Cart''s Top 200 Adult Books for Young Adults: Two Decades in Review

Author of the bestseller Young Adult Literature: From Romance to Realism, Cart applies his considerable expertise as columnist and critic for Booklist to identifying 200 exceptional adult books that will satisfy a variety of young adults recreational reading tastes. Based on the notoriously choosy reading interests of todays older young adults, this useful book

• Features only the best of the bestno cheesy star bios or chick lit lite here
• Covers a wide range of genres, from graphic novels and real-life adventures to romance and speculative fiction
• Includes numerous read-alikes and related-titles lists, making it a great tool for both collection development and readers advisory
• Makes finding a great book easy, with multiple indexes and thorough annotation

Carts roundup of high-quality titles, put together with insight and obvious affection, spotlights hundreds of great books for a hard-to-satisfy audience.