YALSA 2012 Best of the Best

1.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,580,646 ratings
2.
The Night Circus
The Night Circus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,068,420 ratings
3.
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 1,266,848 ratings
4.
The Lover's Dictionary
The Lover's Dictionary 3.86 avg rating — 47,756 ratings
5.
Matched (Matched, #1)
Matched (Matched, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 809,396 ratings
6.
A Monster Calls
A Monster Calls 4.35 avg rating — 283,992 ratings
7.
Okay for Now
Okay for Now 4.25 avg rating — 37,915 ratings
8.
Beauty Queens
Beauty Queens 3.62 avg rating — 55,073 ratings
9.
Between Shades of Gray
Between Shades of Gray 4.37 avg rating — 268,404 ratings
10.
Enclave (Razorland, #1)
Enclave (Razorland, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 70,559 ratings
11.
The Talk-Funny Girl
The Talk-Funny Girl 4.13 avg rating — 3,053 ratings
12.
Anya's Ghost
Anya's Ghost 3.91 avg rating — 92,352 ratings
13.
Hero
Hero 3.86 avg rating — 18,275 ratings
14.
Wandering Son, Vol. 1
Wandering Son, Vol. 1 3.97 avg rating — 3,385 ratings
15.
A Bride's Story, Vol. 1 (A Bride's Story, #1)
A Bride's Story, Vol. 1 (A Bride's Story, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 9,521 ratings
16.
The Curse of the Wendigo (The Monstrumologist, #2)
The Curse of the Wendigo (The Monstrumologist, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 7,913 ratings
17.
Rotters
Rotters 3.66 avg rating — 3,829 ratings
18.
Shine
Shine 3.82 avg rating — 12,979 ratings
19.
Where Things Come Back
Where Things Come Back 3.80 avg rating — 21,230 ratings
20.
The Scorpio Races
The Scorpio Races 4.10 avg rating — 112,866 ratings
21.
Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)
Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 381,934 ratings
22.
Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd
Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd 3.69 avg rating — 9,256 ratings
23.
The Marbury Lens (The Marbury Lens, #1)
The Marbury Lens (The Marbury Lens, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 3,909 ratings
24.
The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery
The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery 3.82 avg rating — 5,221 ratings
25.
Robopocalypse (Robopocalypse, #1)
Robopocalypse (Robopocalypse, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 40,882 ratings
26.
Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones 3.96 avg rating — 71,439 ratings
27.
Why We Broke Up
Why We Broke Up 3.47 avg rating — 59,285 ratings
28.
Everybody Sees the Ants
Everybody Sees the Ants
by: A.S. King
3.99 avg rating — 13,623 ratings
29.
Bronxwood (Tyrell, #2)
Bronxwood (Tyrell, #2)
by: Coe Booth
4.39 avg rating — 1,186 ratings
30.
Brainjack
Brainjack 3.88 avg rating — 3,662 ratings
31.
The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone On The Media
The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone On The Media 3.86 avg rating — 3,087 ratings
32.
Leverage
Leverage 3.95 avg rating — 2,177 ratings
33.
How to Save a Life
How to Save a Life
by: Sara Zarr
3.88 avg rating — 15,928 ratings
34.
Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom
Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom
by: Sue Macy
3.84 avg rating — 1,037 ratings
35.
Music Was IT: Young Leonard Bernstein
Music Was IT: Young Leonard Bernstein 3.90 avg rating — 186 ratings
35.
The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt
The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt 3.88 avg rating — 41,724 ratings
37.
Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition
Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition 3.68 avg rating — 1,063 ratings
38.
In Zanesville
In Zanesville 3.62 avg rating — 4,461 ratings
39.
Paper Covers Rock
Paper Covers Rock 3.38 avg rating — 2,351 ratings
39.
Under the Mesquite
Under the Mesquite 3.97 avg rating — 3,617 ratings
41.
Chime
Chime 3.62 avg rating — 13,173 ratings
42.
Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark is Rising, #1)
Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark is Rising, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 55,629 ratings
42.
The Dark Is Rising (The Dark is Rising, #2)
The Dark Is Rising (The Dark is Rising, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 60,003 ratings
42.
Greenwitch (The Dark is Rising, #3)
Greenwitch (The Dark is Rising, #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 31,835 ratings
42.
The Grey King (The Dark is Rising, #4)
The Grey King (The Dark is Rising, #4) 4.16 avg rating — 39,980 ratings
42.
Silver on the Tree (The Dark is Rising, #5)
Silver on the Tree (The Dark is Rising, #5) 4.11 avg rating — 35,773 ratings
47.
