read me! alex award fiction

Since 1998, the American Library Association (ALA) has picked the top 10 adult fiction books for teens. Here's a selection.

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Title Author APL Call No.
Midnight at the Dragon Cafe Judy Fong Bates FIC BAT
Year of Wonders: a novel of the plague Geraldine Brooks FIC BRO
Ender's Shadow Orson Scott Card

SF CAR

Girl with a Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier FIC CHE
The Book of Lost Things John Connolly FIC CON
Wonder When You'll Miss Me Amanda David FIC DAV
The Whistling Season Ivan Doig FIC DOI
Peace Like a River Leif Enger FIC ENG
The Eyre Affair: a novel Jasper Fforde FIC FFO
Anansi Boys Neil Gaiman FIC GAI
As Simple as Snow Gregory Galloway YA FIC GAL
Water for Elephants: a novel Sara Gruen FIC GRU
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon FIC HAD
Snow in August: a novel Pete Hamill FIC HAM
Plainsong Kent Haruf FIC HAR
The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini FIC HOS
Genghis: birth of an empire Conn Iggulden FIC IGG
Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro FIC ISH
The Floor of the Sky Pamela Carter Joern YA FIC JOE
Mister Pip Lloyd Jones FIC JON
Last Days of Summer: a novel Steve Kluger FIC KLU
The God of Animals: a novel Aryn Kyle YA FIC KYL
Crow Lake Mary Lawson FIC LAW
The Spellman Files Lisa Lutz FIC LUT
The Night Birds Thomas Maltman YA FIC MAL
Black Swan Green: a novel David Mitchell FIC MIT
The Time Traveler's Wife: a novel Audry Niffenegger FIC NIF
The Dive from Clausen's Pier Ann Packer FIC PAC
The Necessary Beggar Susan Palwick SF PAL
My Sister's Keeper Jodi Picoult FIC PIC
The World Made Straight Ron Rash FIC RAS
My Jim: a novel Nancy Rawles FIC RAW
Name of the Wind: Day One Patrick Rothfuss YA FIC ROT
Bad Monkeys Matt Ruff YA FIC RUF
Caucasia Danzy Senna FIC SEN
The Thirteenth Tale: a novel Diane Setterfield FIC SET
10th Grade: a novel Joseph Weisberg YA FIC WEI
Maisie Dobbs: a novel Jacqueline Winspear MYS WIN
     
16-Nov-2008