Interview with Author Leah Cypess

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Leah Cypess says, “After selling my first story (Temple of Stone) while in high school, I gave in to my mother’s importuning to be practical and majored in biology at Brooklyn College. I then went to Columbia Law School and practiced law for almost two years at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, a large law firm in New York City. I kept writing and submitting in my spare time, and finally, a mere 15 years after my first short story acceptance, I sold my first novel, Mistwood, to Greenwillow Books (HarperCollins).”

Leah lives in Brookline, Massachusetts (right outside of Boston) with her husband Aaron, a researcher and doctor at the Joslin Diabetes Center, and their two daughters. She majored in biology, minored in journalism, went to law school, worked as a lawyer, and has just started to learn about hawking and hunting. She’s published a number of short stories, which are all available for free on her website.

I just had the opportunity to interview Leah about her writing process and books. Enjoy!

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JB: MISTWOOD, published by HarperCollins in April, 2010, is your debut novel. But is it the first you’ve written?

LC: Most definitely not. I wrote, revised, and submitted four manuscripts before Mistwood. (Technically, five; but I don’t count the first one, because it wasn’t very good, and I didn’t know what I was doing with the submissions process either. I was fifteen years old.)  In fact, after getting the offer from HarperCollins, I acquired an agent, who asked me to send him a list of my previous manuscripts and their submission histories.  The list was sixteen pages long.

JB: Holy cow, five novels and 16 pages of submission history. That’s a lot of dedication. And faith in the face of rejection. I’m intrigued. How did the sale of this novel come about? Was it just another submission to yet another editor or did you have some connection? What was different with this book?

LC: Both the faith and the sale were helped by the fact that I could see incremental improvements. My first novel received mostly form rejection letters, a couple of letters inviting me to submit further, and one revision request. My second received a lot of personal rejection letters, many more requests from various editors to submit future works, and one two-page revision request. The third made it to the acquisition committee at two houses. So I could tell I was getting closer, though it was still pretty dispiriting to think I might never make that final leap into publication. (After Novel #3 was turned down by both acquisition committees, even though it was being championed by senior editors in both cases, I had a couple of bad days.)

 In the end, I think what was different about Mistwood was mostly luck.

It wasn’t my most perfect manuscript – there was a lot of revising to do after it was accepted! – but it was the one that resonated with the right editor at the right time. This was an editor who had asked me to submit future books after rejecting the query for Book #3, then requested Book #4 and written me a detailed and regretful email about why she didn’t feel it was right for her. By the time I sent her the query for Mistwood, she was obviously confident enough in my abilities to request that I email her the full manuscript, and to read it right away. After all those years, the acceptance for Mistwood came just a few months after I started submitting it.

JB: I’m betting your persistence and work made some of that luck. Work seems to be a little bit of magic all by itself and has been used by a lot of other authors I know. Hum (grin). So let’s talk about the book. You should know you made The Top 200 YA Authors list I just published on my site. It ranks YA authors by average number of readers per book. And while the list can’t purport to be anything but a reflection of the tastes of the area’s library patrons, I think it’s probably representative of what’s going on in my region. So congrats! The book starts right off with a bang. It’s about a shape shifter. I know shape shifters have been around forever, but most fantasy these days seems to be about vampires and werewolves. Tell us a little bit about the core idea of the novel and its genesis.

LC:  That’s awesome that I’m on the Top 200 YA Authors list – thanks for letting me know!

I’ve been reading fantasy/science-fiction “forever” (I cut my teeth on the Edgar Rice Burroughs books my father had stored in our garage), so shapeshifters are just as familiar to me as vampires and werewolves.

The core idea of the novel is that of an inhuman creature grappling with the fact that she seems to be turning human — while trying to figure out why, exactly, this has happened to her, and who and what she truly is. (And, of course, fending off assassins and dealing with palace intrigue.) That idea developed over the course of writing the novel – I started out with a scene of men riding into a misty forest in search of the magical creature who lived there, with no clear idea of what that creature was or why they wanted her. Then I kind of made the rest up as I went along. (This writing process is one of the reasons the novel was revised nine times before being published!)

JB: I really liked the beginning. No wonder you felt compelled to follow the idea. And nine revisions! It sounds like you use drafts, as opposed to outlines or other tools, to help you discover your stories. Were these big revisions, almost complete rewrites?

LC: Thanks! I’m glad you liked it

I usually don’t rewrite scenes completely – most of my editing of already-written material consists more of snipping unnecessary parts and adding little bits and pieces. (Especially of description, which I tend to leave out entirely in the first draft.) But I do a lot of moving scenes around, deleting some scenes, and writing some new ones.

Though I don’t use an outline when I first write, I usually create one during the revision process so I can keep track of the jigsaw-puzzle my manuscript has become.

JB: That’s interesting. Well, I have just one more question for you. Tell us what’s coming next.

LC: What’s next is NIGHTSPELL, a stand-alone companion novel to MISTWOOD, which will be published in May 2011. It’s about a country where an ancient spell allows murder victims to return as ghosts to seek vengeance on their killers… and if they don’t manage that, they remain ghosts forever. After a couple of hundreds of years of this, the kingdom – Ghostland – has evolved into a place where the living and the dead co-exist, albeit uneasily. My main character, Darri, is a foreigner to Ghostland; she is a barbarian princess who abhors the idea of ghosts and is only there to rescue her younger sister Callie, who was sent as a hostage four years ago. But Callie has changed in those four years, and now has secrets of her own.  In her quest to save her sister from herself, Darri will ultimately face a decision that will force her to reexamine beliefs she has never before questioned – and lead her into the heart of a conspiracy that threatens the balance of power between the living and the dead.

JB: Oh my bleeping heck. That just gave me a case of massive author envy. I was thinking about writing a ghost story just yesterday and thought, “naw, ghosts are all played out.” Curse you, Cypess!

Sheesh, talk about a parting shot. Well, I would ask about the next book, seeing NIGHTSPELL must be ready to go if it’s coming out in May, but I can only stand so much punishment. The good news, if I put my reader hat on, is that it looks like I get to put a tickler in my Outlook for this May. In the meantime, I going to suggest to my readers to give MISTWOOD a go. Thanks, Leah, for your time. I enjoyed the interview.

LC: Thanks, John!

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John sez: folks, I think I’m going to make interviews a regular feature. I just loved finding out more about Leah. It’s also interesting to see just how much work she’s put into this. I know that a good number of authors sell their first or second novel (see the Hines stats in the on writing section), but for a good number of others it’s later novels that sell. In either case, I think it’s clear that good old fashioned work makes up a big part of the secret sauce.

