In addition to the books I’m reading for the YALSA Excellence in Non-Fiction book award, I’ve been reading a number (large number) of other books in all genres and for all age levels. When I posted on Facebook that I’d hit last year’s Books Read total (250), Karyn Silverman asked me to “tell [her] what’s at the top of [my] list in terms of actual quality writing from the 2012 YAs”. Going through the list of what I’ve read, I was able to pull out the ones that received 5 and 4 star reviews.

