Continue on for Tammy’s reading recommendations from her 2005-2015 lists! These are the books recommended for young adult readers.

Contemporary | Historical | Sci-Fi & Fantasy | Miscellaneous

Contemporary Fiction

• Tara Altebrando – Dreamland Social Club (2011).
• Laurie Halse Anderson – Twisted (2007), Wintergirls (2009).
• Jay Asher – Thirteen Reasons Why (2011).
• Catherine Atkins – Alt Ed (2003).
• Marion Dane Bauer (Editor) – Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence (1994).
• Holly Black & Cecil Castellucci (Editors) – Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd (2009).
• S. A. Bodeen – The Compound (2008).
• Berkeley Breathed – Flawed Dogs: The Shocking Raid on Westminster (2009).
• Jennifer Brown – Hate List (2009).
• Meg Cabot – Shadowland (2000) and the rest of the Mediator series.
• Marlene Carvell – Who Will Tell My Brother? (2002), Caught Between the Pages (2008).
• Anne Cassidy – Looking for JJ (2004).
• Cecil Castellucci – The Queen of Cool (2006).
• Leslie Connor – Waiting for Normal (2008).
• Mary Mapes Dodge – Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates (1865).
• Simone Elkeles – Leaving Paradise (2007).
• Jack D. Ferraiolo – The Big Splash (2008).
• Kimberly Newton Fusco – Tending to Grace (2004).
• Cecilia Galante – The Patron Saint of Butterflies (2008), Hershey Herself (2008).
• Nancy Garden – Endgame (2006).
• Gail Giles – What Happened to Cass McBride? (2006), Right Behind You (2007), Dark Song (2010).
• Brent Hartinger – Geography Club (2003), The Last Chance Texaco (2004), Split Screen: Attack of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies (2007).
• Carl Hiaasen – Scat (2009).
• James Howe – The Misfits (2001).
• James Howe (Editor) – 13: Thirteen Stories That Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Thirteen (2003).
• Jeanette Ingold – Mountain Solo (2003).
• Jon Klassen – I Want My Hat Back (2011).
• Kathe Koja – Kissing the Bee (2007).
• Dayna Lorentz – No Safety in Numbers (2012).
• Kimberly Marcus – Exposed (2011).
• Cliff McNish – Breathe: A Ghost Story (2006).
• Walter Dean Myers – Shooter (2004), Autobiography of My Dead Brother (2005).
• R. A. Nelson – Breathe My Name (2007).
• Joyce Carol Oates – After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings, and Flew Away (2006).
• Cathy Ostlere – Karma (2011).
• R. J. Palacio – Wonder (2012).
• Marcella Pixley – Freak (2007).
• Louise Plummer – Finding Daddy (2007).
• Monique Polak – On the Game (2005).
• Cheryl Rainfield – Scars (2010).
• Trent Reedy – Words in the Dust (2011).
• N. H. Senzai – Shooting Kabul (2010).
• Susan Shaw – Black-Eyed Suzie (2004), The Boy From the Basement (2004), One of the Survivors (2009).
• Todd Strasser – Give a Boy a Gun (2000).
• Stephanie S. Tolan – Listen! (2006).
• Terry Trueman – Inside Out (2003), Cruise Control (2004).
• Susan Vaught – Trigger (2006), Big Fat Manifesto (2008).
• Carrie Gordon Watson – Quad (2007).
• Nancy Werlin – Black Mirror (2001), The Rules of Survival (2006).
• Laura Wiess – Such a Pretty Girl (2007).
• Mo Willems – Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! (2006).
• Ellen Wittlinger – Lombardo’s Law (1993), Gracie’s Girl (2000), Razzle (2001), The Long Night of Leo and Bree (2002), Parrotfish (2007).
• Ellen Yeomans – Rubber Houses (2007).
• Jane Yolen & Bruce Coville – Armageddon Summer (1998).

