What Should I Read Next?
I will be taking suggestions on What I Should Read for the next year. I will incorporate your suggestions once or twice a month. Books should be traditionally published and readily available. Please add to this Google Doc or tweet me!
- The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson (@cattrinkle)
- Glory Be by Augusta ScatterGood (@elfphd)
- The Quick Fix () by Jack Ferraiolo (@jackferraiolo)
Books Read in 2013 (not including books for YALSA committee)
Picture Books
Chapter Books
Starry River of the Sky by Grace Lin
Twelve Kinds of Ice by Ellen Obed
Middle Grades
Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz - favorite MG of January
Goblin Secrets (Zombay, 1) by William Alexander
Geeks, Girls and Secret Identities by Mike Jung (Batty About Books) - favorite MG of February
Day of Doom (Cahills vs. Vespers, 6) by David Baldacci
Flying the Dragon by Natalie Lorenzi
One Came Home by Amy Timberlake
The Select (Seven Wonders, prequel) by Peter Lerangis - Batty About Books
The Girl From Felony Bay by JE Thompson
Hold Fast by Blue Balliett
After Eli by Rebecca Ruff
Encyclopedia of Me by Karen Rivers
Colossus Rises (Seven Wonders, 1) by Peter Lerangis (Batty About Books)
Who Could That Be At That Hour? (All The Wrong Questions, 1) by Lemony Snicket
House of Secrets (House of Secrets, 1) by Ned Vizzini and Chris Columbus (ng)
Young Adults
Reached (Matched, 3) by Ally Condie
Prodigy (Legend, 2) by Marie Lu
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell - favorite YA of January
Doomed by Tracy Deebs
Fat Kid Rules the World by KL Going - favorite YA of February
Monster by Walter Dean Myers (NerdPrintz)
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher
Level 2 (The Memory Chronicles, 1) by Lenore Appelhans
Shades of Earth (Across the Universe, 3) by Beth Revis
Boundless (Unearthly, 3) by Cynthia Hand
Rise of Nine (Lorien Legacies, 3) by Pittacus Lore
Cardboard by Doug TenNapel (gn)
Unspoken (Lynburn Legacy, 1) by Sarah Rees Brennan - favorite YA of March
Requiem (Delirium, 3) by Lauren Oliver
Poison by Bridget Zinn
The Silence of Our Friends by Mark Long (gn)
Hades: Lord of the Dead (Olympians, 4) by George O'Connor
Etiquette and Espionage (Finishing School, 1) by Gail Carriger
Perfect Scoundrels (Heist Society, 3) by Ally Carter
Yaqui Delgado Wants To Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina
Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Adults
Witness to Fitness by Donna Richardson Joyner
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (classic)
