About a year and a half ago I started keeping track of the YA books I was reading. Here's the list of all the YA books I read in 2009/2010. My fifteen favorites are starred. If you're curious about any of these books, I'm happy to answer questions!
Top Picks by Category:
Top 5 Authors:
Diana Wynne Jones
Sharon Shinn
Scott Westerfeld
Meg Cabot
Rosemary Clement-Moore
Top 5 Books that Appeal to Boys:
Leviathan
Un Lun Dun
Percy Jackson
The Graveyard Book
The Hunger Games
Top 5 Books that Appeal to Girls:
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Teen Idol
The Splendor Falls
Summers at Castle Auburn
Wicked Lovely
Top 5 Classic Fantasy:
Poison Study
Graceling
The Safe-Keeper's Secret
Obernewtyn
Sabriel (Abhorsen Series)
Top 5 Supernatural Fantasy:
The Splendor Falls
Ink Exchange (Wicked Lovely series)
The Iron King
City of Bones
Twilight
Top 6 Books to Make You Think:
Life of Pi
The Hunger Games
Elsewhere
The Adoration of Jenna Fox
Life as We Knew It
Speak
Full List:
Laurie Halse Anderson
Prom
*Speak [rec]
MT Anderson
Feed
Dave Barry
Peter and the Starcatchers
Hilari Bell
The Prophecy
Ann Brashares
*The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Series
Herbie Brennan
Faerie Wars 1, 2 & 3
Meg Cabot
*Teen Idol [rec]
Jinx
Airhead
Pants on Fire
When Lightning Strikes
When Lightning Strikes
Isobelle Carmody
*Obernewtyn Series
Kristin Cashore
Graceling
Fire
Cassandra Clare
City of Bones, City of Ashes
Rosemary Clement-Moore
Prom Dates from Hell
Hell Week
*The Splendor Falls [rec]
Suzanne Collins
*The Hunger Games Series [rec] [Mockingjay rec]
Charles de Lint
The Blue Girl
Neil Gaiman
Coraline
The Graveyard Book
Michael Grant
Gone
Diana Wynne Jones
*Howl's Moving Castle, Castle in the Sky, House of Many Ways [rec]
Dark Lord of Derkholm, Year of the Griffin
Deep Secret
Hexwood
The Game
Chrestomanci Series
Julia Kagawa
The Iron King [rec]
Julie Kenner
Good Ghoul's Guide to Getting Even, Good Ghouls Do
Mindy Klasky
The Glasswright Series
Phoebe Kitanidis
Whisper
Melissa Marr
Wicked Lovely Series [rec]
Yann Martel
*Life of Pi [rec]
Robin McKinley
Spindle's End
The Hero and the Crown
The Blue Sword
Stephanie Meyer
Twilight Series
China Mieville
Un Lun Dun [rec]
Brandon Mull
Fablehaven 1 & 2
Garth Nix
Abhorsen Series [rec]
Christopher Paolini
Inheritance Series
Mary E. Pearson
*The Adoration of Jenna Fox [rec]
Susan Beth Pfeffer
*Life as We Knew It, The Dead and the Gone [rec]
Tamora Pierce
Beka Cooper
Magic Steps
Philip Pullman
The Golden Compass
Rick Riordan
*Percy Jackson Series
Carrie Ryan
The Forest of Hands and Teeth
Angie Sage
Septimus Heap Series
John Scalzi
Zoe's Tale
Sharon Shinn
*The Safe-Keeper's Secret, The Truth-Teller's Tale, The Dream-Maker's Magic
General Winston's Daughter
Summers at Castle Auburn [rec]
Maria V. Snyder
*Poison Study [rec]
Maggie Stiefvater
Shiver
Heather Tomlinson
Toads and Diamonds
Scott Westerfeld
*Uglies Series
*Uglies Series
Midnighters Series [rec]
Peeps, The Last Days
Leviathan
So Yesterday
Gabrielle Zevin
*Elsewhere [rec]
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