Best books of 2009: Teen reads

Posted on 7 December 2009 by Trisha, Managing Editor

As the year draws to a close, we at BookPage are compiling our own “best of 2009″ lists. First up, our top 10 picks for teen reading—in alphabetical order. This list of favorites ranges from the realistic to the futuristic, but only includes one vampire. What do you think of our selections? Tell us in the comments, or show us your own teen top 10.

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
Charles and Emma by Deborah Heiligman (Holt)
Gateway by Sharon Shinn (Viking)
 Fire by Kristin Cashore (Dial/Penguin)
Going Bovine by Libba Bray (Random House)
If I Stay by Gayle Forman (Dutton)
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld (Simon & Schuster)
The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks (Houghton Mifflin)
This Full House by Virginia Euwer Wolff  (HarperTeen)
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson (Viking)



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Trisha likes European vacations and novels by and biographies of smart women. She often starts home improvement projects at inopportune times.
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0 Responses to Best books of 2009: Teen reads

  1. pirikapirilala says:
    21 December 2009 at 9:58 am

    If I may shamelessly promote right here, I’d like to link you up to my review of Twisted, another book my Laurie Halse Anderson.

    http://pirikapirilala.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/why-modern-classic-is-an-oxymoron-a-review-of-twisted-by-laurie-halse-anderson/

    As you can see, I didn’t like it. All the more opportunity to spice up my writing. :P