Ghostopolis
Ghostopolis 4.05 avg rating — 13,862 ratings
48.
DC Comics Ultimate Character Guide
DC Comics Ultimate Character Guide 4.17 avg rating — 636 ratings
49.
The Worst Years of My Life (Middle School #1)
The Worst Years of My Life (Middle School #1) 4.04 avg rating — 23,688 ratings
50.
The Zodiac Killer: Terror and Mystery
The Zodiac Killer: Terror and Mystery 3.53 avg rating — 199 ratings
51.
Chain Reaction (Perfect Chemistry, #3)
Chain Reaction (Perfect Chemistry, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 64,761 ratings
52.
A Stolen Life
A Stolen Life 3.96 avg rating — 141,497 ratings
53.
Pavement Chalk Artist: The Three-Dimensional Drawings of Julian Beever
Pavement Chalk Artist: The Three-Dimensional Drawings of Julian Beever 4.09 avg rating — 186 ratings
54.
Whoogles: Can a Dog Make a Woman Pregnant - And Hundreds of Other Searches That Make You Ask "Who Would Google That?"
Whoogles: Can a Dog Make a Woman Pregnant - And Hundreds of Other Searches That Make You Ask "Who Would Google That?" 2.88 avg rating — 187 ratings
55.
Tripping
Tripping 4.06 avg rating — 179 ratings
56.
I Love Him to Pieces (My Boyfriend Is a Monster, #1)
I Love Him to Pieces (My Boyfriend Is a Monster, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 1,608 ratings
57.
SideScrollers
SideScrollers 3.29 avg rating — 381 ratings
58.
Here Lies Bridget
Here Lies Bridget 3.44 avg rating — 1,710 ratings
59.
Shattering Glass
Shattering Glass 3.84 avg rating — 5,028 ratings
60.
Super Human (The New Heroes/Quantum Prophecy, #4)
Super Human (The New Heroes/Quantum Prophecy, #4) 4.09 avg rating — 2,796 ratings
61.
Daybreak
Daybreak 3.49 avg rating — 1,662 ratings
62.
Axe Cop, Vol. 1
Axe Cop, Vol. 1 3.95 avg rating — 1,687 ratings
63.
Infinite Kung Fu
Infinite Kung Fu 4.01 avg rating — 904 ratings
64.
Thor: The Mighty Avenger, Vol. 2
Thor: The Mighty Avenger, Vol. 2 4.02 avg rating — 551 ratings
65.
Thor: The Mighty Avenger, Vol. 1
Thor: The Mighty Avenger, Vol. 1 4.07 avg rating — 1,695 ratings
66.
Scarlet, Book 1 (Scarlet, #1)
Scarlet, Book 1 (Scarlet, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 2,145 ratings
67.
Zahra's Paradise
Zahra's Paradise 4.04 avg rating — 2,924 ratings
68.
The Wake of the Lorelei Lee: Being an Account of the Adventures of Jacky Faber, on her Way to Botany Bay (Bloody Jack, #8)
The Wake of the Lorelei Lee: Being an Account of the Adventures of Jacky Faber, on her Way to Botany Bay (Bloody Jack, #8) 4.26 avg rating — 5,826 ratings
69.
The Ring of Solomon (Bartimaeus, #0.5)
The Ring of Solomon (Bartimaeus, #0.5) 4.21 avg rating — 31,760 ratings
70.
How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous
How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous 4.08 avg rating — 6,530 ratings
71.
Fever Crumb (Fever Crumb, #1)
Fever Crumb (Fever Crumb, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 9,550 ratings
72.
Carter's Big Break (Carter Finally Gets It, #2)
Carter's Big Break (Carter Finally Gets It, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 882 ratings
73.
Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, #10)
Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, #10) 4.20 avg rating — 12,471 ratings
74.
Jasper Jones
Jasper Jones 4.09 avg rating — 42,325 ratings
75.
The Returning
The Returning 3.15 avg rating — 904 ratings
76.
Ghetto Cowboy
Ghetto Cowboy
by: G. Neri
3.92 avg rating — 2,936 ratings
77.
The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens
The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens 3.85 avg rating — 732 ratings
78.
Big Girl Small
Big Girl Small 3.34 avg rating — 2,774 ratings
79.
The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire and Thorns, #1)
The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire and Thorns, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 83,323 ratings
80.
Young Fredle (Davis Farm, #2)
Young Fredle (Davis Farm, #2) 3.73 avg rating — 1,222 ratings
81.
Jane
Jane 3.58 avg rating — 9,107 ratings
82.
Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science
Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 3.67 avg rating — 1,469 ratings