Looking for Recommendations? Try the 5x5 Books Archive!

5x5 Books was established in March of 2011 and ran through September 2016. The program provided young adults with 5 books each month that the Young Adult Specialist considered to be of a 5-star rating. During this time, young adults could submit suggestions in the Teen Zone at the Dickinson County Library. There is still a suggestion box in the Teen Zone for collection suggestions and feedback.
We hope you'll find a book you love!

Past Month Selections:
(*) = Teen Suggestion
 

2016

September 2016
1. Kill the Boy Band – Goldy Moldavsky (*)
2. Dare to Disappoint – Ozge Samanci
3. A Corner of White – Jaclyn Moriarty
4. Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life – Bryan O’Malley
5. Unspoken – Sarah Rees Brennan

August 2016
1. White Fang -- Jack London
2. Slaughterhouse-Five -- Kurt Vonnegut
3. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History -- Art Spiegelman
4. The Scorpio Races -- Maggie Stiefvater
5. The War of the Worlds -- H.G. Wells

July 2016
1. The Darkest Part of the Forest -- Holly Black
2. The Rose Society -- Marie Lu (*)
3. Page by Paige -- Laura Lee Gulledge
4. Gingerbread -- Rachel Cohn
5. Ship Breaker -- Paolo Bacigalupi

June 2016
1. A Wrinkle in Time -- Madeleine L'Engle
2. Merchant of Death -- D.J. MacHale
3. Rat Queens, Volume 1: Sass and Sorcery -- Kurtis Wiebe
4. So You Want to Be a Wizard -- Diane Duane
5. Howl's Moving Castle -- Dianna Wynne Jones

April 2016
1. The Ghosts of Heaven - Marcus Sedgwick
2. Audacity - Melanie Crowder
3. Dime - E.R. Frank
4. Wolf by Wolf - Ryan Graudin
5. Eden West - Pete Hautman

March 2016
1. To All the Boys I've Loved Before - Jenny Han
2. Heir of Fire - Sarah J. Maas
3. The Shadow Throne - Jennifer A. Nielsen
4. Out of Darkness - Ashley Hope Perez
5. Conviction - Kelly Loy Gilbert

February 2016
1. The Walls Around Us - Nova Ren Suma
2. Challenger Deep - Neal Shusterman
3. All the Bright Places - Jennifer Niven
4. The Carnival at Bray - Jessie Ann Foley
5. Matched - Ally Condie

January 2016
1. The Winner's Curse - Marie Rutkoski
2. Boys Don't Knit - T.S. Easton
3. Lies I Told - Michelle Zink
4. Miss Mayhem - Rachel Hawkins
5. The Young Elites - Marie Lu

2015

December 2015
1. Bone Gap - Laura Ruby
2. Finnikin of the Rock - Melina Marchetta
3. The 5th Wave - Rick Yancey
4. Wanderlove - Kirsten Hubbard
5. Mortal Gods - Kendare Blake

November 2015
1. Rebel Belle - Rachel Hawkins
2. Nimona - Noelle Stevenson
3. We Were Liars - E. Lockhart
4. We Can Work It Out - Elizabeth Eulberg
5. Gone - Michael Grant

October 2015
1. Something Real - Heather Demetrios
2. Monstrous - MarcyKate Connolly
3. Razorhurst - Justine Larbalestier
4. The Walled City - Ryan Graudin
5. Noggin - John Corey Whaley

September 2015
1. Unfriended - Rachel Vail
2. The Walls Around Us - Nova Ren Suma
3. Six Feet Over It - Jennifer Longo
4. I Was Here - Gayle Forman
5. Hold Me Closer - David Levithan

August 2015
1. The Lucy Variations - Sara Zarr
2. Bitterblue - Kristin Cashore
3. Not That Kind of Girl - Siobhan Vivian
4. The Ruby in the Smoke - Philip Pullman
5. Insurgent - Veronica Roth

July 2015
1. Vessel - Sarah Beth Durst
2. Palace of Spies - Sarah Zettel
3. Everything Leads to You - Nina LaCour
4. The Well's End - Seth Fishman
5. The Savages - Matt Whyman

June 2015
1. The Story of Owen - E.K. Johnston
2. Women Aviators - Karen Bush Gibson
3. Seraphina - Rachel Hartman
4. Every Day - David Levithan
5. Going Bovine - Libba Bray

May 2015
1. Grasshopper Jungle - Andrew Smith
2. This One Summer - Mariko Tamaki
3. Charm & Strange - Stephanie Kuehn
4. In the Shadow of Blackbirds - Cat Winters
5. Rose Under Fire - Elizabeth Wein

April 2015
1. A Breath of Eyre - Eve Marie Mont
2. Bog Child - Siobhan Dowd
3. My Faire Lady - Laura Wettersten
4. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender - Leslye Walton
5. Second Chance Summer - Morgan Matson

March 2015
1. Plain Kate - Erin Bow
2. Cruel Beauty - Rosamund Hodge
3. My Sister Lives on the Mantleiece - Annabel Pitcher
4. The Girl is Trouble - Kathryn Hanes
5. Princess Acadey - Shannon Hale

February 2015
1. Dark Triumph - Robin LaFevers
2. Zeus: King of the Gods - George O'Connor
3. Jewel of the Thames - Angela Misri
4. Curties & Conspiracies - Gail Carriger
5. Fire - Kristin Cashore

January 2015
1. Lockdown - Alexander Gordon Smith
2. Out of My Mind - Sharon Draper
3. The Way We Fall - Megan Crewe
4. Devine Intervention - Martha Brockenbrough
5. The Lost Prince - Julie Kagawa

2014

December 2014
1. Let It Snow - John Green, etc.
2. Decked with Holly - Marni Bates
3. Trapped - Michael Northrop
4. Winter Town - Stephen Emond
5. Dash & Lily's Book of Dares - Rachel Cohn

November 2014
1. Code Name Verity - Elizabeth Wein
2. Ruby Red - Kerstin Gier
3. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
4. Battle Royale - Koushun Takami
5. Gossip Girl - Cecily Von Ziegesar

October 2014
1. Code Name Verity - Elizabeth Wein
2. Ruby Red - Kerstin Gier
3. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
4. Battle Royale - Koushun Takami
5. Gossip Girl - Cecily Von Ziegesar

September 2014
1. A Great and Terrible Beauty - Libba Bray
2. The Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefvater
3. The Fire Horse Girl - Kay Honeyman
4. Pirate Cinema - Cory Doctorow
5. This is What Happy Looks Like - Jennifer E. Smith

August 2014
1. Bunheads - Sophie Flack
2. Invincible Summer - Hannah Moskowitz
3. Lucid - Adrienne Stoltz & Ron Bass
4. The DUFF - Kody Keplinger
5. Boy 21 - Matthew Quick

July 2014
1. Avalon High - Meg Cabot
2. Croak - Gina Damico
3. Winger - Andrew Smith
4. Airman - Eoin Colfer
5. The Moon and More - Sarah Dessen

June 2014
1. Midwinter Blood - Marcus Sedgwick
2. Wonder Show - Hannah Barnaby
3. Bad Hair Day - Carrie Harris
4. Flygirl - Sherri L. Smith
5. Crash - Lisa McMann

May 2014
1. The Diviners - Libba Bray
2. The Reece Malcolm List - Amy Spalding
3. Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant - Tony Cliff
4. The Infects - Sean Beaudoin
5. Proxy - Alex London

April 2014
1. Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell
2. Cinder - Marissa Meyer
3. Amber House - Kelly Moore
4. Going Vintage - Lindsey Leavitt
5. Y, the Last Man - Brian K. Vaughan

March 2014
1. A Corner of White - Jaclyn Moriarty
2. Etiquette & Espionage - Gail Carriger
3. Untold - Sarah Rees Brennan
4. Ripper - Stefan Petrucha
5. Partials - Dan Wells

February 2014
1. Fly By Night - Frances Hardinge
2. After the Snow - S.D. Crockett
3. The Girl of Fire and Thorns - Rae Carson
4. A Long Long Sleep - Anna Sheehan
5. The Future of Us - Jay Asher

January 2014
1. The Marbury Lens - Andrew Smith
2. For Darkness Shows the Stars - Diana Peterfreund
3. Eon - Alison Goodman
4. The Miseducation of Cameron Post - Emily M. Danforth
5. The House of the Scorpion - Nancy Farmer

2013

December 2013
1. The Isle of Blood - Rick Yancey
2. Unspoken - Sarah Rees Brennan
3. The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There
    - Catherynne M. Valente
4. A Midsummer Tights Dream - Louise Rennison
5. Demonglass - Rachel Hawkins

November 2013
1. Code Name Pauline - Pearl Witherington Cornioley
2. Thrice Told Tales - Catherine Lewis
3. This Is Not a Writing Manual - Kerri Majors
4. Legends, Icons & Rebels - Robbie Robertson
5. Rapture Practice - Aaron Hartzler

October 2013
1. Sloppy Firsts - Megan McCafferty
2. Eleanor & Park - Rainbow Rowell
3. Who is AC? - Hope Larson
4. Double Victory - Cheryl Mullenbach
5. Ship Breaker - Paolo Bacigalupi

September 2013
1. Abandon - Meg Cabot
2. Legend - Marie Lu
3. Okay for Now - Gary D. Schmidt
4. Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty
        - Tonya Bolden
5. The Impossible Rescue: the True Story of an Amazing Arctic 
        Adventure - Martin W. Sandler

August 2013
1. Along for the Ride - Sarah Dessen
2. Under My Hat - Jonathan Strahan (editor)
3. The False Prince - Jennifer A. Nielsen
4. His Name Was Raoul Wallenburg - Louise Borden
5. Prisoners in the Palace - Michaela MacColl

July 2013
1. Dairy Queen - Catherine Gilbert Murdock
2. Enchanted - Alethea Kontis
3. Once Upon a Time in the North - Philip Pullman
4. Women of the Frontier - Brandon Marie Miller
5. The Lipstick Laws - Amy Holder

June 2013
1. Graceling - Kristin Cashore
2. The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin - Josh Berk
3. A Girl's Guide to Fitting in Fitness - Erin Whitehead
4. Mountains Beyond Mountains - Tracy Kidder
5. Deadly Little Secret - Laurie Faria Stolarz

May 2013
1. In Honor - Jessi Kirby
2. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl - Jesse Andrews
3. Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
4. The Complete Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi
5. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins

April 2013
1. Meant to Be - Lauren Morrill
2. A Curse Dark as Gold - Elizabeth Bunce
3. The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
4. Growing Up Muslim: Understanding the Beliefs and Practices of Islam - Sumbul Ali Karamali
5. Summer Ball - Mike Lupica

March 2013
1. In the Hand of the Goddess - Tamora Pierce
2. The Things a Brother Knows - Dana Reinhardt
3. Fifty Machines That Changed the Course of History - Eric Chaline
4. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - Bryan Lee O'Malley
5. Son of Neptune - Rick Riordan

February 2013
1. Why We Broke Up - Daniel Handler
2. Faces from the Past: Forgotten People of North America - James M. Deem
3. The End: 50 Apocalyptic Visions from Pop Culture That You Should Know About... Before It's Too Late - Laura Barcella
4. Drama - Raina Telgemeier
5. Pretty Little Liars - Sara Shepard

January 2013
1. Steampunk!: an Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories
    - ed. Kelly Link
2. Grave Mercy - R.L. LaFevers
3. Chopsticks - Jessica Anthony
4. The Bronte Sisters: the Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne
    - Catherine Reef
5. Out from Boneville - Jeff Smith (*)

2012

December 2012
1. Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
2. The Ghosts of Ashbury High - Jaclyn Moriarty
3. Thor: The Mighty Avenger (vol. 1) - Roger Langridge
4. Kids of Kabul: Living Bravely Through a Never-Ending War
    - Deborah Ellis
5. Bluestar's Prophecy - Erin Hunter
 
November 2012
1. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
2. A Brief History of Montmaray - Michelle Cooper
3. American Born Chinese - Gene Luen Yang
4. The Letter Q: Queer Writer's Notes to Their Younger Selves
     - ed.Sarah Moon
5. Bittersweet - Sarah Ockler

October 2012
1. The Forest of Hands and Teeth - Carrie Ryan
2. Chime - Franny Billingsley
3. Batman: The Killing Joke - Alan Moore
4. They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American
     Terrorist Group - Susan Campbell Bartoletti
5. Variant - Robison Wells

September 2012
1. This Dark Endeavor - Kenneth Oppel
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
3. Slaughterhouse-five - Kurt Vonnegut
4. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History -
    Art Spiegelman
5. Case Closed?: Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science -
    Susan Hughes

