Every year, YALSA (the Young Adult Library Services Association) collects nominees for the Teens' Top Ten list from teens around the country. Here's this year's list of nominees! Teens (ages 12-18) can vote online, now through October 15, for their favorites off the list. The ten books with the most votes will be revealed as the Teens' Top Ten list. We bet you'll find something new you'd like to read off this list of nominees. Check them out!
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#MurderFunding
by Gretchen McNeil A 17-year-old girl lands on a big-hit reality show, “Who Wants to Be a Painiac?” in the aftermath of her mother’s death and learns horrifying truths about her mother’s relationship with one of Alcatraz 2.0’s most popular serial killers. By the author of the Don’t Get Mad duology. |
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Are you listening?
by Tillie Walden An emotionally soaring graphic novel of friendship and grief by the Eisner Award-winning creator of Spinning traces the intimate healing bond between two young women on the run in the wake of wrenching betrayal, sexual assault and loss. |
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Aurora rising
by Amie Kaufman After rescuing a girl who was trapped in cryo-sleep for two centuries from interdimensional space, eighteen-year-old Aurora Academy graduate Tyler Jones is swept up in an interstellar war millions of years in the making |
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The beast player
by Nahoko Uehashi When her mother is executed for the mysterious deaths of their kingdom's protective water serpents, a girl with an inherited ability to communicate with magical beasts finds her talent ensnaring her in life-threatening war plots. |
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Between worlds : folktales of Britain & Ireland
by Kevin Crossley-Holland A collection of 48 classic folktales from England and Ireland celebrates the enduring power of language, imagination and culture, in a volume that includes the story of a dauntless farm girl whose courage earns her a surprising reward. |
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Broken throne : a Red Queen collection
by Victoria Aveyard Collects never-before-seen maps, flags, bonus scenes along with five novellas, including "Queen Song," in which Queen Coriane keeps a secret diary that recounts her courtship, Cal's birth, and the challenges of royal life. |
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Dreamland : the true tale of America's opiate epidemic
by Sam Quinones A young-adult adaptation of the award-winning Dreamland uses comprehensive language and informed examples to trace how the rise of prescription painkiller use has triggered crisis levels of addiction. |
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The field guide to the North American teenager
by Ben Philippe Uprooted from his native Montreal to Austin, Texas, a black French-Canadian teen navigates the joys and clichés of the American high school experience, including falling in love, before challenging himself to accept friendship into his life. |
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Frankly in love
by David Yoon Torn between his love for his white girlfriend and his sense of duty to the matchmaking parents who made hard sacrifices to move to the United States, a Korean American teen looks for solutions along with a friend who has a similar problem. |
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The grace year
by Kim Liggett Dreaming of a life outside the strict society that criminalizes teen girls and banishes them into the wild to be “purified,” 16-year-old Tierney discovers that many of the banished girls are being poached and sold on the black market. By the award-winning author of The Last Harvest. |
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Last bus to Everland
by Sophie Cameron Forging a bond with a compassionate artist, a youth in the projects joins a band of misfits and miscreants who meet weekly for adventures in a Narnia-inspired world, before dwindling magic forces him to choose between those he loves. |
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Laura Dean keeps breaking up with me
by Mariko Tamaki Upset about her on-again, off-again relationship with her girlfriend Laura Dean, Freddy Riley depends on her friends, a local mystic, and a relationship columnist for help in dealing with her situation. |
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Lovely war
by Julie Berry Meeting in a World War II-era Manhattan hotel for a forbidden tryst, immortals Ares and Aphrodite are caught by the latter's jealous husband before she defends her actions by imparting the tale of four young humans who became connected during World War I. By the author of the Splurch Academy series. |
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The memory thief
by Lauren Mansy In this unforgettable journey through the city of Craewick—a city where memories are currency, citizens are divided by ability and “Gifted” individuals can take memories from others as they please—17-year-old Etta Lark must prove her allegiance to the Shadows rebel group she quit following an accident years earlier in order to rescue her mother from a corrupt culture that would steal her memories and sell them to the highest bidder. |
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My ideal boyfriend is a croissant
by Laura Dockrill Sent to the doctor after a bad asthma attack, a plus-sized girl who has always lived life unapologetically is ordered to lose weight, before a family tragedy compels her to document more than her diet in her food journal. |
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Opposite of always
by Justin A. Reynolds Falling hard for a popular and charismatic girl who suddenly passes away, a grieving Jack finds himself traveling back in time to when they first met, only to find his efforts to prevent her death triggering unanticipated consequences. |
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Pumpkinheads
by Rainbow Rowell Working at a pumpkin patch every autumn, two seasonal best friends organize ultimate Halloween plans to celebrate their last working year together. By the award-winning author of Fangirl and the Eisner Award-winning illustrator of the Nameless City trilogy. |
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Stolen time
by Danielle Rollins Stowing away on a strange aircraft to escape an unwanted marriage, a young con artist from early 20th-century Seattle wakes up in 2077 on the time machine of a desperate young pilot who wants to prevent his terrifying visions from coming true. |
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Stronger than a bronze dragon
by Mary Fan As a warrior who protects her village from shadow spirits, Anlei has never been beyond the borders of her town. All of that changes the day the viceroy and his fleet of mechanical dragons arrives. It's the protection her village is desperate for, but it will only be given in exchange for Anlei's hand in marriage. Torn between wanting to protect her village and her own freedom, Anlei is forced to make a sacrifice. The day before her wedding, she encounters Tai, a young thief who is also trying to save his people. Tempted by his quest and the thrill of glory it promises, the two embark on an epic journey to the Courts of Hell to discover where the shadow spirits come from. But the secret of their existence isn't so easily solved. Amid dark experiments and battles on magic-fueled airships, Anlei must summon the courage to be the hero; to live the life she has always dreamed of. |
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These witches don't burn
by Isabel Sterling Possessing secret elemental magic that allows her to control fire, earth, water and air, a Salem, Massachusetts teen witch is forced to team up with her ex-girlfriend to counter a deadly outbreak of dark magic. |
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Warhead : the true story of one teen who almost saved the world
by Jeff Henigson Chronicles the author's formidable battle with brain cancer as a teenager and his 1986 Starlight Children's Foundation wish to meet Mikhail Gorbachev in Russia to plead for nuclear disarmament and world peace. |
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Wayward son
by Rainbow Rowell A highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Carry On finds an overwhelmed Simon joining Penny and Baz on a trip to the American West in a vintage convertible, only to be confronted by dragons, vampires and gun-toting skunks. |
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We hunt the flame
by Hafsah Faizal Disguising herself as a man to hunt food for her people in the cursed and forbidden forest, a Hunter in a fantasy realm inspired by ancient Arabia is targeted by the Prince of Death, who would kill her for her disobedience to an autocratic king and claim the powerful artifact she seeks. A first novel. |
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Wilder girls
by Rory Power Friends Hetty, Byatt, and Reece go to extremes trying to uncover the dark truth about the mysterious disease that has had them quarantined at their boarding school on a Maine island. |
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With the fire on high
by Elizabeth Acevedo Navigating the challenges of finishing high school while caring for a daughter, talented cook Emoni Santiago struggles with a lack of time and money that complicate her dream of working in a professional kitchen. By the National Book Award-winning author of The Poet X. |