List of Titles

 Required Titles

1.      The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

2.      Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block

3.      The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

4.      Forever by Judy Blume

5.      Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Realistic Fiction

6.      Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard

7.      The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Award winners and Best Books

8.      The Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

9.      Chime by Franny Billingsley

10.  Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler

11.  Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley

12.  What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell

Graphic Novel

13.  Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol

14.  Ghostopolis by Doug TenNapel

Nonfiction

15.  Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing by Ann Angel

16.  Bootleg by Karen Blumenthal

17.  Charles and Emma Deborah Heigilman

Science fiction

18.  The Future of Us by Carolyn Mackler and Jay Asher

19.  Ship Breaker by Paola Bacigalupi

Fantasy

20.  Entwined by Heather Dixon

21.  Graceling by Kristen Cashore

Paranormal

22.  Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

23.  The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

  

Horror

24.  Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (YALSA Best Teen Fiction 2012)

25.  Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

Sexuality and gender identity

26.  Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan

27.  Pink by Lili Wilkinson

Humor

28.  Spanking Shakespeare by Jake Wizner

29.  The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart

Mystery/suspense

30.  Madapple by Christina Meldrum

31.  Papertowns By John Green (Printz Award Nominee)

32.  Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral

Multicultural

33.  Absolute Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

Adventure

34.  The Devil’s Paintbox Victoria McKernan

35.  Going Bovine by Libba Bray

Historical Fiction

36.  Wicked Girls by Stephanie Hemphill

37.  Jefferson’s Sons by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley  

38.  The Firefly Letters Margarita Engle

Cross Over

39.  The Help by Kathryn Stockett

40.  The Lover’s Dictionary by David Levithan

41.  The Lost City of Z by David Grann

42.  Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Magazines

43.   Teen Voices

44.  Seventeen

Movies

45.  The Hunger Games

46.  17 Again

Music

47.  Speak Now Taylor Swift