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 today's older young adults, this useful book
Features only the best of the best—no 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
Cart's roundup of high-quality titles, put together with insight and obvious affection, spotlights hundreds of great books for a hard-to-satisfy audience.