Ah, that was fun. But, dang it, I should have asked her about her lawyer and biology background. Next time.

LINKS

Leah Cypess’s website

The first three chapters of Mistwood

Praise for Mistwood

Codex Author Blog Tour 2011

What Robinson Wells Learned Last Year

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Look, this is just an excellent post by Robinson Wells: Five Things I’ve Learned In The Last Year About Writing.

I kept finding myself saying yes, yes, yes!

Yes! I hate “networking” too. Icky, icky, icky. Like squishy underwear. Like buddying up to someone to get them into your network marketing downline. Like flies in soup. I love how Robinson replaces that with the real deal. I think I’m going to summarize him every time anyone asks me about networking. 

One point. I do think he might be overstating the you-need-to-know someone deal. It’s easier, sure. But Larry Correia didn’t know anybody. He just wrote a book a lot of people in a certain demographic loved. I didn’t know my agent from Adam. Didn’t know my editor, but did have an endorsement from one of his authors. But that didn’t get me any deal. It probably got me, at most, a fair consideration. I can name others who didn’t know a soul. In fact, go to the facts and figures page in the On Writing section. Look at the author polls there. A lot of authors didn’t know a soul. Of course, knowing someone can help.

Yes! Be cheerfully flexible. Oh, my gosh. This is such a good approach. And I’m living it right now, although there have been a few moments when I’ve had to regroup for a moment to capture the cheerful.

Yes! Sometimes the thing you love doesn’t work for the project. Sometimes it does. I would advocate making sure you get to the root of the issue. But we’re artists. If the thing we don’t love doesn’t work, we can create a new thing to love. That’s what it means to be creative.

Work! Yes! It’s amazing what happens when you work.

Good stuff.  

I’m so bullish on this, I say Robinson for President.

Of what, I don’t know. But he should be President, of something.

Top 200 YA Authors of 2010, Part 2

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Okay, I’ve really got to get some writing done. But since I posted the idea of seeing which authors have the highest average checkouts per book, I now feel obligated to share it because some of those on the top 200 authors list drop off while others appear. So this one shows the authors getting the most readers per book. For more information on the lists and source of the data, please see the previous two posts.

BTW, a number of Utahans made this list that we hadn’t seen on the others.

  1. Stephenie Meyer (3)
  2. Shannon Hale (4)
  3. Lisa Mangum (8)
  4. Jessica Day George (10)
  5. Aprilynne Pike (13)
  6. James Dashner (21)
  7. Bree Despain (32)
  8. Mette Ivie Harrison (40)
  9. M.L. Forman (52)
  10. Brandon Sanderson (64)
  11. Chris Heimerdinger (112)
  12. Julie Wright (145)
  13. Ally Condie (146)
  14. Kiersten White (151)
  15. Jack Weyland (188)

If I’ve missed any Utah (or former Utah) authors, please let me know. Holy schnitzel, look at them all.

EDIT: 1/16/2011 9:32 AM: Informed that Bree Despain is also a Utah author.

EDIT: 1/18/2011 6:21 PM: Turns out Kiersten White grew up in Utah, but moved to San Diego after she married. I’m still claiming her, although I often wish I could trade subzero land for beaches and 70 degrees

EDIT: 1/18/2011 10:20 PM: just informed that M.L. Forman is a Utah author.

