Policies and Procedures | Contacts | Current Nominations | Nominate a Title | Current List | Previous Lists
Each year, the Popular Paperbacks committee creates lists of books to encourage young adults to read for pleasure. The lists of popular or topical titles are widely available in paperback and represent a broad variety of accessible themes and genres. Would you like to link to this page? Use this handy URL: www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/poppaper.
Bodies: They come in all shapes, sizes, and abilities...love it or hate it, you only have one body.
Change Your World: You say you want a revolution? Teens, take the world into your hands with books about politics, environmentalism and activism. The revolution starts now
Hard Knock Life: Sometimes the odds are stacked against you. What do you do when life knocks you down?
Twists on the Tale: The times may change, but the tales remain eternal. Classic literature and folktales are given a makeover in these retellings.
Death & Dying: Death can be an adventure, but not everyone lives to tell about it.
Fame & Fortune: Stardom! Wealth! Notoriety! Read all about teens aspiring to make it big.
Journey>Destination: Life is an open road when the journey is greater than the destination.
Spies & Intrigue: Political intrigue, daring deeds, great escapes, and more in this thrilling list of fiction and nonfiction about those who operate within the world of shadow.
2008 Titles
Sex is... | What Makes a Family? | Magic in the Real World | Anyone Can Play
2007 Titles
Get Creative; Religion: Relationship with the Divine; Now THAT'S Comedy! Humorous Books; I'm Not Making This Up.
2006 Titles
Criminal Elements, Books That Don't Make You Blush: No Dirty Laundry Here, What Ails You?, GLBTQ .
2005 Titles
Read 'Em & Weep, Gateway to Faerie, Own Your Freak, All Kinds of Creepy
2004 Titles
If It Weren’t For Them: Heroes; On That Note…Music and Musicians; Guess Again: Mystery and Suspense; Simply Science Fiction.
2003 titles
Lock It, Lick, It,Click it: Diaries, Letters and Email, Flights of Fantasy: Beyond Harry and Frodo, This Small World: A Glimpse at Many Cultures, I've Got a Secret
2002 titles
Relationships: Friends and Family, War: Conflict and Consequences, Tales of the Cities, Graphic Novels: Superheroes and Beyond
2001 titles
Humor, Paranormal, Poetry, Western
2000 titles
Short Takes, Page Turners, Romance, Self-Help
1999 titles
Good Sports, Teen Culture, Changing Dimensions, Different Drummers
1998 titles
Adult Mysteries for Teens, Feel Good Books, Facing Nature Head On, Teens from Other Times: Historical Fiction
1997 titles
Books for the Soul, Going Alternative: Graphic Novels and Picture Books, Lesbian/Gay Tales, Multicultural Fiction, The Stories of Our Lives