ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound2004

Given by Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)

Other Names: YALSA Outstanding Books for the College Bound, YALSA Outstanding Books for the College Bound 2014, YALSA's List of Outstanding books for the College Bound
112 Works 358,935 Books 7,979 Reviews 4.0
From the ALA site:

A YALSA Committee of public, secondary school, and academic librarians selectes the list. Revised every five years as a tool for several audiences (students preparing for show more college, educators, librarians, and parents) it offers opportunities for independent reading and lifelong learning. Use it to round out your reading as you prepare for college entrance exams and courses, to strengthen your knowledge in a variety of subject areas and enhance appreciation for different cultures and times.

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Categories:
All, Arts & Humanities (12), Arts and Humanities (25), Biography (30), Drama (24), Fiction (40), History (23), History & Cultures (16), History and Cultures (24), Humanities (23), Humanities, 2004; Arts & Humanities, 2009 (1), Literature & Language Arts (40), Literature & Language Arts, 2004; History & Cultures, 2009 (1), Literature and Language Arts (26), Non-fiction (70), Poetry (19), Science & Technology (37), Science & Technology, 2004, Science & Technology, 2009 (1), Science and Technology (25), Social Sciences (62), Social Sciences, 2004; Literature & Language Arts, 2009 (1), [1999], Fiction, 1999 (1), No Category (2)
Years:
All, 2014 (5), 2009 (77), 2004 (112), 1999 (183)
WorkCategoryYear
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander
History2004
Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials by Marc Aronson
History2004
Lindbergh by A. Scott Berg
History2004
War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars by Andrew Carroll
History2004
The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat
History2004
Triangle: The Fire that Changed America by David Von Drehle
History2004
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis
History2004
Understanding September 11th: Answering Questions about the Attacks on America by Mitch Frank
History2004
Troy by Adèle Geras
History2004
Stone Heart: A Novel of Sacajawea by Diane Glancy
History2004
The Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Speech that Inspired a Nation by Drew Hansen
History2004
Give Me My Father's Body: The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo by Kenn Harper
History2004
Columbus in the Americas by William Least Heat-Moon
History2004
Jefferson's Children: The Story of One American Family by Shannon Lanier
History2004
Terror of the Spanish Main: Sir Henry Morgan and His Buccaneers by Albert Marrin
History2004
John Adams by David McCullough
History2004
Smoke and Ashes: The Story of the Holocaust by Barbara Rogasky
History2004
Poets of World War II by Harvey Shapiro
History2004
Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII by David Starkey
History2004
The Sagas of Icelanders by Örnólfur Thorsson
History2004
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman
History2004
Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World by Jack Weatherford
History2004
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester
History2004
Lovers in Art (Art & Design) by Sabine Adler
Humanities2004
Exploring World Art by Andrea Belloli
Humanities2004
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by Buzz Bissinger
Humanities2004
The Blackstone Book of Magic and Illusion by Harry Blackstone Jr.
Humanities2004
Brassai: Letters to My Parents by Brassaï
Humanities2004
Sarah: Women of Genesis by Orson Scott Card
Humanities2004
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Humanities2004
Counting Coup by Larry Colton
Humanities2004
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
Humanities2004
What Does It Mean to be Human? Reverence for Life Reaffirmed by Responses From Around the World by Frederick Franck
Humanities2004
On Wings of Joy: The Story of Ballet from the 16th Century to Today by Trudy Garfunkel
Humanities2004
Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
Humanities2004
The Black Chord: Visions of the Groove: Connections between Afro-Beats, Rhythm and Blues, Hip Hop and More by Vivien Goldman
Humanities2004
War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges
Humanities2004
Shooting Under Fire: The World of the War Photographer by Peter Howe
Humanities2004
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture by Ross King
Humanities2004
American Indian Ballerinas by Lili Cockerille Livingston
Humanities2004
The Vibe History of Hip Hop by Vibe Magazine
Humanities2004
Our Movie Heritage by Tom McGreevey
Humanities2004
The Encyclopedia of Acting Techniques: Illustrated Instruction, Examples and Advice for Improving Acting Techniques and Stage Presence--From Tragedy to Comedy, Epic to Farce by John Perry
Humanities2004
Photography: An Illustrated History by Martin W. Sandler
Humanities2004
The Illustrated World's Religions: A Guide to Our Wisdom Traditions by Huston Smith
Humanities2004
The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland
Humanities2004
Go and Come Back by Joan Abelove
Literature & Language Arts2004
Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
Literature & Language Arts2004
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
Literature & Language Arts2004
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Literature & Language Arts2004
Postcards from No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers
Literature & Language Arts2004
Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