The List

Author Times Checked Out Number of Titles Avg Check Outs per Title % Rank
Suzanne Collins 888 3 296 2.68% 1
Rick Riordan 989 8 124 2.98% 2
Stephenie Meyer 529 5 106 1.60% 3
Shannon Hale 517 6 86 1.56% 4
J.K. Rowling 318 4 80 0.96% 5
Cassandra Clare 309 4 77 0.93% 6
Christopher Paolini 191 3 64 0.58% 7
Lisa Mangum 124 2 62 0.37% 8
P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast 393 7 56 1.19% 9
Jessica Day George 328 6 55 0.99% 10
Kristin Cashore 105 2 53 0.32% 11
Cornelia Funke  51 1 51 0.15% 12
Aprilynne Pike 101 2 51 0.30% 13
Judy Blundell 48 1 48 0.14% 14
John Flanagan 413 9 46 1.25% 15
Kelley Armstrong 131 3 44 0.40% 16
John Grisham  43 1 43 0.13% 17
Michael Scott 165 4 41 0.50% 18
Angie Sage 246 6 41 0.74% 19
Maggie Stiefvater 153 4 38 0.46% 20
James Dashner 75 2 38 0.23% 21
Kimberly Derting 37 1 37 0.11% 22
Frank Beddor 110 3 37 0.33% 23
Carrie Ryan 69 2 35 0.21% 24
Gail Carson Levine 34 1 34 0.10% 25
Jay Asher 34 1 34 0.10% 26
Becca Fitzpatrick 68 2 34 0.21% 27
Libba Bray 136 4 34 0.41% 28
Julie Berry 34 1 34 0.10% 29
Richelle Mead 202 6 34 0.61% 30
Elizabeth Knox 67 2 34 0.20% 31
Bree Despain 66 2 33 0.20% 32
James Patterson 257 8 32 0.78% 33
Cornelia Funke 63 2 32 0.19% 34
Lisa McMann 94 3 31 0.28% 35
Carolyn MacCullough 31 1 31 0.09% 36
Markus Zusak 124 4 31 0.37% 37
Lauren Oliver 31 1 31 0.09% 38
Emily Whitman 31 1 31 0.09% 39
Mette Ivie Harrison 123 4 31 0.37% 40
Ally Carter 152 5 30 0.46% 41
Cameron Dokey 271 9 30 0.82% 42
Jason Henderson 30 1 30 0.09% 43
Caragh M. O’Brien 30 1 30 0.09% 44
Scott Westerfeld 354 12 30 1.07% 45
Carrie Jones 88 3 29 0.27% 46
Lindsey Leavitt 29 1 29 0.09% 47
Lois Lowry 86 3 29 0.26% 48
Philip Pullman  57 2 29 0.17% 49
Lauren Kate 57 2 29 0.17% 50
Lili St. Crow 56 2 28 0.17% 51
M.L. Forman 28 1 28 0.08% 52
Alison Goodman 28 1 28 0.08% 53
Marissa Doyle 55 2 28 0.17% 54
Eoin Colfer 302 11 27 0.91% 55
Rachel Hawkins 27 1 27 0.08% 56
Joseph Delaney 240 9 27 0.72% 57
Cyn Balog 26 1 26 0.08% 58
Christine Johnson 26 1 26 0.08% 59
Anna Godbersen 127 5 25 0.38% 60
Shauna Cross 25 1 25 0.08% 61
Veronica Bennett 25 1 25 0.08% 62
Betty Smith 25 1 25 0.08% 63
Brandon Sanderson 100 4 25 0.30% 64
Melissa Marr 99 4 25 0.30% 65
Tamora Pierce 634 26 24 1.91% 66
Aubrey Mace 24 1 24 0.07% 67
N.D. Wilson 70 3 23 0.21% 68
Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl 46 2 23 0.14% 69
Lesley Livingston 68 3 23 0.21% 70
Alex Flinn 68 3 23 0.21% 71
Sara Shepard 181 8 23 0.55% 72
Cinda Williams Chima 113 5 23 0.34% 73
Melissa de la Cruz 154 7 22 0.46% 74
Kay Cassidy 22 1 22 0.07% 75
Louis Sachar 44 2 22 0.13% 76
D.J. MacHale 328 15 22 0.99% 77
Heather Brewer 108 5 22 0.33% 78
Beth Fantaskey 43 2 22 0.13% 79
Kimberly Pauley 43 2 22 0.13% 80
Diana Wynne Jones 128 6 21 0.39% 81
Herbie Brennan 106 5 21 0.32% 82
Dia Reeves 21 1 21 0.06% 83
Heather Hepler 21 1 21 0.06% 84
Susanne Dunlap 21 1 21 0.06% 85
Erica S. Perl 21 1 21 0.06% 86
Linda Buckley-Archer 63 3 21 0.19% 87
Lise Haines 21 1 21 0.06% 88
Alyson Noel 188 9 21 0.57% 89
Eva Ibbotson 41 2 21 0.12% 90
Anne Osterlund 41 2 21 0.12% 91
Sherrilyn Kenyon 20 1 20 0.06% 92
Kenneth Oppel 80 4 20 0.24% 93
story by Tohru Kai  20 1 20 0.06% 94
M.R. Bunderson 20 1 20 0.06% 95
Robin Palmer 59 3 20 0.18% 96
Claudia Gray 59 3 20 0.18% 97
Frewin Jones 155 8 19 0.47% 98
Carl Hiaasen 58 3 19 0.17% 99
Lisa Greenwald 19 1 19 0.06% 100
Catherine Gilbert Murdock 76 4 19 0.23% 101
Suzanne Harper 19 1 19 0.06% 102
Suzanne Weyn 150 8 19 0.45% 103
Rosalind Wiseman 18 1 18 0.05% 104
Jen Nadol 18 1 18 0.05% 105
Thomas W harton 18 1 18 0.05% 106
Margaret Peterson Haddix 144 8 18 0.43% 107
Ellen Schreiber 160 9 18 0.48% 108
Patricia C. Wrede 158 9 18 0.48% 109
Robin McKinley 105 6 18 0.32% 110
Zoèe Marriott 35 2 18 0.11% 111
Chris Heimerdinger 280 16 18 0.84% 112
Amy Huntley 17 1 17 0.05% 113
Rachel Ward 17 1 17 0.05% 114
Sarwat Chadda 17 1 17 0.05% 115
Nina Malkin 17 1 17 0.05% 116
Chris Heimerd 17 1 17 0.05% 117
Elizabeth Eulberg 17 1 17 0.05% 118
Kathi Oram Peterson 17 1 17 0.05% 119
Megan Whalen Turner 68 4 17 0.21% 120
Chelsea M. Campbell 17 1 17 0.05% 121
Rachel Vail 51 3 17 0.15% 122
Becca Wilhite 34 2 17 0.10% 123
Sarah Dessen 150 9 17 0.45% 124
Debbie Viguie 100 6 17 0.30% 125
Garth Nix 182 11 17 0.55% 126
Michael Grant 49 3 16 0.15% 127
Rachel Vincent 49 3 16 0.15% 128
Jonathan Stroud 97 6 16 0.29% 129
Lucy Christopher 16 1 16 0.05% 130
Kay Lynn Mangum 48 3 16 0.14% 131
Anna Jarzab 16 1 16 0.05% 132
Sarah MacLean 16 1 16 0.05% 133
Josh Berk 16 1 16 0.05% 134
Lisa Klein 16 1 16 0.05% 135
Jackson Pearce 16 1 16 0.05% 136
Jacqueline Kelly 16 1 16 0.05% 137
Caroline Goode 16 1 16 0.05% 138
Kirby Larson 16 1 16 0.05% 139
Lisa Shanahan 16 1 16 0.05% 140
Katherine Applegate 16 1 16 0.05% 141
Marthe Jocelyn 16 1 16 0.05% 142
Ann Brashares 64 4 16 0.19% 143
Holly Black 78 5 16 0.24% 144
Julie Wright 31 2 16 0.09% 145
Ally Condie 93 6 16 0.28% 146
Juliet Marillier 31 2 16 0.09% 147
Janet Lee Carey 46 3 15 0.14% 148
Donita K. Paul 90 6 15 0.27% 149
Tera Lynn Childs 45 3 15 0.14% 150
Kiersten White 15 1 15 0.05% 151
Jane Eagland 15 1 15 0.05% 152
Sophie Jordan 15 1 15 0.05% 153
Maureen Daly 15 1 15 0.05% 154
Debbie Vguie 15 1 15 0.05% 155
Leah Cypess 15 1 15 0.05% 156
Jessica Brody 15 1 15 0.05% 157
Rosie Rushton 15 1 15 0.05% 158
Rachel Caine 134 9 15 0.40% 159
R.D. Henham 104 7 15 0.31% 160
Hilari Bell 178 12 15 0.54% 161
L.J. Smith 326 22 15 0.98% 162
Carol Lynch Williams 44 3 15 0.13% 163
Laini Taylor 44 3 15 0.13% 164
John Boyne 29 2 15 0.09% 165
Victoria Hanley 58 4 15 0.17% 166
Guillaume Prevost 43 3 14 0.13% 167
Michelle Zink 28 2 14 0.08% 168
Andrea R. Cremer 14 1 14 0.04% 169
Lynn Weingarten 14 1 14 0.04% 170
Kristopher Reisz 14 1 14 0.04% 171
Andrew Klavan 28 2 14 0.08% 172
Jessica Verday 14 1 14 0.04% 173
Kim Harrison 14 1 14 0.04% 174
L.K. Madigan 14 1 14 0.04% 175
Heather Davis 14 1 14 0.04% 176
Lauren Conrad 42 3 14 0.13% 177
Sherman Ale 14 1 14 0.04% 178
Alexandra Adornetto 14 1 14 0.04% 179
Martine Leavitt 14 1 14 0.04% 180
Morris Gleitzman 14 1 14 0.04% 181
Charmian Hussey  14 1 14 0.04% 182
Douglas Rees 14 1 14 0.04% 183
Stephanie Hem 14 1 14 0.04% 184
C.J. Omololu 14 1 14 0.04% 185
Aimee Friedman 42 3 14 0.13% 186
Kate Coombs 28 2 14 0.08% 187
Jack Weyland 151 11 14 0.46% 188
Michael Carroll 41 3 14 0.12% 189
Philip Caveney 41 3 14 0.12% 190
Pamela Wells 27 2 14 0.08% 191
Grace Cavendish 27 2 14 0.08% 192
Elizabeth Scott 54 4 14 0.16% 193
Ridley Pearson 54 4 14 0.16% 194
Laurie Halse Anderson 108 8 14 0.33% 195
Gillian Shields 40 3 13 0.12% 196
Simone Elkeles 93 7 13 0.28% 197
Lisi Harrison 304 23 13 0.92% 198
Patrick Carman 66 5 13 0.20% 199
Darren Shan 313 24 13 0.94% 200
Gary D. Schmidt 26 2 13 0.08% 201
Gena Showalter 26 2 13 0.08% 202
Michael Young 13 1 13 0.04% 203
Miyuki Miyabe  13 1 13 0.04% 204
J.V. Hart  13 1 13 0.04% 205
Dandi Daley Mackall 13 1 13 0.04% 206
Beatrice Gormley 13 1 13 0.04% 207
Dodie Smith 13 1 13 0.04% 208
Jaclyn Moriarty 52 4 13 0.16% 209
Angela Morrison 26 2 13 0.08% 210
James A. Owen 52 4 13 0.16% 211
Nick Lake 13 1 13 0.04% 212
E.E. Richardson 13 1 13 0.04% 213
Fern Schumer Chapman 13 1 13 0.04% 214
Priscilla Cummings 13 1 13 0.04% 215
Stuart Hill 39 3 13 0.12% 216
Jen Calonita 78 6 13 0.24% 217
Valerie O. Patterson 13 1 13 0.04% 218
Julie Kagawa 26 2 13 0.08% 219
William golding 13 1 13 0.04% 220
Lisa M. Klein 13 1 13 0.04% 221
Lisa Mantchev 26 2 13 0.08% 222
Gerald Morris 129 10 13 0.39% 223
Cory Doctorow 25 2 13 0.08% 224
Janette Rallison 125 10 13 0.38% 225

