The Boston Globe released their annual list of the best books of the year, as chosen by the Globe’s reviewers. The full list includes fiction and non-fiction for children, young adults, and adults. The full list of books in the Young Adult category is as follows:
- The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean by David Almond (Candlewick)
- Half Bad by Sally Green (Viking)
- Poisoned Apples by Christine Heppermann (Greenwillow)
- And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard (Delacorte)
- Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future by A.S. King (Little, Brown)
- We Were Liars by e. lockhart (Delacorte)
- I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (Dial)
- Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith (Dutton)
- This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki, illustrated by Mariko Tamaki (First Second)
- The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton (Candlewick)
To view the complete list, visit The Boston Globe‘s website.
