I don’t know where this came from originally, but I stole it from Chelsea.
The following list of books teens love, books teens should read, and books adults who serve teens should know about was compiled IN ABSOLUTELY NO SCIENTIFIC MANNER and should be taken with a very large grain of salt.
Instructions:
Put an “X” next to the books you’ve read
Put a “+” next to the books you LOVE
Put a “#” next to the books you plan on reading
Tally your “X”s at the bottom
Share with your friends!
I’m skipping the “books I plan on reading” because that’s most of the ones I haven’t read. I plan on reading a lot, but my plans are not exactly set in stone so they aren’t worth much until they actually happen. I also skipped the books I LOVE because, well, that was a lot of them, too, too many to make the plus sign particularly meaningful.
1. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy / Douglas Adams
2. Kit’s Wilderness / David Almond
3. Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian / Sherman Alexie
4. Speak / Laurie Halse Anderson X
5. Feed / M.T. Anderson
6. Flowers in the Attic / V.C. Andrews
7. 13 Reasons Why / Jay Asher X
8. Am I Blue? / Marion Dane Bauer (editor)
9. Audrey Wait! / Robin Benway X
10. Weetzie Bat / Francesca Lia Block X
11. Tangerine / Edward Bloor X
12. Forever / Judy Blume
13. What I Saw and How I Lied / Judy Blundell
14. Tyrell / Coe Booth
15. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants / Ann Brashares X
16. A Great and Terrible Beauty / Libba Bray X
17. The Princess Diaries / Meg Cabot X
18. The Stranger / Albert Camus
19. Ender’s Game / Orson Scott Card X
20. Postcards from No Man’s Land / Aidan Chambers
21. Perks of Being a Wallflower / Stephen Chbosky
22. And Then There Were None / Agatha Christie
23. Gingerbread / Rachel Cohn X
24. Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist / Rachel Cohn and David Levithan X
25. Artemis Fowl (series) / Eoin Colfer X
26. The Hunger Games / Suzanne Collins X
27. The Midwife’s Apprentice / Karen Cushman
28. The Truth About Forever / Sarah Dessen
29. Little Brother / Cory Doctorow
30. A Northern Light / Jennifer Donnelly
31. Tears of a Tiger / Sharon Draper
32. The House of the Scorpion / Nancy Farmer X
33. Breathing Underwater / Alex Flinn
34. Stardust / Neil Gaiman X
35. Annie on My Mind / Nancy Garden
36. What Happened to Cass McBride / Gail Giles
37. Fat Kid Rules the World / K.L. Going
38. Lord of the Flies / William Golding X
39. Looking for Alaska / John Green X
40. Bronx Masquerade / Nikki Grimes X
41. Out of the Dust / Karen Hesse X
42. Hoot / Carl Hiaasen X
43. The Outsiders / S.E. Hinton
44. Crank / Ellen Hopkins
45 The First Part Last / Angela Johnson
46. Blood and Chocolate / Annette Curtis Klause
47. Arrow’s Flight / Mercedes Lackey
48. Hattie Big Sky / Kirby Larson
49. To Kill a Mockingbird / Harper Lee X
50. Boy Meets Boy / David Levithan
51. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks / E. Lockhart X
52. The Giver / Lois Lowry X
53. Number the Stars / Lois Lowry X
54. Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie / David Lubar
55. Inexcusable / Chris Lynch
56. The Earth, My Butt and Other Big, Round Things / Carolyn Mackler
57. Dragonsong / Anne McCaffrey
58. White Darkness / Geraldine McCaughrean
59. Sold / Patricia McCormick
60. Jellicoe Road / Melina Marchetta X
61. Wicked Lovely / Melissa Marr X
62. Twilight / Stephenie Meyer X
63. Dairy Queen / Catherine Murdock X
64. Fallen Angels / Walter Dean Myers
65. Monster / Walter Dean Myers
66. Step From Heaven / An Na
67. Mama Day / Gloria Naylor
68. The Keys to the Kingdom (series) / Garth Nix
69. Sabriel / Garth Nix
70. Airborn / Kenneth Oppel
71. Eragon / Christopher Paolini
72. Hatchet / Gary Paulsen X
73. Life As We Knew It / Susan Beth Pfeffer X
74. The Golden Compass / Phillip PullmanX
75. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging / Louise Rennison X
76. The Lightning Thief / Rick Riordan X
77. Always Running: La Vida Loca / Luis Rodriguez
78. how i live now / Meg Rosoff X
79. Harry Potter (series) / J.K. Rowling X
80. Holes / Louis Sachar X
81. Catcher in the Rye / J. D. Salinger X
82. Push / Sapphire
83. Persepolis / Marjane Satrapi
84. Unwind / Neil Shusterman
85. Coldest Winter Ever / Sister Souljah
86. Stargirl / Jerry Spinelli X
87. Chanda’s Secrets / Allan Stratton
88. Tale of One Bad Rat / Brian Talbot
89. Rats Saw God / Rob Thomas
90. Lord of the Rings / J.R.R. Tolkien X
91. Stuck in Neutral / Terry Trueman
92. Gossip Girl / Cecily Von Ziegesar
93. Uglies / Scott Westerfeld X
94. Every Time a Rainbow Dies / Rita Williams-Garcia
95. Pedro and Me / Judd Winick
96. Hard Love / Ellen Wittlinger
97. American Born Chinese / Gene Luen Yang
98. Elsewhere / Gabrielle Zevin X
99. I am the Messenger / Markus Zusak
100. The Book Thief / Markus Zusak
That’s forty-one books. Hmm. Less than half. However, I am familiar with most of them (for example, even though I have never read Gossip Girl, I can tell you it is a book series about overly wealthy Upper East Side teenagers), and plan on reading most of those (not including Gossip Girl). I still feel unaccomplished, though. Feel free to make your own list, and link to it–I’d love to see it.
