Teen Booklists
Teen Booklists
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Book Suggestions:
Click on a genre/topic for a list of books available on the shelf at SGPL.
Award Winning Books for Teens
The American Library Association's Teen's Top 25 Voting for the Top Ten of 2025 begins April 28th.
The Top 10 will be announced by the ALA on May 15, 2025.
Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers
The Association of Illinois School Library Educators (AISLE) asks students in grades 9-12 to vote on their favorite book each year for the Lincoln Award. Below are links to PDFs of current and past year winner lists: 2026, 2025, 2024, & 2023
The American Library Association (ALA) also has their Youth Media Awards. These awards include the Alex Awards (the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences), the Michael L. Printz award for excellence in literature for YA, the Stonewall Book award for YA, and the YALSA award for excellence in non-fiction for YA. For 2025 a full list is available here and here for all of the awards winners by category.
Book Riot
Book Riot is a part of Riot Media News who focus on comics and books and lists. For even more recent award-winning and industry recognized titles (including audiobooks!), check out Book Riot's "The Best YA Books of 2024, According to All The Lists" by Kelly Jensen
Goodreads
Checkout lists from readers all over the world, your friends on Facebook, or create your own list of must-read books.
