* The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by  Sherman Alexie
    * An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
    * The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
    * The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing by M.T. Anderson
    * Ball Don't Lie by Matt de La Pena
    * Bang! by Sharon G. Flake 
    * Be More Chill by Ned Vizzini
    * Big Slick by Eric Luper
    * Black and White by Paul Volponi
    * Blankets by Craig Thompson
    * Blood Brothers by S.A. Harazin
    * Boy Girl Boy by Ron Koertge
    * Boy Kills Man by Matt Whyman
    * Broken Moon by Kim Antieau
    * Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes
    * Bug Boy by Eric Luper
    * The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon
    * Catch by Will Leitch
    * The Call of the Wild by Jack London
    * Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
    * The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
    * The Contender by Robert Lipsyte
    * Crazy for the Storm by Norman Ollestad
    * The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
    * Dark Dude by Oscar Hijuelos
    * Doing It by Melvin Burgess
    * Dream Merchant by Isabel Hoving
    * Dunk by David Lubar
    * Fakie by Tony Varrato
    * Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going
    * Feed by M. T. Anderon
    * Fighting Rueben Wolfe by Markus Zusak
    * First Light by Rebecca Stead
    * The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
    * 47 by Walter Mosely
    * Fighter by Jean Jacques Greif
    * Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson
    * Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
    * Funny Little Monkey by Andrew Auseon
    * Ghost Medicine by Andrew Smith
    * Girls for Breakfast by David Yoo
    * The Goats by Brock Cole
    * Good Enough by Paula Yoo
    * Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
    * Godless by Pete Hautman
    * The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
    * The Great Wide Sea by M.H. Herlong
    * Hachet by Gary Paulsen
    * Head Case by Sarah Aronson
    * Hole in my Life by Jack Gantos
    * Homeboyz by Alan Lawrence Sitomer
    * House of Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
    * The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
    * Hurricane Song by Paul Volponi
    * Inexcusable by Chris Lynch
    * In the Break by Jack Lopez
    * In the Path of Falling Objects by Andrew Smith
    * Johnny Hazzard by Eddie de Oliveira
    * The Juvie Three by Gordon Korman
    * King Dork by Frank Portman
    * King of the Screw-ups by K.L. Going
    * The Kings of New York by Michael Weinreb
    * The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe
    * A Long Way Home: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
    * Looking for Alaska by John Green
    * The Long Night of Leo and Bree by Ellen Wittlinger
    * Lord of the Flies by  William Golding
    * The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
    * Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
    * Maybe by Brent Runyon
    * Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
    * Monster By Walter Dean Myers
    * Native Son by Richard Wright
    * New Boy by Julian Houston
    * Open by Andre Agassi
    * The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
    * Paper Towns by John Green
    * Paranoid Park by Blake Nelson
    * Peace Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
    * Peak by Roland Smith
    * Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss and What I Learned by Judd Winick
    * The Pigman by Paul Zindel
    * Please Don't Come Back from the Moon by Dean Bakopoulos
    * Punkzilla by Adam Rapp
    * Response by Paul Volponi
    * Rock Star Superstar by Blake Nelson
    * Rooftop by Paul Volponi
    * Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton
    * Runner by Carl Deuker
    * Saint Iggy by K.L. Going
    * Secret Saturdays by Torrey Maldonado
    * Slake's Limbo by Felice Holman
    * Slam by Nick Hornby
    * Smack by Melvin Burgess
    * Storky by D.L Garfinkle
    * Street Love by Walter Dean Myers
    * Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman
    * Sucker Punch by David Hernandez
    * Surface Tension byBrent Runyon
    * Ten Mile River by Paul Griffin
    * Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
    * This is What I Did by Ann Dee Ellis
    * Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
    * Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
    * Tyrell by Coe Booth
    * We Were Here by Matt de la Pena
    * Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
    * When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt
    * You Don't Even Know Me by Sharon G. Flake


