Titles in bold indicate a TAYSHAS Top Ten Book. Top Ten books are selected from those which received a unanimous vote in the committee’s initial voting process.

2020 TAYSHAS READING LIST
TitleAuthor(s)
With the Fire on HighAcevedo, Elizabeth
InternmentAhmed, Samira
ShoutAnderson, Laurie Halse
Angel ThievesAppelt, Kathi
Little White LiesBarnes, Jennifer Lynn
Serious MoonlightBennett, Jenn
Lovely WarBerry, Julie
Girl Made of StarsBlake, Ashley Herring
This Book is Not Yet RatedBognanni, Peter
Invisible Heroes of World War II: Extraordinary Wartime Stories of Ordinary PeopleBorrowman, Jerry
Sky without StarsBrody, Jessica, and Joanne Rendell
The Gilded WolvesChokshi, Roshani
ScreenshotCooner, Donna
Stronger, Faster and More BeautifulDayton, Arwen Elys
ThrowDegollado, Ruben
500 Words or LessDel Rosario, Juleah
StepsisterDonnelly, Jennifer
We Are Lost and FoundDunbar, Helene
Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc Elliot, David
Dear Evan Hansen: The NovelEmmich, Val
We Hunt the FlameFaizal, Hafsah
This Moment is Your LifeGates, Mariam
Fresh InkGiles, Lamar, Ed.
How to Make Friends with the DarkGlasgow, Kathleen
Game ChangerGreenwald, Tom
My Plain JaneHand, Cynthia, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
Heretics AnonymousHenry, Katie
Brave FaceHutchinson, Shaun David 
The Past and Other Things that Should Stay BuriedHutchinson, Shaun David
Let Me Hear a RhymeJackson, Tiffany
Truly DeviousJohnson, Maureen
A Curse so Dark and LonelyKemmerer, Brigid
Darius the Great is Not OkayKhorram, Adib
The Downstairs GirlLee, Stacey
American RoyalsMcGee, Katharine
HeroineMcGinnis, Mindy
Blanca & RojaMcLemore, Anna-Marie
Two Can Keep a SecretMcManus, Karen
#MurderTrendingMcNeil, Gretchen
CirceMiller, Madeline
Grand Theft HorseNeri, Greg
Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled TeensNijkamp, Marieke, Editor
MikeNorriss, Andrew
Neanderthal Opens the Door to the UniverseNorton, Preston
Buried beneath the Baobab TreeNwaubani, Adaobi Tricia 
Anger Is a GiftOshiro, Mark
SeafireParker, Natalie
Neverworld WakePessl, Marisha
The Field Guide to the North American TeenagerPhillipe, Ben
Opposite of AlwaysReynolds, Justin A.
Patron Saints of NothingRibay, Randy
PumpkinheadsRowell, Rainbow, and Faith Erin Hicks
BirthdayRusso, Meredith
Four Dead QueensScholte, Astrid
DryShusterman, Neal
The Last to Let GoSmith, Amber
Field Notes on LoveSmith, Jennifer E. 
Four Three Two OneStevens, Courtney
Just Mercy: A True Story of the Fight for Justice (Adapted for Young Adults)Stevenson, Bryan
SadieSummers, Courtney
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With MeTamaki, Mariko
Secrets of the Casa RosadaTemblador, Alex
On the Come UpThomas, Angie
Pan’s Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the FaunToro, Guillermo del, and Cornelia Funke
The Cold is in Her Bonesvan Arsdale, Peterbelle
Dear America: The Story of an Undocumented Citizen (Young Readers’ Edition)Vargas, Jose Antonio
Ink Knows No Borders: Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee ExperienceVecchione, Patrice, and Alyssa Raymond, Eds.
Kiss Number 8Venable, Colleen A.F., and Ellen T. Crenshaw
Listen to Your HeartWest, Kasie
SlayerWhite, Kiersten
Girls with Sharp SticksYoung, Suzanne
Rayne and Delilah’s Midnite MatineeZentner, Jeff
The Seven Torments of Amy and CraigZolidis, Don