Every year for fun the MonsterLibrarian crew picks their favorite reads of the year (from the books we read, not necessarily the ones published in that year). Here are our picks for top YA reads. What are yours?
The Monster Librarian’s Top Picks for Young Adults, 2011
A special mention goes to Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs, chosen as a top pick by four different reviewers independently of each other.
Abarat series by Clive Barker (Abarat, Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War, and Abarat: Absolute Midnight)
Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Cryer’s Cross by Lisa McMann
Drink, Slay, Love by Sarah Beth Durst
Ghost Town (Morganville Vampires, Book 9) by Rachel Caine
Ink Exchange (Wicked Lovely) by Melissa Marr
Lockdown: Escape from Furnace 1 by Alexander Gordon Smith
Mercy by Rebecca Lim
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Nickel Plated by Aric Davis
Red Moon Rising by Peter Moore
Shiver (Wolves of Mercy Falls) by Maggie Stiefvater
Skulls by Tim Marquitz
Subject Seven by James A. Moore
Teeth: Vampire Tales edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.
The Dead (An Enemy Novel) by Charlie Higson
The Near Witch by Victoria Schwab