Top 200 YA Authors of 2010

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On Thursday I posted the top 200 YA  novels of 2010. Today I’m happy to share the top 200 authors. You might be wondering: if we already have a top 200, why post this? Because yesterday was about individual titles. Today’s post is about authors. Some authors might not have any books that are checked out in huge numbers. But because they have a lot of books available, the numbers of checkouts they do have add up. Yesterday’s list showed you the volume for individual books. Today’s list shows you the volume for each author. You’ll see it does result in a different ranking.

This list is based on the same dataset as the previous list. And so while I can’t claim it represents the top YA authors for the whole United States, it does show who is being read in this neck of the woods. It’s a great list for those wanting to find YA authors to try.  Please be aware that these are YA books as defined by the library, which takes its cue from places like Booklist and School Library Journal. Other books like the first three Harry Potters, Brandon Mull’s Fablehaven series, and some of Dashner’s stuff are considered Middle Grade and so do not appear on this list. Later, I might do a combined list.

There were 1,283 authors on the list. “Times Checked Out” is the sum of all the times any of the author’s books were checked out. “Number of Titles” is the number of different titles the author has that were checked out. “Avg Check Outs per Title” is the average number of times each title was checked out. “%” is percentage of total checkouts. Rank is rank. Another way to sort this would be by the Avg Check Outs per Title to see who’s getting the highest number of readers per book. But I’ll let you fiddle with that on your own. Again, I’m very happy to see a number of Utahans on the list. Kudos to the following (ranking in parentheses):

  • Stephenie Meyer (4)
  • Shannon Hale (5)
  • Jessica Day George (10)
  • Chris Heimerdinger (18)
  • Jack Weyland (38)
  • Lisa Mangum (55)
  • Mette Ivie Harrison (56)
  • Aprilynne Pike (71)
  • Brandon Sanderson (73)
  • Ally Condie (82)
  • James Dashner (94)
  • Bree Despain (110)

EDIT: 1/15/2011 12:57 AM. Okay, okay here’s the list by average checkout: Top 200 YA Authors of 2010, Part 2. A number of people drop off, new names appear, and positions shuffle.

EDIT: 1/16/2011 9:32 AM: Informed that Bree Despain is also a Utah author.

