Brighton High School

Reading Ideas

Variety is a key ingredient when it comes to adopting good reading habits. The links below offer numerous book lists from which to select your diet of good reading.

Academy of American Poets Book Award http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/61

The Academy is a nonprofit organization with a mission to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry.

The Alex Awards http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/alexawards.htm
This list consists of adult books that will appeal to teen readers.  The books were selected by a committee of the Young Adult Library Services Association which is a division of the American Library Association.

American Library Association Book/Media Awards http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/index.cfm

While several ALA award lists are included separately here, additional award lists are available at this url.

Aventis Prize for Science Books: Royal Society http://royalsociety.org/science-books/

Aventis Prize is an annual book prize, which celebrates the very best in popular science writing for adults and children.

Best Books for Young Adults http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/bbyahome.cfm
Books on these lists were selected by Young Adult Library Services Association which is a division of the American Library Association.

Books for the Teenage 2005 http://teenlink.nypl.org/bta1.cfm
Chosen by the New York Public Librarians, this list appears on their Teen Links page.  Past lists are included there as well.

Coretta Scott King Book Award http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/emiert/cskbookawards/index.cfm

This award is presented to an African American author for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution. The books promote understanding and appreciation of the culture of all peoples and their contribution to the realization of the American dream.

The Edgars http://www.theedgars.com/

The Edgars are awarded to authors of distinguished works in various categories of the mystery genre by the Mystery Writers of America.

Great Books Lists http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/greatbks.html

This list of lists was compiled by Robert Teeter, a California Water Agency librarian. It contains links to many lists, most of which are in the Western literary tradition.

The Hugo Award http://worldcon.org/hugos.html

The Hugo Award, also known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award, is given annually by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS).

The Mann Booker Prize http://www.themanbookerprize.com/

The prize aims to reward the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the British Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland.

The Modern Library 100 Best http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100best.html
The goal of the Modern Library's "100 Best" project was to get people talking about great books.  At this site the Modern Library has included its original list and a sampling of the rebuttal lists.

The National Book Award http://www.nationalbook.org/

The National Book Award is given in four categories for “books of exceptional merit written by Americans”.

National Outdoor Book Award http://www.noba-web.org/

This award is sponsored by the National Outdoor Book Award Foundation, Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education, and Idaho State University.

Neblua Awards http://www.sfwa.org/awards/

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America confer this award.

New York Public Library Teen Links:  More Books http://teenlink.nypl.org/bta1.cfm
The New York Public librarians have provided lists of their favorite recent books by genre.

O Henry Prize Stories http://www.randomhouse.com/anchor/ohenry/

All stories originally written in the English language and published in an American or Canadian periodical are eligible for consideration.

Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction http://www.penfaulkner.org/

The goal of the Pen/Faulkner Foundation is to confer its prize for “the best work of fiction by an American author”.

Pulitzer Prizes http://www.pulitzer.org/

An independent board judges writing in a variety of journalism and humanities fields. Each award has a written criteria for excellence.

Summertime Favorites http://www.neh.gov/projects/summertimefavorites.html

The National Endowment for the Humanities to promote classical literature for young people compiles this list.

Timeless Classics http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/timeless.html

The National Endowment for the Humanities complied a list of timeless classics from booklists collected from schools across the country.

It is reprinted at this site.

Young Adults' Choices http://www.reading.org/Resources/Booklists/YoungAdultsChoices.aspx
Each year, thousands of children, young adults, teachers, and librarians around the United States select their favorite recently published books to be included in the Choices annotated booklists.