One of my favorite title lists each year is the Quick Picks list that selects book specifically to get reluctant teen readers actually reading.  Therefore these are books that are really those that are sure to get picked up off the shelves.  The 2013 list has 65 titles and three series.  The first books listed below are the top ten picks and then the rest of the list follows:

TOP TEN

   

Beneath a Meth Moon by Jacqueline Woodson

I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga

The Night She Disappeared by April Henry

The Pregnancy Project: A Memoir by Gaby Rodriguez and Jenna Glatzer

  

Ten by Gretchen McNeil

This Is Not a Test by Courtney Summer

Unchained by L. B. Tillit

  

Vietnam #1: I Pledge Allegiance by Chris Lynch

Vietnam #2: Sharpshooter by Chris Lynch

Vietnam #3: Free-Fire Zone by Chris Lynch

 

FICTION QUICK PICKS

   

All My Friends Are Still Dead by Avery Monsen and Jory John

Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick

Bad Boy by Dream Jordan

Cardboard by Doug TenNapel

   

Carter’s Unfocused, One-Track Mind by Brent Crawford

The Catch by Rick Jasper

Croak by Gina Damico

Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown

   

Dawn Patrol by Jeff Ross

Dead to You by Lisa McMann

Deadly Cool by Gemma Halliday

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney

   

The Final Four by Paul Volponi

Forced Out by Gene Fehler

Girl of Nighmares by Kendare Blake

Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan

   

Guilty by Norah McClintock

High Heat by Andrew Karre

The Hunt by Andrew Fukuda

Island of Thieves by John Lacey

   

Johnny Delgado: Private Detective by Kevin Brooks

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

A Midsummer’s Nightmare by Kody Keplinger

Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne

  

My Sister’s Stalker by Nancy Springer

No Safety in Numbers by Dayna Lorentz

Olympians: Hades: Lord of the Dead by George O’Connor

   

Out of Control by Rick Jasper

The Paranormalist series by Megan Atwood

Power Hitter by M. G. Higgins

The Prospect by Jason Glaser

   

Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

The Raft by S. A. Bodeen

Red Heart Tattoo by Lurlene McDaniel

Revived by Cat Patrick

   

Shallow Grave by Alex Van Tol

Social Suicide by Gemma Halliday

Something Like Normal by Trish Doller

Starters by Lissa Price

   

Survive by Alex Morel

Tap Out by Eric Devine

This Is Not a Drill by Beck McDowell

Tilt by Ellen Hopkins

  

Waiting by Carol Lynch Williams

Way to Go by Tom Ryan

Zom-B by Darren Shan

Zombies Hate Stuff by Greg Stones

 

NONFICTION QUICK PICKS

  

Alien Investigation: Searching for the Truth about UFOs and Aliens by Kelly Milner Halls

Angry Birds Space: A Furious Flight to the Final Frontier by Amy Briggs

Awkward Family Pet Photos by Mike Bender and Doug Chernack

 

Diary of a Creepy-Ass Doll by Stacey Leigh Brooks

Fail Harder: Ridiculous Illustrations of Epic Fails by failblog.org

  

Halo: The Essential Visual Guide by Jeremy Patenaude

I Am a SEAL Team Six Warrior: Memoirs of an American Soldier by Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin

I Could Pee on This and Other Poems by Cats by Francesco Marciuliano

  

Juvenile in Justice by Richard Ross

K Is for Knifeball: An Alphabet of Terrible Advice by Jory John and Avery Monsen

My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf

  

Photobombed!: Making Bad Pictures Great and Good Pictures Awesomely Bad by Beverly Jenkins

The Science of Soldiers by Lucia Raatma

Seeing Red: The True Story of Blood by Tanya Lloyd Kyi

  

Seventeen Ultimate Guide to Beauty: The Best Hair, Skin, Nails and Makeup Ideas for You by Ann Shoket

The Ultimate Survival Manual: 333 Skills That Will Get You Out Alive by Rich Johnson

Weird But True! Stupid Criminals: 150 Brainless Baddies Busted, plus Wacky Facts by National Geographic

What Do You Want to Do Before You Die? by Ben Nimtin, Dave Lingwood, Duncan Penn and Jonnie Penn