2009 Printz Contenders

1.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,594,461 ratings
2.
Paper Towns
Paper Towns 3.70 avg rating — 1,465,094 ratings
3.
Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1)
Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 476,671 ratings
4.
The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book 4.16 avg rating — 560,858 ratings
5.
The Host (The Host, #1)
The Host (The Host, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 1,039,921 ratings
6.
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks 3.80 avg rating — 50,536 ratings
7.
Little Brother (Little Brother, #1)
Little Brother (Little Brother, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 52,725 ratings
8.
On the Jellicoe Road
On the Jellicoe Road 4.12 avg rating — 51,497 ratings
9.
Suite Scarlett (Scarlett, #1)
Suite Scarlett (Scarlett, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 12,614 ratings
10.
A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)
A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 225,106 ratings
11.
The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Jenna Fox Chronicles, #1)
The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Jenna Fox Chronicles, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 52,787 ratings
12.
Impossible (Impossible, #1)
Impossible (Impossible, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 18,175 ratings
13.
The Kingdom on the Waves (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, #2)
The Kingdom on the Waves (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, #2) 3.73 avg rating — 3,978 ratings
14.
My Most Excellent Year
My Most Excellent Year 4.05 avg rating — 7,697 ratings
15.
Nation
Nation 4.11 avg rating — 37,535 ratings
16.
Living Dead Girl
Living Dead Girl 3.78 avg rating — 33,768 ratings
17.
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 2,128,580 ratings
18.
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1)
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 202,141 ratings
19.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,580,577 ratings
20.
Tender Morsels
Tender Morsels 3.59 avg rating — 5,953 ratings
21.
The Summoning (Darkest Powers #1)
The Summoning (Darkest Powers #1) 4.03 avg rating — 175,708 ratings
22.
What I Saw and How I Lied
What I Saw and How I Lied 3.53 avg rating — 15,029 ratings
23.
Chains (Seeds of America, #1)
Chains (Seeds of America, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 58,194 ratings
24.
The Awakening (Darkest Powers, #2)
The Awakening (Darkest Powers, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 117,469 ratings
25.
City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments, #3)
City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments, #3) 4.27 avg rating — 1,003,335 ratings
26.
A Curse Dark as Gold
A Curse Dark as Gold 3.61 avg rating — 13,906 ratings
27.
City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2)
City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 981,179 ratings
28.
Madapple
Madapple 3.44 avg rating — 2,817 ratings
29.
The Girl Who Could Fly (Piper McCloud, #1)
The Girl Who Could Fly (Piper McCloud, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 17,207 ratings
30.
The Iron King (The Iron Fey, #1)
The Iron King (The Iron Fey, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 217,483 ratings
31.
Shifty
Shifty 3.94 avg rating — 136 ratings
32.
Pretty Monsters: Stories
Pretty Monsters: Stories 3.91 avg rating — 6,163 ratings
33.
Cracked Up to Be
Cracked Up to Be 3.73 avg rating — 19,530 ratings
34.
Bog Child
Bog Child 3.81 avg rating — 4,830 ratings
35.
What They Always Tell Us
What They Always Tell Us 3.93 avg rating — 4,992 ratings
36.
Guardian
Guardian 3.81 avg rating — 391 ratings
37.
The Spectacular Now
The Spectacular Now
by: Tim Tharp
3.51 avg rating — 43,748 ratings
38.
Evermore (The Immortals, #1)
Evermore (The Immortals, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 297,145 ratings
39.
White Sands, Red Menace (Green Glass, #2)
White Sands, Red Menace (Green Glass, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 1,376 ratings
40.
Good Enough
Good Enough
by: Paula Yoo
3.90 avg rating — 1,985 ratings
41.
Kendra
Kendra
by: Coe Booth
4.14 avg rating — 1,736 ratings
42.
The Ghost's Child
The Ghost's Child 3.90 avg rating — 1,566 ratings
43.
What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy
What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy 3.36 avg rating — 7,538 ratings
44.
The City in the Lake
The City in the Lake 3.73 avg rating — 601 ratings
45.
Disappearance
Disappearance
by: Don Inman
3.72 avg rating — 18 ratings
46.
Haley Cork And The Blue Door: The Doors Of Veselago
Haley Cork And The Blue Door: The Doors Of Veselago 4.27 avg rating — 22 ratings
46.
Mark of the Dragon (Ruin Mist Chronicles #4)
Mark of the Dragon (Ruin Mist Chronicles #4) 2.69 avg rating — 26 ratings
46.
Meet The Antichrist
Meet The Antichrist really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
46.
Mid Ocean
Mid Ocean 3.87 avg rating — 902 ratings
46.
Table 21
Table 21 3.68 avg rating — 444 ratings
51.
Pattaya Beach
Pattaya Beach 3.43 avg rating — 28 ratings
52.
The Reckoning (Darkest Powers, #3)
The Reckoning (Darkest Powers, #3) 4.18 avg rating — 118,449 ratings
53.
Ten Things We Did
Ten Things We Did 3.71 avg rating — 20,055 ratings
54.
The Calling (Darkness Rising, #2)
The Calling (Darkness Rising, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 36,048 ratings
55.
The Rising (Darkness Rising, #3)
The Rising (Darkness Rising, #3) 4.12 avg rating — 25,356 ratings