Best Fiction for Young Adults1974

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
35 Works 65,552 Books 1,385 Reviews 4.1
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 35

WorkYear
Watership Down by Richard Adams1974
Gather Together in My Name by Maya Angelou1974
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin1974
Bright Candles by Nathaniel Benchley1974
Beyond Earth: Man's Contact with UFO's by Ralph Blum1974
On High Steel: The Education of an Ironworker by Mike Cherry1974
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier1974
I Heard the Owl Call My Name by Margaret Craven1974
First Person Singular by Vida Demas1974
A Cry of Angels by Jeff Fields1974
Rockin' Steady: A Guide to Basketball and Cool by Walt Frazier1974
Harry and Tonto by Josh Greenfeld1974
M. C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton1974
All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot1974
The Swarm by Arthur Herzog1974
Slake's Limbo by Felice Holman1974
The Lion's Cub by H. M. Hoover1974
Native Funk & Flash: An Emerging Folk Art by Alexandra Jacopetti1974
The Last Butterfly by Michael Jacot1974
How Many Miles to Babylon? by Jennifer Johnston1974
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin1974
Ellen: A Short Life Long Remembered by Rose Levit1974
A Circle of Children by Mary MacCracken1974
Listen for the Fig Tree by Sharon Bell Mathis1974
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven1974
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read1974
The Launching of Barbara Fabrikant by Louise Blecher Rose1974
Run, Shelley, Run by Gertrude Samuels1974
Trying Hard to Hear You by Sandra Scoppettone1974
House of Stairs by William Sleator1974
The Thing at the Door by Henry Slesar1974
Dummy by Ernest Tidyman1974
The Road to Many a Wonder by David Wagoner1974
I am thinking of Kelda by Evelyn Wells1974
Walls: Resisting the Third Reich--One Woman's Story by Hiltgunt Zassenhaus1974

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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