Cart's Top 200 Adult Books for Young Adults

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.