ALA Teens' Top 10

Every year, the American Library Association compiles the year's ten most popular books, based on votes from teens around the U.S.
         
2011        
Rank Cover Title Author Description
1 Clockwork Angel Clockwork Angel (Infernal Devices, bk 1) Clare, Cassandra When sixteen-year-old orphan Tessa Fell's older brother suddenly vanishes, her search for him leads her into Victorian-era London's dangerous supernatural underworld.
2  Mockingjay Mockingjay (Hunger Games Trilogy, bk 3) Collins, Suzanne Two-time Hunger Games survivor Katniss Everdeen is targeted by a vengeful Capitol that vows to make Katniss and all of District 12 pay for the current unrest.
3  Crescendo Crescendo (Hush, Hush Saga, bk 2) Fitzpatrick, Becca Sixteen-year-old Nora Grey struggles to face the truth while coping with having a fallen angel boyfriend named Patch and unraveling the mystery surrounding her father's death.
4  I Am Number Four I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, bk 1) Lore, Pittacus Friendships and a beautiful girl are distracting to a teenager who is hiding on Earth while he waits to develop the powers he will need to rejoin the other six surviving Garde members and fight those who destroyed their planet.
5  The Iron King The Iron King (Iron Fey, bk 1) Kagawa, Julie On the eve of her 16th birthday, Meghan Chase learns that she is the daughter of the summer faery king, and when her half-brother is kidnapped, she must journey into a fantastical world she never imagined to face an unknown enemy and save the people she loves.
6  Matched Matched (Matched Trilogy, bk 1) Condie, Ally Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her, so when Xander appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows he is her ideal mate--until Ky Markham's face appears for an instant before the screen fades to black.
7  Angel Angel (Maximum Ride, bk 7) Patterson, James Heartbroken after her best friend and soul mate, Fang, leaves her flock, Maximum Ride begins to believe the evil scientists trying to convince her she needs to save the world, and that Dylan, the newest member of her flock, is her perfect mate.
8  Paranormalcy Paranormalcy (Paranormalcy, bk 1) White, Kiersten When a dark prophecy begins to come true, sixteen-year-old Evie of the International Paranormal Containment Agency must not only try to stop it, she must also uncover its connection to herself and the alluring shapeshifter, Lend.
9  Before I Fall Before I Fall Oliver, Lauren After she dies in a car crash, teenage Samantha relives the day of her death over and over again until, on the seventh day, she finally discovers a way to save herself.
10  Nightshade Nightshade (Nightshade, bk 1) Cremer, Andrea Calla and Ren have been raised knowing it is their destiny to mate with one another and rule over their shape-shifting wolf pack, but when a human boy arrives and vies for Calla's heart, she is faced with a decision that could change her whole world.
         
2010        
Rank Cover Title Author Description
1  Catching Fire Catching Fire (Hunger Games Trilogy, Bk 2) Collins, Suzanne By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.
2  City of Glass City of Glass (Mortal Instruments, bk 3) Clare, Cassandra Clary, who is still seeking a cure for her mother's enchantment, travels to get the City of Glass, the capital of the forbidden country of the secretive Shadowhunters, where she uncovers important truths about her family's past.
3  Heist Society Heist Society (Heist Society, bk 1) Carter, Ally A group of teenagers uses their combined talents to re-steal several priceless paintings and save fifteen-year-old Kat Bishop's father, himself an international art thief, from a vengeful collector.
4  Shiver Shiver (Shiver, bk 1) Stiefvater, Maggie In all the years she has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house, Grace has been particularly drawn to an unusual yellow-eyed wolf who, in his turn, has been watching her with increasing intensity.
5  Hush Hush Hush, Hush (Hush, Hush Saga, bk 1) Fitzpatrick, Becca High school sophomore Nora has always been very cautious in her relationships, but when Patch, who has a dark side she can sense, enrolls at her school, she is mysteriously and strongly drawn to him.
6  Beautiful Creatures Beautiful Creatures Garcia, Kami In a small South Carolina town, where it seems little has changed since the Civil War, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret.
7  Along for the Ride Along for the Ride Dessen, Sarah When Auden impulsively goes to stay with her father the summer before she starts college, all the trauma of her parents' divorce is revived even as she is having new experiences such as learning to ride a bike and dating.
8  If I Stay If I Stay Forman, Gayle While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weighs whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.
9  Fire Fire (Graceling, bk 2) Cashore, Kristin In a kingdom called the Dells, Fire is the last human-shaped monster, with unimaginable beauty and the ability to control the minds of those around her, but even with these gifts she cannot escape the strife that overcomes her world.
10  Wintergirls Wintergirls Anderson, Laurie Halse Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder.
         