The List

Author Times Checked Out Number of Titles Avg Check Outs per Title % Rank
Rick Riordan 989 8 124 2.68% 1
Suzanne Collins 888 3 296 2.98% 2
Tamora Pierce 634 26 24 1.60% 3
Stephenie Meyer 529 5 106 1.56% 4
Shannon Hale 517 6 86 0.96% 5
John Flanagan 413 9 46 0.93% 6
Meg Cabot 396 37 11 0.58% 7
P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast 393 7 56 0.37% 8
Scott Westerfeld 354 12 30 1.19% 9
Jessica Day George 328 6 55 0.99% 10
D.J. MacHale 328 15 22 0.32% 11
L.J. Smith 326 22 15 0.15% 12
J.K. Rowling 318 4 80 0.30% 13
Darren Shan 313 24 13 0.14% 14
Cassandra Clare 309 4 77 1.25% 15
Lisi Harrison 304 23 13 0.40% 16
Eoin Colfer 302 11 27 0.13% 17
Chris Heimerdinger 280 16 18 0.50% 18
Cameron Dokey 271 9 30 0.74% 19
Anthony Horowitz 260 24 11 0.46% 20
James Patterson 257 8 32 0.23% 21
Angie Sage 246 6 41 0.11% 22
Joseph Delaney 240 9 27 0.33% 23
Richelle Mead 202 6 34 0.21% 24
Christopher Paolini 191 3 64 0.10% 25
Alyson Noel 188 9 21 0.10% 26
Garth Nix 182 11 17 0.21% 27
Sara Shepard 181 8 23 0.41% 28
Hilari Bell 178 12 15 0.10% 29
Michael Scott 165 4 41 0.61% 30
Gary Paulsen 163 26 6 0.20% 31
Ellen Schreiber 160 9 18 0.20% 32
Patricia C. Wrede 158 9 18 0.78% 33
Frewin Jones 155 8 19 0.19% 34
Melissa de la Cruz 154 7 22 0.28% 35
Maggie Stiefvater 153 4 38 0.09% 36
Ally Carter 152 5 30 0.37% 37
Jack Weyland 151 11 14 0.09% 38
Suzanne Weyn 150 8 19 0.09% 39
Sarah Dessen 150 9 17 0.37% 40
Margaret Peterson Haddix 144 8 18 0.46% 41
Libba Bray 136 4 34 0.82% 42
Rachel Caine 134 9 15 0.09% 43
R.L. Stine 132 43 3 0.09% 44
Caroline B. Cooney 132 30 4 1.07% 45
Kelley Armstrong 131 3 44 0.27% 46
Gerald Morris 129 10 13 0.09% 47
Diana Wynne Jones 128 6 21 0.26% 48
Jean Ferris 127 13 10 0.17% 49
Anna Godbersen 127 5 25 0.17% 50
Cecily von Ziegesar 126 24 5 0.17% 51
Janette Rallison 125 10 13 0.08% 52
Markus Zusak 124 4 31 0.08% 53
Lurlene McDaniel 124 47 3 0.17% 54
Lisa Mangum 124 2 62 0.91% 55
Mette Ivie Harrison 123 4 31 0.08% 56
Ann Rinaldi 119 31 4 0.72% 57
Kate Brian 118 21 6 0.08% 58
Carolyn Meyer 115 12 10 0.08% 59
Cinda Williams Chima 113 5 23 0.38% 60
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes 112 11 10 0.08% 61
Frank Beddor 110 3 37 0.08% 62
Heather Brewer 108 5 22 0.08% 63
Laurie Halse Anderson 108 8 14 0.30% 64
Herbie Brennan 106 5 21 0.30% 65
Kristin Cashore 105 2 53 1.91% 66
Robin McKinley 105 6 18 0.07% 67
R.D. Henham 104 7 15 0.21% 68
Donna Jo Napoli 104 15 7 0.14% 69
Catherine Jinks 101 10 10 0.21% 70
Aprilynne Pike 101 2 51 0.21% 71
Louise Rennison 101 10 10 0.55% 72
Brandon Sanderson 100 4 25 0.34% 73
Debbie Viguie 100 6 17 0.46% 74
Melissa Marr 99 4 25 0.07% 75
Catherine Fisher 98 8 12 0.13% 76
Jonathan Stroud 97 6 16 0.99% 77
Lauren Brooke 95 26 4 0.33% 78
L.A. Meyer 95 8 12 0.13% 79
Lisa McMann 94 3 31 0.13% 80
Simone Elkeles 93 7 13 0.39% 81
Ally Condie 93 6 16 0.32% 82
Lynne Ewing 91 18 5 0.06% 83
Donita K. Paul 90 6 15 0.06% 84
Carrie Jones 88 3 29 0.06% 85
Lois Lowry 86 3 29 0.06% 86
Kenneth Oppel 80 4 20 0.19% 87
Mary Hoffman 79 7 11 0.06% 88
Philip Reeve 78 9 9 0.57% 89
Jen Calonita 78 6 13 0.12% 90
Holly Black 78 5 16 0.12% 91
Laurie Faria Stolarz 76 7 11 0.06% 92
Catherine Gilbert Murdock 76 4 19 0.24% 93
James Dashner 75 2 38 0.06% 94
Diane Duane 75 9 8 0.06% 95
Philip Pullman 73 9 8 0.18% 96
Gordon Korman 72 16 5 0.18% 97
Neal Shusterman 72 9 8 0.47% 98
Jerry Spinelli 72 8 9 0.17% 99
Jane Yolen 71 14 5 0.06% 100
N.D. Wilson 70 3 23 0.23% 101
Ellen Hopkins 70 6 12 0.06% 102
Carrie Ryan 69 2 35 0.45% 103
Becca Fitzpatrick 68 2 34 0.05% 104
Lesley Livingston 68 3 23 0.05% 105
Esther Friesner 68 6 11 0.05% 106
Megan Whalen Turner 68 4 17 0.43% 107
Alex Flinn 68 3 23 0.48% 108
Elizabeth Knox 67 2 34 0.48% 109
Bree Despain 66 2 33 0.32% 110
Bryan Davis 66 8 8 0.11% 111
Patrick Carman 66 5 13 0.84% 112
Nancy Werlin 65 6 11 0.05% 113
Ann Brashares 64 4 16 0.05% 114
K.A. Applegate 64 18 4 0.05% 115
Rachel Cohn 64 9 7 0.05% 116
Linda Buckley-Archer 63 3 21 0.05% 117
Cornelia Funke 63 2 32 0.05% 118
Ted Dekker 62 7 9 0.05% 119
Vivian Vande Velde 62 13 5 0.21% 120
Nancy Springer 62 7 9 0.05% 121
Carolyn Keene 61 49 1 0.15% 122
Kieran Scott 60 6 10 0.10% 123
Robin Palmer 59 3 20 0.45% 124
Claudia Gray 59 3 20 0.30% 125
Victoria Hanley 58 4 15 0.55% 126
Carl Hiaasen 58 3 19 0.15% 127
Philip Pullman  57 2 29 0.15% 128
Lauren Kate 57 2 29 0.29% 129
Marilyn Kaye 57 29 2 0.05% 130
Lili St. Crow 56 2 28 0.14% 131
Sharon Shinn 56 5 11 0.05% 132
T.A. Barron 55 6 9 0.05% 133
Marissa Doyle 55 2 28 0.05% 134
Celia Rees 54 6 9 0.05% 135
Alane Ferguson 54 6 9 0.05% 136
Ridley Pearson 54 4 14 0.05% 137
Elizabeth Scott 54 4 14 0.05% 138
Clare B. Dunkle 53 6 9 0.05% 139
Jaclyn Moriarty 52 4 13 0.05% 140
James A. Owen 52 4 13 0.05% 141
Justin Somper 52 5 10 0.05% 142
David Klass 52 11 5 0.19% 143
E. Lockhart 51 6 9 0.24% 144
Cornelia Funke  51 1 51 0.09% 145
Rachel Vail 51 3 17 0.28% 146
Susan Beth Pfeffer 49 4 12 0.09% 147
Rachel Vincent 49 3 16 0.14% 148
K.M. Grant 49 7 7 0.27% 149
Michael Grant 49 3 16 0.14% 150
Maureen Johnson 48 4 12 0.05% 151
Terry Pratchett 48 5 10 0.05% 152
Kay Lynn Mangum 48 3 16 0.05% 153
Sarah Mlynowski 48 5 10 0.05% 154
Judy Blundell 48 1 48 0.05% 155
Wayne Thomas Batson 48 7 7 0.05% 156
Christopher Pike 47 19 2 0.05% 157
David Lubar 47 8 6 0.05% 158
Janet Lee Carey 46 3 15 0.40% 159
Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl 46 2 23 0.31% 160
Lene Kaaberbol 45 4 11 0.54% 161
Alison Croggon 45 4 11 0.98% 162
Tera Lynn Childs 45 3 15 0.13% 163
Lois Duncan 45 13 3 0.13% 164
Carol Lynch Williams 44 3 15 0.09% 165
Louis Sachar 44 2 22 0.17% 166
Laini Taylor 44 3 15 0.13% 167
Martha Finley 44 14 3 0.08% 168
Kimberly Pauley 43 2 22 0.04% 169
John Grisham  43 1 43 0.04% 170
Beth Fantaskey 43 2 22 0.04% 171
Guillaume Prevost 43 3 14 0.08% 172
Margaret Mahy 43 5 9 0.04% 173
A.J. Butcher 42 5 8 0.04% 174
Lauren Conrad 42 3 14 0.04% 175
Justine Larbalestier 42 5 8 0.04% 176
Deb Caletti 42 4 11 0.13% 177
Joan Lowery Nixon 42 16 3 0.04% 178
Aimee Friedman 42 3 14 0.04% 179
Gloria Whelan 41 10 4 0.04% 180
Anne Osterlund 41 2 21 0.04% 181
Philip Caveney 41 3 14 0.04% 182
Eva Ibbotson 41 2 21 0.04% 183
Michael Carroll 41 3 14 0.04% 184
Francine Pascal 40 14 3 0.04% 185
Walter Dean Myers 40 11 4 0.13% 186
Gillian Shields 40 3 13 0.08% 187
Isobelle Carmody 40 7 6 0.46% 188
Fuyumi Ono  40 4 10 0.12% 189
Stuart Hill 39 3 13 0.12% 190
William Sleator 39 14 3 0.08% 191
Michael Cadnum 38 11 3 0.08% 192
Timothy Zahn 38 6 6 0.16% 193
Sharon M. Draper 38 9 4 0.16% 194
Peter Abrahams 37 5 7 0.33% 195
Madeline L’Engle 37 11 3 0.12% 196
Jenny B. Jones 37 3 12 0.28% 197
Kimberly Derting 37 1 37 0.92% 198
William Nicholson 37 3 12 0.20% 199
Susane Colasanti 36 3 12 0.94% 200
Ben Mikaelsen 36 5 7 0.08% 201
Jacquelyn Mitchard 36 5 7 0.08% 202
Richard Peck 36 9 4 0.04% 203
Tim Green 36 6 6 0.04% 204
Marilyn Reynolds 36 8 5 0.04% 205
Sarah Miller 36 3 12 0.04% 206
Sara Zarr 36 3 12 0.04% 207

