2010 Best Books for Young Adults
(Listed in alphabetical order by title)
**Winning Titles - Top 10 are in
Blue**
Fiction

AFTER by Amy Efaw
ALL THE BROKEN PIECES by Ann E. Burg
ALLIGATOR BAYOU by Donna Jo Napoli
ALMOST PERFECT by Brian Katcher
ALONG FOR THE RIDE by Sarah Dessen
BECAUSE I AM FURNITURE by Talia Chaltas
THE BEST BAD LUCK I EVER HAD by Kristin Levine
BREATHLESS by Jessica Warman
A BRIEF HISTORY OF MONTMARAY by Michelle Cooper
BROKEN SOUP by Jenny Valentine
CATCHING FIRE: THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins
THE CHOSEN ONE by Carol Lynch Williams
CREATURE OF THE NIGHT by Kate Thompson
CROSSING STONES by Helen Frost
DEMON'S LEXICON by Sarah Rees Brennan
THE DEVIL'S PAINTBOX by Victoria McKernan
THE DUST OF 100 DOGS by A.S. King
EON: DRAGONEYE REBORN by Alison Goodman
THE ETERNAL SMILE by Gene Luen Yang
THE EVOLUTION OF CALPURNIA TATE by Jacqueline Kelly
FIRE: GRACELING by Kristin Cashore
FIRE: TALES OF ELEMENTAL SPIRITS by Robin McKinley & Peter Dickinson
FLASH BURNOUT by L.K. Madigan
FLYGIRL by Sherri L. Smith
THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH by Carrie Ryan
FUNNY HOW THINGS CHANGE by Melissa Wyatt
GENTLEMEN by Michael Northrop
GOING BOVINE by Libba Bray
THE GREAT WIDE SEA by M.H. Herlong
GRINGOLANDIA by Lyn Miller-Lachmann
HATE LIST by Jennifer Brown
HEROES OF THE VALLEY by Jonathan Stroud
HIGHWAY TO HELL: MAGGIE QUINN, GIRL VS. EVIL by Rosemary Clement-Moore
HOLD STILL by Nina LaCour
HOW TO SAY GOODBYE IN ROBOT by Natalie Standiford
IF I STAY by Gayle Forman
IN THE PATH OF FALLING OBJECTS by Andrew Smith
INTO THE WILD NERD YONDER by Julie Halpern
JUMPED by Rita Williams-Garcia
JUMPING OFF SWINGS by Jo Knowles
LAMENT: THE FAERIE QUEEN'S DECEPTION by Maggie Stiefvater
LEVIATHAN by Scott Westerfeld
LIAR by Justine Larbalestier
LIPS TOUCH: THREE TIMES by Laini Taylor
LOST by Jacqueline Davies
THE LOST CONSPIRACY by Frances Hardinge
LOVE YOU, HATE YOU, MISS YOU by Elizabeth Scott
MARCELO IN THE REAL WORLD by Francisco X. Stork
MARE'S WAR by Tanita Davis
THE MILES BETWEEN by Mary E. Pearson
THE MONSTRUMOLOGIST by Rick Yancey
MUCHACHO by LouAnne Johnson
NO MORE US FOR YOU by David Hernandez
AN OFF YEAR by Claire Zulkey
ONCE WAS LOST by Sara Zarr
THE ORANGE HOUSES by Paul Griffin
PRINCESS OF THE MIDNIGHT BALL by Jessica Day George
PUNKZILLA by Adam Rapp
PURPLE HEART by Patricia McCormick
THE REFORMED VAMPIRE SUPPORT GROUP by Catherine Jinks
THE ROCK AND THE RIVER by Kekla Magoon
SAME DIFFERENCE by Siobhan Vivian
SAY THE WORD by Jeannine Garsee
SHIVER by Maggie Stiefvater
SOLACE OF THE ROAD by Siobhan Dowd
SOUL ENCHILADA by David Macinnis Gill
THE STOLEN ONE by Suzanne Crowley
THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY by Jenny Han
SURFACE TENSION: A NOVEL IN FOUR SUMMERS by Brent Runyon
THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE: A FLAVIA DE LUCE MYSTERY by Alan Bradley
TALES FROM OUTER SUBURBIA by Shaun Tan
TALES OF THE MADMAN UNDERGROUND by John Barnes
THE TREASURE MAP OF BOYS by E. Lockhart
THE UNINVITED by Tim Wynne-Jones
THE UNNAMEABLES by Ellen Booream
WE WERE HERE by Matt de la Pena
WHEN YOU REACH ME by Rebecca Stead
WHY I FIGHT by J. Adams Oaks
WINTERGIRLS by Laurie Halse Anderson




Non-Fiction

ALMOST ASTRONAUTS: 13 WOMEN WHO DARED TO DREAM
by Tanya Lee Stone
BEFORE COLUMBUS: THE AMERICAS OF 1491 by Charles C. Mann
CHARLES AND EMMA: THE DARWINS' LEAP OF FAITH by Deborah Heiligman
CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER by James L. Swanson
CLAUDETTE COLVIN: TWICE TOWARD JUSTICE by Phillip M. Hoose
THE ELEMENTS: A VISUAL EXPLORATION OF EVERY KNOWN ATOM IN THE UNIVERSE
by Theodore Gray
THE GREAT AND ONLY BARNUM: THE TREMENDOUS, STUPENDOUS LIFE OF SHOWMAN P.T. BARNUM
by Candace Fleming
MARCHING FOR FREEDOM by Elizabeth Partridge
STITCHES: A MEMOIR by David Small
TRUCE: THE DAY THE SOLDIERS STOPPED FIGHTING by Jim Murphy
WRITTEN IN BONE: BURIED LIVES OF JAMESTOWN AND COLONIAL MARYLAND
by Sally M. Walker