Book lists

Here you will find a variety of book lists created by the CRLS library teachers and links to book awards that celebrate the best literature of the year.

Access book lists in the library catalog:

Open the Library Catalog
Click on "Catalog" (in the blue banner)
Click on "Resource Lists" (on the left hand side)
Choose one of the lists to see what titles are available

Book Award Lists

Alex Awards: books adult books for young adults
Andre Norton Award: best sci-fi/fantasy for teens
Audie Awards: honors distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment
Best Fiction for Young Adults from YALSA
Bram Stoker Award: best horror novels (see Young Adult Novel category)
Coretta Scott King Book Award: annual award that honors African-American authors or illustrators who create outstanding books for children and young adults
Hugo Awards: best science fiction for teens and adults
Nonfiction Award: best nonfiction for young adults
Printz Award: literary excellence in young adult literature
Pura Belpre Award: annual award for Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in literature for children and youth
Schneider Family Book Award: honors an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences
Stonewall Book Award: books honored for exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender experience
We Need Diverse Books, Walter Dean Myers Award: given to a diverse author (or co-authors) whose work features a diverse main character or addresses diversity in a meaningful way

Other Book Lists

Cambridge Public Library Book Lists: for teens, children, and adults
DiversifYA: in-depth looks at books, issues, and themes relating to diversity
Diversity in YA: blog covering YA books about all kinds of diversity
Guys Read Book Lists: books for guys of all ages
New York Times' 100 Notable Books of the Year
NPR Book Concierge: best books of the year
NPR Top 100 Teen Books (and the full list of 235 finalists)
Queer Books for Teens
Rainbow Lists - GLBTQ books for children and teens
Rich in Color and Reading in Color - blogs with reviews of YA books about people of color

Finding Books

Whichbook
Genre Blender
Books and Authors
Novelist (use your Cambridge Public Library card # to access)
Teen Book Finder app from the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)

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