Looking for Your Next Book?
Teen Book Finder Database -- from YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association), a one-stop shop for finding amazing teen books. Users can search this free resource by award, list name, year, author, genre and more, as well as print customizable lists.
Reading Rants -- out of the ordinary teen booklists selected especially for teens; contains lists by year, genre, author, and more. Also has links to other teen-lit sites and blogs
Book Riot -- dedicated to the idea that writing about books and reading should be just as diverse as books and readers are. So sometimes they are serious and sometimes silly. Some writers are pros. Many of them aren’t.
Epic Reads -- devoted to the latest YA hits. A great source for book lists and recommendations from your favorite YA authors.
WhichBook -- Whichbook enables millions of combinations of factors and then suggests books which most closely match your needs. Click to open up to 4 sliders and move to set your choices.
FictionDB -- find books in a series, browse book lists for over 50,000 authors, search plots, synopses, time periods, dates, subgenres and much more
Good Reads -- lots of booklists, reviews, etc.
Book Awards
Alex Awards -- The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults.
Printz Award -- The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.
Newbery Award -- awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children
National Book Award -- presented in the fields of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young people's literature to U.S. authors for books published in the USA