Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners

Use LibraryThing to explore the 125+ titles recently designated as Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners, 2009 by the American Library Association.

Use this link to explore those titles and the 2009 Alex Award Winners (given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults) and the 2009 Michael L. Printz Award winners (given to 5 books this year that exemplify literary excellence in young adult literature).

If you click on the Tags column, the award winners will be listed first, followed by the Outstanding Books which will be grouped into one of 5 broad categories: Arts and Humanities; History and Cultures; Literature and Language Arts; Science and Technology; and Social Sciences. The entire list can also be sorted by Title or by Author (again, simply click on the relevant column). A user can also display covers or tags and clicking on a cover will link to another page with more information about an individual book and pricing and reviews from amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, etc.

Enjoy!