Historical Fiction

• Laurie Halse Anderson – Speak (1999), Chains (2008), Forge (2010).
• Adam Bagdasarian – Forgotten Fire (2000).
• Caroline B. Cooney – Goddess of Yesterday (2002).
• Bruce Coville – William Shakespeare’s Macbeth (1997), William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (1999). Warning! This is part of Bruce’s insidious plot to indoctrinate kids to like Shakespeare by starting them on it young! Don’t be fooled! You’ve been warned!
• Esther Friesner – Nobody’s Princess (2007), Nobody’s Prize (2008), Threads and Flames (2010).
• Beatrice Gormley – Salome (2007).
• Margaret Peterson Haddix – Uprising (2007).
• Mary Downing Hahn – Stepping on the Cracks (1991), Mister Death’s Blue-Eyed Girls (2012).
• Eva Ibbotson – A Countess Below Stairs/The Secret Countess (1981), Magic Flutes/The Reluctant Heiress (1982), A Song for Summer (1997).
• Jeanette Ingold – Hitch (2005).
• Ronald Kidd – Monkey Town: The Summer of the Scopes Trial (2006).
• Patrice Kindl – Keeping the Castle (2012).
• Annette Curtis Klause – Freaks: Alive, on the Inside! (2006)
• Patrick O’Brien – The Making of a Knight (1998).
• Ann Rinaldi – Girl in Blue (2001).
• Judson Roberts – Viking Warrior (2006), Dragons from the Sea (2007).
• Laura Amy Schlitz – A Drowned Maiden’s Hair: A Melodrama (2006), Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village (2007).
• Betty Smith – A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943).
• Sherri L. Smith – Flygirl (2008).
• Judith Tarr – Throne of Isis (1994).
• Ellen Emerson White – The Road Home (1995).
• Dori Jones Yang – Daughter of Xanadu (2011).

