Book Lists for Tweens

School Library Journal highly recommends a list of recent middle grade fiction and nonfiction for readers to enjoy.

 


Book Lists for Teens

The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year's publishing.

The William C. Morris YA Debut Award honors a book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature. 

YALSA's Award for Excellence in Nonfiction honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18) during the year.

The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named for a Topeka, Kansas school librarian who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association.

 

YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults list is developed by its Blogging Team which presents fiction titles published for young adults in the past 14 months that are recommended reading for ages 12 to 18.

Great Graphic Novels for Teens is a list of recommended graphic novels and illustrated nonfiction for those ages 12-18, prepared yearly by YALSA.

Each year, YALSA's Amazing Audiobooks list is developed by its Blogging Team which selects and annotates an annual list of notable audio recordings significant to young adults from those released in the past two years.