Recommended Reading
What should you read next? Which book is the third in the series? Did the author of this crazy awesome book write anything else? Have any other reader’s advisory questions? Contact us or visit us at the desk in Youth Services. We love giving recommendations for books, movies, and games.
Need a book recommendation right now? The resources below will help you find your next great read.
Novelist
Novelist is perfect for read-a-likes, author information, reviews, and more! Search your favorite author, series, or book to find something similar. Or try out the Appeal Mixer to create the perfect recommendation. Click here to check it out.
Nextreads Newsletters
Join our Nextreads mailing list to receive monthly book recommendations right in your inbox. Select Teen Scene for some of the lastest teen books along with hidden gems. Click here to sign up.
eBooks and Audiobooks!
Want to read on the go? Enjoy reading ebooks? Wish you could listen to audiobooks off your phone? Check out our ebook and Audiobook collections through Overdrive/Libby and Hoopla! We have thousands of great titles to choose from. Don't see what you are looking for? Recommend titles for us to purchase. All you need is your library card and PIN. Messenger cardholders only. Click on the logos below to start browsing.
Reading Lists
Still looking for some more ideas? Check out the lists below:
Books to Read Based off Your Hogwarts House
Reading Playlist for Billie Eilish
YALSA, the Young Adult Library Services Association, gives out awards every year for the best in young adult literature. If you want to read the best of the best, check these award winners out:
The Michael L. Printz Award recognizes the best of the best in literary excellence. Each year, one winner and four honorees are selected from the young adult books published in the preceding year. The 2020 winner: Dig by A.S. King.
2020 Honor Books:
The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki
Ordinary Hazards: A Memior by Nikki Grimes
Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean
This award recognizes ten books every year written for adults but with strong teen appeal. If you're looking for something a little above and beyond our YA section, this is the list for you. Includes both fiction and nonfiction. Click here to see the 2020 winners.
The William C. Morris Award is given every year to honor a debut novel by a first-time author, one winner and four honorees. These authors are definitely ones to watch out for.
The 2020 winner: The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe
2020 Honor Books:
The Candle and the Flame by Nafiza Azad
Frankly in Love by David Yoon
Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
There Will Come a Darkness by Katy Rose Pool
YALSA's Award for Excellence in Nonfiction honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18) during a Nov. 1 – Oct. 31 publishing year. A shortlist of five titles are selected and one winner announced. The 2020 winner: Free Lunch by Rex Ogle.
2020 Honor Books:
The Great Nijinsky: God of Dance written and illustrated by Lynn Curlee
A Light in the Darkness: Janusz Korczak, His Orphans, and the Holocaust written by Albert Marrin
A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomenof the Soviet Union in World War II written by Elizabeth Wein
Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship" written by Deborah Heiligman
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