Top 200 YA Novels of 2010

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USA Today just published their list of the top 100 bestsellers of 2010. Publishers Weekly  and other places will soon follow. But sales don’t always capture the full picture. Some books may be purchased once and read once. Others are passed around until they’re ragged. Furthermore, many books sell well over a number of years but don’t get the volume in any week or year to put them on the list. That’s why I like to also look at circulation numbers. And I just happen to have the YA circulation numbers for the Logan, Utah library (thank you Super Librarian Melanie), which serves the 115,000 folks of Cache County, 50,000 of which are in Logan itself. Not a bad population size to get an idea of what’s being read.

Of course, I know each area in the country will have a slightly (or hugely) different list, which makes sense because tastes differ from region to region (for example, I’m betting Chris Heimerdinger isn’t really big in, say, Alabama), but also because collections differ as well. For example, I was surprised Dan Wells didn’t show up with I Am Not A Serial Killer, but the Logan library doesn’t even have that book. So this method does have limitations. It would be nice to get a national breakdown. But until someone is able to cobble that together, this gives a good picture of what’s being read in this part of the world. Regardless of where you live, this should constitute a list of books that ought to be great reads for teens and adults.

In 2010, 3,574 YA titles were checked out a total of 33,156 times (by adults and youth–whoever has a card). Books in the collection but not checked out didn’t make the list, of course. Here are the top 200 books. The Total column shows how many times the book was checked out. % shows what percent of the total circulation that represents. Rank is rank. I was very happy to see quite a few Utah authors (or former Utahans) on this list. Congrats to the following (# titles in top 200):

  • Shannon Hale (6)
  • Jessica Day George (6)
  • Stephenie Meyer (5)
  • Brandon Sanderson (3)
  • Mette Ivie Harrison (3)
  • Aprilynne Pike (2)
  • Lisa Mangum (2)
  • Chris Heimerdinger (2)
  • Jack Weyland (1)
  • James Dashner (1)

BTW, here are the companion lists: Top 200 YA Authors of 2010 (showing total volume, not by book, but by author) and Top 200 YA Authors of 2010, Part 2 (showing the authors with the most readers per book)

The List

EDIT: 1/13/2011 11:42 AM. I just found out the first set of data I posted included more than checkouts: things like renewals, searches, bills, etc. So the numbers were wacked. This changed both the rankings and the numbers of books included by some of the authors. What you see now are the correct numbers for checkouts.

EDIT: 1/14/2011 3:31 PM. Okay, one more edit. Silly us–we left off books shelved in the “New Book” category. These numbers are checked, double-checked, and rock solid.

