Young Adult Great Books

What to read next?

Use the resources below to help you find your next perfect match.

Books in series - Search for an author's name or book title to find the next book in your favorite series.

NovelList - Explore books based on genre or appeal (Example: a funny book featuring a mischievous character). Search in Novelist K8 for middle grade books and below or Novelist Plus for teen and adult books.

Email us! - Your local youth librarians are happy to help suggest titles. Shoot us a quick email and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

YA Historical Fiction: An Interactive Book Finder
 
I Read YA - Tumbler Account - An online community of young adult book lovers!  A division of Scholastic.

LibGuides (?)

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> > Finding and Using Free-Use Online Content - Looking for free images, sound, music or video to use in your PowerPoint, e-Learning video or other digital projects? Curated here is a list of databases containing free content.

> > Library of Congress – Teens Guide


eBooks

World Book Online eBooks - Discover a robust catalog of educational nonfiction and early reader e-books.
 

CommonLit - A comprehensive literacy program with thousands of reading lessons, full-year ELA curriculum, and benchmark assessments.
 

Project Gutenberg - A library of over 70,000 free eBooks
 

Riveted Teen - an online community for anyone who loves young adult fiction! At Riveted by Simon Teen, you can read YA books for FREE, discover your new favorite books and authors, enter for the chance to win new and upcoming releases, and more!

More Lists of Interest

AR Bookfinder - Search for books using criteria such as ATOS book level or a Lexile™ measure, interest level, title, author, fiction/nonfiction, subject, award-winners, state lists, CCSS Exemplars, and more.

Coretta Scott King Award - Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mrs. Coretta Scott King by recognizing outstanding books by African American authors and illustrators. The award encourages the artistic expression of the African American experience via literature and the graphic arts, including biographical, historical, and social history treatments.

Eliot Rosewater Award - The Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Rosie Award) is chosen annually by students across Indiana in grades nine through twelve.

Newbery Medal - Awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

Stonewall Award - The first and most enduring award for LGBTQIA+ books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by the American Library Association's Rainbow Round Table. The Stonewall Book Award-Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award are presented to English language works published the year prior to the announcement date.

Young Hoosier Book Award - The Young Hoosier Book Award Program encourages self-selected reading among elementary and middle school/junior high school students.