2010 Nominations for YALSA's Teens’ Top Ten

YALSA has announced its 2010 Teens’ Top Ten Nominations.

The Teens' Top Ten (TTT) is a "teen choice" list of recommended reading, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year. Teens across the country are encouraged to read as many nominees as they can during the summer. All interested readers aged twelve to eighteen can vote for their favorites online, anytime from mid August until mid September. The winners are announced via a webcast with special guests during Teen Read Week™ the third week of October.

Here is the list, with links to our website so you can order them today and get reading!


Abbott, Ellen Jensen. Watersmeet.

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Wintergirls.

Brown, Jennifer. Hate List.

Carter, Ally. Heist Society.

Cashore, Kristin. Fire.

Clare, Cassandra. City of Glass.

Clayton, Emma. The Roar.

Collins, Suzanne. Catching Fire.

Dessen, Sarah. Along for the Ride.

Fisher, Catherine. Incarceron.

Fitzpatrick, Becca. Hush, Hush.

Forman, Gayle. If I Stay.

Garcia, Kami and Margaret Stohl. Beautiful Creatures.

Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd. Edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci.

Golding, Julia. Dragonfly.

Jinks, Catherine. The Reformed Vampire Support Group.

Lieb, Josh. I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President.

Ockler, Sarah. Twenty Boy Summer.

Patterson, James. Witch and Wizard.

Peters, Julie Anne. By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead.

Pierce, Tamora. Bloodhound.

St. Crow, Lili. Strange Angels.

Stiefvater, Maggie. Shiver.

Tanigawa, Nagaru. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

Westerfeld, Scott. Leviathan.

Yep, Laurence. City of Fire.