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Detail of book cover Water for Elephants

Themed Booklists

Arts and Humanities

A YALSA committee of librarians selected these books to open doors on new worlds, exciting ideas, eccentric personalities, unfamiliar cultures, and distant time periods.

Close up of book cover Escape: The Story of the Great Houdini

Themed Booklists

Biographies

Biographies are on lots of school booklists, but they can also be popular leisure reading choices for teens. They often feature real-life characters who have overcome adversity — a theme teens are drawn to again and again.