Teen Book Review 
March 5, 2009 at 10:00 pm
I did it!
http://aleapopculture.blogspot.com/2009/03/top-teen-books-meme.html
March 5, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Ohh, I love lists. I’ll have to give this one a try. :)
January 18, 2010 at 10:30 pm
i love them too!
March 6, 2009 at 3:04 am
I did this, scheduled the post to be up tomorrow sooo… look for it!
March 6, 2009 at 8:06 pm
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March 7, 2009 at 6:49 am
I enjoyed this at Steph’s.
Extending an invitation tojoin us for Little Lov’n Monday. LLM is a way to support fellow bloggers. Leave us a link. Giveaway, too.
March 7, 2009 at 7:26 pm
OKAY HERE IT IS: http://tencentnotes.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/teen-book-list/
June 22, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Wow… I have barely read any of those. :S
January 18, 2010 at 10:33 pm
me either!!!!!!!!!!! i never even heard of any…. well maybe one or two. by the way i not sarah! i twocho so please call me twocho if you ever need to. i would love it
July 27, 2009 at 2:01 pm
EVERYTHING SUCKS!!! By hannah Friedman.
It’s amazing, hilarious, witty, touching, and just fantastic. Look at the trailer and tell me you don’t want to read that!
September 13, 2009 at 7:54 pm
I have barley read any of these
December 27, 2009 at 2:07 am
I have read tons of these, and they are amazing.
January 18, 2010 at 10:29 pm
i love the eleven twelve and thirteen series. can’t wait for fourteen to come out in april! i recomened this to every teenage girl! (but boys please don’t read!!!!)
January 20, 2010 at 4:53 am
Wow
This helps me tons but I can’t believe that Harry Potter is well..so low. ?
Thanks anyways! Love the site!
May 5, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Harry Potter should be at the very very top. Hahah.
April 12, 2011 at 6:38 pm
Agreed.
February 10, 2010 at 3:49 pm
I luv da twilightt series!! But it ws quite low!
March 19, 2010 at 2:55 pm
I did it yay ohh if you guys go to the public library ask them for a book called stop in the name of pants confessions of georgia nicholson it’s hilarious and it’s not a kiddie book cuz of the title
April 4, 2010 at 3:50 am
i agree….. hilarious right? lolz!
I LUV DA SERIES!!!!!!
April 12, 2011 at 6:35 pm
Cindy you are AWESOME for saying Lolz! Ive never met somebody who say that! And that book is SOO funny!!! Loveeee itt! <3 (:
March 20, 2010 at 1:19 am
I’ve only read about 10 of these, however STEP ON IT AND READ “Perks of being a wallflower”. I haven’t yet, but it sounds amazing.
April 4, 2010 at 3:49 am
:)! the awsomest books i have ever read are the whole series by Louise Rennison and everythign by Jacqueline Wilson!!!!!!!
May 5, 2010 at 3:18 pm
I just filled it out, and I didn’t read hardly any of those! =/
June 10, 2010 at 5:05 pm
OMIGOD!!! I am in 7th grade and my favorite book ever is the Book Theif by Marcus Zusak. Many adults read this book, but I loved it. It can be challenging, but it is funny and really interesting. It is a must read!!!!
:)
August 7, 2010 at 1:15 pm
what? twilight and harry potter should be first and second!!!
April 12, 2011 at 6:38 pm
Agreed, Ive never of even heard of like any of these books. Hhah! Lolz. (:
September 16, 2010 at 1:20 pm
I have only read 8 of those books :P
April 12, 2011 at 6:37 pm
I’ve only read like 5. Hahah! Soo Your not the only one! Lolz! (:
March 7, 2011 at 4:28 am
Douglas Adams’s books are very good. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. I think this is the best.
