Best Fiction for Young AdultsSelection1988

Given by Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)

Other Names: Best Books for Young Adults, YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults
68 Works 38,043 Books 786 Reviews ½ 3.9
The American Library Association's Best Fiction for Young Adults, previously known as Best Books for Young Adults (1966–2010), is a recommendation list of books presented yearly by the YALSA show more division (Young Adult Library Services Association). It is for "fiction titles published for young adults in the past 16 months that are recommended reading for ages 12 to 18. The purpose of the annual list it to provide librarians and library workers with a resource to use for collection development and readers advisory purposes." In addition there is a "Best of the Best" list of the top 10 titles, made available since 1997.




The list has been published since 1930 when it was founded as "Best Books for Young People". It has undergone several changes of focus and names over the years, including the "Book Selection Committee" (1954), the "Committee for the Selection of Significant Adult Books for Young People" (1963). It became the "Best Books for Young Adults Committee" (BBYA) in 1966 and then "Best Fiction for Young Adults" in 2010.




Before 1973, only "adult books" (as marketed) were eligible. Books marketed for "young adults" have been considered since then and now constitute a majority of the selections. Meanwhile, the marketing category has changed to include more books oriented to older teens. show less
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Selection 68

WorkYear
Always to Remember: The Story of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Brent K. Ashabranner1988
Welcome to Moonbase by Ben Bova1988
Starting from Scratch by Rita Mae Brown1988
The Blizzard of '88 by Mary Cable1988
We Are Not Afraid: The Story of Goodman, Schwerner, and Chaney, and the Civil Rights Campaign for Mississippi by Seth Cagin1988
A Girl From Yamhill: A Memoir by Beverly Cleary1988
Body and Soul: Ten American Women by Carolyn Coman1988
Fade by Robert Cormier1988
Say Goodnight, Gracie by Julie Reece Deaver1988
The Floatplane Notebooks by Clyde Edgerton1988
Looking the tiger in the eye : confronting the nuclear threat by Carl B. Feldbaum1988
Alice by Sara Flanigan1988
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman1988
Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman1988
Inside Nicaragua: Young People's Dreams and Fears by Rita Golden Gelman1988
The War Poets: Lives and Writings of the 1914-18 War Poets by Robert Giddings1988
Give Me One Wish by Jacquie Gordon1988
Of Such Small Differences by Joanne Greenberg1988
Finder by Marilyn Greene1988
The Day I Became an Autodidact and The Advice, Adventures, and Acrimonies that Befell Me Thereafter by Kendall Hailey1988
Those Who Hunt the Night by Barbara Hambly1988
Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave by Virginia Hamilton1988
In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World by Virginia Hamilton1988
The Sixties Reader by James Haskins1988
A Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman1988
Taming the Star Runner by S. E. Hinton1988
At Risk by Alice Hoffman1988
The Dawn Palace by H. M. Hoover1988
A Circle Unbroken by Sollace Hotze1988
The Music of What Happens: Poems That Tell Stories by Paul B. Janeczko1988
Toy Soldiers by William P. Kennedy1988
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver1988
American Sports Poems by R. R. Knudson1988
The Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge1988
Dien Cai Dau by Yusef Komunyakaa1988
Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America by Jonathan Kozol1988
AIDS: The Facts by John Langone1988
The Wall: Images and Offerings from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Sal Lopes1988
The Building of Manhattan by Donald A. Mackay1988
Lynda Madaras Talks to Teens About AIDS: An Essential Guide for Parents, Teachers, and Young People by Lynda Madaras1988
Memory by Margaret Mahy1988
Silver by Norma Fox Mazer1988
The Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinley1988
Rescue: The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the Holocaust by Milton Meltzer1988
John F Kennedy by Judie Mills1988
Rhythm Road: Poems to Move to by Lillian Morrison1988
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers1988
Scorpions by Walter Dean Myers1988
Survival in the Killing Fields by Haing S. Ngor1988
McKenzie's boots by Michael Noonan1988
The Island by Gary Paulsen1988
The Preacher's Boy by Terry Pringle1988
The Shadow in the North by Philip Pullman1988
Race Across Alaska: First Woman to Win the Iditarod Tells Her Story by Libby Riddles1988
The Last Silk Dress by Ann Rinaldi1988
The Babe: A Life in Pictures (A Baseball ink book) by Lawrence S. Ritter1988
Somehow Tenderness Survives: Stories of Southern Africa by Hazel Rochman1988
Smoke and Ashes: The Story of the Holocaust by Barbara Rogasky1988
The Quilt: Stories from the Names Project by Cindy Ruskin1988
A Kindness by Cynthia Rylant1988
At the Heart of the White Rose: Letters and Diaries of Hans and Sophie Scholl by Hans Scholl1988
The Ulysses Voyage: Sea Search for the Odyssey by Tim Severin1988
The Duplicate by William Sleator1988
Mothers of Invention by Ethlie Ann Vare1988
I Was Looking for a Street by Charles Willeford1988
Probably Still Nick Swansen by Virginia Euwer Wolff1988
Here at the Scenic-Vu Motel by Thelma Hatch Wyss1988
Living Treasures: An Odyssey Through China's Extraordinary Nature Reserves by Tang Xiyang1988

Descriptions

The American Library Association's Best Fiction for Young Adults, previously known as Best Books for Young Adults (1966–2010), is a recommendation list of books presented yearly by the YALSA division (Young Adult Library Services Association). It is for "fiction titles published for young adults in the past 16 months that are recommended reading for ages 12 to 18. The purpose of the annual list it to provide librarians and library workers with a resource to use for collection development and readers advisory purposes." In addition there is a "Best of the Best" list of the top 10 titles, made available since 1997.


The list has been published since 1930 when it was founded as "Best Books for Young People". It has undergone several changes of focus and names over the years, including the "Book Selection Committee" (1954), the "Committee for the Selection of Significant Adult Books for Young People" (1963). It became the "Best Books for Young Adults Committee" (BBYA) in 1966 and then "Best Fiction for Young Adults" in 2010.


Before 1973, only "adult books" (as marketed) were eligible. Books marketed for "young adults" have been considered since then and now constitute a majority of the selections. Meanwhile, the marketing category has changed to include more books oriented to older teens.

(English, Wikipedia)
URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALA_Best_Fiction_for_Young_Adults

From the American Library Association's young adult library services. The books, recommended for those ages 12-18, meet the criteria of both good quality literature and appealing reading for teens. The annual lists comprises a wide range of genres and styles, including contemporary realistic fiction that reflects the diversity of the teen experience, nonfiction that brings to teens an awareness of the world they live in and its history, and fantastical stories told in both narrative and graphic formats.

The year listing skipped 1989 in the ALA Best Books for Young Adults Second Edition publication, although some authors such as Gary Paulsen listed as having a 1990 Best Books in the publication will credit the same book as a 1989 Best Books on various websites. There appears to be no official explanation for this.

The list was replaced by YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults starting in 2011.

(English, Member-written)
Replaced ALA Best Books for Young Adults starting in 2011. (English, Member-written)

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