Santa Clara County Library: Top Books for Teens by Genre

http://www.sccl.org/Teens/Read-This

NPR Books: 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels

http://www.npr.org/2012/08/07/157795366/your-favorites-100-best-ever-teen-novels

We Need More Diverse Books

http://weneeddiversebooks.tumblr.com/

Young Adult Library Services Organization: Best Books for Young Adults

http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/bbya

Andrew Luck Book Club and Podcast

http://andrewluckbookclub.com/

Historical Fiction Recommendations:

• Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

• Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson

• Ashes by Laurie Halse Anderson

• Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse

• Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai

• A Night Divided by Jennifer Nielson

• Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

• It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas

• Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

• The Wave by Todd Strasser

• A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

• A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park

• The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani

• Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes

• One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

• Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys

• The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys

• Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

• Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

Science Fiction/Dystopian Recommendations

• The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann

• The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

• Divergent by Veronica Roth

• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

• Legend by Marie Lu

• The Maze Runner by James Dashner

• The Giver by Lois Lowry

• Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

• Messenger by Lois Lowry

• Son by Lois Lowry

• 1984 by George Orwell

• The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

• Warcross by Marie Lu

• The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

• Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

• Scythe by Neal Shusterman

Biography/Autobiography/Memoir Recommendation:

• March: Book 1 by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin , Nate Powell

• March: Book 2 by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin , Nate Powell

• March: Book 3 by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin , Nate Powell

• Elon Musk & The Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance

• Laughing Without An Accent by Firoozeh Dumas

• Shoe Dog by Phil Knight

• The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank

• I Am Malala by by Malala Yousafzai

• Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas

• A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of A Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

• The Autobiography of Malcolm X

• Life in Motion by Misty Copeland

• El Deafo by Cece Bell

• The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

• Michelle Kwan, Heart of A Champion: An Autobiography by Michelle Kwan

Nonfiction Recommendations:

• Chew on This by Eric Schlosser

• Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson

• The President Has Been Shot by James L. Swanson

• Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

Fantasy:

• Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

• The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

• The Traitor’s Game by Jennifer A. Nielsen

• The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen

• The Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

• The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier

• The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling

• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle

• Many Waters by Madeline L’Engle

• A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeline L’Engle

• A Wind in the Door by Madeline L’Engle