The 2015 list of Best Fiction for Young Adults has been announced by YALSA.  From the larger list, they select a Top Ten:

  

The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann Foley

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

The Gospel of Winter by Brendan Kiely

  

I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

Jackaby by William Ritter

Noggin by John Corey Whaley

 

The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim by E. K. Johnston

Vango by Timothee de Fombelle

 

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

The Young Elites by Marie Lu

YALSA has released their 2015 list of popular paperbacks for teens.  This year the list includes 97 books in four topics: Book to Movie: Ripped from the Pages, Mysteries: Murder, Mayhem and Other Adventures, Lock Up: Teens behind Bars, and Narrative Non-fiction: Inspired by Actual Events.  Here are the books in the Top Ten list:

  

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Freedom’s Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories by Ellen S. Levine

  

Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos

I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga

Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers

 

Lockwood & Co.: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

Maus: A Survivor’s Tale by Art Spiegelman

 

My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf

The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson

The Quick Picks list is presented annually by YALSA and lists books that teens (12-18) will “pick up on their own and read for pleasure.”  It is specifically designed for teens who do not like to read.  The full 2015 list features 68 titles and 1 series.  The committee also selects a Top Ten List:

  

Batman Science: The Real-World Science Behind Batman’s Gear by Tammy Enz and Agnieszka Biskup

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

Famous Last Words by Katie Alender

 

Find Momo: A Photography Book by Andrew Knapp

Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero

  

I Am Pusheen the Cat by Claire Belton

Juvie by Steve Watkins

Ms. Marvel: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson

 

Through the Woods by Emily Carroll

Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir by Liz Prince

WINNER

I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

 

HONOR BOOKS

 

And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard

The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann Foley

 

Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith

This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki

This award is given to a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens:

WINNER

Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero

 

FINALISTS

 

The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann Foley

The Scar Boys by Len Vlahos

 

The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim by E.K. Johnston

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton