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Friday, September 16, 2011

Top 100 YA Reads





Amy at Following the Reader posted this list of Top 100 YA Reads today. Of course, I had to see how many I'd read (and then sort of brag if the number was super high--unfortunately, it's not). She couldn't find the original blogger or source, but the list seems right from what I know and have read of current YA lit. Anyway, here is the list, with my reads bolded. I've underlined ones on my TBR list. It's hard not to make comments, but I'll attempt to refrain! And I've only seen the movie of some of these.

If you want to repost this, it's kind of fun:) I didn't cheat or anything (some of the books I started but stopped).

Okay, I just changed my mind. Totally making comments on the ones I've read. Remember, the key phrase was "attempt to refrain." I'm calling it now-- fail.

1.    Alex Finn – Beastly

2.    Alice Sebold – The Lovely Bones (liked much better than her novel Lucky)

3.    Ally Carter – Gallagher Girls (1, 2, 3, 4) (girls in spy school= epic shennanigans) 

4.    Ally Condie – Matched  (cannot wait for Crossed, cannot wait for Crossed)

5.    Alyson Noel – The Immortals (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

6.    Anastasia Hopcus – Shadow Hills

7.    Angie Sage – Septimus Heap (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

8.    Ann Brashares – The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (1, 2, 3, 4)

9.    Anna Godbersen – Luxe (1, 2, 3, 4)

10.  Anthony Horowitz – Alex Rider (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)

11.  Aprilynne Pike – Wings (1, 2, 3)

12.  Becca Fitzpatrick – Hush, Hush (1, 2)

13.  Brandon Mull – Fablehaven (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

14.  Brian Selznick – The Invention of Hugo Cabret

15.  Cassandra Clare – The Mortal Instruments (1, 2, 3, 4)

16.  Carrie Jones – Need (1, 2, 3)

17.  Carrie Ryan – The Forest of Hands and Teeth (1, 2, 3)

18.  Christopher Paolini – Inheritance (1, 2, 3, 4)

19.  Cinda Williams Chima – The Heir Chronicles (1, 2, 3)

20.  Colleen Houck – Tigers Saga (1, 2)

21.  Cornelia Funke – Inkheart (1, 2, 3)

22.  Ellen Hopkins – Impulse (my 1st of her books, hooked me)

23.  Eoin Colfer – Artemis Fowl (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

24.  Faraaz Kazi – Truly, Madly, Deeply

25.  Frank Beddor – The Looking Glass Wars (1, 2, 3)

26.  Gabrielle Zevin – Elsewhere

27.  Gail Carson Levine – Fairest

28.  Holly Black – Tithe (1, 2, 3)

29.  J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) (yes, I'm a little bit of a disappointment) 

30.  James Dashner – The Maze Runner (1, 2)

31.  James Patterson – Maximum Ride (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

32.  Jay Asher – Thirteen Reasons Why (oh my gosh, please read this) 

33.  Jeanne DuPrau – Books of Ember (1, 2, 3, 4)

34.  Jeff Kinney – Diary of a Wimpy Kid (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

35.  John Boyne – The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

36.  John Green – An Abundance of Katherines

37.  John Green – Looking for Alaska

38.  John Green – Paper Towns

39.  Jonathan Stroud – Bartimaeus (1, 2, 3, 4)

40.  Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl – Caster Chronicles (1, 2)

41.  Kelley Armstrong – Darkest Powers (1, 2, 3)

42.  Kristin Cashore – The Seven Kingdoms (1, 2)

43.  Lauren Kate – Fallen (1, 2, 3)

44.  Lemony Snicket – Series of Unfortunate Events (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)

45.  Libba Bray – Gemma Doyle (1, 2, 3)

46.  Lisa McMann – Dream Catcher (1, 2, 3)

47.  Louise Rennison – Confessions of Georgia Nicolson (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) (laugh out loud hilarity) 

48.  M.T. Anderson – Feed

49.  Maggie Stiefvater – The Wolves of Mercy Falls (1, 2, 3)

50.  Margaret Peterson Haddix – Shadow Children (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

51.  Maria V. Snyder – Study (1, 2, 3)

52.  Markus Zusak – The Book Thief (amazing, definitely cried three times)

53.  Markus Zusak – I am the Messenger

54.  Mark Haddon – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

55.  Mary Ting – Crossroads

56.  Maureen Johnson – Little Blue Envelope (1, 2)

57.  Meg Cabot – All-American Girl (1, 2)

58.  Meg Cabot – The Mediator (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

59.  Meg Cabot – The Princess Diaries (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)

60.  Meg Rosoff – How I live now

61.  Megan McCafferty – Jessica Darling (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

62.  Megan Whalen Turner – The Queen’s Thief (1, 2, 3, 4)

63.  Melina Marchetta – On the Jellicoe Road

64.  Melissa de la Cruz – Blue Bloods (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

65.  Melissa Marr – Wicked Lovely (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

66.  Michael Grant – Gone (1, 2, 3, 4) (great series for both genders; so creative)

67.  Nancy Farmer – The House of the Scorpion

68.  Neal Shusterman – Unwind

69.  Neil Gaiman – Coraline

70.  Neil Gaiman – Stardust

71.  Neil Gaiman – The Graveyard Book

72.  P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast – House of Night (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)

73.  Philip Pullman – His Dark Materials (1, 2, 3)

74.  Rachel Caine – The Morganville Vampires (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)

75.  Rachel Cohn & David Levithan – Nick; Norah’s Infinite Playlist  

76.  Richelle Mead – Vampire Academy (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

77.  Rick Riordan – Percy Jackson and the Olympians (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

78.  Rom LcO’Feer – Somewhere carnal over 40 winks

79.  S.L. Naeole – Grace (1, 2, 3, 4)

80.  Sabrina Bryan & Julia DeVillers – Princess of Gossip

81.  Sarah Dessen – Along for the Ride (fun beach read) 

82.  Sarah Dessen – Lock and Key (didn't like the ending, but still, good romance) 

83.  Sarah Dessen – The Truth about Forever (my first read of hers...Will is dreamy) 

84.  Sara Shepard – Pretty Little Liars (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)

85.  Scott Westerfeld – Leviathan (1, 2)

86.  Scott Westerfeld – Uglies (1, 2, 3) (good during the last third; too hard to get into)

87.  Shannon Hale – Books of a Thousand Days

88.  Shannon Hale – Princess Academy

89.  Shannon Hale – The Books of Bayern (1, 2, 3, 4)

90.  Sherman Alexie & Ellen Forney – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

91.  Simone Elkeles – Perfect Chemistry (1, 2, 3)

92.  Stephanie Meyer – The Host (wow, better than Twilight...what an imagination)

93.  Stephanie Meyer – Twilight Saga (1, 2, 3, 4) (fabulouso, have a few problems with book 4) 

94.  Sue Monk Kidd – The Secret Life of Bees

95.  Susan Beth Pfeffer – Last Survivors (1, 2, 3) (first book extremely slow, third was my favorite because the main characters from the first two meet) 

96.  Suzanne Collins – Hunger Games (1, 2, 3) (Are you on board the Hunger Games train yet? If not, it's time.)

97.  Suzanne Collins – Underland Chronicles (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

98.  Terry Pratchett – Tiffany Aching (1, 2, 3, 4)

99.  Tonya Hurley – Ghost Girl (1, 2, 3)

100.            Wendelin Van Draanen – Flipped

I think Divergent by Veronica Roth will be on this list soon. Also, Delirium by Lauren Oliver. My favorite book by Sarah Dessen, This Lullaby, wasn't on here either:(


Are there any you think should be on this list that are not?


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