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

• Alma Alexander – Worldweavers: Gift of the Unmage (2007), Worldweavers: Spellspam (2008).
• Lloyd Alexander – The Book of Three (1964) and sequels, Westmark (1981) and sequels, The Rope Trick (2002).
• Roger MacBride Allen – The Game of Worlds (1999).
• Isabel Allende – City of the Beasts (2002).
• David Almond – Skellig (1998), Kit’s Wilderness (1999).
• M. T. Anderson– Feed (2002).
• Alan Armstrong – Whittington (2005).
• Catherine Asaro – The Veiled Web (1999).
• Isaac Asimov – I, Robot (1950), The Caves of Steel (1954), The Naked Sun (1957).
• Margaret Atwood – The Handmaid’s Tale (1985).
• Richard Bachman (Stephen King) – The Running Man (1982).
• Pam Bachorz – Drought (2011).
• Paolo Bacigalupi – Ship Breaker (2010).
• Clive Barker– The Thief of Always (1992), Abarat (2002).
• Elizabeth Bear – Bone and Jewel Creatures (2010).
• Greg Bear – Darwin’s Radio (1999), Darwin’s Children (2003).
• Margaret Bechard – Spacer and Rat (2005).
• Hilari Bell – Fall of a Kingdom (2003), Rise of a Hero (2005), Shield of Stars (2007).
• Beth Bernobich – Fox and Phoenix (2011).
• Julie Bertagna – Exodus (2002).
• Holly Black – Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale (2002), Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie (2005), Ironside: A Modern Faery’s Tale (2007).
• Holly Black & Tony DiTerlizzi – The Nixie’s Song (2007).
• Kendare Blake – Anna Dressed in Blood (2011).
• Erin Bow – Plain Kate (2010).
• Nina Bawden – Off the Road (1998).
• Ray Bradbury – The Illustrated Man (1951), Fahrenheit 451 (1953), Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962).
• Marion Zimmer Bradley – The Mists of Avalon (1982).
• Libba Bray – A Great and Terrible Beauty (2003), Rebel Angels (2006), The Diviners (2012).
• Briceland – The Glass Maker’s Daughter (2009).
• Erik Buchanan – Small Magics (2007).
• Lois McMaster Bujold – The Warrior’s Apprentice (1986) and sequels, The Curse of Chalion (2001), Paladin of Souls (2003), The Hallowed Hunt (2005).
• Emma Bull – Finder (1994).
• Elizabeth C. Bunce – A Curse Dark as Gold (2008), StarCrossed (2010).
• Anthony Burgess – A Clockwork Orange (1962).
• Octavia E. Butler – Parable of the Sower (1993) and others.
• Meg Cabot – When Lightning Strikes (2001), Code Name Cassandra (2001) and the rest of the 1-800-WHERE-R-YOU series.
• Rachel Caine – Glass Houses (2006).
• Sharon Cameron – The Dark Unwinding (2012).
• Orson Scott Card – Seventh Son (1987) and sequels, Enchantment (1999).
• Jacqueline Carey – Kushiel’s Dart (2001) and sequels, Santa Olivia (2009).
• Isobelle Carmody – Obernewtyn (1987) and sequels.
• Rae Carson – The Girl of Fire and Thorns (2011), The Crown of Embers (2012).
• Kristin Cashore – Graceling (2008), Fire (2009).
• Brian Caswell – Deucalion (1995).
• Ken Catran – Taken at the Flood (2001).
• Michael Chabon– Summerland (2002).
• Suzy McKee Charnas – The Bronze King (1985) and sequels.
• Cinda Williams Chima – The Warrior Heir (2006) and sequels, The Demon King (2009).
• John Christopher – The White Mountains (1967) and sequels, The Guardians (1970).
• Cassandra Clare – City of Bones (2007), City of Ashes (2008), City of Glass (2009), Clockwork Angel (2010).
• Cassandra Rose Clarke – The Assassin’s Curse (2012).
• Hal Clement – Needle (1950).
• David Clement-Davies – Fire Bringer (2000), The Telling Pool (2005), Fell (2007).
• Barbara Cohen & Bahija Lovejoy – Seven Daughters and Seven Sons (1982).
• Eoin Colfer– Artemis Fowl (2001) and sequels.
• Suzanne Collins – The Hunger Games (2008), Catching Fire (2009), Mockingjay (2010).
• Kate Constable – Singer of All Songs (2002), The Waterless Sea (2003), The Tenth Power (2005).
• Susan Cooper – The Dark is Rising (1973) and sequels.
• D. M. Cornish– Foundling (2006), Lamplighter (2006), Factotum (2010).
• Bruce Coville – My Teacher is an Alien (1989) and sequels, Jennifer Murdley’s Toad (1992), I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X (1994), Into the Land of the Unicorns (1994) and the other Unicorn Chronicles books.
• Bruce Coville (Editor) – Bruce Coville’s Alien Visitors (1999), Bruce Coville’s Strange Worlds (2000), Bruce Coville’s UFOs (2000).
