Book List 2012
I keep these lists for work, and they are invaluable to me. And I like to share, so here you are.
I work with YA materials, and this fall was placed on the Young Readers Teen Chice Award committee for the next three years, so there are a lot of YA titles on here, and next year will be even more saturated.
Anyway:
hyperlinked: favorites
bold: really good
italics: good
underlined, no italics: bleck
1.Double by Jenny Valentine YA
2 When Elves Attack: A Joyous Christmas Greeting from the Criminal Nutbars of the Sunshine State by Tim Dorsey AF
3. Look! Look! Feathers by Mike Young SS
4. Drinking at the Movies by Julia Wertz GN
5. Hatter M: Mad Wtih Wonder, Vol 2 by Frank Beddor GN
6. The Mark of the Golden Dragon: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Jewel of the East, Vexation of the West, and Pearl of the South China Sea by L.A. Meyer YA
7. Violence 10 by Denis Wright YA
8. Bitter is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass,Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office by Jen Lancaster NF
9. Gertrude and Claudius by John Updike F
10. Green River Killer: A True Detective Stor by Jeff Jensen NF
11. Between by Jessica Warman YA
12. The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock F
13. The Selected Stories of Merce Rodoreda by Merce Rodoreda SS
14. Manga Man by Barry Lyga GN
15. Wired by Robin Wasserman YA
16. Mid-Century Modern: Furniture of the 1950s by Cara Greenberg NF
17. Oil and Water by Steve Duin and Shannon Wheeler GN/NF
18. Great Granny Webster by Caroline Blackwood F
19. The Odds: A Love Story by Stewart O'Nan F
20. Daytripper by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba GN
21. Elmer by Gerry Alanguilan GN
22. Yeah! by Peter Bagge GN
23. Me and You by Niccolo Ammaniti F
24. The Death Cur by James Dashner YA
25. Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward: Professor, Tattoo Artis, and Sexual Renegade by Justin Spring NF
26. Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell F
27. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo JF
28. Double Dexter by Jeff Lindsay F
29. Chomp by Cark Hiaasen JF
30. The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle GN
31. Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd nbsp; ed. Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci YA
32. Mr. New Orleans: The Life of a Big Easy Underworld Legend by Frenchy Brouillette and Matthew Randazzo V NF
33. Around the World by Matt Phelan GN
34. Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell NF
35. The Chamber of Five by Michael Harmon YA
36. Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan YA
37. Blankets by Craig Thompson GN
38. The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory, and Why Outsiders Thrive after High School by Alexandra Robbins NF
39. Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge GN
40. The Book of Spells by Kate Brian YA
41. The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta F
42. Small Town Sinners by Melissa Walker YA
43. The Life and Death of Buildings: On Photography and Time by Joel Smith NF
44. Welcome to the Dahl House by Ken Dahl GN
45. Fear by Michael Grant YA
46. Habibi by Craig Thompson GN
47. Withering Tights by Louise Rennison YA
48. Death by Pad Thai and Other Unforgettable Meals ed by Douglas Bauer NF
49. Those That Wake by Jesse Karp YA
50. Also Known as Rohan Pohi by Ralph Fletcher YA
*51. The Future of Usby Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler YA
52. Ladies and Gentlemen: The Bible! by Jonathan Goldstein SS
53. Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas DeQuincey NF
54. Emma by Jane Austen F
55. Chew Vol 5: Major League Chew by Rob Guillory GN
56. The Walking Dead, Vol 15: We Find Ourselves by Robert Kirkman GN
57. The Walking Dead, Vol 16: A Larger World by Robert Kirkman GN
58. The Pregnancy Project: A Memoir by Gaby Rodriguez YANF
