Ones that particularly rocked my world, in one way or another, are in bold.
Favorites of the year–the ones my mind keeps going back to at random moments: The Underneath, Graceling, Fire, and Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms.
Books I cannot wait for next year: A Conspiracy of Kings (Megan Whelan Turner), The Last Hunt (Bruce Coville), and the third Hunger Games book (Suzanne Collins).
2. Chains, Laurie Halse Anderson
A. Freedom Summer, Deborah Wiles and Jerome Lagarrigue
B. Snowflake Bentley, Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Mary Azarian
3. The Schwa Was Here, Neal Shusterman
4. The Saga of Hrafnkel Frey’s Godi, Terry Gunnel (trans)
5. Unwind, Neal Shusterman
6. Wake, Lisa McMann
7. Bloodhound, Tamora Pierce
8. The Adoration of Jenna Fox, Mary E. Pearson
9. Heart of a Shepherd, Rosanne Parry
10. Graceling, Kristin Cashore
11. Wintergirls, Laurie Halse Anderson
12. Peace, Love and Baby Ducks, Lauren Myracle
13. The Compound, S.A. Bodeen
14. Fade, Lisa McMann
15. Savvy, Ingrid Law
16. Soulmates, L.J. Smith
17. Dragon’s Blood, Jane Yolen
18. Heart’s Blood, Jane Yolen
19. A Sending of Dragons, Jane Yolen
20. Dragon’s Heart, Jane Yolen
21. A Posse of Princesses, Sherwood Smith
22. The Dust of 100 Dogs, A.S. King
23. The Forest of Hands and Teeth, Carrie Ryan
24. Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms, Fumiyo Kouno
25. The Importance of Wings, Robin Friedman
26. The Carbon Diaries 2015, Saci Lloyd
27. Everlost, Neal Shusterman
28. The Graveyard Book, Neal Gaiman
29. A Certain Slant of Light, Laura Whitcomb
30. Hiroshima, John Hersey
31. Every Soul a Star, Wendy Mass
32. The Underneath, Kathi Appelt
33. The Last Olympian, Rick Riordan
34. Borderland, Terri Windling (ed)
35. The Hidden City, Michelle West
36. The Dragon of Trelian, Michelle Knusden
37. Something, Maybe, Elizabeth Scott
38. When You Reach Me, Rebecca Stead
39. Selkie Girl, Laurie Brooks
40. Huntress, L.J. Smith
41. Black Dawn, L.J. Smith
42. The Warrior Heir, Cinda Williams Chima
43. Wings, Aprilynne Pike
44. The House of Many Ways, Diana Wynne Jones
45. The Immortal Flame, Anne Ursu
46. The Game, Diana Wynne Jones
47. Purge, Satah Darah Littman
48. The Wizard Heir, Cinda Williams Chima
49. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins
50. Bordertown, Terri Windling and Mark Alan Arnold (eds)
51. The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z, Kate Messner
52. Sacred Scars, Kathleen Duey
53. Life on the Border, Terri Windling (ed)
54. Journey of Dreams, Marge Pellegrino
55. Finder, Emma Bull
56. Ice, Sarah Beth Durst
57. Fat Cat, Robin Brande
58. Leviathan, Scott Westerfeld
59. Fire, Kristin Cashore
60. Ash, Malinda Lo
61. Candor, Pam Bachorz
In progress: Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, How to Ditch Your Fairy, the Iliad