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Book Reviews and Evaluations
General YA
These sites include a broad range of YA titles that are searchable or chronological.
YALSA's Best Books for Young Adults
Year by year guide to books for teens based on "proven or potential appeal" to teens. The lists are chronological by year, then alphabetical. Fiction and nonfiction are both included.
Includes articles, reviews, book discussion guides and more. Search by author or title, or use the "Coming Soon" tab to read about what teens will be asking for in a month.
Nominated by teens in the YALSA Galley project and voted on annually by teens nationwide, this is always a list of books to know.
Yearly lists for teens - in it's 80th year - has expanded from just books to include other media as well. The online version features clips of teens talking about their favorites.
Thematically Organized
These sites are organized by theme or genre and may or may not be searchable.
Reading Rants
Thematic lists with teen interests in mind. Mainly fiction, including quirky, edgy books. Updated regularly, and now a book too!
Sample lists:
- Silver Pentacle: Wicca, Witches and Witchcraft in Teen Fiction,
- Historical Fiction for Hipsters: Stories from the past that won't make you snore
- Deadheads and Mosh-pits: Books about being in a band
Serves a wide range of ages and interests, some lists rather outdated, but the new wiki element of the site may bode improvement on this. Use this site for read-alike lists, school assignments, unusual thematic requests.
Sample lists:
- Immigration (high school readers)
- Chick Lit with minority character
- If you liked “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”…
Read On: Hennepin County Library
Up-to-date lists on a variety of topics. Useful also for its book reviews by teens. A relatively new portion of the site, Bookspace, features user-created lists similar to Amazon’s Listmania.
Sample lists:
- It's Due Tomorrow!: Skinny books for book reports!
- Best Shonen Manga of the Century (reader created)
- Sassy Sisterhood: Meet savvy females and their fabulous friends.
YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
Selected yearly, the popular paperback lists include both fiction and nonfiction and are arranged by topic, not by publication year like YALSA’s other lists. Useful for high interest nonfiction, thematic and appeal based recreational reading.
Sample lists:
- Books That Don't Make You Blush: No Dirty Laundry Here
- I've Got a Secret
- Now THAT'S Comedy!: Humorous Books
Teen Books & Authors by the Skokie Public Library
Well organized and expansive collection of lists by theme & genre, as well as award winners and general recommendations. Includes both fiction and nonfiction.
Sample lists:
- Books by teens for teens
- Jewish themes: books for teens
- Dear Diary: books for teens
A growing wiki of lists created by participants in a YALSA book discussion listserv. These lists are usually created in response to a participant's need for suggestions so they can be very timely and useful.
Sample lists:
- First Lines - The Good, The Unusual & the Funny
- International Books
- Romance for boys
Special Topics / Genre
Some types of books are frequently requested by teens, their parents, or teachers, and are not always easy to spot in the general or thematically organized lists. Find lists for these types of requests here.
Fantasy
Gentle Reads
Summer '08 Gentle Reads from the Bettendorf Public LIbrary
Guys
Guys Read Scroll down for thematic lists. Tends to skew young.
Nonfiction
Reluctant Readers
Bootleg Books Features popular series and stand alone titles with an appealing layout, music features, and author information.
Readers' Advisory Tools
Readalike Lists
Series, Sequels, Pathfinders
Not YA specific, but a useful database of series in order.
Young Adult Books in Series and Sequels
Reliably up-to-date and searchable by author, title, and series name, this is a great resource for the inevitable order of series questions.
Includes lots of soon-to-be-released material, but anything that is part of a series is noted with italics. Good way to keep up on high demand series titles.
Readers' Advisory Tips and Techniques
Print Resources
Online Resources
The Order of Operations for Teen RA by Heather Booth
A quick and dirty reference for the steps to go through when doing RA with a teen. Also has a couple short videos of these concepts in practice by Michael Cox of the Pueblo City County Library.
Presentations
The Teen RA and Reading Community
Tweeting teen reader's advisors
Listservs
Organizations
Gatherings, Conferences, and Symposia
Serving Teens through Readers' Advisory, Bangor, Maine, September 2009
Serving Teens through Readers' Advisory, Augusta, Maine, September 2009
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