Books for Middle Grade Boys

    * Al Capone Does my Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
    * The Birthday Room by Kevin Henkes
    * Blackwater by Eve Bunting
    * Blindsighted by Peter Moore
    * Blindspot by Kevin C. Pyle
    * Brendan Buckley's Universe by Sundee Frazier
    * Bucking the Sarge by Christopher Paul Curtis
    * Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
    * Chuck Dugan is AWOL by Eric Chase Anderson
    * Firegirl by Tony Abbott
    * Flush by Carl Hiassen
    * Freak the Mighty  by Rodman Philbrick
    * The Giver by Lois Lowry
    * The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
    * Holes by Louis Sachar
    * How Angel Peterson Got his Name by Gary Paulsen
    * Island Boyz by Graham Salisbury
    * Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass
    * Junebug by Alice Mead
    * Kimchi and Calamari by Rose Kent
    * King Matt the First by Janusz Korczak
    * Kit's Wilderness by David Almond
    * La Linea by Ann Jaramillo
    * Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt
    * Loser by Jerry Spinelli
    * The Man in the Ceiling by Jules Feiffer
    * Miracle's Boys by Jacqueline Woodson
    * No Castles Here by A.C.E. Bauer
    * Notes from a Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick
    * On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
    * Out Standing in my Field by Patrick Jennings
    * Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas
    * Reality Leak by Joni Sensel
    * Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman
    * Stanford Wong Flunks Big Time by Lisa Yee
    * Summerland by Michael Chabon
    * The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
    * The Phantom Toll Booth by Norton Juster
    * There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar
    * The Revealers by Doug Wilhelm
    * Tangerine by Edward Bloor
    * Toby Wheeler: Eighth Grade Benchwarmer by Thatcher Heldring
    * To Catch a Mermaid by Suzanne Selfors
    * Tommysaurus Rex by Doug TenNapel
    * Voices in the First Person by Lori Carlson
    * The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleishman
    * The Wild Things by Dave Eggers


Graphic Novels and comic strip stories:

A=adult   YA=teen  YA–A=teen with adult content   MG=middle grade   E=Elementary

* The Adventures of Polo by Regis Faller (surreal adventure) E
* The Adventures of Sparrow Boy by Brian Pinkney (adventure)  E – MG
* Abandon the Old in Tokyo by Yoshiro Tatsumi (life in Japan) A
* Alia’s Mission by Mark Alan Stamaty (Iraqi war) MG
* Amelia's Notebook series by Marissa Moss (girl's journal) E-MG
* American Born Chinese by Gene Yang (racism) MG
* American Spendor by Harvey Pekar (everyday life) A
* Arab in America by Toufic El Rassi (being Arab after 2001) YA
* The Arrival by Shaun Tan (immigration, fish out of water) MG-A
* Aya by Marguerite Abouet and Clement Oubrerie (teen pregnancy, Africa) YA-A
* Berlin: City of Stone, Book one by Jason Lutes (German history, pre WW2) YA-A
* Black Hole by Charles Burns (teenage sex and disease) YA-A
* Blankets by Craig Thompson (first love) YA
* Blindspot by Kevin C. Pyle (coming of age) MG-YA
* Blue Pill by Frederick Peeters (HIV love story) A
* The Bear by Raymond Briggs (imagination) E
* The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, The Bard by Gregory Rogers (Shakespeare) E
* Buddha vol 1-8 by Osamu Tezuka (life of Siddartha) A
* Bumperboy & the Loud Loud Mountain by Debbie Huey E-MG
* Burma Chronicles by Guy Delisle (life under dictator) A
* Capacity by Theo Ellsworth (the imagination of the mind) A
* Capote in Kansas by Ande Parks (non-fiction event, writing) A
* Carnet de Voyage by Craig Thompson (European travelogue) YA
* Chicken with Plums by Marjane Satrapi (Life in Iran) YA-A
* Chiggers by Hope Larson (life at camp, summer love) MG-YA
* City of Glass by Paul Auster (adapted novel)  A
* Clumsy by Jeffrey Brown (doomed relationship) A
* The Contract with God Trilogy by Will Eisner (God, life) A
* Diary of a Whimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (diaries) MG-YA
* Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda by Stassen (mostly for production) YA-A
* A Drifting Life by Yoshiro Tatsumi (birth of manga) A
* Ellie McDoodle by Ruth McNally Barshaw (family) MG
* Epileptic by David B. (epilepsy) YA
* Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan (Terrorist bombings) A
* Gemma Bovary by Posy Simmonds (love, suicide) A
* Ghost World by Daniel Clowes (teenage slice of life) YA–A* Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi (Love and marriage) A
* Ethel and Ernest by Raymond Briggs (love and marriage)
* Fist Stick Knife Gun by Geoffrey Canada (teen violence) YA
*Footnotes from Gaza by Joe Sacco (war) YA-A
* Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (estranged father, gay issues) YA-A
* Gentleman Jim by Raymond Briggs (growing old, lost dreams) A
* The Golem’s Mighty Swing by James Sturm (racism, baseball, period piece) YA
* Hard Boiled Defective Stories by Charles Burns (Sci-fi dark humor) A
* Houdini: the Handcuff King by Jason Lutes (biography) E-A
* Incognegro by Mat Johnson (racism, lynchings) YA-A
* In the Shadow of No Towers by Art Speigelman (WTC attack) YA–A
* It’s a Good Life if you don’t Weaken by Seth (Cartooning) A
* Jellaby by Kean Soo (love) MG
* Kampung Boy by Lat (growing up Muslum in Southeast Asia) E-MG
* KatMan by Kevin C. Pyle (alienation) YA
* King by Ho Che Anderson (MLK biography) A
* Kings in Disguise by James Vance/Dan Burr (hobos in Depression era) YA-A
* Klezmer by Joann Sfar (Jewish folk music adventure) YA-A
* Knockout by MD Kenny (Boxing) A
* Laika by Nick Abadsiz (Soviet Space Program) YA
* La Perdida by Jessica Abel (Mexico, kidnapping) A
* Last Day in Vietnam by Will Eisner (war) YA-A
* Latino USA: a cartoon History by Ilan Stavans (Hispanic hostory) YA
* The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: The Robin Hood of Korea by Anne Sibley O'Brien (Korean folklore) E
* Life, in Pictures by Will Eisner (Jewish life in America) A
* Life Sucks by Jessica Abel, Warren Pleece (Teen vampires at mini mart) YA-A
* Little Lit by Art Speigelman (fairy tales) E-MG
* Little Vampire series by Joann Sfar (lonliness, outsider) E-MG
* Louis Riel: a comic strip biography by Chester Brown (biography) A
* Love & Rockets: Palomar by Gilbert Hernandez (mexican Americans, bi-sexuality, punks) A
* Malcolm X by Andrew Helfer and Randy DuBurke (biography) YA-A
* Maus 1 and 2 by Art Speigelman (Holocaust, racism) YA–A
* Meanwhile by Jules Feiffer  (adventure) E, MG
* Mom's Cancer by Brian Fies (disease) YA-A
* Night Fisher by R. Kikuo Johnson (drugs, Hawaii) YA
* Notes for a War Story by Gipi (war, survival) YA-A
* The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation by Sid Jacobson (terrorism) YA-A
* Our Cancer Year , The Quitter by Harvey Pekar (cancer, adult life) A
* Palestine by Joe Sacco (war journalism) YA - A
* People's History of American Empire by Howard Zinn (War, US policy) YA-A
* Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss and What I Learned by Judd Winick (AIDS) YA
* Persepolis 1 and 2 by Marjane Satrapi (growing up in Iran) YA
* The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg (art terrorism) YA
* The Push Man by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Japan’s lower class) A
* Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle YA-A
* R. Crumb Draws the Blues by R. Crumb (history, music) A
* Refresh Refresh by Danica Novgorodoff (war, fighting) YA
* Road to Perdition by Max Allen Collins (revenge, period piece) A
* Safe Area: Gorazde by Joe Sacco (war journalism) YA - A
* Shenzhen by Guy Delisle (Foreigner in Modern China) YA-A
* Siberia by Nikoli Mazlov (Life in Russia) YA-A
* Sleepwalk, Summer Blond by Adrien Tomine (loneliness, relationships) YA-A
* Strum and Drang: Great Moments in Rock n’ Roll by Joel Orff (teenage slice of life, music) YA
* Stuck Rubber Baby by Howard Cruse (racism, segregation, homosexuality) A
* The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar (Jewish issues, racism) YA-A
* Satchel Page: Striking Out Jim Crow by James Strum and Rich Tommaso (racism, baseball) MG-YA
* The Savage by David Almond (death, bully) YA-A
* The Sea View Hotel by James Stevenson (lonliness) E* Shake, Rattle and Turn that Noise Down! by Mark Alan Stamaty (birth of rock n roll) E
* Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine (relationships) A
* The Six Shots of Philadelphia by Ulrich Scheel (gun violence) YA-A
* Skim by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki (suicide) YA-A
* Slow Storm by Danica Novgorodoff (murder, fires) A
* Stitches by David Small (cancer, family secrets) YA-A
* Stop Forgetting to Remember by Peter Kuper (memoir, growing older) A
* The Summer of Love by Debbie Drechsler (first love) YA-A
* The Tale of One Bad Rat by Bryan Talbot (incest, homelessness) YA-A
* There's a Wolf at the Door by Zoe and R.W. Alley (fairy tales) E
* Tintin by Herge (world adventures) MG
* Tommysaurus Rex by Doug TenNapel (Death, bullys) MG
* To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel by Siena Cherson Siegel (dance) E-MG
* Too Many Time Machines by Mark Stamaty (history, baseball) E
* Town Boy by LAT (growing up in Malaysia) E - MG
* Tuesday by David Wiesner (Alternate reality) E- MG
* Unstable Molecules by James Sturm (real life bios of Fantastic 4) YA
* Vampire Loves by Joann Sfar (loneliness) YA-A
* The Wall by Peter Sis (Communism) E-YA
* War’s End by Joe Sacco (War and Peace) YA-A
* Was She Pretty? by Leanne Shapton (lost love) A
* When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs (nuclear holocaust) YA-A
* We Are on our Own by Miriam Katin (Hungarian girl escapes Nazis) YA-A