Book Suggestions
- School Library Journal Best YA 2025
- Publishers Weekly Best YA 2025
- Goodreads Choice Awards YA 2024
- Kirkus Best Young Adult Books 2024
The Alex Awards
The Alex Awards are given to books written for adults that have special appeal to teens.
Asian Pacific American Award
The Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature is to honor and recognize individual work about Asian/Pacific Americans and their heritage, based on literary and artistic merit.
Beatty Award
Distinguished books that best promote awareness of California and its people.
Coretta Scott King Award (Authors)
The very best books celebrating African American culture and values, by African American authors and/or illustrators.
Coretta Scott King Award (Illustrators)
The very best books celebrating African American culture and values, by African American authors and/or illustrators.
Great Graphic Novels for Teens
Recommended graphic novels and illustrated nonfiction for ages 12-18.
Eisner Awards for Best Comics
Awards given for creative achievement in American comic books, referred to as the comics industry's equivalent to the Academy Awards.
Mike Morgan & Larry Romans/Stonewall Literature Award
Honors English-language works of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience
Isreal Fishman/Stonewall Non-Fiction Award
Honors English-language works of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience
Morris Award
Honors books published by first-time authors writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature.
Non-Fiction Award
Honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18)
Printz Award
Honors books published by first-time authors writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature.
Schneider Award
Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.
You've Got to Read This!
Check out the recommendations made by LAHS students on our blog You've Got to Read This! (and let us know if you want to contribute).
Los Altos Public Library
Book suggestions organized in different categories by teens
Mountain View Public Library
A great collection of books from the Mountain View public library.
Whichbook
Enables millions of combinations of factors and then suggests books which most closely match your needs.
YALSA Booklists
This site is from the Young Adult Library Association. It includes links to various lists: award winning books, the teens’ top ten list, recent audio books for teens, book suggestions for the college bound, recommendations for reluctant readers, and DVD’s and videos that are considered “especially significant to young adults.
No Flying, No Tights
This site contains tons of reviews of comics, manga, and graphic novels written by teens and adults
With your Los Altos and Mountain View public library eCard numbers, you can check out any of their eBooks and Audiobooks. Use the links below to browse their collections.