• Roberta Cray – The Sword and the Lion (1993).
• Alison Croggon – The Naming (2002).
• Leah R. Cutter – Paper Mage (2003).
• Leah Cypess – Mistwood (2010).
• Paula Danziger – This Place Has No Atmosphere (1986).
• James Dashner – The Maze Runner (2009), The Scorch Trials (2010).
• Jenny Davidson – The Explosionist (2008).
• Joseph Delaney– Revenge of the Witch/The Spook’s Apprentice (2004) and sequels.
• Charles de Lint – Someplace to be Flying (1998), Waifs and Strays (2002), The Blue Girl (2004).
• Kimberly Derting – The Body Finder (2009).
• Peter Dickinson – Eva (1988), A Bone from a Dry Sea (1992), The Ropemaker (2001) and sequel, The Tears of the Salamander (2003).
• Cory Doctorow – Little Brother (2008).
• Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald – Knight’s Wyrd (1992), Groogleman (1996).
• Tobias Druitt – Corydon and the Island of Monsters (2005).
• Diane Duane– So You Want to Be a Wizard (1983) and sequels.
• Kathleen Duey – Skin Hunger (2007).
• Jeanne DuPrau – The City of Ember (2003) and sequels.
• Sarah Beth Durst – Into the Wild (2007), Out of the Wild (2008), Ice (2009), Enchanted Ivy (2010), Drink, Slay, Love (2011), Vessel (2012).
• Edward Eager – Half Magic (1954), Knight’s Castle (1956), The Time Garden (1958).
• Rebecca East – D. 62: Pompeii (2003).
• Rosemary Edghill – The Warslayer (2002).
• Sylvia Engdahl – Enchantress from the Stars (1970), The Far Side of Evil (1971).
• Sara Wilson Etienne – Harbinger (2012).
• Nancy Farmer – The Eye, the Ear, and the Arm (1989), The House of the Scorpion (2002), The Sea of Trolls (2004) and sequels.
• Sheila Finch – Tiger in the Sky (1999).
• Jamieson Findlay – The Blue Roan Child (2002.
• C. C. Finlay – The Patriot Witch (2009).
• Catherine Fisher – Corbenic (2002), The Oracle Betrayed (2003) and sequels, Incarceron (2010)
• Jude Fisher (Jane Johnson) – Sorcery Rising (2002) and sequels.
• John Flanagan – The Ruins of Gorlan (2004), The Burning Bridge (2005), The Icebound Land (2005), The Battle for Skandia/Oakleaf Bearers (2006), The Sorcerer in the North (2006) and others in the Ranger’s Apprentice series.
• Charlie Fletcher – Stoneheart (2006), Ironhand (2007), Silvertongue (2008).
• Susan Fletcher – Dragon’s Milk (1989) and others in the Dragon Chronicles, Shadow Spinner (1998), Alphabet of Dreams (2006).
• Lynn Flewelling – The Bone Doll’s Twin (2001), Hidden Warrior (2003).
• Alex Flinn – Beastly (2007).
• Eric Flint – 1632 (2000) and sequels.
• Esther Friesner – The Psalms of Herod (1995), The Sword of Mary (1996), Temping Fate (2006).
• Isamu Fukui – Truancy (2008) and others in the series.
• Neil Gaiman – American Gods (2001), Coraline (2002), Odd and the Frost Giants (2008), The Graveyard Book (2008).
• Priscilla Galloway – Snake Dreamer (1998).
• Maurice Gee – Salt (2007).
• Marley Gibson – Ghost Huntress Book 1: The Awakening (2009), Ghost Huntress Book 2: The Guidance (2009).
• Alison Goodman – Singing the Dogstar Blues (1998), Eon (2008), Eona (2011).
• Michael Grant – Gone (2008), Hunger (2009).
• Peni R. Griffin – Hobkin (1992), Switching Well (1993).
• Carolyn Crimi (Writer) & Gris Grimly (Illustrator) – Boris and Bella (2004).
• Mike Grinti & Rachel Grinti – Claws (2012).
• James Gurney – Dinotopia, A Land Apart from Time: 20^th Anniversary Edition (2011).
• Margaret Peterson Haddix – Among the Hidden (1998) and sequels, Just Ella (1999), Turnabout (2000), Double Identity (2005), Found (2008) and sequels.
• Mary Downing Hahn – Look for Me by Moonlight (1995).
• Lise Haines – Girl in the Arena (2009).
• Shannon Hale – The Goose Girl (2003) and others in the Books of Bayern series, Princess Academy (2005), Book of a Thousand Days (2007), Princess Academy: Palace of Stone (2012).
• Teri Hall – The Line (2010).
• Barbara Hambly – The Time of the Dark (1982) and sequels, Dragonsbane (1985), Stranger at the Wedding (1994).
• Suzanne Harper – The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney (2007).
• Kim Harrington – Clarity (2011).
• Joanne Harris – Runemarks (2007).
• Mette Ivie Harrison – The Princess and the Hound (2007), The Rose Throne (2013).
