Thursday, March 5, 2009

Meme: Teen Books Everyone Should Know About

I love lists. I'm obsessed with them. Writing them, checking them off, constantly updating them... Lists of Bests is a site that I am sad to admit I frequent much more than I probably should (especially since it's not like the contents of those lists ever change, and not like the amount I have consumed of each list can change on a daily basis or anything). Anyway. I saw this meme over at Chelsea's blog, and I figured this is the kind of fun stuff I like to do and continue to spread with others.

The following list of books teens love, books teens should read, and books adults who serve teens should know about was compiled IN ABSOLUTELY NO SCIENTIFIC MANNER and should be taken with a very large grain of salt.

Instructions:
Put an "X" next to the books you've read
Put a "+" next to the books you LOVE
Put a "#" next to the books you plan on reading
Tally your "X"s at the bottom
Share with your friends!

1. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy / Douglas Adams
2. Kit's Wilderness / David Almond
3. Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian / Sherman Alexie #
4. Speak / Laurie Halse Anderson X
5. Feed / M.T. Anderson
6. Flowers in the Attic / V.C. Andrews #
7. 13 Reasons Why / Jay Asher X
8. Am I Blue? / Marion Dane Bauer (editor)
9. Audrey Wait! / Robin Benway X+
10. Weetzie Bat / Francesca Lia Block X
11. Tangerine / Edward Bloor #
12. Forever / Judy Blume X
13. What I Saw and How I Lied / Judy Blundell X
14. Tyrell / Coe Booth
15. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants / Ann Brashares X
16. A Great and Terrible Beauty / Libba Bray X+
17. The Princess Diaries / Meg Cabot X
18. The Stranger / Albert Camus X
19. Ender's Game / Orson Scott Card X+
20. Postcards from No Man's Land / Aidan Chambers
21. Perks of Being a Wallflower / Stephen Chbosky X
22. And Then There Were None / Agatha Christie
23. Gingerbread / Rachel Cohn X
24. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist / Rachel Cohn and David Levithan X
25. Artemis Fowl (series) / Eoin Colfer X
26. The Hunger Games / Suzanne Collins X+
27. The Midwife's Apprentice / Karen Cushman
28. The Truth About Forever / Sarah Dessen X+
29. Little Brother / Cory Doctorow #
30. A Northern Light / Jennifer Donnelly X
31. Tears of a Tiger / Sharon Draper
32. The House of the Scorpion / Nancy Farmer X
33. Breathing Underwater / Alex Flinn
34. Stardust / Neil Gaiman #
35. Annie on My Mind / Nancy Garden #
36. What Happened to Cass McBride / Gail Giles X
37. Fat Kid Rules the World / K.L. Going
38. Lord of the Flies / William Golding X
39. Looking for Alaska / John Green X+
40. Bronx Masquerade / Nikki Grimes
41. Out of the Dust / Karen Hesse
42. Hoot / Carl Hiaasen X
43. The Outsiders / S.E. Hinton
44. Crank / Ellen Hopkins
45 The First Part Last / Angela Johnson
46. Blood and Chocolate / Annette Curtis Klause X
47. Arrow's Flight / Mercedes Lackey
48. Hattie Big Sky / Kirby Larson
49. To Kill a Mockingbird / Harper Lee X
50. Boy Meets Boy / David Levithan X
51. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks / E. Lockhart X
52. The Giver / Lois Lowry X
53. Number the Stars / Lois Lowry X
54. Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie / David Lubar
55. Inexcusable / Chris Lynch
56. The Earth, My Butt and Other Big, Round Things / Carolyn Mackler X+
57. Dragonsong / Anne McCaffrey #
58. White Darkness / Geraldine McCaughrean
59. Sold / Patricia McCormick X+
60. Jellicoe Road / Melina Marchetta #
61. Wicked Lovely / Melissa Marr X
62. Twilight / Stephenie Meyer X
63. Dairy Queen / Catherine Murdock X+
64. Fallen Angels / Walter Dean Myers
65. Monster / Walter Dean Myers
66. Step From Heaven / An Na
67. Mama Day / Gloria Naylor
68. The Keys to the Kingdom (series) / Garth Nix X
69. Sabriel / Garth Nix X
70. Airborn / Kenneth Oppel
71. Eragon / Christopher Paolini X
72. Hatchet / Gary Paulsen X
73. Life As We Knew It / Susan Beth Pfeffer X+
74. The Golden Compass / Phillip Pullman X
75. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging / Louise Rennison
76. The Lightning Thief / Rick Riordan
77. Always Running: La Vida Loca / Luis Rodriguez
78. how i live now / Meg Rosoff
79. Harry Potter (series) / J.K. Rowling X
80. Holes / Louis Sachar X
81. Catcher in the Rye / J. D. Salinger X
82. Push / Sapphire
83. Persepolis / Marjane Satrapi
84. Unwind / Neil Shusterman X
85. Coldest Winter Ever / Sister Souljah
86. Stargirl / Jerry Spinelli X+
87. Chanda's Secrets / Allan Stratton
88. Tale of One Bad Rat / Brian Talbot
89. Rats Saw God / Rob Thomas
90. Lord of the Rings / J.R.R. Tolkien
91. Stuck in Neutral / Terry Trueman
92. Gossip Girl / Cecily Von Ziegesar X
93. Uglies / Scott Westerfeld X
94. Every Time a Rainbow Dies / Rita Williams-Garcia
95. Pedro and Me / Judd Winick
96. Hard Love / Ellen Wittlinger X
97. American Born Chinese / Gene Luen Yang X
98. Elsewhere / Gabrielle Zevin X
99. I am the Messenger / Markus Zusak #
100. The Book Thief / Markus Zusak X+

50 Xs. Wow. 50 out of 100 books. That's a little insane. What did you guys get?

6 comments:

  1. I've only read 17 of them, but I have quite a few sat waiting to be read.

    Oh, and Steph, I love that you put a '+' next to The Book Thief. That's my girl!

