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The 101 Recommended Reads

The 101 Recommended Reads
The 101 Recommended Reads
The 101 is a collection of books for teens at Leicester Libraries, balanced across interest, style, age and novelty and have been put together in response to the frequently asked question, “What are good books for young people?”
 
Here’s The 101 list of great reads for teens…
 
1.         Being by Kevin Brooks
2.         Airhead by Meg Cabot
3.         To the Nines by Meg Cabot
4.         Lucky Star by Cathy Cassidy
5.         Airman by Eoin Colfer
6.         Lee Raven, Boy Thief by Zizou Corder
7.         Survival by Joe Craig
8.         Bollywood Babes by Narinder Dhami
9.         Before I Die by Jenny Downham
10.       Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
11.       Love Ya, Babe by Chris Higgins
12.       Hurricane Gold by Charles Higson
13.       Heaven's Net is Wide by Lian Hearn
14.       Bedlam by Ally Kennen
15.       Out to Lunch by Sue Limb
16.       The Knife That Killed Me by Anthony McGowan
17.       Silverfin: the Graphic Novel by Charles Higson
18.       Last Battle of the Icemark by Stuart Hill
19.       Horowitz Horror 2: Whatever you do, don't turn out the light by Anthony
            Horowitz
20.       George's Secret Key to the Universe by Lucy Hawking
21.       Playing with Fire by Derek Landy
22.       The Scribes from Alexandria by Caroline Lawrence
23.       The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking) by Patrick Ness
24.       The Declaration by Gemma Malley
25.       The Seventeen Secrets of the Karma Club by Karen McCombie
26.       Blood Ties by Sophie McKenzie
27.       Meltdown by Andy McNab
28.       The Wizard's Promise by Cliff McNish
29.       Breathe by Cliff McNish
30.       Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
31.       Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
32.       New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
33.       Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
34.       Born to Run by Michael Morpurgo
35.       Varjak Paw by SF Said
36.       Outlaw Varjak Paw by SF Said
37.       The General by Robert Muchamore
38.       The Fall by Garth Nix
39.       Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
40.       Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
41.       His Dark Materials (Trilogy boxed set) by Philip Pullman
42.       Outbreak by Chris Ryan
43.       Tygrine Cat by Inbale Iserles
44.       My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick
45.       Death's Shadow by Darren Shan
46.       Just Henry by Michelle Magorian
47.       Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd
48.       Eragon by Christopher Paolini
49.       Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray
50.       The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
51.       Coraline by Neil Gaiman
52.       Un Lun Dun by China Mieville
53.       Kiss by Jacqueline Wilson
54.       The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus Trilogy) by Jonathan Stroud
55.       Confessions of a Blabbermouth by Mike Carey, Louise Carey, Aaron Alexovich
56.       Good As Lily by Derek Kirk Kim, Jesse Hamm
57.       Clubbing by Andi Watson
58.       Neil Gaiman’s ‘Neverwhere’ by  Mike Carey, Neil Gaiman, Glenn Fabry
59.       Just In Case by Meg Rosoff
60.       The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
61.       Enduring Love by Ian McEwan
62.       The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
63.       To Kill a Mockingbird (Vintage Classics) by Harper Lee
64.       Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
65.       Foul Play by Tom Palmer
66.       The Flea Thing by Brian Falkner
67.       The Real Thing by Brian Falkner
68.       Candy by Kevin Brooks
69.       Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks
70.       Johnny Delgado by Kevin Brooks
71.       Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett 
72.       Death: The High Cost of Living by Neil Gaiman
73.       Death: The Time of Your Life by Neil Gaiman
74.       Spider-Man's Tangled Web, Volume 1 by Garth Ennis
75.       Bleach: Vol. 1 by Tite Kubo
76.       D.N. Angel, Vol. 1 by Yukiru Sugisaki
77.       Naruto, Tests of the Ninja, Vol. 1 by Masashi Kishimoto
78.       Hellsing, Vol. 1 by Kohta Hirano
79.       Black Cat , Vol. 1 by Kentaro Yabuki
80.       Fruits Basket, Vol. 1 by Natsuki Takaya
81.       A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Modern Classics) by Anthony Burgess
82.       Beyond the Deepwoods by Chris Riddell
83.       Batman and Son by Grant Morrison
84.       Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 1: Gifted by Joss Whedon
85.       All Star Superman, Vol. 2 by Grant Morrison
86.       Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
87.       Simpsons Comics Hit the Road by Matt Groening
88.       Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
89.       Pure Dead Magic by Debi Gliori
90.       The Watchmen by Alan Moore
91.       Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
92.       Palestine by Joe Sacco
93.       Maus by Art Spiegelman
94.       Deepak-Chopra-Presents-India-Authentic Vol. 1 & 2
95.       Tim: Defender Of the Earth by Sam Enthoven
96.       Malory Blackman  noughts and crosses
97.       Rani & Sukh by Bali Rai
98.       Wolf of the Plains by Conn Iggulden
99.       Millions by Frank Cotterell Boyce
100.     Creepers by Keith Gray
101.     Cosmic by Frank Cotterell Boyce
 
 
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The 101 - [2.80 MB] Recommended Reads for Teens
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