2009        
Rank Cover Title Author Description
1  Paper Towns Paper Towns Green, John  One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen basks in the predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q's neighbor and classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.
2  Breaking Dawn Breaking Dawn (Twlight Saga, bk 4) Meyer, Stephenie  In the fourth and final book in the #1 bestselling teen vampire saga, questions will be answered and the fate of Bella and Edward will be revealed.
3  Hunger Games The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Trilogy, bk 1)  Collins, Suzanne In a future North America, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the annual battle to the death known as the Hunger Games.
4  City of Ashes City of Ashes (Mortal Instruments, 2) Clare, Cassandra  Sixteen-year-old Clary continues trying to make sense of the swiftly changing events and relationships in her life as she becomes further involved with the Shadowhunters and their pursuit of demons and discovers some terrifying truths about her parents, her brother Jace, and her boyfriend Simon.
5  Identical Identical Hopkins, Ellen Sixteen-year-old identical twin daughters of a district court judge and a candidate for the United States House of Representatives, Kaeleigh and Raeanne Gardella desperately struggle with secrets that have already torn them and their family apart.
6  Graveyard Book The Graveyard Book Gaiman, Neil Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard.
7  Wake Wake (Wake Trilogy, bk 1) McMann, Lisa Ever since she was eight years old, high schoool student Janie Hannagan has been uncontrollably drawn into other people's dreams, but it is not until she befriends an elderly nursing home patient and becomes involved with an enigmatic fellow student that she discovers her true power.
8  Untamed Untamed (House of Night, bk 4) Cast, P.C. Zoey's life at vampyre training school takes a turn for the worse as she loses most of her group of friends and all three of her potential boyfriends and the High Priestess Neferet plans a war on humans that Zoey knows is wrong.
9  The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks Lockhart, E. Sophomore Frankie starts dating senior Matthew Livingston, but when he refuses to talk about the all-male secret society that he and his friends belong to, Frankie infiltrates the society in order to enliven their mediocre pranks.
10  Graceling Graceling (Graceling, bk 1) Cashore, Kristin In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace, the Grace of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king.
         
2008        
Rank Cover Title Author Description
1  Eclipse Eclipse (Twilight Saga, bk 3) Meyer, Stephenie Bella must choose between her friendship with Jacob, a werewolf, and her relationship with Edward, a vampire, but when Seattle is ravaged by a mysterious string of killings, the three of them need to decide whether their personal lives are more important than the well-being of an entire city.
2  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, bk 7) Rowling, J.K. The seventh and final book in the series about a school that teaches magic to those who go there.
3  Diary of a Wimpy Kid Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, bk 1) Kinney, Jeff Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.
4  Vampire Academy Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, bk 1) Mead, Rachel Two years after a horrible incident made them run away, vampire princess Lissa and her guardian-in-training Rose are found and returned to St. Vladimir's Academy, where one focuses on mastering magic, the other on physical training.
5  Saving the World Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports (Maximum Ride, bk 3) Patterson, James The time has come for Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel to face their ultimate enemy and, despite many obstacles, try to save the world from a sinister plan to re-engineer a select population into a scientifically superior master race.
6  City of Bones City of Bones (Mortal Instruments, bk 1) Clare, Cassandra Suddenly able to see demons and the Darkhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into this bizzare world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a monster.
7  The Sweet Far Thing The Sweet Far Thing (Gemma Doyle Trilogy, bk 3) Bray, Libba At Spence Academy, sixteen-year-old Gemma Doyle continues preparing for her London debut while struggling to determine how best to use magic to resolve a power struggle in the enchanted world of the realms, and to protect her own world and loved ones.
8  Extras Extras (Uglies, bk 4) Westerfeld, Scott Fifteen-year-old Aya Fuse, an Extra, just wants to lay low, so when she discovers the secret lives of the Sly Girls, she wants to report their story, but she knows that would propel her into a celebrity status she's not prepared for.
9  Before I Die Before I Die Downham, Jenny A terminally ill teenaged girl makes and carries out a list of things to do before she dies.
10  Twisted Twisted Anderson, Laurie Halse After finally getting noticed by someone other than school bullies and his ever-angry father, seventeen-year-old Tyler enjoys his tough new reputation and the attentions of a popular girl, but when life starts to go bad again, he must choose between transforming himself or giving in to his destructive thoughts.