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• African American Authors Find African American authors writing across genres in this booklist.
• Best Books 2010 Check out staff favorites published in 2010, as well as top picks from Amazon.com Editors, Publisher's Weekly, and Library Journal.
• Double Play Books The Alex Award is given to books written for adults that have special appeal to teens.  Each book on this list was honored as a winner or nominee in 2009 or 2010.
• Epistolary Novels Escape with one of these stories told through letters, diaries, or other documents.
• Get Gritty Try these titles if you enjoyed The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson.
• Reading Rainbow Each of these books in this list for teens features a character or characters who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning.
• Real World: Nonfiction Tired of reality tv?  Try one of these "Reality Reads."
• Shifting Perspective Take a second look at old favorites with this list of retold tales.
• Spring Forward...or Backward with one of these novels featuring time travel.
• Terrible Tomorrows Take a peek into terrible futures with dystopian fiction.
• Urban Fantasy: Noir meets fantasy in these tales set in major cities.  Check out one of these titles for adults and teens.
• While You're Waiting for Push try one of these titles with similar themes or characters.
• Crete Teens Blog Check out our teen blog for book reviews by teens and librarians.  Interested in writing for our blog?  Contact Rebecca (malinowr [at] sslic [dot] net) or call the Reference Desk.

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Check out our "Titles of Note", covering best-selling lists from Book Sense.