Title Total % Rank
The hunger games / Suzanne Collins 374 1.13% 1
Catching fire / Suzanne Collins 273 0.82% 2
Mockingjay / Suzanne Collins 241 0.73% 3
The lightning thief / Rick Riordan 197 0.59% 4
The last Olympian / Rick Riordan 194 0.59% 5
The short second life of Bree Tanner : an Eclipse novella / Stephenie Meyer 181 0.55% 6
Harry Potter and the deathly hallows / J. K. Rowling  160 0.48% 7
Forest born / Shannon Hale 155 0.47% 8
The red pyramid / Rick Riordan 143 0.43% 9
The sea of monsters / Rick Riordan 139 0.42% 10
Princess of glass / by Jessica Day George 113 0.34% 11
The Titan’s curse / Rick Riordan 110 0.33% 12
City of bones / Cassandra Clare 109 0.33% 13
The book thief / by Markus Zusak 108 0.33% 14
Brisingr / Christopher Paolini 101 0.30% 15
The battle of the Labyrinth / Rick Riordan 99 0.30% 16
Book of a thousand days / by Shannon Hale 96 0.29% 17
New moon / Stephenie Meyer 94 0.28% 18
Harry Potter and the half-blood prince / by J. K. Rowling 87 0.26% 19
Breaking dawn / Stephenie Meyer 87 0.26% 20
Tempted : a house of night novel / P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast 86 0.26% 21
Eclipse / by Stephenie Meyer 86 0.26% 22
Twilight / by Stephenie Meyer 81 0.24% 23
Night world / L. J. Smith 81 0.24% 24
River secrets / by Shannon Hale 79 0.24% 25
City of ashes / Cassandra Clare 79 0.24% 26
City of Glass / Cassandra Clare 78 0.24% 27
Princess Academy / Shannon Hale 76 0.23% 28
Uglies / Scott Westerfeld 69 0.21% 29
Chosen : a house of night novel / P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast 69 0.21% 30
Princess of the Midnight Ball / by Jessica Day George 68 0.21% 31
The hourglass door : a novel / by Lisa Mangum 65 0.20% 32
Pretties / Scott Westerfeld 63 0.19% 33
Shiver / Maggie Stiefvater 62 0.19% 34
The lost hero / Rick Riordan 62 0.19% 35
Witch & wizard / James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet 61 0.18% 36
The dark Divine / Bree Despain 61 0.18% 37
Untamed : a house of night novel / P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast 59 0.18% 38
The golden spiral / Lisa Mangum 59 0.18% 39
Enna burning / Shannon Hale 59 0.18% 40
Fire / Kristin Cashore 58 0.17% 41
Erak’s ransom / John Flanagan 58 0.17% 42
Wings / Aprilynne Pike 57 0.17% 43
Spirit bound / Richelle Mead 57 0.17% 44
The siege of Macindaw / John Flanagan 57 0.17% 45
Blood promise : a Vampire Academy novel / Richelle Mead 57 0.17% 46
Syren / Angie Sage 56 0.17% 47
Betrayed : a house of night novel / P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast 56 0.17% 48
Specials / Scott Westerfield 54 0.16% 49
The golden compass / by Philip Pullman  54 0.16% 50
The awakening / Kelley Armstrong 54 0.16% 51
Marked : a house of night novel/ P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast 53 0.16% 52
Magyk / Angie Sage  53 0.16% 53
Fang : a Maximum Ride novel / James Patterson 53 0.16% 54
The burning bridge / John Flanagan 53 0.16% 55
The ruins of Gorlan / John Flanagan 52 0.16% 56
The goose girl / Shannon Hale 52 0.16% 57
The alchemyst : the secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel / Michael Scott 52 0.16% 58
The maze runner / James Dashner 51 0.15% 59
Inkdeath / Cornelia Funke  51 0.15% 60
Hush, hush / Becca Fitzpatrick 50 0.15% 61
The Looking Glass Wars / by Frank Beddor 49 0.15% 62
Burned : a house of night novel / P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast 49 0.15% 63
What I saw and how I lied / Judy Blundell 48 0.14% 64
Eragon / Christopher Paolini 48 0.14% 65
The merchant of death / by D.J. MacHale 47 0.14% 66
Graceling / Kristin Cashore 47 0.14% 67
The necromancer / Michael Scott 46 0.14% 68
Beauty sleep / Cameron Dokey 46 0.14% 69
Artemis Fowl / Eoin Colfer 46 0.14% 70
A great and terrible beauty / Libba Bray 45 0.14% 71
The demigod files / Rick Riordan  45 0.14% 72
The Van Alen legacy : a Blue Bloods novel / Melissa de la Cruz 44 0.13% 73
Spells / Aprilynne Pike 44 0.13% 74
The sorcerer of the north / John Flanagan 44 0.13% 75
The battle for Skandia / John Flanagan 44 0.13% 76
Artemis Fowl. The Atlantis complex / Eoin Colfer  44 0.13% 77
Theodore Boone : kid lawyer / John Grisham  43 0.13% 78
Evermore / Alyson Noèel 43 0.13% 79
Clockwork angel / Cassandra Clare 43 0.13% 80
Physik / Angie Sage  42 0.13% 81
Eldest / by Christopher Paolini 42 0.13% 82
Captivate / Carrie Jones 42 0.13% 83
Twice upon a Marigold / Jean Ferris 41 0.12% 84
The Shadow Project / by Herbie Brennan 41 0.12% 85
The reckoning / Kelley Armstrong 41 0.12% 86
The kings of Clonmel / John Flanagan 41 0.12% 87
Gone / by Lisa McMann 41 0.12% 88
Fallen / Lauren Kate 41 0.12% 89
Don’t judge a girl by her cover / Ally Carter 41 0.12% 90
Tennis shoes among the Nephites / Chris Heimerdinger 40 0.12% 91
The princess and the hound / Mette Ivie Harrison 40 0.12% 92
Heist society / Ally Carter 40 0.12% 93
Golden / Cameron Dokey 40 0.12% 94
Dragon spear / by Jessica Day George 40 0.12% 95
Dragon flight / Jessica Day George 40 0.12% 96
Queste / Angie Sage  39 0.12% 97
Need / Carrie Jones 39 0.12% 98
Messenger / Lois Lowry 39 0.12% 99
Bloodhound / Tamora Pierce 39 0.12% 100
Wild orchid : a retelling of “The ballad of Mulan” / by Cameron Dokey 38 0.11% 101
The chronicles of Vladimir Tod : eleventh grade burns / Heather Brewer 38 0.11% 102
Terrier / Tamora Pierce 38 0.11% 103
Revenge of the witch / Joseph Delaney 38 0.11% 104
Inkheart / Cornelia Funk 38 0.11% 105
