Every year the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) allows teens to vote on their favorite book of the year. Books are first nominated, then teens vote online at the YALSA web site. Here is the announcement:
More than 11,000 teen voters chose Paper Towns as their favorite book in the 2009 Teens' Top Ten! The online poll took place from Aug. 24 through Sept. 18, with the winners announced during Teen Read Week by WWE Divas Brie Bella and Nikki Bella, with a special appearance by John Green. (these are all 2008 books)
Paper Towns by John Green (Penguin/Dutton)
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare (Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry)
Identical by Ellen Hopkins (Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry)
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins)
Wake by Lisa McMann (Simon & Schuster/Simon Pulse)
Untamed by P.C. and Kristin Cast (St. Martin's Griffin)
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart (Disney-Hyperion)
Graceling by Kristin Cashore (Harcourt/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Have a look at these. I find that young adult novels have an appeal that is not filled by adult fiction. Many of the above titles are also available in audiobook formats.
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