Teens' Top Ten

The Teens' Top Ten is a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year.

Teens' Top Ten

The Teens' Top Ten is a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Readers ages twelve to eighteen nominate and vote online to choose the list.

Voting is now open for the 2026 Teens' Top 10 List! Have you come across a new book (published from (between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2025) that's a real page turner and you think other teens would like it, too? Nominate that book for YALSA's Teens Top 10, where you and other teens’ voices are the only ones that matter.

The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) wants you to help decide the best books of the last year. Voting for the final top 10 is now open until Friday, May 29!

CAST YOUR VOTES HERE

Additional Information

2025 Teens' Top Ten

Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer by Jeff Kinney

If Only I Had Told Her by Laura Nowlin

The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Glass Girl by Karen Glasgow

The Prisoner’s Throne by Holly Black

The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson

Six Truths and a Lie by Ream Shukairy

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth

2023 Teens' Top Ten

2023 Teens' Top 25

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir. Razorbill.
Alone Out Here by Riley Redgate. Disney Hiperion.
Blackwater by Jeanette Arroyo and Ren Graham. Henry Holt and Co.
Crumbs by Danie Stirling. Clarion Books.
Dig Two Graves by Gretchen McNeil. Disney Hyperion.
Don't Look Back: A Memoir of War, Survival, and My Journey from Sudan to America by Achut Deng and Keely Hutton. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Five Survive by Holly Jackson. Electric Monkey.
Gallant by VE Schwab. Greenwillow Books.
Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh. Feiwel & Friends.
Gleanings: Stories from Arc of a Scythe by Neal Shusterman. Simon &Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Gold Mountain by Betty Yee. Carolrhoda.
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys. Penguin.
Icebreaker by Hannah Grace. Pig and Bear Publishing.
The Ivory Key by Akshaya Raman. Clarion Books.
Lakelore by Anna-Maria McLemore. Feiwel & Friends.
Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes. Balzer + Bray.
Lia and Beckett's Abracadabra by Amy Noelle Parks. Harry N. Abrams.
Lightlark by Alex Aster. Harry N. Adams.
Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of an Wuhanese American by Laura Gao. Balzer + Bray.
A Million Quiet Revolutions by Robin Gow. Farrar, Strauss & Giroux.
My Sister's Big Fat Indian Wedding by Sajni Patel. Harry N. Adams.
Nothings Burns as Bright as You by Ashley Woodfolk. Versify.
Nothing More to Tell by Karen McManus. Delacorte Press.
The Rumor Game by Dhonielle Clayton and Sona Charaipotra. Disney.
Some Mistakes Were Made by Kristin Dwyer. HarperTeen.