Difference between revisions of "Beyond Young Adult: Adult Titles with Teen Appeal"

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Article in Young Adult Fiction, Adult Fiction, Young Adult Nonfiction, and Adult Nonfiction, and Science Fiction categories.

Fiction

Realistic Fiction

• Alice Bliss by Laura Harrington

Fantasy/Sci-Fi

• Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
• The Night Circus by Erica Morgenstern
• The Passage by Justin Cronin
• The Radleys by Matt Haig
• The Reapers Are The Angels by Alden Bell
• Soulless by Gail Carriger

Mystery

• Fadeaway Girl by Martha Grimes
• Never Tell a Lie by Hallie Ephron
• Room by Emma Donoghue
• The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by C. Alan Bradley
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• The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant

Nonfiction

• Ghosts of War: The True Story of a 19-Year-Old GI by Ryan Smithson

• The Good Soldiers by David Finkel

• How to Be a Zombie: The Essential Guide for Anyone Who Craves Brains by Serena Valentino

• The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum

• Science Fair Season: Twelve Kids, a Robot Names Scorch -- and What It Takes to Win by Judy Dutton

• A Stolen Life: A Memoirby Jaycee Dugard

• The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring by by Richard Preston

Other Resources

• American Library Association's Alex Award Winners. The Alex Awards are given to books written for adults that have appeal to teens.

http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/alex