Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

{{short description|Annual American book list}}

Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers is a book list created annually by the Young Adult Library Services Association. The list identifies fiction, nonfiction, and graphic novels that may encourage teenagers who dislike reading to read.{{Cite web|last=|date=2012-03-02|title=Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers|url=https://www.ala.org/yalsa/quick-picks-reluctant-young-adult-readers|access-date=2021-10-31|website=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)|language=en|archive-date=2021-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031153918/https://www.ala.org/yalsa/quick-picks-reluctant-young-adult-readers|url-status=live}}

Researchers, educators, librarians, parents, and teenagers have used the list to identify books reluctant young adult readers may enjoy.{{Cite thesis|last=Jones|first=Leigh Ann|date=May 2006 |title=Do "Quick Picks" book covers appeal to middle school readers? The impact of covers on self-selection of fiction books in the middle school library setting|type=PhD dissertation|publisher=Texas Woman's University|url=https://twu-ir.tdl.org/handle/11274/11177|hdl=11274/11177|id={{ProQuest|3215110}}|access-date=2022-10-17|archive-date=2022-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017131010/https://twu-ir.tdl.org/handle/11274/11177|url-status=live}}{{Cite thesis|last=Mundy|first=JaNae Jenkins|date=2000|title=Best books for young adults: An analysis of the structural, stylistic, and thematic characteristics of the 1998 Best Books for Young Adults and 1998 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers |type=PhD dissertation |publisher=Texas Woman's University}}{{Cite journal|last=Roy|first=Loriene|date=April 2008|title=Circle of Knowledge: Sap Boiling Moon Month or Iskigamizige-Giizis|url=https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~loriene/prez_elect/media/publications/0408_Pres_Message.pdf|journal=American Libraries|access-date=2021-10-31|archive-date=2021-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031153918/https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~loriene/prez_elect/media/publications/0408_Pres_Message.pdf|url-status=live}}{{Cite thesis|last=Carr|first=Carolyn Marie|date=2009|title=The portrayal of teenage sexuality in young adult literature|url=https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/1918|type=Graduate research paper|publisher=University of Northern Iowa|access-date=2021-10-31|archive-date=2021-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104153722/https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/1918/|url-status=live}}{{Cite journal|date=1998|title=Young Adult Literature|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/content/crossref/journals/childrens_literature_association_quarterly/v023/23.2.article18.html|journal=Children's Literature Association Quarterly|language=en|volume=23|issue=2|pages=109–110|doi=10.1353/chq.0.1250|issn=1553-1201|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite journal|last1=Blasingame|first1=James|last2=Pace Nilsen|first2=Alleen|last3=Donelson|first3=Ken|date=September 2004|title=The 2003 Honor List: A Book for All Reasons|journal=The English Journal|volume=94|issue=1|pages=88–94|doi=10.2307/4128854 |jstor=4128854 }}{{Cite journal|last=Broadway|first=Marsha|date=2016-08-09|title=Children's Literary Awards and Recommended Lists on the Net|url=https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cbmr/vol28/iss2/7|journal=Children's Book and Media Review|volume=28|issue=2|access-date=2021-10-31|archive-date=2021-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104132829/https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cbmr/vol28/iss2/7/|url-status=live}}