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Teens' Top Ten Titles for 2022

The Teens' Top Ten is a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Nominators are members of teen book groups in fifteen school and public libraries around the country. Readers ages twelve to eighteen will vote online between August 15 - October 15 on the Teens' Top Ten site. The winners will be announced the following week after. Source: YALSA*

2022 Teens' Top 10 Nominees

	10 Truths and a Dare by Ashley Elston
	Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
	All of Us Villains by Amanda Foody and Christine Herman
	All These Bodies by Kendare Blake
	Any Sign of Life by Rae Carson
	Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
	Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
	Counting Down with You by Tashie Bhuiyan
	Dark Rise by C. S. Pacat
	Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
	Gilded by Marissa Meyer
	The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by K. Woodman Manyard
	The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
	Heartless Prince by Leigh Dragoon and Angela De Vito
	Here's to Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
	Idol Gossip by Alexandra Leigh Young
	Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon
	The Ivies by Alexa Donne
	Made In Korea by Sarah Suk
	A Pho Love Story by Loan Le
	Piece by Piece: The Story of Nisrin’s Hijab by Priya Huq
	The Quantum Weirdness of the Almost Kiss by Amy Noelle Parks
	Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard
	Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo
	We Can't Keep Meeting Like This by Rachel Lynn Solomon

For a list of the 2022 nominees and their storylines, click here.

2021 Teens' Top 10 Winners

1	All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson

2	The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

3	Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
4	Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

5	Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards

6	The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

7	Instant Karma by Marissa Meyer

8	The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab

9	Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

10	One of Us is Next by Karen M. McManus

*YALSA - Young Adult Library Services Association

 

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