Howl’s moving castle / Diana Wynne Jones 38 0.11% 106
The diamond secret / by Suzanne Weyn 38 0.11% 107
Darklight : a novel / Lesley Livingston 38 0.11% 108
Pretty little liars / Sara Shepard 37 0.11% 109
Just Ella / Margaret Peterson Haddix 37 0.11% 110
The icebound land  / John Flanagan 37 0.11% 111
Harry Potter and the goblet of fire / by J.K. Rowling 37 0.11% 112
Dreamhunter / Elizabeth Knox 37 0.11% 113
Destiny’s path / Frewin Jones 37 0.11% 114
Crocodile tears / Anthony Horowitz 37 0.11% 115
The body finder / by Kimberly Derting 37 0.11% 116
Violet eyes : a retelling of “The princess and the pea” / Debbie Viguie 36 0.11% 117
They never came back / Caroline B. Cooney 36 0.11% 118
The summoning / Kelley Armstrong 36 0.11% 119
The soldiers of Halla / D.J. MacHale 36 0.11% 120
Shadowland / Alyson Noèel 36 0.11% 121
The princess and the snowbird / Mette Ivie Harrison 36 0.11% 122
The magician / Michael Scott 36 0.11% 123
The luxe / Anna Godbersen 36 0.11% 124
Gathering blue / Lois Lowry 36 0.11% 125
Blue moon : the Immortals / Alyson Noèel 36 0.11% 126
Sun and moon, ice and snow / Jessica Day George 35 0.11% 127
The princess and the bear / Mette Ivie Harrison 35 0.11% 128
Once upon a Marigold / Jean Ferris 35 0.11% 129
The lost city of Faar / D.J. MacHale 35 0.11% 130
Lord Sunday / Garth Nix 35 0.11% 131
Linger / Maggie Stiefvater 35 0.11% 132
The Forest of Hands and Teeth / Carrie Ryan 35 0.11% 133
Extras / Scott Westerfeld 35 0.11% 134
Betraying season / Marissa Doyle 35 0.11% 135
Thirteen reasons why : a novel / by Jay Asher 34 0.10% 136
Squire / by Tamora Pierce 34 0.10% 137
Midnight pearls : a retelling of  “The little mermaid” / Debbie Viguie 34 0.10% 138
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix / by J.K. Rowling 34 0.10% 139
Ever / Gail Carson Levine 34 0.10% 140
The dead-tossed waves / Carrie Ryan 34 0.10% 141
Clash of the demons / by Joseph Delaney 34 0.10% 142
Cameron Meets Madison./ Jack Weyland 34 0.10% 143
Belle : a retelling of “Beauty and the beast” / by Cameron Dokey 34 0.10% 144
Before midnight : a retelling of “Cinderella” / by Cameron Dokey 34 0.10% 145
Beastly / Alex Flinn 34 0.10% 146
Artemis Fowl : the Arctic incident / Eoin Colfer 34 0.10% 147
The Amaranth enchantment / Julie Berry 34 0.10% 148
Alcatraz versus the Knights of Crystallia / by Brandon Sanderson 34 0.10% 149
Alanna the first adventure / by Tamora Pierce 34 0.10% 150
Splendor : a Luxe novel / Anna Godbersen 33 0.10% 151
Shadow kiss : a Vampire Academy novel/ by Richelle Mead 33 0.10% 152
Seeing Redd / by Frank Beddor 33 0.10% 153
Claim to fame / Margaret Peterson Haddix 33 0.10% 154
Beautiful creatures / by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl 33 0.10% 155
White cat / Holly Black 32 0.10% 156
The sweet far thing / Libba Bray 32 0.10% 157
Radiant shadows / Melissa Marr 32 0.10% 158
Incarceron / by Catherine Fisher 32 0.10% 159
Gadiantons and the silver sword / by Chris Heimerdinger 32 0.10% 160
Dragon slippers / Jessica Day George 32 0.10% 161
A coven of witches / by Joseph Delaney  32 0.10% 162
Being Nikki : an airhead novel / Meg Cabot 32 0.10% 163
Artemis Fowl. The time paradox / Eoin Colfer 32 0.10% 164
The woman who rides like a man / by Tamora Pierce 31 0.09% 165
Winter’s child / Cameron Dokey 31 0.09% 166
The sorceress / Michael Scott 31 0.09% 167
Rules of attraction / Simone Elkeles 31 0.09% 168
Radiant darkness / Emily Whitman 31 0.09% 169
Once a witch / by Carolyn MacCullough 31 0.09% 170
A kiss in time / Alex Flinn 31 0.09% 171
Heroes of the valley / Jonathan Stroud 31 0.09% 172
First test / Tamora Pierce 31 0.09% 173
The crimson thread : a retelling of “Rumpelstiltskin” / by Suzanne Weyn 31 0.09% 174
Blue bloods / Melissa de la Cruz 31 0.09% 175
Before i fall / Lauren Oliver 31 0.09% 176
Alcatraz versus the Scrivener’s Bones / by Brandon Sanderson 31 0.09% 177
The warrior heir / Cinda Williams Chima 30 0.09% 178
Vampire rising / Jason Henderson 30 0.09% 179
Rebel angels / Libba Bray 30 0.09% 180
Princess Ben / Catherine Murdock 30 0.09% 181
The never war / D.J. MacHale 30 0.09% 182
Max : a Maximum Ride novel / James Patterson 30 0.09% 183
In the hand of the goddess / by Tamora Pierce 30 0.09% 184
Flyte / Angie Sage 30 0.09% 185
Faerie wars / by Herbie Brennan 30 0.09% 186
Dreamquake : book two of the Dreamhunter duet / Elizabeth Knox 30 0.09% 187
Cross my heart and hope to spy / Ally Carter 30 0.09% 188
Cirque du freak : a living nightmare / by Darren Shan 30 0.09% 189
Birthmarked / Caragh M. O’Brien 30 0.09% 190
Artemis Fowl : the eternity code / Eoin Colfer 30 0.09% 191
Alcatraz  versus the evil Librarians / by Brandon Sanderson 30 0.09% 192
Wicked lovely / Melissa Marr 29 0.09% 193
Water song : a retelling of “The frog prince” / by Suzanne Weyn 29 0.09% 194
Wake / Lisa McMann 29 0.09% 195
Violet wings / Victoria Hanley 29 0.09% 196
Strange angels / Lili St. Crow 29 0.09% 197
Princess for hire / Lindsey Leavitt 29 0.09% 198
Maximum Ride : the final warning  / James Patterson 29 0.09% 199
Maximum Ride : school’s out– forever / by James Patterson 29 0.09% 200
Lament : the faerie queen’s deception / Maggie Stiefvater 29 0.09% 201
Lady knight / Tamora Pierce 29 0.09% 202
House of many ways / Diana Wynne Jones 29 0.09% 203
Going bovine / Libba Bray 29 0.09% 204
The enchanted quest / Frewin Jones 29 0.09% 205
The dragon heir  / Cinda Williams Chima 29 0.09% 206
Black water / D.J. MacHale 29 0.09% 207