YA Must-Read Titles
The following titles have been suggested by members of LM_Net, a world-wide online community of school librarians.
Abrams, Peter. Down the Rabbit Hole
Adams, Douglas. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Catalyst.
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Prom.
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak.
Anderson, M.T. Feed.
Asch, Mary Jane. Wing Nut.
Avi. Crispin: The Cross of Lead.
Avi. Nothing but the Truth.
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow.
Bauer, Joan. Best Foot Forward .
Bechard, Margaret. Hanging on to Max.
Beals, Melba Patillo. Warriors Don't Cry: Searing Memoir of Battle to
Integrate Little Rock.
Billingsly, Franny. The Folk Keeper.
Bissinger, H. G. Friday Night Lights.
Block, Francesca Lia. Weetzie Bat series
Bloor, Edward. Tangerine.
Brashares, Anne. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series
Budhos, Marina. Ask Me No Questions.
Burgess, Melvin. Smack.
Card, Orson Scott. Ender's Game.
Chambers, Veronica. Mama's Girl.
Chbosky, Stephen. The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
Choldenko, Gennifer. Al Capone Does My Shirts.
Clements, Andrew. Things Not Seen.
Collins, Max Allan. Road to Perdition.
Collins, Suzanne. Gregor the Overlander (and others in the series)
Cooney, Catherine B. The Face on the Milk Carton.
Cormier, Robert. I Am the Cheese.
Cormier, Robert. The Chocolate War.
Couloumbis, Audrey. Misadventures of Maude March.
Crutcher, Chris. Athletic Shorts.
Crutcher, Chris. The Crazy Horse Electric Game.
Crutcher, Chris. Ironman.
Crutcher, Chris. The Sledding Hill.
Crutcher, Chris. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes.
Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bud, Not Buddy.
Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons Go to Birmingham
Dessen, Sarah. Dreamland.
Dessen, Sarah. Someone Like You.
Dessen, Sarah. The Truth about Forever.
Dickinson, Peter. Eva.
Dominick, Andie. Needles: A Memoir of Growing Up with Diabetes.
Donnelly, Jennifer. A Northern Light.
Dowell, Frances O. Chicken Boy
Draper, Sharon. Copper Sun.
Draper, Sharon. Forged by Fire.
Draper, Sharon. Rominette and Julio.
Draper, Sharon. Tears of a Tiger.
Eckert, Allan. Incident at Hawk's Hill.
Enger, Leif. Peace Like a River.
Farmer, Nancy. The Ear, the Eye and the Arm
Farmer, Nancy. The House of the Scorpion
Flake, Sharon. Money Hungry.
Flake, Sharon. Who Am I without Him?
Fleischman, Paul. Mind's Eye.
Fleischman, Paul. Whirligig.
Fletcher, Susan. Shadow Spinner.
Flinn, Alex. Breaking Point.
Flinn, Alex. Breathing Underwater.
Frank, E. R. Life Is Funny.
Friedman, D. Dina. Escaping into the Night.
Funke, Cornelia. Inkheart.
Funke, Cornelia. The Thief Lord.
Gantos, Jack. Hole in My Life.
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Pictures of Hollis Woods.
Giles, Gail. Dead Girls Don't Write Letters.
Giles, Gail. Playing in Traffic.
Giles, Gail. Shattering Glass.
Glenn, Mel. Class Dismissed! High School Poems.
Glenn, Mel. Split Image.
Glenn, Mel. The Taking of Room 114.
Goldschmidt, Judy. The Secret Blog of Raisin Rodriguez.
Green, John. Looking for Alaska.
Grimes, Nikki. Bronx Masquerade.
Grimes, Nikki. Dark Sons.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Among the Hidden series
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Double Identity.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Escape from Memory.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Just Ella.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Running Out of Time.
Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
Hale, Shannon. Enna Burning.
Hale, Shannon. The Goose Girl.
Harkrader, L.D. Airball: My Life in Briefs.
Harrison, Lisi. The Clique (series).
Hayes, Daniel. The Trouble with Lemons .
Henkes, Kevin. Olive's Ocean.
Hesse, Karen. Out of the Dust.
Hesse, Karen. Witness.
Hicks, Betty. Out of Order .
Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders.
Hiaasen, Carl. Hoot.
Hiaasen, Carl. Flush.
Hobbs, Valerie. Defiance.
Hobbs, Will. The Maze.
Hoffman, Mary. Stravaganza: City of Flowers.
Hoffman, Mary. Stravaganza: City of Stars.
Horowitz, Anthony. Stormbreaker (Alex Rider Series)
Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner.
James, Brian. Perfect World.
Jeapes, Ben. Xenocide Mission.
Johnson, Angela. First Part Last.
Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life of Bees.
Klass, David. You Don't Know Me.
Klise, Kate. Deliver Us from Normal .
Korman, Gordon. Jake, Reinvented.
Korman, Gordon. Son of the Mob.
