12.29.2009

Recommended Reading

No matter how much you read, there are some great books you just miss. Maybe you tend to read in one genre, or read a lot of series and sequels, or read what your friends are reading. Winter is a great time to get out of your reading rut, so here are some recommendations for recent teen books:

Amazon.com's Top 10 Books for Teens
These are their editors' 10 picks for best books of 2009 for teens. Their number one choice is the newly-published Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl.

2009 Teens' Top Ten
An online vote by teens during Teen Read Week helps YALSA narrow down a list of books from 2008 and 2009. Paper Towns by John Green came in first this year!

Reading Rants 2009 Top Ten
Reading Rants is a great teen book review site that features quirky book lists. The site's author put up her "from-the-gut" 2009 list last week, and it has several unique recommendations.

Gift Books 2009 Part One
Gift Books 2009 Part Two
These teen gift recommendations from librarians in Seattle, but I like the variety of books they suggested. Their list includes a few of the year's best graphic novels, too!

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