TAYSHAS Reading List Top Ten 2023

The TAYSHAS Reading List is produced annually by a Texas Library Association committee, with the goals of motivating students in grades 9-12 to read for pleasure, to become lifelong readers, and to participate in the community of readers in Texas. The TAYSHAS Top Ten is a subset of titles from the TAYSHAS list that received a unanimous vote in the committee’s initial voting process. The current TAYSHAS Top Ten titles are shelved on a special display in LPL's Teen Point.

Updated August 9, 2023
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Abuela, don't forget me
Ogle, Rex
Paper Book
A Finalist for the 2023 YALSA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Award. Rex Ogle's companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother's legacy. In his award-winning memoir...
Fadeaway
Vickers, Elaine
Paper Book
When a high school basketball star goes missing, a town's secrets are exposed in this edge-of-your seat, addictive read. At 8-53 pm, thousands of people watched as Jake Foster secured the state title for his basketball team with his signature fadeaway. But by the next morning, he...
Voy a traicionarte
Sepetys, Ruta
Paper Book
Voy a traicionarte
Sepetys, Ruta
Paper Book
The weight of blood
Jackson, Tiffany D.
Paper Book
" New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson ramps up the horror and tackles America's history and legacy of racism in this suspenseful YA novel following a biracial teenager as her Georgia high school hosts its first integrated prom. When Springville...

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