Literature & Language Arts2004
How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines by Thomas C. Foster
Literature & Language Arts2004
Life Is Funny by E. R. Frank
Literature & Language Arts2004
My Heartbeat by Garret Freymann-Weyr
Literature & Language Arts2004
Me and Orson Welles: A Novel by Robert Kaplow
Literature & Language Arts2004
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
Literature & Language Arts2004
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
Literature & Language Arts2004
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah
Literature & Language Arts2004
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Literature & Language Arts2004
19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East by Naomi Shihab Nye
Literature & Language Arts2004
Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English by Patricia T. O'Conner
Literature & Language Arts2004
Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
Literature & Language Arts2004
A Gracious Plenty by Sheri Reynolds
Literature & Language Arts2004
Push by Sapphire
Literature & Language Arts2004
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
Literature & Language Arts2004
The Rose That Grew From Concrete by Tupac Shakur
Literature & Language Arts2004
Fires in the Mirror by Anna Deavere Smith
Literature & Language Arts2004
The Sand-Reckoner (Tom Doherty Associates Books) by Gillian Bradshaw
Science & Technology2004
Inventing Modern America: From the Microwave to the Mouse by David E. Brown
Science & Technology2004
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Science & Technology2004
The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure by Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Science & Technology2004
The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History, 1300–1850 by Brian M. Fagan
Science & Technology2004
What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard Feynman
Science & Technology2004
In Code: A Mathematical Journey by Sarah Flannery
Science & Technology2004
The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking
Science & Technology2004
Eureka!: Scientific Breakthroughs that Changed the World by Leslie Alan Horvitz
Science & Technology2004
Insect Lives: Stories of Mystery and Romance from a Hidden World by Erich Hoyt
Science & Technology2004
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation by Olivia Judson
Science & Technology2004
Atom : An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth...and Beyond by Lawrence M. Krauss
Science & Technology2004
Dinner at the New Gene Café: How Genetic Engineering Is Changing What We Eat, How We Live, and the Global Politics of Food by Bill Lambrecht
Science & Technology2004
The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number by Mario Livio
Science & Technology2004
El Nino: Unlocking the Secrets of the Master Weather-Maker by J. Madeleine Nash
Science & Technology2004
Promised the Moon: The Untold Story of the First Women in the Space Race by Stephanie Nolen
Science & Technology2004
Madness: A Brief History by Roy Porter
Science & Technology2004
The Demon in the Freezer: A True Story by Richard Preston
Science & Technology2004
Hydrogen: The Essential Element by John S. Rigden
Science & Technology2004
Last Breath: Cautionary Tales from the Limits of Human Endurance by Peter Stark
Science & Technology2004
The Primal Teen: What the New Discoveries about the Teenage Brain Tell Us about Our Kids by Barbara Strauch
Science & Technology2004
The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry by Bryan Sykes
Science & Technology2004
Great Projects: The Epic Story of the Building of America from the Taming of the Mississippi to the Invention of the Internet by James Tobin
Science & Technology2004
Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists by Joel Best
Social Sciences2004
Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing by Ted Conover
Social Sciences2004
And Still We Rise: The Trials and Triumphs of Twelve Gifted Inner-City Students by Miles Corwin
Social Sciences2004
Speak Truth to Power : Human Rights Defenders Who Are Changing Our World by Kerry Kennedy Cuomo
Social Sciences2004
Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey Through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures by Wade Davis
Social Sciences2004
Why Terrorism Works: Understanding the Threat, Responding to the Challenge by Alan M. Dershowitz
Social Sciences2004
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
Social Sciences2004
An American insurrection : the battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962 by William Doyle
Social Sciences2004
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Social Sciences2004
Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child by Elva Treviño Hart
Social Sciences2004
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Social Sciences2004
Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho by Jon Katz
Social Sciences2004
My Forbidden Face by Latifa
Social Sciences2004
Crossing Over by Rubén Martínez
Social Sciences2004
True Notebooks by Mark Salzman
Social Sciences2004
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
Social Sciences2004
Caucasia by Danzy Senna
Social Sciences2004
Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey by Rachel Simon
Social Sciences2004
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Social Sciences2004
The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College by Jacques Steinberg
Social Sciences2004
Sugar's Life in the Hood: The Story of a Former Welfare Mother by Sugar Turner
Social Sciences2004

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