Help Choose the Best Books of 2009

Impossible, Evermore, Identical, Paper Towns, The Hunger Games, Graceling – What do these books have in common? They are just six of the 25 books nominated by teens for the best young adult books of the year, the Teen Top Ten. You can vote for your favorites starting August 24th. Voting ends September 18th, and the results will be announced during Teen Read Week, October 18-24.

In the meantime, start reading! Check out as many of these books as you can, lobby your friends, and vote in October. If you can’t find a book on the shelf in the library, ask the Teen Librarian or a Reference Librarian to request it for you (it's free).

Here are some of the nominees:

The full list of nominees is:

Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Untamed by Kristin & P.C. Cast
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Truancy by Isamu Fukui
Truancy: Origins by Isamu Fukui
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Paper Towns by John Green
Runemarks by Joanne Harris
Identical by Ellen Hopkins
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Daughter of the Flames by Zoe Marriott
Wake by Lisa McMann
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Bloodline by Katy Moran
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Evermore by Alyson Noel
Geek Charming by Robin Palmer
Melting Stones by Tamora Pierce
Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith
Wherever Nina Lies by Lynn Weingarten
Impossible by Nancy Werlin
Absolutely Maybe by Lisa Yee

If this isn't enough for you, check out last year's winners!

Teen Top Ten for 2008