YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults Committee presents fiction titles published for young adults in the past 16 months that are recommended reading for ages 12 to 18. The purpose of the annual list it to provide librarians and library workers with a resource to use for collection development and reader’s advisory purposes.
* denotes the title was selected as a top ten.
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Midnight at the Electric (Audiobook)
by Jodi Lynn Anderson
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Audiobooks High
Mar 2018
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$43.00 Member Price |
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Midnight at the Electric (Audiobook)by Jodi Lynn Anderson
While their stories span thousands of miles and multiple generations, Lenore, Catherine, and Adri's fates are entwined in ways both heartbreaking and hopeful. ISBN
9781947196155
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Far from the Tree
by Robin Benway
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Young Adults Plus
Mar 2018
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$5.00 Member Price |
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Far from the Treeby Robin Benway
In this National Book Award-winning novel about the meaning of family, adopted teen Grace seeks out her biological siblings after giving up her own baby. ISBN
9780062330628
Awards & Honors
Green Mountain Book Award 2018—2019 Nominee
Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Awards 2019 Nominee
YALSA 2018 Best Fiction for Young Adults
Capitol Choices 2018, Fourteen and Up Rainbow List Choice - 2018 National Book Award 2017 Longlist Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2017, Young Adult Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2017, Teen Books Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2017, Teen Fiction The New York TimesNotable Children’s Books of 2017, Young Adult BuzzFeed 28 Best YA Books of 2017 Los Angeles Public Library Best of 2017: Teen Books NPR’s Book Concierge, 2017 Great Reads Potentially Sensitive Areas
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The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
by Mackenzi Lee
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Mature Young Adults Plus
Oct 2017
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$5.00 Member Price |
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The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtueby Mackenzi Lee
Henry Montague was born to be a gentleman, but even the finest boarding schools in England haven't been able to tame his roguish passions for gambling halls, late nights spent with a bottle of spirits, or waking up in the arms of women or men. Author's note on historical accuracy. ISBN
9780062382801
Awards & Honors
2018 Stonewall Book Award Honor
YALSA 2018 Best Fiction for Young Adults, Top Ten Capitol Choices 2018, Fourteen and Up YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction - 2018 Rainbow List Choice - 2018 MSL Cream of the Crop - 2018 Summer 2017 Kids’ Indies Next List, Top 10 Booklist Top 10 Books for Youth 2017, Romance Fiction Goodreads Choice Awards 2017, Young Adult Fiction Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2017, Teen Books Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2017, Young Adult Shelf Awareness 2017 Best Books of the Year, Teen Books Amazon.com Best Books of 2017, Young Adult Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2017, Teen Fiction BuzzFeed 28 Best YA Books of 2017 Booklist Top of the List Editor’s Choice, Fiction Older Readers New York Public Library Best Books for Teens 2017 NPR’s Book Concierge, 2017 Great Reads BooklistTop 10 Books of 2018, Historical Fiction for Youth |
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An Uninterrupted View of the Sky
by Melanie Crowder
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Young Adults
Aug 2017
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$5.00 Member Price |
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An Uninterrupted View of the Skyby Melanie Crowder
Readers will get a boy's-eye-view of corruption, greed, survival, and the power of family set in the underbelly of Bolivia's crime world, where drugs are plentiful and justice is rare. ISBN
9780399169007
Awards & Honors
YALSA 2018 Best Fiction for Young Adults
Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2017, Teen Books Potentially Sensitive Areas
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The Upside of Unrequited
by Becky Albertalli
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High-Interest High Plus
Jul 2017
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$5.00 Member Price |
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The Upside of Unrequitedby Becky Albertalli
Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love—she's lived through it twenty-six times. ISBN
9780062348708
Awards & Honors
YALSA 2018 Best Fiction for Young Adults
Capitol Choices 2018, Fourteen and Up Rainbow List Choice - 2018 Spring 2017 Kids’ Indies Next List, Top 10 Goodreads Choice Awards 2017, Young Adult Fiction Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2017, Teen Fiction Brightly Best YA Books of 2017, According to Teens BuzzFeed 28 Best YA Books of 2017 New York Public Library Best Books for Teens 2017 Potentially Sensitive Areas
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When Dimple Met Rishi
by Sandhya Menon
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Young Adults
Jul 2017
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$5.00 Member Price |
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When Dimple Met Rishiby Sandhya Menon
This is a laugh-out-loud, heartfelt romantic comedy, told in alternating perspectives, about two Indian-American teens whose parents have arranged for them to be married. ISBN
9781481478687
Awards & Honors
Rhode Island Teen Book Award 2019 Nominee
Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Awards 2019 Nominee