Kuijer, Guus. The Book of Everything.
LaRochelle, David. Absolutely Positively Not.
Lasky, Kathryn. Beyond the Burning Time.
Lawrence, Iai. Ghost Boy.
Lester, Julius. Day of Tears.
Levine, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted.
Lipsyte, Robert. The Contender (and the sequels)
Lowry, Lois. Gathering Blue.
Lowry, Lois. The Giver
Lowry, Lois. The Messenger.
Lynch, Chris. Inexcusable.
Mackler, Carolyn. The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things.
Marchetta, Melina. Saving Francesca.
Marsden, John. Letters from the Inside.
Marsden, John. Out of Time.
Martel, Yann. Life of Pi.
McCafferty, Megan. Second Helpings.
McCafferty, Megan. Sloppy Firsts.
McNab, Andy. Traitor.
Meyer, Stephanie; Meyer, John; and Velikovic, Peggy. Teen Ink: What Matters series
Meyer, Stephenie. Twilight.
McCormick, Patricia. Cut.
McCormick, Patricia. My Brother's Keeper.
Mikaelsen, Ben. Rescue Josh McGuire.
Mikaelsen, Ben. Touching Spirit Bear.
Mills, Claudia. Makeovers by Marcia.
Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Green Gables.
Morpurgo, Michael. Private Peaceful.
Myers, Walter Dean. Autobiography of My Dead Brother.
Myers, Walter Dean. Monster.
Myers, Walter Dean. Slam.
Myracle, Lauren. The Fashion Disaster That Changed My Life.
Nelson, Marilyn. A Wreath for Emmett Till.
Nix, Garth. The Abhorsen Trilogy.
Nye, Naomi Shlhab. A Maze Me: Poems for Girls.
Paolini, Christopher. Eragon series
Paterson, Katherine. Bridge to Terabithia.
Patterson, James. Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever.
Paulsen, Gary. Harris and Me.
Paulsen, Gary. Popcorn Days and Buttermilk Nights.
Pearsall, Shelley. Crooked River.
Peck, Richard. The River between Us.
Peters, Julie Ann. Define "Normal".
Peters, Julie Ann. Luna.
Philbrick, Rodman. Freak the Mighty.
Picoult, Jodi. My Sister's Keeper.
Pierce, Tamora. Alanna series
Plum-Ucci, Carol. The Body of Christopher Creed.
Plum-Ucci, Carol. What Happened to Lani Garver.
Pullman, Phillip. The Golden Compass series.
Reef, Catherine. Alone in the World: Orphans and Orphanages in America .
Richter, Conrad. The Light in the Forest.
Riordan, Rick. The Lightning Thief.
Riordan, Rick. The Sea of Monsters.
Runyon, Brent. The Burn Journals.
Rushton, Rosie. The Dashwood Sisters' Secrets of Love.
Ryan, Pamela Munoz. Esperanza Rising.
Sanchez, Alex. Getting It.
Sanchez, Alex. Rainbow Boys. series
Schraff, Anne. Lost and Found (Bluford Series).
Schusterman, Neal. Dread Locks (Dark Fusion series)
Schusterman, Neal. Full Tilt.
Schusterman, Neal. The Schwa Was Here.
Sebold, Alice. The Lovely Bones.
Shan, Darren. Cirque du Freak (series).
Shaw, Susan. Black-Eyed Suzie.
Shull, Megan. Amazing Grace.
Smith, Roland Cryptid Hunters
Snicket, Lemony. The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events).
Sones, Sonya. Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy.
Sorrells, Walter. Fake I.D.
Spinelli, Jerry. Maniac Magee.
Spinelli, Jerry. Stargirl.
Staples, Suzanne Fisher. Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind.
Strasser, Todd. Friends Till the End.
Thai, Lilli. Mimus.
Trueman, Terry. Inside Out.
Trueman, Terry. Stuck in Neutral.
Updale, Eleanor. Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman.
Voigt, Cynthia. Homecoming.
Von Ziegesar, Cecily. Gossip Girl series
Weeks, Sarah. So Be It.
Westerfield, Scott. Peeps.
Westerfield, Scott. So Yesterday.
Westerfield, Scott. The Pretties (series)
Westerfield, Scott. The Specials .
Westerfield, Scott. The Uglies (series)
Whelan, Gloria. Listening for Lions.
White, Ruth. Search for Belle Prater.
Wild, Margaret. Jinx.
Williams, Mary. Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan.
Winerip, Michael. Adam Canfield of the Slash .
Wittlinger, Ellen. Hard Love.
Wolff, Virginia Euwer. Make Lemonade.
Woodson, Jacqueline. If You Come Softly.
Wyatt, Leslie J. Poor Is Just a Starting Place .
Yancey, Richard. The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp.
Yee, Lisa. Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time.
Zevin, Gabrielle. Elsewhere.
Zusak, Marcus. The Book Thief.