• Rachel Hartman – Seraphina (2012).
• Karen Healey – Guardian of the Dead (2010).
• Robert A. Heinlein – Space Cadet (1948), Red Planet (1949), Between Planets (1951), The Star Beast (1954), Tunnel in the Sky (1955), Citizen of the Galaxy (1957), Have Space Suit—Will Travel (1958), Stranger in a Strange Land (1961).
• Cat Hellisen – When the Sea is Rising Red (2012).
• Stuart Hill – The Cry of the Icemark (2005), Blade of Fire (2007).
• Jim C. Hines – Goblin Quest (2004) and sequels.
• Alice Hoffman – Indigo (2002) and others.
• Nina Kiriki Hoffman – A Stir of Bones (2003), Thresholds (2010).
• H. M. Hoover – The Delikon (1977), This Time of Darkness (1980), Another Heaven, Another Earth (1981), Orvis (1987), The Winds of Mars (1995).
• Monica Hughes – Keeper of the Isis Light (1980), Invitation to the Game (1990), The Crystal Drop (1992), The Golden Aquarians (1994).
• Erin Hunter – Into the Wild (2003).
• Aldous Huxley – Brave New World (1932).
• Catherine Jinks – Evil Genius (2005), Genius Squad (2008).
• Alaya Dawn Johnson – The Summer Prince (2013).
• Diana Wynne Jones – Charmed Life (1977) and the rest of the Chrestomanci series, Archer’s Goon (1984), Howl’s Moving Castle (1986), The Merlin Conspiracy (2003), The Game (2007), House of Many Ways (2008), Enchanted Glass (2010).
• Sherryl Jordan – Hunting of the Last Dragon (2002).
• Lene Kaaberbøl – The Shamer’s Daughter (2000), The Shamer’s Signet (2001).
• Guy Gavriel Kay – The Summer Tree (1984) and sequels, The Last Light of the Sun (2004).
• Marilyn Kaye – Out of Sight, Out of Mind (2009), Better Late Than Never (2009).
• David Keck – In the Eye of Heaven (2006, Violence), In a Time of Treason (2008, Violence).
• Jackie Morse Kessler – Hunger (2010), Rage (2011), Loss (2012).
• Gregory Keyes – The Briar King (2003), The Charnel Prince (2004).
• Morgan Keyes – Darkbeast (2012).
• Elizabeth Cody Kimmel – Suddenly Supernatural: School Spirit (2008).
• Patrice Kindl – Owl in Love (1993), Goose Chase (2001), Lost in the Labyrinth (2002).
• Stephen King – Carrie (1974), Firestarter (1980), It (1986).
• Caitlin Kittredge – The Iron Thorn (2011).
• Annette Curtis Klause – Alien Secrets (1993).
• Catherine Knutsson – Shadows Cast by Stars (2012).
• Nancy Kress – Beggars in Spain (1993), Maximum Light (1998), Yanked! (2000), Flash Point (2012).
• Naomi Kritzer – Fires of the Faithful (2002), Turning the Storm (2003), Freedom’s Gate (2004) and sequels,
• James Kunetka & Whitley Strieber – Warday (1984), Nature’s End (1986).
• Mercedes Lackey & Rosemary Edghill – Legacies (2010).
• R. L. LaFevers – Flight of the Phoenix (2009).
• Margo Lanagan – Black Juice (2004).
• Kathryn Lasky – The Capture (2003).
• Madeleine L’Engle – A Wrinkle in Time (1962) and sequels, A Ring of Endless Light (1980) and others in the Austin Family series.
• Ursula K. Le Guin– A Wizard of Earthsea (1968) and sequels, Gifts (2004).
• Gail Carson Levine – Ella Enchanted (1997), The Wish (2000), The Two Princesses of Bamarre (2001), Fairest (2006).
• Jane Lindskold – Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls (1994), Thirteen Orphans (2008).
• Kelly Link – Pretty Monsters (2003).
• Sophie Littlefield – Banished (2010).
• Saci Lloyd – The Carbon Diaries 2015 (2009).
• Lockhart – Fly on the Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything (2006).
• Mallory Loehr – Water Wishes (1999) and sequels.
• James D. Macdonald – The Apocalypse Door (2002).
• D. J. MacHale – The Merchant of Death (2002).
• Margaret Mahy – The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance (1984).
• Gemma Malley – The Declaration (2008) and sequels.
• Lisa Mantchev – Eyes Like Stars (2009) and sequels .
• Melissa Marr – Wicked Lovely (2007), Ink Exchange (2008), Graveminder (2011, Mature).
• John Marsden – Tomorrow, When the War Began (1993) and sequels.
• George R. R. Martin – The Ice Dragon (1980).
• Anne McCaffrey– Dragonflight (1968) and sequels, Dragonsong (1976) and the rest of the Harper Hall trilogy.
• Geraldine McCaughrean – Not the End of the World (2004).
• Jack McDevitt – Ancient Shores (1996).
• Seanan McGuire – Velveteen vs. The Junior Super-Patriots (2012).