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  2. Hi Steph,

    See you found a layout you like. I like it, too. I listen when you make suggestions or ask for information as well. I read your post about Asian Americans at BES. Working on it. Check out recent posts at Color Online. Answer the Potpourri quiz and be entered in a drawing for another free book.

    Thanks,

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  3. Put an "X" next to the books you've read
    Put a "+" next to the books you LOVE
    Put a "#" next to the books you plan on reading
    Tally your "X"s at the bottom

    1. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy / Douglas Adams
    2. Kit's Wilderness / David Almond
    3. Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian / Sherman Alexie X
    4. Speak / Laurie Halse Anderson X
    5. Feed / M.T. Anderson #
    6. Flowers in the Attic / V.C. Andrews
    7. 13 Reasons Why / Jay Asher #
    8. Am I Blue? / Marion Dane Bauer (editor) X
    9. Audrey Wait! / Robin Benway
    10. Weetzie Bat / Francesca Lia Block
    11. Tangerine / Edward Bloor
    12. Forever / Judy Blume X +
    13. What I Saw and How I Lied / Judy Blundell
    14. Tyrell / Coe Booth #
    15. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants / Ann Brashares X
    16. A Great and Terrible Beauty / Libba Bray #
    17. The Princess Diaries / Meg Cabot
    18. The Stranger / Albert Camus
    19. Ender's Game / Orson Scott Card
    20. Postcards from No Man's Land / Aidan Chambers
    21. Perks of Being a Wallflower / Stephen Chbosky #
    22. And Then There Were None / Agatha Christie
    23. Gingerbread / Rachel Cohn
    24. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist / Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
    25. Artemis Fowl (series) / Eoin Colfer
    26. The Hunger Games / Suzanne Collins #
    27. The Midwife's Apprentice / Karen Cushman
    28. The Truth About Forever / Sarah Dessen #
    29. Little Brother / Cory Doctorow #
    30. A Northern Light / Jennifer Donnelly #
    31. Tears of a Tiger / Sharon Draper #
    32. The House of the Scorpion / Nancy Farmer
    33. Breathing Underwater / Alex Flinn
    34. Stardust / Neil Gaiman X +
    35. Annie on My Mind / Nancy Garden #
    36. What Happened to Cass McBride / Gail Giles
    37. Fat Kid Rules the World / K.L. Going
    38. Lord of the Flies / William Golding #
    39. Looking for Alaska / John Green #
    40. Bronx Masquerade / Nikki Grimes #
    41. Out of the Dust / Karen Hesse
    42. Hoot / Carl Hiaasen #
    43. The Outsiders / S.E. Hinton #
    44. Crank / Ellen Hopkins #
    45 The First Part Last / Angela Johnson X +
    46. Blood and Chocolate / Annette Curtis Klause
    47. Arrow's Flight / Mercedes Lackey
    48. Hattie Big Sky / Kirby Larson
    49. To Kill a Mockingbird / Harper Lee X ++
    50. Boy Meets Boy / David Levithan #
    51. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks / E. Lockhart
    52. The Giver / Lois Lowry X +
    53. Number the Stars / Lois Lowry
    54. Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie / David Lubar
    55. Inexcusable / Chris Lynch
    56. The Earth, My Butt and Other Big, Round Things / Carolyn Mackler
    57. Dragonsong / Anne McCaffrey
    58. White Darkness / Geraldine McCaughrean
    59. Sold / Patricia McCormick X+
    60. Jellicoe Road / Melina Marchetta #
    61. Wicked Lovely / Melissa Marr #
    62. Twilight / Stephenie Meyer
    63. Dairy Queen / Catherine Murdock
    64. Fallen Angels / Walter Dean Myers #
    65. Monster / Walter Dean Myers #
    66. Step From Heaven / An Na X +
    67. Mama Day / Gloria Naylor X+
    68. The Keys to the Kingdom (series) / Garth Nix
    69. Sabriel / Garth Nix
    70. Airborn / Kenneth Oppel
    71. Eragon / Christopher Paolini
    72. Hatchet / Gary Paulsen
    73. Life As We Knew It / Susan Beth Pfeffer
    74. The Golden Compass / Phillip Pullman
    75. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging / Louise Rennison
    76. The Lightning Thief / Rick Riordan
    77. Always Running: La Vida Loca / Luis Rodriguez #
    78. how i live now / Meg Rosoff
    79. Harry Potter (series) / J.K. Rowling
    80. Holes / Louis Sachar
    81. Catcher in the Rye / J. D. Salinger
    82. Push / Sapphire X +
    83. Persepolis / Marjane Satrapi X +
    84. Unwind / Neil Shusterman X +
    85. Coldest Winter Ever / Sister Souljah X
    86. Stargirl / Jerry Spinelli #
    87. Chanda's Secrets / Allan Stratton #
    88. Tale of One Bad Rat / Brian Talbot
    89. Rats Saw God / Rob Thomas X
    90. Lord of the Rings / J.R.R. Tolkien
    91. Stuck in Neutral / Terry Trueman
    92. Gossip Girl / Cecily Von Ziegesar
    93. Uglies / Scott Westerfeld #
    94. Every Time a Rainbow Dies / Rita Williams-Garcia X+
    95. Pedro and Me / Judd Winick
    96. Hard Love / Ellen Wittlinger
    97. American Born Chinese / Gene Luen Yang X
    98. Elsewhere / Gabrielle Zevin #
    99. I am the Messenger / Markus Zusak
    100. The Book Thief / Markus Zusak

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  4. You've read so many great books Steph, I'm way too jealous!!!

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