2010 Best Books for Young Adults

YALSA has released their list of 90 best books for teens.  You can see the entire list here.  They also select a Top 10 list:

The Demon’s Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan (currently reading – it’s fab!)

The Orange Houses by Paul Griffin (Great pick! – my review)

The Great Wide Sea by M. H. Herlong

The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks

Alligator Bayou by Donna Jo Napoli

Stitches by David Small (another great pick)

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (my review)

Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork (one of my favorites for the Printz – my review)

Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor  (A great read – my review)

Written in Bone by Sally M. Walker

 

Some other great picks on the list include:

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

Because I Am Furniture by Talia Chaltas

Solace of the Road by Siobhan Dowd

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

Eon by Alison Goodman

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly

Tales of Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan

Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

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