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recommended reading

Need help finding your next great read? Look no further. (If you're still looking, you can always e-mail your teen librarian, Martha Sullivan at msullivan@gpld.org, or stop by to see her - she's excellent at finding the perfect book for searching readers.)

yalsa award winners

YALSA, the Young Adult Library Services Association, gives out a bunch of awards every year for the best of the best in young adult literature. Here are their major awards, which you can click through to the current list of winners and nominees:

The Printz Award

The Michael L. Printz Award recognizes the best of the best in literary excellence. Each year, one winner and four honorees are selected from the young adult books published in the preceding year. The 2017 winner: March by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell.

The Alex Awards

This award recognizes ten books every year written for adults but with strong teen appeal. If you're looking for something a little above and beyond our YA section, this is the list for you. Includes both fiction and nonfiction.

The Morris Award

The William C. Morris Award is given every year to honor a debut novel by a first-time author, one winner and four honorees. These authors are definitely ones to watch out for. The 2017 winner: The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner.

The YALSA Nonfiction Award

YALSA's Award for Excellence in Nonfiction honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18) during a Nov. 1 – Oct. 31 publishing year. A shortlist of five titles are selected and one winner announced. The 2017 winner: also March by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell.

martha's bookshelf

This month, Martha is recommending: Scythe by Neal Shusterman. Far into the future, humanity has essentially conquered death, and the world now exists without hunger, disease, or war. Now members of the Scythe order are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control.

Teens Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe—a role that neither wants, but both will compete for. These teens must master the “art” of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.

My Favorite Authors YA Edition

Choose any number of authors from this list and we will place a hold for you on their new books before they are released.  While we cannot guarantee how near the top of the list you will be, we will notify you when your next great read is available for pickup.

Personal Reading Lists

Looking for your next great read? Fill out this form with your Geneva Public Library card number and reading preferences and our book experts will take care of the rest! Give us 24-48 hours to personalize a list of 5 books we think you'll love.