59. The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker F
60. Lucille by Ludovic Debeurme GN
61. Forgotten Bookmarks: A Bookseller's Collection of Odd Things Lost Between the Pages by Michael Popek NF
62. The Sigh by Marjane Satrapi GN
63. Same Difference by Derek Kirk Kim GN (Eisner Award)
64. Uglies: Shay's Story by Scott Westerfeld GN
65. My Boyfriend Bites by Dan Jolley GN
66. The Girl Who Owned a City by Dan Jolley GN
67. Bumped by Megan McCafferty YA
68. Poseur by Deborah Vankin GN
69. Sweethearts by Sara Zarr YA
70. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline F
71. The Real Real by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus YA
72. Romeo and Juliet: The War by Stan Lee GN
73. Under His Spell by Marie Croall GN
74. M by Jon Muth GN
75. The DUFF by Kody Keplinger YA
76. The List by Siobhan Vivian YA
77. The Year of the Beast by Cecil Castellucci YA
78. Girl Meets Boy ed. by Kelly Milner Halls YA/SS
79. The Year of Loving Dangerously by Ted Rall GN
80. How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less by Sarah Glidden GN
81. The Destruction of Lower Manhattan by Danny Lyon NF
82. Article 5 by Kristen Simmons YA
83. Ball Peen Hammer by Adam Rapp GN
84. Beauty Queens by Libba Bray YA
85. Beneath a Meth Moon by Jacqueline Woodson YA
86. Where She Went by Gayle Forman YA
87. Wonder by R. J. Palacio J/YA
88. You Couldn't Ignore Me if You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation by Susannah Gora NF
89. Pulphead: Essays by John Jeremiah Sullivan NF
90. James May's Lego House by James May NF
91. Missed Connections: Love, Lost and Found by Sophie Blackall NF
91. I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga YA
92. Fast Times at Ridgemont High by Cameron Crowe NF
93. Rules of Civility by Amor Towles F
94. Cum Laude by Cecily Von Ziegesar
95. Psychiatric Tales: 11 Graphic Stories about Mental Illness by Darryl Cunningham GN
96. Newes from the Dead by Mary Hooper YA
97. Every Day by David Levithan YA
98. My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf GN
99. Get Jiro! by Anthony Bourdain GN
100. This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers A
101. Daybreak by Brian Ralph GN
102. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney JF
103. Bossypants by Tina Fey NF
104. Memory Wall: Stories by Anthony Doerr SS (esp "Afterworld")
105. The Middlesteins by Jami Attenberg F
106. Who Could That Be at This Hour? by Lemony Snicket J
107. Interview With the Vampire: Claudia's Story by Ashley Witter GN
108. Crazy Love: Stories by Leslie What SS
*109. The Vesha Valentine Story: A Pin-Up Girl Storybook by Des Taylor GN
110. Clash of the New Kids by Dan Parent GN
111. Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne YA
112. The New York 5 by Brian Wood GN
113. Potter's Field by Paul Azaceta GN
114. Blacksad: A Silent Hell by Juan Diaz Canales GN
115. Burn for Burn by Janny Han YA
116. The City of Ember: The Graphic Novel by Jeanne DuPrau and Dallas Middaugh GN
117. The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde and P. Craig Russell GN
118. Freshman:Tales of 9th Grade Obsessions, Revelations, and Other Nonsense by Corinne Mucha GN
119. The Strain: Volume 1 by David Lapham GN
120. The Smile by Raina Telgemeier GN
121. Beta by Rachel Cohn YA
122. I Date Dead People: My Boyfriend is a Monster #6 by Ann Kerns GN
123. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green YA
124. Dead to You by Lisa McMann YA
125. Wrapped Up in You by Don Jolley GN
*51: A weak ending kept this from the top rating. But it was close.
*109: The artwork in this is great.But the grammar is horrifyingly bad, and distracted me entirely too much from the story to really enjoy it.
Quit after 50 pages:
Quarantine: The Loners by Lex Thomas.
KEY:
F - Adult Fiction
JF - Juvenile Fiction
YA -- Young Adult Fiction
GN: Graphic Novel
NF: Nonfiction
SS: Short Stories