ALA's Top Ten Best Books Winners
In addition to the titles selected for the full list of Best Books for Young Adults, the committee has selected the following as the ten best books fo...more
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Finnikin of the Rock (Lumatere Chronicles #1)
by Melina Marchetta (Goodreads Author)   4.16 avg rating — 5,004 ratings
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Last Night I Sang to the Monster
by Benjamin Alire Sáenz 4.17 avg rating — 541 ratings
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The Things a Brother Knows
by Dana Reinhardt   3.91 avg rating — 789 ratings
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Bamboo People
by Mitali Perkins (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 477 ratings
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Hold Me Closer, Necromancer
by Lish McBride 4.03 avg rating — 2,682 ratings
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Amy and Roger's Epic Detour
by Morgan Matson (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 8,024 ratings
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Revolution
by Jennifer Donnelly 4.06 avg rating — 8,247 ratings
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Ship Breaker (Ship Breaker, #1)
by Paolo Bacigalupi 3.76 avg rating — 8,881 ratings
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Trash
by Andy Mulligan 3.75 avg rating — 1,250 ratings
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Revolver
by Marcus Sedgwick 3.66 avg rating — 1,002 ratings
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The Demon's Lexicon (The Demon's Lexicon Trilogy, #1)
by Sarah Rees Brennan (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 3,783 ratings
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Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
by Sally M. Walker 4.07 avg rating — 335 ratings
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The Orange Houses
by Paul Griffin (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 376 ratings
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The Great Wide Sea
by M.H. Herlong 3.76 avg rating — 628 ratings
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The Reformed Vampire Support Group
by Catherine Jinks 3.37 avg rating — 1,967 ratings
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Alligator Bayou
by Donna Jo Napoli (Goodreads Author) 3.43 avg rating — 178 ratings
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Stitches
by David Small 4.05 avg rating — 6,114 ratings
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When You Reach Me
by Rebecca Stead 4.06 avg rating — 17,179 ratings
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Marcelo in the Real World
by Francisco X. Stork 4.06 avg rating — 5,127 ratings
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Lips Touch: Three Times
by Laini Taylor (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 2,680 ratings
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On the Jellicoe Road
by Melina Marchetta (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 8,801 ratings
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Skim
by Mariko Tamaki 3.72 avg rating — 2,142 ratings
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Nation
by Terry Pratchett 4.01 avg rating — 9,401 ratings
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The Brothers Torres
by Coert Voorhees 3.72 avg rating — 285 ratings
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Baby
by Joseph Monninger (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 52 ratings
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Ten Cents a Dance
by Christine Fletcher (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 973 ratings
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by Suzanne Collins 4.52 avg rating — 733,666 ratings
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Bog Child
by Siobhan Dowd 3.80 avg rating — 1,073 ratings
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Mexican WhiteBoy
by Matt de la Pena (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 725 ratings
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Waiting for Normal
by Leslie Connor 3.98 avg rating — 3,338 ratings
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