David Levithan is the author of The Lover’s Dictionary and of many acclaimed young-adult novels, including the New York Times bestselling Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist (with Rachel Cohn). He is also the editorial director at Scholastic and the founding editor of the PUSH imprint. The Lover’s Dictionary continues on Twitter @loversdiction. So many of my friends are finally reading Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games and then immediately asking me what to read next. To which I reply: Start with M. T. Anderson’s Feed, which is a different kind of dystopia but just as scary in its own way. I read it for the eighth or ninth time this year, and the future it portrays keeps getting closer and closer. Then there’s Maggie Stiefvater’s The Scorpio Races, which has such a singular, compelling vision that it’s hard to adequately describe. Just let yourself be taken away by it, as you’re taken away by The Hunger Games. (Full disclosure: I was an editor on both books.) Finally, be on the lookout next year for Jennifer Nielsen’s The False Prince, which I’ve already read twice now.
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12.15.11David Levithan’s Favorite Reads from 2011Favorite Reads from 2011
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12.15.11Paul La Farge’s Favorite Reads from 2011Favorite Reads from 2011
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12.15.11David Bezmozgis’s Favorite Reads from 2011Favorite Reads from 2011
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12.15.11Sean McDonald’s Favorite Reads from 2011Favorite Reads from 2011
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12.15.11Caleb Scharf’s Favorite Reads from 2011Favorite Reads from 2011
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12.15.11Jesse Coleman’s Favorite Reads from 2011Favorite Reads from 2011
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12.15.11Anthony Giardina’s Favorite Reads from 2011Favorite Reads from 2011
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12.15.11Ellen Ullman’s Favorite Reads from 2011Favorite Reads from 2011
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12.15.11Christopher Tilghman’s Favorite Reads from 2011Favorite Reads from 2011
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12.15.11Ryan Chapman’s Favorite Reads from 2011Favorite Reads from 2011
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12.15.11Andrés Neuman’s Favorite Reads from 2011Favorite Reads from 2011
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12.15.11Daniel Chamovitz’s Favorite Reads from 2011Favorite Reads from 2011
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12.15.11Jesse Bering’s Favorite Reads from 2011Favorite Reads from 2011
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12.15.11Héctor Tobar’s Favorite Reads from 2011Favorite Reads from 2011
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12.15.11Mitzi Angel’s Favorite Reads from 2011Favorite Reads from 2011
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12.15.11Amy Waldman’s Favorite Reads from 2011Favorite Reads from 2011
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12.15.11Justin Taylor’s Favorite Reads from 2011Favorite Reads from 2011
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12.15.11Amelia Gray’s Favorite Reads from 2011Favorite Reads from 2011
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12.15.11Daniel Orozco’s Favorite Reads from 2011Favorite Reads from 2011
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12.15.11James Renner’s Favorite Reads from 2011Favorite Reads from 2011