• Patricia McKillip – The Riddle-Master trilogy: The Riddle-Master of Hed (1976), Heir of Sea and Fire (1977), Harpist in the Wind (1979).
• Robin McKinley – Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast (1978) and sequel, The Blue Sword (1982), The Hero and the Crown (1984).
• Patricia McKissack, Fredrick McKissack & John McKissack – The Clone Codes (2010).
• Lauren McLaughlin – Scored (2011).
• Cliff McNish – The Silver Child (2003), Silver City (2004), Silver World (2005), Angel (2007).
• Melinda Metz – Gifted Touch (2001), Haunted (2001).
• Kai Meyer – The Water Mirror (2001).
• Marissa Meyer – Cinder (2012).
• Antonia Michaelis – Tiger Moon (2008).
• Sarah Micklem – Firethorn (2004).
• China Miéville – Un Lun Dun (2007).
• Patricia Miles – The Gods in Winter (1978).
• Kate Milford – The Boneshaker (2010), The Broken Lands (2012).
• Saundra Mitchell – Shadowed Summer (2009).
• Elizabeth Moon – Sheepfarmer’s Daughter (1988), Divided Allegiance (1988), Oath of Gold (1989).
• Perry Moore – Hero (2007).
• Walter Mosley – 47 (2005).
• Mike Mullin – Ashfall (2011).
• Catherine Gilbert Murdock – Princess Ben (2008).
• Kirsty Murray – Vulture’s Wake (2009).
• Donna Jo Napoli – Sirena (2000).
• O. T. Nelson – The Girl Who Owned a City (1975).
• Patrick Ness – The Knife of Never Letting Go (2008), The Ask and the Answer (2009).
• Jenny Nimmo – Griffin’s Castle (1994), Midnight for Charlie Bone (2002).
• Garth Nix– Sabriel (1995) and the Abhorsen series, Shade’s Children (1997), The Fall (2000) and sequels, Mister Monday (2003) and the rest of the Keys to the Kingdom series.
• Andre Norton – Witch World (1963) and many others.
• Sharyn November (Editor) – Firebirds (2003), Firebirds Rising (2006).
• Robert C. O’Brien – Z for Zachariah (1974).
• Nnedi Okorafor – The Shadow Speaker (2007), Akata Witch (2011).
• Kenneth Oppel – Airborn (2004) and sequels.
• Edward Ormondroyd – David and the Phoenix (1957).
• George Orwell – 1984 (1949).
• Anne Osterlund – Academy 7 (2009).
• Christopher Paolini – Eragon (2001) and sequels.
• David Patneaude – Epitaph Road (2010).
• James Patterson & Gabrielle Charbonnet – Witch & Wizard (2009).
• Kimberly Pauley – Cat Girl’s Day Off (2011).
• Mary E. Pearson – The Adoration of Jenna Fox (2008).
• Diana Peterfreund – Rampant (2009).
• Susan Beth Pfeffer – Life as We Knew It (2006) and sequels, The Dead and the Gone (2008).
• Rodman Philbrick – The Last Book in the Universe (2002).
• Meredith Ann Pierce – The Darkangel (1982) and sequel, The Woman Who Loved Reindeer (1985), Treasure at the Heart of the Tanglewood (2001).
• Daniel Pinkwater – Lizard Music (1976).
• Carol Plum-Ucci – Streams of Babel (2008), Fire Will Fall (2010).
• Terry Pratchett – The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (2001), Monstrous Regiment (2003), The Wee Free Men (2003) and sequels in the Tiffany Aching series, Going Postal (2004), Dodger (2012).
• Sarah Prineas– The Magic Thief (2008) and sequels.
• Philip Pullman– The Ruby in the Smoke (1985) and sequels, Once Upon a Time in the North (2008). His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (1995), The Subtle Knife (1996), The Amber Spyglass (2000).
• Ayn Rand– Anthem (1938).
• David Randall – Clovermead (2004), Chandlefort (2006).
• Lindsay Ribar – The Art of Wishing (2013).
• John Ringo – Princess of Wands (2006).
• Rick Riordan – The Lightning Thief (2005).
• Madeleine E. Robins – The Stone War (1999).
• Roberta Rupp – The Waterstone (2002).
• Marie Rutkoski – The Cabinet of Wonders (2008).
• Carrie Ryan – The Forest of Hands and Teeth (2009), The Dead-Tossed Waves (2010).
• Fred Saberhagen – An Old Friend of the Family (1979).
• Peter Adam Salomon – Henry Franks (2012).
• John Scalzi – Zoe’s Tale (2008).
• Michael Scott – The Alchemyst (2007) and sequels.
• James H. Schmitz – Telzey Amberdon (2000), Trigger & Friends (2001).
• Marcus Sedgwick – My Swordhand Is Singing (2006).
• Pamela F. Service – Yesterday’s Magic (2008).
• Darren Shan – Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare (2000) and sequels.
• Joel Shepherd – Sasha (2007).
