Booklist has listed its top picks for science fiction and fantasy in 2009. There are two lists. The first is for youth and the second for adults, but as we know teens love to read adult science fiction/fantasy titles.
The youth list is a great one! Books I had yet to read mixed with my favorites of the year.
Top 10 Science Fiction/Fantasy for Youth
Attica by Garry Kilworth
The Carbon Diaries.2015. by Saci Lloyd
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Heroes of the Valley by Jonathan Stroud
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Nation by Terry Pratchett
Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon
Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
All the Windwracked Stars by Elizabeth Bear.
Anathem by Neal Stephenson
The Ant King and Other Stories by Benjamin Rosenbaum
The Best of Lucius Shepard by Lucius Shepard
The Caryatids by Bruce Sterling
Crazy Love by Leslie What
Crusade by Taylor Anderson
Kushiel’s Mercy by Jacqueline Carey
The Man with the Iron Heart by Harry Turtledove
We Never Talk about My Brother by Peter S. Beagle
Waking Brain Cells 