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Popular Paperbacks

Every year, the American Library Association creates lists, 10 - 25 titles each, of popular paperbacks for teens in a variety of categories.
Please ask about interlibrary loan for titles not owned by the Duluth Public Library;
those books can usually be borrowed for you from another library.

2011:

Thrillers & Killers: may cause anxiety...don't read at home alone

What's Cooking?: tasty reads to fill your belly and warm your soul

What If...: it's the end of the world as we know it

Zombies, Werewolves & Things With Wings

 2010:

Bodies: love it or hate it, you only have one body

Change Your World or Live to Regret It: politics, environmentalism and activism

Hard Knock Life: what do you do when life knocks you down?

Twists on the Tale: Classic literature and folktales get a makeover

 2009:

 Death & Dying: death can be an adventure but not everyone lives to tell about it

 Fame & Fortune:
Stardom! Wealth! Notoriety!

 Journey > Destination: life is an open road when the journey is greater than the destination

 Spies & Intrigue: political intrigue, daring deeds, great escapes

 2008:

 Sex is...: exploring teens' favorite obsession

 What Makes a Family?

 Magic in the Real World

 Anyone Can Play

 2007:

 Get Creative

I'm Not Making This Up: addictive nonfiction

 Religion: Relationship with the Divine

 What's So Funny?

 2006:

 Books That Don't Make You Blush

 Criminal Elements

 What Ails You?

 GLBTQ

 2005:

 Read 'Em & Weep

 Gateway to Faerie

 Own Your Freak

 All Kinds of Creepy

 2004:

 If It Weren't For Them: Heroes

 On That Note: Music
and Musicians

 Guess Again:
Mystery and Suspense!

 Simply Science Fiction

 2003:

 Diaries & Letters

 Fantasy

 This Small World

 I've Got a Secret

 2002:

 Relationships

 War

 Tales of the Cities

 Graphic Novels

2001:

 Humor

 Paranormal

 Poetry

 Westerns

 2000:

 Short Takes

 Page Turners

 Romance

 Self-Help

 1999:

 Good Sports

 Teen Culture

 Changing Dimensions

 Different Drummers

 

Booklists for Teens

 

2/14/11
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