2018 Indies Choice Book Award Honor, Young Adult 2018 Amelia Bloomer List: Young Adult, Fiction YALSA 2018 Best Fiction for Young Adults Capitol Choices 2018, Fourteen and Up CCBC Choices 2018 Choice: Fiction for Young Adults ALA-CBC Building a Home Library Booklist - 2018 Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2017, Teen Books Goodreads Choice Awards 2017, Young Adult Fiction Summer 2017 Kids’ Indies Next List, Top 10 Booklist Top 10 Books for Youth 2017, Romance Fiction School Library Journal’s Best Books of 2017, Young Adult Amazon.com Best Books of 2017, Young Adult VOYA’s Perfect Tens 2017 Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2017, Teen Fiction BuzzFeed 28 Best YA Books of 2017 NPR’s Book Concierge, 2017 Great Reads Potentially Sensitive Areas
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Bull
by David Elliott
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High-Interest High Plus
Jun 2017
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Bullby David Elliott
David Elliott turns a classic on its head in form and approach, updating the timeless story of Theseus and the Minotaur for a new generation. Author's notes about the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur and the poetic forms used. ISBN
9780544610606
Awards & Honors
Green Mountain Book Award 2018—2019 Nominee
2018 Capitol Choices, Ages Fourteen and Up
YALSA 2018 Best Fiction for Young Adults Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2017, Teen Books Amazon.com Best Books of 2017, Young Adult Booklist Top of the List Editor’s Choice, Fiction Older Readers YALSA 2018 Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers Nominee New York Public Library Best Books for Teens 2017 The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books 2017 Blue Ribbons, Fiction Potentially Sensitive Areas
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Bang
by Barry Lyga
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Young Adults
Jun 2017
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Bangby Barry Lyga
Sebastian Cody did something horrible, something no one—not even Sebastian himself—can forgive. At the age of four, he accidentally shot and killed his infant sister. ISBN
9780316315500
Awards & Honors
Green Mountain Book Award 2018—2019 Nominee
Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Awards 2019 Nominee
YALSA 2018 Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers Selection
YALSA 2018 Best Fiction for Young Adults New York Public Library Best Books for Teens 2017 Los Angeles Public Library Best of 2017: Teen Books Potentially Sensitive Areas
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Radio Silence
by Alice Oseman
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Young Adults Plus
Jun 2017
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Radio Silenceby Alice Oseman
In a world determined to shut them up, knock them down, and set them on a cookie cutter life path, Frances and Aled struggle to find their voices over the course of one life-changing year. Excerpt from author's debut novel, Solitaire. ISBN
9780062335715
Awards & Honors
YALSA 2018 Best Fiction for Young Adults
Rainbow List Choice - 2018 Spring 2017 Kids’ Indies Next List, For Teens Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2017, Teen Fiction Potentially Sensitive Areas
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Strange the Dreamer
by Laini Taylor
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High-Interest High Plus
May 2017
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Strange the Dreamerby Laini Taylor
The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around—and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. ISBN
9780316341684
Awards & Honors
Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Awards 2019 Nominee
2018 Michael L. Printz Award Honor
YALSA 2018 Best Fiction for Young Adults, Top Ten Goodreads Choice Awards 2017, Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction Brightly, 16 of the Most Exciting YA Books to Read in 2016 VOYA Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror 2016 Booklist 2017 Top 10 Books for Youth, SF/Fantasy & Horror Spring 2017 Kids’ Indies Next List, For Teens Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence, 2018 Longlist, Fiction Amazon.com Best Books of 2017, SF & Fantasy Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2017, Teen Fiction Booklist Top of the List Editor’s Choice, Fiction Older Readers Los Angeles Public Library Best of 2017: Teen Books NPR’s Book Concierge, 2017 Great Reads The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books 2017 Blue Ribbons, Fiction Potentially Sensitive Areas
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Defy the Stars
by Claudia Gray
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Fantasy/Science Fiction High Plus
Apr 2017
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$5.00 Member Price |
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Defy the Starsby Claudia Gray
In her most epic and ambitious work to date, bestselling author Claudia Gray takes readers on an interstellar journey exploring what it means to be human. ISBN
9780316394031
Awards & Honors
Green Mountain Book Award 2018—2019 Nominee
YALSA 2018 Best Fiction for Young Adults
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The Inexplicable Logic of My Life
by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
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Young Adults Plus
Apr 2017
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$5.00 Member Price |
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The Inexplicable Logic of My Lifeby Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Sal used to know his place with his adoptive gay father, their loving Mexican American family, and his best friend, Samantha. Now it's senior year, and suddenly Sal is questioning everything. ISBN
9780544586505
Awards & Honors
2018 Capitol Choices, Ages Fourteen and Up
YALSA 2018 Best Fiction for Young Adults CCBC Choices 2018 Choice: Fiction for Young Adults Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2017, Teen Books Goodreads Choice Awards 2017, Young Adult Fiction BuzzFeed 28 Best YA Books of 2017 NPR’s Book Concierge, 2017 Great Reads Potentially Sensitive Areas
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