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April 12, 2011 at 6:36 pm
I’ve read like probably 5 of these books, and I’ve heard of about 10 of them. Hhaha!!If ya’ll are looking for good young adult novels, I would deffinently advise you to read: Crank, Glass, Fallout, Identical, Tricks, Burned and Impulse. These are all books by Ellen Hopkins, and are about teen drug use, mostly. They are very interesting, and can not be put down. Also the Pretty Little Liars Series by Sara Shepard, are very good and interesting, always wanteing to know whats going to happen next. And last but not least 13 Reasons Why, which is about a young adult who commits suciccide. A very good book. There are plenty of others out there. Thanks, and I advise you too read all of these books. (:
June 13, 2011 at 12:47 pm
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September 11, 2011 at 4:47 pm
I would like to recommend my new ebook as a resource for your reading pleasure, review, and comment. The ebook is intended for use as a “self-improvement” resource for ministries to women’s prisons and/or an inspirational (tell-it-like-it-is) resource for drug prevention programs. The book is non-fiction (It is what it is!); and the original letters are included as images for authenticity. For your private information, Heather Heaton (the author) is “Breanna”, the main character in the book. This is relatively easy to figure out.
Heather Heaton is a 34 year old college student trying to better her life, in spite of the baggage she carries from her earlier life. She has been quite successful in accomplishing that goal; and she will use the proceeds from the book to help support herself. Her picture is posted, with her book descriptions, at Smashwords. Heather Heaton can be contacted at heatherheaton@rocketmail.com.
The recently published ebook is entitled (“Her Letters from Prison: Part 1 & Part 2”) by Heather Heaton as published at Smashwords (www.smashwords.com). A brief description of the ebook follows:
Breanna tells the true story of her experiences in prison through her letters to her friend Heath. This is a story of survival and a quest to make a better life. The letters describe the daily shocking events of prison life involving drugs, sex, utter devastation and humiliation, anger, hopelessness, despair, and finally happiness and hope.
Breanna’s “truth” stands still even as the world around her trembles and burns! Bad things do happen to good people; and Breanna is the perfect example of this truth.
Breanna’s inner strengths and principles eventually win out over the corruption and evil that surrounds her. With God’s help, Breanna survives the horrible experiences of prison life and regains her self-confidence and hope for a better life.
“Breanna” was an inmate at Tutwiler Women’s Prison from 2007 to 2009.
“Breanna” benefitted from women’s prison ministries and the LIFE Tech-Wetumpka state-funded self-help program.
The Introduction page of the ebook follows:
Introduction:
The story you are about to read is true. Unfortunately, it’s my story; and the truth is often much more intriguing than fiction. I have had to deal with this story (this situation) for more than the past ten years. I started living out this story with all the hopes and dreams of most (if not all) young American girls; and I will finish this story by realizing most of those hopes and dreams, even though they have been interrupted for a time (in prison) that seems like time and time again. Through it all, I have managed to learn some life lessons that I hope to give to you; and I am hoping that you can pick up on these lessons earlier in life than I have done. I should have learned these lessons long ago. If I had learned these lessons long ago, I assure you that I would not have written the material you are now reading. My hope is that nobody else has to endure what I have endured learning life lessons that should be given to youngsters and adolescents early in life by the ones who truly love them. But here again, there are probably other youngsters and adolescents, much like me, who will have to learn these life lessons painfully for themselves, the hard way – by experiencing them first hand. Well, if you continue to read my story, here’s what you will experience – drugs, sex, violence, prison, utter devastation/humiliation, anger, hopelessness, despair, and finally happiness and hope!
If you don’t take me seriously and you follow in my path, you are going to experience false hope and disillusionment! You are going to experience broken trusts, by those whom you trusted most! You are going to experience pain and agony that brings you to the brink of self-destruction! You will lose your freedom! You will lose the right to think for yourself and to make your own decisions! You will lose your sense of self-worth and self-dignity! You are going to lose your ability to support yourself! You are going to lose your self-confidence! You are going to be victimized; and you can do little to avoid this! You will struggle and struggle and struggle just to get yourself back onto an even keel! But if you can ever manage to muster a tremendous mountain of stubbornness and determination, and if you can begin to think better of yourself, you will be able to recover most, but not all, of your ability to manage your own affairs while regaining some of your self-confidence and feeling of self-worth. I am just about to accomplish this in my life! Being just about able to accomplish this in my life is what has led me to (it has allowed me to) share my story with you. At first, I didn’t think I could ever share my story with anyone. But, I really don’t want you to actually share (live through) my experiences, even if you think you can handle it. Just read this story and do something positive in your own life.
Note: Names have been changed to protect each individual’s privacy.
Dedication:
This work is dedicated to Valrise Bendolf (Clay County Dept. of Corrections Holding Facility), Jackie Ratliff (Kilby – Montgomery Womens’ Facility), Fawn Romie/Mr. Roberts/Gary Parsons (Life Tech) and all of Mr. Robert’s little roses that he so diligently cultivated. For all their good works, these people saved my life!
I hope that you find this ebook both interesting and helpful.
Sincerely,
Heather Heaton
heatherheaton@rocketmail.com
September 18, 2011 at 10:39 am
if anyone has ever read speakor never have i ever please tell me i really want to read it because thats my favourite authors. :)
October 26, 2011 at 2:25 am
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