NYT Paperback Books
Bestseller List for December 9, 2012
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
Stephen Chbosky
MTV Books/Gallery Books
9780671027346
0-671-02734-4
What it’s like to grow up, from the perspective of a high school boy.
ONE DIRECTION: DARE TO DREAM
the members of One Direction
HarperCollins
9780062213426
0-06-221342-3
Life as a boy band.
DIVERGENT
Veronica Roth
Katherine Tegen/HarperCollins
9780062024039
0-06-202403-5
A girl must prove her mettle in a faction-ridden dystopia.
LOOKING FOR ALASKA
John Green
Speak
9780142402511
0-14-240251-6
A boy falls for a bold girl.
MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE WORST YEARS OF MY LIFE
James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts
Little, Brown
9780316101691
0-316-10169-9
Rafe breaks every rule in the book.
THE BOOK THIEF
Markus Zusak
Knopf
9780375842207
0-375-84220-9
A girl saves books from Nazi burning.
THIRTEEN REASONS WHY
Jay Asher
Razorbill
9781595141880
1-59514-188-X
Before she commits suicide, a girl sends recordings to 13 people.
THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
Sherman Alexie.
Little, Brown
9780316013697
0-316-01369-2
A boy leaves his reservation for an all-white school.
WILDWOOD
Colin Meloy
Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins
9780062024701
0-06-202470-1
A girl’s brother is kidnapped by crows.
OUT OF MY MIND
Sharon M. Draper
Atheneum
9781416971719
1-4169-7171-8
A brilliant girl with cerebral palsy longs for a way to speak.