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BOOK SITES

Amazon - Best Sellers
Bestsellers in Teen and YA Books

Barnes & Noble - 50 YA books Adults Will Love Too
Some of the best contemporary, science fiction, historical, fantasy, and romance novels are written by YA authors.

Guys Read
For boys reading. List of books recommended by Jon Sczieska

The Horn Book
Reviews of children's books, articles, and interviews of authors and illustrators.

NancyKeane.com
Book talks, reading recommendations, book reviews, and general information about children's literature.

NYT YA Best Sellers
The New York Times YA Best Sellers so far 2018.

No Flying, No Tights
Graphic novels, the focus of this site. The Main Site, for teens · Sidekicks, for kids up to age 12 · The Lair, for older teens and adults.

NPR Book Concierge: Our Guide to 2017 Great Reads
Explore more than 350 titles NPR staff and critics loved in 2017

Publishers Weekly
The international news website of book publishing and bookselling including reviews, bestseller lists, commentary, and more.

Reading Rants
Reading Rants, a website featuring out of the ordinary booklists for teens.

TeensRead.com
Place for teens to sound off about what's on their bookshelves. Look for the latest young adult reads, popular titles, and weekly polls.

YALSA
YALSA is the world leader in evaluating, selecting and recommending books, audiobooks, and films for teens.

TAILORED BOOK SEARCHES

 

The Book Seer

I have just finished reading........by.............What should I read next?

Literature-Map - The Tourist Map of Literature

Travel the world of Literature. ... Literature-Map - the tourist map of literature. Find a writer in the map: Name of the author: latest searches

YourNextRead.com

Discover and share your next book. YourNextRead makes finding your next book easy.

What Should I read next?

Enter a book you like and the site will analyze our huge database of real readers' favorite books to provide book recommendations and suggestions for what to read next

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BOOK AWARDS

The Newbery Medal
The Newbery Medal, which honors the author making the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children, is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.

The Printz Award
The Michael L. Printz Award annually honors the best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit, each year. In addition, the Printz Committee names up to four honor books, which also represent the best writing in young adult literature.

The Pulitzer Prize

The will of Joseph Pulitzer, a crusading newspaper journalist, provided for the establishment of the Pulitzer Prizes. Since its inception in 1917, the prizes have recognized the best in journalism, letters, drama and music. Many consider it the most prestigious award a journalist or author can achieve.

The Man Booker Prize
The Booker Prize, aims to reward the best novel of the year.

National Book Award
One of the USA's most prestigious literary prizes.

The National Book Critics Circle Award
Annually recognizes books in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism.

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The Nebula Awards
Given to best Science Fiction/Fantasy novel, novella, novelette, short story, script

Nobel Prize for Literature

Swedish engineer Alfred Nobel provided for the establishment of the Nobel Foundation in his will in 1895. Since 1901, it has recognized achievement in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peace, and economics.

The PEN/Faulkner Award
The PEN/Faulkner Award is affiliated with PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists) and is named for William Faulkner, the author of "The Sound and the Fury". The award recognizes an outstanding fiction book selected by judges who are themselves, fiction writers.

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