• Delia Sherman – The Freedom Maze (2001), Changeling (2006), The Magic Mirror of the Mermaid Queen (2009).
• Sharon Shinn – The Safe-Keeper’s Secret (2004) and sequels.
• Barbara Shoup – Everything You Want (2008).
• Neal Shusterman – Unwind (2007), UnWholly (2012).
• Janni Lee Simner – Bones of Faerie (2009).
• Linda Joy Singleton – Don’t Die, Dragonfly (2004), Dead Girl Walking (2008).
• William Sleator – House of Stairs (1974), Interstellar Pig (1984) and its sequel Parasite Pig (2002), Singularity (1985), Test (2008), and more.
• Cynthia Leitich Smith – Eternal (2009).
• Sarah Smith – The Other Side of Dark (2010).
• Sherwood Smith– Crown Duel (2002).
• Maria V. Snyder – Poison Study (2005), Inside Out (2010).
• Zilpha Keatley Snyder – Black and Blue Magic (1967).
• Stephanie Spinner – Quiver (2002).
• Nancy Springer – Dusssie (2007).
• Dana Stabenow – Second Star (1991).
• Wendy Corsi Staub – Lily Dale: Awakening (2007), Lily Dale: Believing (2008).
• Rebecca Stead – First Light (2007), When You Reach Me (2009).
• Michael Stearns (Editor) – A Wizard’s Dozen: Stories of the Fantastic (1993).
• Caroline Stevermer – River Rats (1992), A College of Magics (1994), A Scholar of Magics (2004), Magic Below Stairs (2010).
• Maggie Stiefvater – Lament (2008), Ballad (2009), Shiver (2009), The Scorpio Races (2011), The Raven Boys (2012).
• Brad Strickland – Flight of the Outcast (2010).
• Gillian Summers – Tree Shepherd’s Daughter (2007), Into the Wildewood (2008), The Secret of the Dread Forest (2009).
• Judith Tarr – Alamut (1989), The Dagger and the Cross (1991), and many more.
• Jean Thesman – The Other Ones (1999).
• James Thurber (Writer) & Louis Slobodkin (Illustrator) – Many Moons (1943).
• Stephanie S. Tolan – Welcome to the Ark (1996), Flight of the Raven (2001).
• Heather Tomlinson – The Swan Maiden (2007).
• Tiffany Trent – The Unnaturalists (2012).
• Megan Whalen Turner – The Thief (1996) and sequels.
• Anne Ursu – The Shadow Thieves (2006).
• Susan Vaught – Stormwitch (2005).
• Vivian Vande Velde– Dragon’s Bait (1992), Never Trust a Dead Man (1999), and many more!
• Jules Verne – From the Earth to the Moon (1865), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1870).
• Cynthia Voigt – Jackaroo (1986) and sequels, Orfe (1992).
• Adrienne Maria Vrettos – Sight (2007).
• Rebecca Wade – The Thief & the Miracle (2007).
• David Ward – Escape the Mask (2001).
• Robin Wasserman – Skinned (2008), Crashed (2009).
• H. G. Wells – The Time Machine (1895), The War of the Worlds (1898).
• Nancy Werlin – Impossible (2008).
• Scott Westerfeld– So Yesterday (2004), Uglies (2005) and sequels, Leviathan (2009) and sequels.
• Suzanne Weyn – The Bar Code Tattoo (2004), The Bar Code Rebellion (2006).
• T. H. White– The Sword in the Stone (1938), Mistress Masham’s Repose (1946), The Once and Future King (1958).
• Carole Wilkinson – Dragon Keeper (2003), Garden of the Purple Dragon (2005).
• Connie Willis – Doomsday Book (1992).
• N. D. Wilson – 100 Cupboards (2007) and sequels, Leepike Ridge (2007).
• Laurel Winter – Growing Wings (2000).
• Patricia Wrede– Dealing with Dragons (1990) and sequels, Mairelon the Magician (1991), Magician’s Ward (1997), Thirteenth Child (2009), Across the Great Barrier (2011).
• Patricia Wrede & Caroline Stevermer – Sorcery and Cecilia: Or, The Enchanted Chocolate Pot (1988), Grand Tour: Or, The Purloined Coronation Regalia (2004).
• Chelsea Quinn Yarbro – Hotel Transylvania (1978).
• Jane Yolen– Dragon’s Blood (1982) and sequels, Sister Light, Sister Dark (1988) and sequels, Wizard’s Hall (1991), Sword of the Rightful King (2003), and many more.
• Jane Yolen (Editor) & Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Editor) – The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens: First Annual Collection (2005).
• Jane Yolen & Adam Stemple – Pay the Piper (2005), Troll Bridge (2006).
• Moira Young – Blood Red Road (2011).
• Timothy Zahn – Dragon and Thief (2003) and sequels.
• Paul O. Zelinsky – Rapunzel (1997).
• Sarah Zettel – A Sorcerer’s Treason (2002) and sequels, Dust Girl (2012).
• Michelle Zink – Prophecy of the Sisters (2009).
• Markus Zusak – I Am the Messenger (2002).

