keeping the Moon.
Fergus, Maureen. Recipe for Disaster.
Hashiguchi, Takashi. Yakitate!! Japan, Vol. 1.
Hepler, Heather. The Cupcake Queen.
Ishihara, Yoko. The Manga Cookbook.
Kobyashi, Miyuki. Kitchen Princess Vol 1.
Komura, Ayumi. Mixed Vagetables, Vol. 1.
Layman, John. Chew Volume 1: Taster's Choice.
Mackler, Carolyn. Vegan Virgin Valentine.
Meyers, Gina. Love at First Bite: The Unofficial Twilight Cookbook.
Menzel, Peter and D’Aluisio, Faith. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
Ostow, Micol. Crush du Jour.
Pollan, Michael. Food Rules: An Eater's Manual.
Smith, Cynthia Leitich. Tantalize.
Walers, Eric. Stuffed.
Whytock, Cherry. My Cup Runneth Over: the life of Angelica Cookson Potts.
Zeises, Lara M. Sweet Life of Stella Madison.

What If...?
Arakawa, Hiromu. Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol 1.
Barry, Max. Jennifer Government.
Blackman, Malorie Black & White.
Bodeen, S.A. The Compound.
Caletti, Deb. Fortunes of Indigo Skye.
Christopher, John. The White Mountains (The Tripods #1).
Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games.
Dashner, James. The Maze Runner.
DuPrau, Jeanne. The Diamond of Darkhold.
Fukui, Isamu. Truancy.
Gibson, William. Neuromancer.
Grant, Michael. Gone.
Kostick Conor. Epic.
Malley, Gemma. The Declaration.
Marsden, John. Tomorrow, When the War Began.
Mieville, China. Un Lun Dun.
Ness, Patrick. The Knife of Never Letting Go: Chaos Walking.
Oppel, Kenneth. Airborn.
Pfeffer, Susan Beath. The Dead and the Gone.
Pfeffer, Susan Beth. Life As We Knew It.
Rosoff, Meg. How I Live Now.
Simner, Janni Lee. Bones of Faerie.
Urasawa, Naoki. Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, Vol. 1: Friends.
Vande Velde, Vivian. Heir Apparent.
Vaughan, Brian K. Y: Last Man: Unmanned.
Westerfield, Scott. Leviathan.
Yoshinaga, Fumi. Ooku: The Inner Chamber, Volume 1.

Zombie, Werewolves & Things With Wings
Alcott, Louisa May and Grand, Porter. Little Women and Werewolves.
Ashby, Amanda. Zombie Queen of Newbury High.
Austen, Jane, and Grahame-Smith, Seth. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance - Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!
Barlow, Toby. Sharp Teeth.
Brooks, Max. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War.
Brooks, Max. The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead.
Brooks, Max. The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks.
Carriger, Gail. Soulless: an Alexia Tarabotti Novel.
Clare, Cassandra. City of Bones.
Delany, Shannon. 13 to Life: A werewolf's tale.
Desroches, Lisa. Personal Demons.
Fitzpatrick, Becca. Hush, Hush.
Hathorne, Rachel. Dark Guardian #1: Moonlight.
Hicks, Faith Erin. Zombies Calling.
Holt, Simon. The Devouring.
Hurley, Tanya. Ghostgirl.
James, Brian. Zombie Blondes.
Jones, Carrie. Need.
Kate, Lauren. Fallen.
Maguire, Eden. Beautiful Dead Book 1: Jonas.
Marr, Melissa. Ink Exchange.
Marr, Melissa. Wicked Lovely.
Mecum, Ryan. Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry for Your…Brains.
Patterson, James. Maximum Ride: The Manga Vol 1.
Ryan, Carrie. The Forest of Hands and Teeth.
Selzer, Adam. I Kissed a Zombie and I Liked It.
Smith, Cynthia Leitich. Eternal.
Sniegoski, Thomas E. The Fallen 1: The Fallen and Levithan.
St. Crow, Lili. Strange Angels.
Stiefvater, Maggie. Shiver: The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1.
Sugisaki, Yukiria. DN Angel.
Swain, Heather. Me, My Elf & I.
Tennapel, Doug. Ghostopolis.
Van Lowe, E. Never Slow Dance with a Zombie.
Waters, Daniel. Generation Dead.

For more information, go HERE. And for past years' lists, go HERE.



Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

(Alphabetized by Authors)
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Wintergirls.
Baratz-Logsted, Lauren. Crazy Beautiful.
Daniels, Babygirl. Babygirl Drama Series.
de la Pena, Matt. We Were Here.
Divine, L. Drama High Series.
Draper, Sharon M. Just Another Hero.
Efaw, Amy. After.
Elkeles, Simone. Perfect Chemistry.
Fahy, Thomas. Sleepless.
Forman, Gail. If I Stay.
Harmon, Michael. Brutal.
Johnson, LouAnne. Muchacho.
Kaye, Marilyn. Gifted Series.
Knowles, Jo. Jumping Off Swings.
Lee, Darrien. Denim Diaries Series.
Lynch, Janet Nichols. Messed Up.
Mac, Carrie. Jacked.
McCaffrey, Kate. In Ecstasy.
McClintock, Norah. Taken.
McDaniel, Lurlene. Breathless.
Myers, Walter Dean. Dope Sick.
Reger, Rob and Gruner, Jessica. Emily the Strange: The Lost Days.
Ryan, Darlene. Five Minutes More.
Simone, Ni-Ni. If I Was Your Girl.
Simone, Ni-Ni. A Girl Like Me.
Simone, Ni-Ni. Shortie Like Mine.
Singleton, Linda Joy. Dead Girl Series
Smith, Alexander Gordon. Lockdown: Escape from Furnace (series #1).
Sniegoski, Thomas. Legacy.
Stiefvater, Maggie. Shiver.
Volponi, Paul. Response.
Williams, Carol Lynch. The Chosen One.

For more information and non-fiction selections, visit HERE. And for past lists, go HERE.