Book Lists

Need help finding a book? Use these sites for suggestions.

The American Library Association

Alex Awards The Alex Award is given each given to ten books that were written for adults but have special appeal to young adults.

Best Books for Young Adults

Margaret A. Edwards Award List of works by authors who were honored for their lifetime contribution to young adult literature.

The Michael L. Printz Award Award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.

Outstanding Books for the College Bound

Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

Other Awards

Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prizes are annual awards for achievements in American journalism, letters, drama and music. The prizes have been awarded by Columbia University in New York City since 1917, on the recommendation of a Pulitzer Prize Board. Fourteen prizes are given in journalism. The award is named after Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaper publisher, who endowed the journalism school and the awards

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Book Lists for Young Adults from Public Libraries

Carnegie Library Pittsburgh

Watertown Public Library Teen Central

Database Site

Novelist

Novelist is a database that lets you look up books by title, author or plot.

Type in the bar code number from your Minuteman Library Card

Commercial Sites

Teen Reads

Lists with Short Summaries, Reviews and Newsletter

New York Times Sunday Book Review

Reviews and Best Seller Lists

updated 10/30/09