Library Musings

I’m working to come up with a variety of book lists to help my students decide what they’d like to read next. The lists here are in progress, and I’m hoping you will know of other books that should be on the lists and will post a comment to let me know what those are. There are some list titles that don’t have any books under them yet. Like I said, it is a work in progress. Also, if you think of better list names, please let me know that in your comment as well. You’re welcome to copy, adapt and use these lists–no making money off of them, of course.

Books With Surprising, Shocking and Twisted Endings

The Adoration of Jenna Fox
Buried
My Sister’s Keeper

Best Series

Tomorrow When the War Began Series by John Marsden
The Maximum Ride Series by James Patterson
The Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer

Books About Vampires

The Top Seven:

1. The Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer
Twilight
Eclipse
New Moon
Breaking Dawn
2. The Secret Circle Series by L.J. Smith
The Awakening and the Struggle
The Fury and Dark Reunion
The Initiation and The Captive, Part I
The Captive, Part II and The Power
3. The Vampire Academy Series by Richelle Mead
Frostbite
Shadow Kiss
Vampire Academy
4. The House of Night Series by P.C. Cast
Betrayed
Chosen
Marked
Untamed
5. The Blue Bloods Series by Melissa De la Cruz
Blue Bloods
Masquerade
6. Southern Vampire Novels by Charlaine Harris (The Sookie Stackhouse Series)
Club Dead
Living Dead in Dallas
Dead As A Doornail
All Together Dead
7. The Cirque du Freak Series by Darren Shan
Vampire Mountain
A Living Nightmare…
Trials of Death
The Vampire Prince
The Vampire’s Assistant

Also Excellent:

The Vampire Knight Series by Matsuri Hino (Manga)
Volumes 1, 2 & 3
Vampires: Opposing Viewpoints 398.45 SCA
The Annotated Dracula 398.21 STO
Vampires 133.4 VAM
30 Days of Night by Steve Niles (Manga)
Any Way You Want It by Kathy Love
Dead is the New Black by Marlene Perez
Sucks to Be Me by Kimberly Pauley
Dracula by Bram Stoker 823 STO
Evernight by Claudia Gray
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Night Road by A.M. Jenkins
Peeps by Scott Westerfield
Sunshine by Robin McKinley
Vampires 133.4 HAM
Vampires 398.45 KAL
Vampires: In Their Own Words SC VAM`

Books About Demons

The Devouring by Simon Holt

Zombies

You Are So Undead to Me by Stacey Jay
Zombie Blondes by Brian James
The Boy Who Wouldn’t Die by William Sleator
Generation Dead by Dan Waters
Zombies 398.45 HAM

Stories About Survival in a Grim Future

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
So This is How It Ends by Tui Sutherland
The Clowns of God by Morris West
Armegeddon by Jane Yolen

Books About Suicide

Thirteen Reasons Why

Books That Made Me Laugh Out Loud

Fantasy Books
Science Fiction Books

The Host by Stephenie Meyer

Tear Jerkers

Books That Nearly Scared Me to Death

Love Stories

Adventures

Mysteries

Best Teen Authors

Laurie Halse Anderson
Jodi Picoult
Scott Westerfield

Books That Ask the Question: “What Would Someone Do for Love?”

The Adoration of Jenna Fox
My Sister’s Keeper

Books About Girl Groups

The Clique Novels by Lisi Harrison
Invasion of the Boy Snatchers
Best Friends for Never
It’s Not Easy Being Mean
The Private Series by Kate Brian
Invitation Only
Legacy
Confessions

Best Books About Superpowers and Special Abilities

The Maximum Ride Series by James Patterson
The Angel Experiment
Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
School’s Out Forever
Final Warning
Superpowers by David J. Schwartz