Annual Best Books for Young Adults Program: Find out about some of this year's best books for young adults! In a series of booktalks, Sharon Rawlins and Liz Burns will highlight new young adult books.

1. BEST FICTION FOR
YOUNG ADULTS
Presented by:
Elizabeth Burns, Head of Youth Services, NJ State Library Talking
Books and Braille Center, eburns@njstatelib.org
Bonnie Kunzel, bkunzel@aol.com
Sharon Rawlins, Youth Services Specialist, NJ State Library,
srawlins@njstatelib.org
NJASL 2013

2. The Sin Eater’s Confession by
Ilsa J. Bick

3. Dear Life, You Suck by Scott
Blagden

4. The Darkest Minds (The Darkest
Minds Trilogy #1) by Alexandra
Bracken

5. A Moment Comes by Jennifer
Bradbury

6. Born of Illusion by Teri Brown

7. Love and Other Perishable Items
by Laura Buzo

8. Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing
School Book the First) by Gail
Carriger

9. The Testing (The Testing Trilogy
#1) by Joelle Charbonneau

10. Fat Angie by E. E. CharltonTrujillo

11. The Assassin’s Curse by
Cassandra Rose Clarke

12. Pretty Girl -13 by Liz Coley

13. The Ruining by Anna Collomore

14. Skinny by Donna Cooner

15. Breathe by Sarah Crossan

16. Just One Day by Gayle Forman

17. Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner

18. When We Wake by Karen
Healey

19. The Summer Prince by Alaya
Dawn Johnson

20. The Madness Underneath (Shades
of London #2) by Maureen Johnson

21. Scowler by Daniel Kraus

22. Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin
Trilogy #2) by Robin LaFevers

23. Yellowcake: Stories by Margo
Lanagan

24. Butter by Erin Jade Lange

25. Prodigy (Legend #2) by Marie
Lu

26. Game by Barry Lyga

27. Pieces by Chris Lynch

28. Quintana of Charyn (The Lumatere
Chronicles #3) by Melina Marchetta

29. Raven Flight (Shadowfell Trilogy #2)
by Juliet Marillier

30. Dare You To by Katie McGarry

31. Lovely, Dark and Deep by Amy
McNamara

32. Far Far Away by Tom McNeal

33. Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles #2) by
Marissa Meyer

34. A Corner of White by Jaclyn
Moriarty

35. If You Find Me by Emily
Murdoch

36. The Reluctant Journal of Henry
K. Larsen by Susin Nielsen

37. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by
Matthew Quick

38. Falling Kingdoms by Morgan
Rhodes

39. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow
Rowell

40. The Archived by Victoria Schwab

41. Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys

42. The Madman’s Daughter by Megan
Shepherd

43. Winger by Andrew Smith

44. This is What Happy Looks Like by
Jennifer E. Smith

45. Days of Blood and Starlight (Daughter of
Smoke and Bone Trilogy #2) by Laini
Taylor

46. Coda by Emma Trevayne

47. In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat
Winters

48. Black Helicopters by Blythe
Woolston

49. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

50. Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff

51. The Lucy Variations by Sara Zarr

52. Thank You!
Elizabeth Burns, Head of Youth
Services, NJ State Library Talking
Books and Braille Center,
eburns@njstatelib.org
Bonnie Kunzel, bkunzel@aol.com
Sharon Rawlins, Youth Services
Specialist, NJ State Library,
srawlins@njstatelib.org