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Do you like to read? Send in your own review. Looking for something to read? Check out these teen reviews!

Or tell us about a favorite author or title, type of story, setting or theme, and we'll send you a list of suggested reads. Click AskUs!, type "Good reads" in the "Information needed" box and describe your good read needs.

Bookgroups: http://www.multcolib.org/books/bookgroups/

Find out about how to start a bookgroup and learn about library bookgroups. Talk It Up! has lots of reading ideas and discussion guides.
Booklists for Adults & Teens: http://www.multcolib.org/books/lists/

Lots of booklists including one called Adult Reads for Teens
Find manga
Find comics and graphic novels: Here's a list of library-recommended graphic novels.
If You Like Twilight Booklist: More great reads for fans of Stephenie Meyer.
GLBTQ Booklist
Novelist: Log onto Novelist with your library card number and pin (usually the last four digits of your phone number). Put in your favorite author, title, plot or series name and Novelist will look for books you might like based on that information.
Zines: http://www.multcolib.org/zines/

Learn more about these independently created publications that open the mind and heart.

Other Reading Recommendations

Booklists and Awards: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/

Printz Award, Best Books, Quick Picks, Popular Paperbacks, and more. From YALSA, Young Adult Library Services Association.
Book Raves from OYAN, the Oregon Young Adult Network: http://www.olaweb.org/oyan/BookRaves.htm

Books recommended by Oregon librarians who work with teens.
FlamingNet: http://flamingnet.com/

"Your source for reviews and recommendations on past, present, and future preteen, teen, and young adult books. "
No Flying, No Tights: graphic novel reviews for teens: http://www.noflyingnotights.com/

Superheroes, fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, crime and suspense, and just plain realism.
Reader's Robot: http://www.tnrdlib.bc.ca/rr.html

Tell the "robot" about the kind of books you like to read and it will find books that fit your profile.
Reading Rants! Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists: http://www.readingrants.org/

A review blog for teens who need a good read, but are wondering if there's life after Judy Blume and Brian Jacques.
TeenReads.com: http://www.teenreads.com

Reviews, interviews with authors, message boards.
YA Books Central: http://www.yabookscentral.com

Reviews, interviews with authors, message boards, and book giveaways.