Miscellaneous (Non-fiction, Graphic Novels, Poetry)

Non-fiction:

• Rachel Manija Brown – All the Fishes Come Home to Roost: An American Misfit in India (2005).
• Ingri d’Aulaire & Edgar Parin d’Aulaire – Leif the Lucky (1941).
• Jean Craighead George – The Tarantula in My Purse: And 172 Other Wild Pets (1996).
• Gris Grimly – Where Madness Reigns: The Art of Gris Grimly (2008).
• Josepha Sherman & T.K.F. Weisskopf – Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts: The Subversive Folklore of Childhood (1995).

Non-fiction (Harry Potter):

• George W. Beahm (Writer), Tim Kirk (Illustrator) & Britton McDaniel (Illustrator) – Fact, Fiction, and Folklore in Harry Potter’s World: An Unofficial Guide (2005).
• George W. Beahm (Writer) & Tim Kirk (Illustrator) – Muggles and Magic: J.K. Rowling and the Harry Potter Phenomenon (2004).
• Karen A. Brown– Prejudice in Harry Potter (2008).
• Dedria Bryfonski– Political Issues in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Series (2009).
• Elizabeth E. Heilman (Editor) – Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter (2002).
• Racheline Maltese– The Book of Harry Potter Trifles, Trivias, and Particularities (2008).
• Neil Mulholland Ph.D. (Editor)– The Psychology of Harry Potter: An Unauthorized Examination of the Boy Who Lived (2006).
• Eric D. Randall– The Pottersaurus: 1,500 Words Harry Potter Readers Need to Know (2007).
• Tere Stouffer– The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the World of Harry Potter (2005).
• Sayre Van Young – The Unofficial Harry Potter Vocabulary Builder: Learn the 3,000 Hardest Words from All Seven Books and Enjoy the Series More (2008).
• Lana A. Whited (Editor) – The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon (2002).

Graphic Novels:

• Frank Cammuso – Knights of the Lunch Table #1: The Dodgeball Chronicles (2011).
• Svetlana Chmakova – Dramacon, Vol. 1 (2005), Dramacon, Vol. 2 (2006).
• Rod Espinosa – The Courageous Princess (1998).

Poetry:

• Lee Bennett Hopkins (Editor) – America at War: Poems Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins (2008).