Booklist's 1000 Best Young Adult Books since 2000

Engberg, Jillian, and Ian Chipman, eds. Booklist’s 1000 Best Young Adult Books since 2000. Chicago: ALA, 2014.
ISBN: 978-0-8389-1150-1

Publisher's Description

With the explosion in YA publishing, it’s harder than ever to separate good books from the rest. Booklist magazine’s editors’ deep and broad knowledge of the landscape offers indispensable guidance, and here they bring together the very best of the best books for young adults published since the start of the 21st century. Drawing on the careful judgment of expert YA librarians, this book

• Includes a foreword by best-selling YA lit authority Michael Cart, who demonstrates how we have entered a new golden age of books for young adults
• Collects reviews which showcase the most stimulating contemporary YA titles
• Features an essay in each section, grouped by genre, presenting an overview and examining relevant trends
• Indexes selections by author, title, and genre for handy reference

The thoughtful professional review coverage for which ALA’s Booklist is known makes this volume an ideal tool for YA readers’ advisory and collection development.

Table of Contents

Foreword, by Michael Cart

Preface, by Gillian Engberg and Ian Chipman

Young Adult Fiction, 2000–2013

Going Batty over Going Bovine, by Ian Chipman

Contemporary Fiction

Graphic Novels

Historical Fiction

Mystery and Suspense

Speculative Fiction

Young Adult Nonfiction, 2000–2013

One-Fifth of the Pie and Growing, by Gillian Engberg

Arts

History

Poetry

Science

Social Sciences

Appendix: Top 50 YA Books, 2000–2013

Index