Books

ALA Best Book For Young Adults (awards)

This award was given to 148 books.


  1. The Host: Book 1

    The Host

    by Stephenie Meyer

    Year: 2009
  2. Paper Towns

    by John Green

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 1
  3. The Seven Kingdoms Trilogy: Book 1

    Graceling

    by Kristin Cashore

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 10
  4. The Twilight Saga: Book 4

    Breaking Dawn

    by Stephenie Meyer

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 2
  5. Identical

    by Ellen Hopkins

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 5
  6. Wake Trilogy: Book 1

    Wake

    by Lisa McMann

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 7
  7. House Of Night: Book 4

    Untamed

    by P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast

    Year: 2009
    Rank: 8
  8. Born on a Blue Day

    A Memoir of Asperger's and an Extraordinary Mind

    by Daniel Tammet

    Year: 2008
  9. Impulse: Book 1

    Impulse

    by Ellen Hopkins

    Year: 2008
  10. The Twilight Saga: Book 3

    Eclipse

    by Stephenie Meyer

    Year: 2008
    Rank: 1
  11. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Book 1

    Diary of a Wimpy Kid

    A Novel in Cartoons

    by Jeff Kinney

    Year: 2008
    Rank: 3
  12. Vampire Academy: Book 1

    Vampire Academy

    by Richelle Mead

    Year: 2008
    Rank: 4
  13. Gemma Doyle Trilogy: Book 3

    The Sweet Far Thing

    by Libba Bray

    Year: 2008
    Rank: 7
  14. Uglies: Book 4

    Extras

    by Scott Westerfeld

    Year: 2008
    Rank: 8
  15. Before I Die

    by Jenny Downham

    Year: 2008
    Rank: 9
  16. The Twilight Saga: Book 2

    New Moon

    by Stephenie Meyer

    Year: 2007
    Rank: 1
  17. Road Of The Dead

    by Kevin Brooks

    Year: 2007
    Rank: 10
  18. Just Listen

    by Sarah Dessen

    Year: 2007
    Rank: 2
  19. Firegirl

    by Tony Abbott

    Year: 2007
    Rank: 5
  20. The Books of Bayern: Book 3

    River Secrets

    by Shannon Hale

    Year: 2007
    Rank: 8
  21. Bad Kitty: Book 1

    Bad Kitty

    by Michele Jaffe

    Year: 2007
    Rank: 9
  22. Elsewhere

    by Gabrielle Zevin

    Year: 2006
    Rank: 10
  23. Inheritance Cycle: Book 2

    Eldest

    by Christopher Paolini

    Year: 2006
    Rank: 3
  24. Gemma Doyle Trilogy: Book 2

    Rebel Angels

    by Libba Bray

    Year: 2006
    Rank: 4
  25. Peeps: Book 1

    Peeps

    by Scott Westerfeld

    Year: 2006
    Rank: 5
  26. Capt. Hook

    The Adventures of a Notorious Youth

    by James V. Hart

    Year: 2006
    Rank: 8
  27. The Colts Are Cool

    by Andy Eldridge

    Year: 2006
    Category: Sports
  28. How I Paid for College

    A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater

    by Marc Acito

    Year: 2005
    Rank: 10
  29. The Truth About Forever

    by Sarah Dessen

    Year: 2005
    Rank: 2
  30. Maximum Ride: Book 1

    The Angel Experiment

    by James Patterson

    Year: 2005
    Rank: 6
  31. Gangsta Rap

    by Benjamin Zephaniah

    Year: 2005
    Rank: 7
  32. Teen Idol

    by Meg Cabot

    Year: 2005
    Rank: 8
  33. The Garden

    by Elsie V. Aidinoff

    Year: 2005
    Rank: 9
  34. Bloody Jack Adventures: Book 2

    Curse of the Blue Tattoo

    Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady

    by L. A. Meyer

    Year: 2004
    Rank: 10
  35. Inheritance Cycle: Book 1

    Eragon

    by Christopher Paolini

    Year: 2004
    Rank: 2
  36. Pirates!

    The True and Remarkable Stories of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, Female Pirates

    by Celia Rees

    Year: 2004
    Rank: 3

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