August 2012
1. The Ruby in the Smoke - Philip Pullman
2. The Disenchantments - Nina LaCour
3. The Sandman: Preludes, Nocturnes - Neil Gaiman
4. The Dark Game: True Spy Stories - Paul B.Janeczko
5. The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan

July 2012
1. Scribbling Women: True Tales from Astonishing Lives - 
     Marthe Jocelyn
2. Master of Deceit: J. Edgar Hoover and America in the Age of Lies- 
     Marc Aronson
3. The Goose Girl - Shannon Hale
4. Anya's Ghost - Vera Brosgol
5. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins

June 2012
1. Sweethearts - Sara Zarr
2. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks - E. Lockhart
3. A Swiftly Tilting Planet - Madeleine L'Engle
4. Can I See Your I.D.?: True Stories of False Identites - Chris Barton
5. It's Kind of a Funny Story - Ned Vizzini

May 2012
1. A Spy in the House - Y.S. Lee
2. The Plain Janes - Cecil Castellucci
3. If I Stay - Gayle Forman
4. How They Croaked - Georgia Bragg
5. Caddy Ever After - Hilary McKay

April 2012
1. Just Listen - Sarah Dessen
2. Wintergirls - Laurie Halse Anderson
3. Watchmen - Alan Moore
4. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
5. Out of a Silent Planet - C.S. Lewis

March 2012
1. Page by Paige - Laura Lee Gulledge
2. The Red Pyramid - Rick Riordan
3. Instructions for a Broken Heart - Kim A. Culbertson
4. Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins
5. Heat - Mike Lupica

February 2012
1. The Scorpio Races - Maggie Stiefvater
2. Please Ignore Vera Dietz - A.S. King
3. Divergent - Veronica Roth
4. How I Live Now - Meg Rosoff
5. Point Blank - Anthony Horowitz

January 2012
1. Looking for Alaska - John Green
2. Maniac Magee - Jerry Spinelli
3. When You Reach Me - Rebecca Stead
4. Mostly Good Girls - Leila Sales
5. Crank - Ellen Hopkins

2011

December 2011
1. Crossed - Ally Condie
2. A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness
3. Jacob Have I Loved - Katherine Paterson
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
5. Peeps - Scott Westerfeld

November 2011
1. Spoiled - Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
2. Goliath - Scott Westerfeld
3. The Name of the Star - Maureen Johnson
4. Lola and the Boy Next Door - Stephanie Perkins
5. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs

October 2011
1. I'll Be There - Holly Goldberg Sloan
2. Withering Tights - Louise Rennison
3. The Curse of the Wendigo - Rick Yancey
4. The Girl is Murder - Kathryn Miller Haines
5. Never Sit Down in a Hoopskirt and Other Things I Learned in Southern Belle Hell - Crickett Rumley

September 2011
1. The Monstrumologist - Rick Yancey
2. Half Brother - Kenneth Oppel
3. The Giver - Lois Lowry
4. Devil's Arithmetic - Jane Yolen
5. The Devil's Breath - David Gilman

August 2011
1. Sisterhood Everlasting - Ann Brashares
2. The Piper's Son - Melina Marchetta
3. The Floating Islands - Rachel Neumeier
4. Story of a Girl - Sara Zarr
5. Go Ask Alice - Anonymous

July 2011
1. Beauty Queens - Libba Bray
2. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
3. The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own  
     Making  - Catherynne M. Valente
4. A Northern Light - Jennifer Donnelly
5. Hex Hall - Sophie Hawkins

June 2011
1. Saving Francesca - Melina Marchetta
2. Where She Went - Gayle Forman
3. I Am Not a Serial Killer - Dan Wells
4. Wither - Lauren DeStefano
5. Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes

May 2011
1. 13 Little Blue Envelopes - Maureen Johnson
2. Real Live Boyfriends - E. Lockhart
3. Rage - Jackie Morse Kessler
4. Shiloh - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
5. Cirque du Freak series - Darren Shan

April 2011
1. An Abundance of Katherines - John Green
2. The Book Thief - Marcus Zusak
3. Little Brother - Cory Doctorow
4. Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones
5. Zombies vs. Unicorns - Holly Black & Justine Larbalestier, ed.

March 2011
1. Jellicoe Road - Melina Marchetta
2. Revolution - Jennifer Donnelly
3. Five Flavors of Dumb - Antony John
4. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks - E. Lockhart
5. The Truth About Forever - Sarah Dessen