Book & Media Lists
2024 Morris Award Winner
91´«Ã½
The William C. Morris YA Debut Award, first given in 2009, honors a book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature.
This year's winner is "Rez Ball", written by Bryon Graves and published by Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
“Rez Ball impressed us with its authentic voice, well-developed characters and exciting action scenes as it explored grief, prejudice, friendships, family and community.” said Morris Award Chair Kim Keown Farnsworth.
Selected Book & Media Lists
Amazing Audiobooks
91´«Ã½
Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults highlights the best audiobook recordings of the past two years. Find more information, including previous lists, policies and procedures, and how to nominate a title.
Best Fiction for Young Adults
91´«Ã½
The Best Fiction for Young Adults list honors the best fiction books published for teens each year.
Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
91´«Ã½
NON-FICTION Cosmo Girl Quiz Book: Discover Your Personality. Sterling , 2005. 1-58816-489-6.Are you obsessed with taking quizzes about yourself and your life? Here
Past Lists (currently inactive)
Fabulous Films for Young Adults
91´«Ã½
The purpose of this list is to identify for collection developers a body of films relating to a theme that will appeal to young adults
Outstanding Books for the College Bound
91´«Ã½
The books on this list offer opportunities to discover new ideas, and provide an introduction to the fascinating variety of subjects within an academic discipline
Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
91´«Ã½
To encourage young adults to read for pleasure by presenting to them lists of popular or topical titles which are widely available in paperback and
Readers' Choice
91´«Ã½
*Beginning in February 2017, YALSA will launch the new Teen Book Finder Database, which will be a one-stop shop for finding selected lists and award
91´«Ã½
Use & Reproduction of YALSA's Awards & Lists
YALSA’s lists of recommended reading may be reproduced under "fair use" standards. As stated in Section 107 of The Copyright Act of 1976, factors to be considered shall include:
- The purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
- The nature of the copyrighted work;
- The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole.
More Ways to Promote Teen Reading
Additional Collection Development & Reading Resources
91´«Ã½
Find more collection development resources on our .
YALSA is part of the , which develops additional recommended reading resources of interest to library staff, educators and afterschool providers who serve teens:
- 91´«Ã½ administers the .
- The administers book awards and creates lists of recommended reading for pre-school and elementary aged youth, which can be accessed on their web site:
- ALSC and REFORMA administer the .
- 91´«Ã½'s Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table administers the .
- 91´«Ã½'s Rainbow Round Table administers the .
- 91´«Ã½'s Social Responsibilities Round Table administers the .
