Top 10 Young Adult Biographies in 2024

The top 10 books checked out in 2024 from our young adult biography collection

Updated January 24, 2025
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Top 10 Young Adult Biographies in 2024

The top 10 books checked out in 2024 from our young adult biography collection

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1

All boys aren't blue : a memoir-manifesto
Johnson, George M.
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller and the #1 Most Challenged Book in America according to the American Library Association In a series of personal essays, award-winning author and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue explores their childhood,...

2

The boy on the wooden box : how the impossible became possible... on Schindler's list
Leyson, Leon
Paper Book
In the #1 New York Times bestseller, Leon Leyson (born Leib Lezjon) was only ten years old when the Nazis invaded Poland and his family was forced to relocate to the Krakow ghetto. Leon Leyson (born Leib Lezjon) was only ten years old when the Nazis invaded Poland and his...

3

Dissenter on the bench : Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life & work
Ortiz, Victoria
Paper Book
A 2020 Sydney Taylor Honor Book The life and career of the fiercely principled Supreme Court Justice, now a popular icon, with dramatic accounts of her landmark cases that moved the needle on legal protection of human rights, illustrated with b/w archival photographs. ...

4

Flying couch : a graphic memoir
Kurzweil, Amy
Paper Book
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2016 * A Junior Library Guild Fall 2016 Selection Flying Couch, Amy Kurzweil's debut, tells the stories of three unforgettable women. Amy weaves her own coming-of-age as a...

5

Lighter than my shadow
Green, Katie, (Illustrator)
Paper Book
"A gripping graphic novel about a woman's battle with eating disorders." -- The Guardian Like most kids, Katie was a picky eater. She'd sit at the table in silent protest, hide uneaten toast in her bedroom, listen to parental threats that she'd have to eat it for breakfast. But...
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