Awesome Reading Lists!

Alex Award
Books written for adults awarded for the special appeal to teens.

Awesome Book Lists compiled by the Denver Public Library
Lists of Read-a-likes, lists organized by topic (activists, diaries, steampunk ) and more!

100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
Modern and Reader's lists of fiction.

100 Best Nonfiction Books of the 20th Century
Modern and Reader's lists of fiction.

Best Books for Young Adults
The annual list of books compiled by a committee of the Young Adult Library Services Association consists of fiction and nonfiction appropriate for young adults ages 12 to 18. The titles span a variety of subjects as well as a broad range of reading levels.

Printz Award
YA book award from the Young Adult Library Services Association

Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
Lists of books that teens, ages twelve to eighteen, will pick up on their own and read for pleasure. The list is geared to the teenager who, for whatever reason, does not like to read.

Rainbow Books
GLBTQ books for children and teens.

Reading Rants
"Out of the ordinary teen book lists" by librarian Jennifer Hubert.

Teen Reads
Author interviews, book reviews, a message board and newsletter give teens a great place to search for new reading materials.

What's Next?
find out the title of the next book in your favorite series!

Literature Award Lists

American Indian Youth Literature Award

Carter G. Woodson Book Award
For the most distinguished books appropriate for young readers that depict ethnicity in the United States.

Ezra Jack Keats Award
The (Theodor Suess) Geisel Award is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year

Caldecott Medal Winners
American Library Association for Library Service to Children.

Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners
American Library Association for Library Service to Children

Pura Belpre Award Winners
"The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth".

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

Green Earth Book Award
The Green Earth Book Award is the nation’s first environmental stewardship book award for children and young adult books.

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards
given annually to the children's books published the preceding year that effectively promote the cause of peace, social justice, world community, and the equality of the sexes and all races as well as meeting conventional standards for excellence.

Newbery Award

Schneider Family Book Award
honors an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.

Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction

Dolly Gray Award
Recognizes children's fiction with positive portrayals of people with disabilities

Sydney Taylor Book Awards
The Association of Jewish Libraries gives these annual awards to children's books that have postive Jewish content.

Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award

Reading Lists for the Little Ones

100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
New York Public Library

Books for Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers

Charlotte Zoltow Award Winners
Cooperative Children's Book Center at UW-Madison

Books for Young Children
Hennepin County Library Birth to Six Booklists.

Fun Reading Lists by Theme

DHS Themed Reading Lists (click here)

Mathical
Books for kids from tots to teens in which math plays a role