The 100 Best YA Books of All Time

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5 participants, 100 books added

Starts: Monday, 01 January 2024

Ends: Thursday, 31 December 2026

With a panel of celebrated authors - Elizabeth Acevedo, Kacen Callender, Jenny Han, Jason Reynolds, Adam Silvera, Angie Thomas and Nicola Yoon - TIME presents the most compelling, enlightening and influential young-adult books, in chronological order beginning in the 1800s.

All books added
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

Long Way Down

Jason Reynolds

306 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary poetry young adult dark emotional reflective fast-paced
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

With the Fire on High

Elizabeth Acevedo

416 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

Erika L. Sánchez

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional medium-paced
American Street by Ibi Zoboi

American Street

Ibi Zoboi

324 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction young adult emotional sad medium-paced
We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson

We Are the Ants

We Are the Ants #1

Shaun David Hutchinson

451 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult emotional slow-paced
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

The Sun Is Also a Star

Nicola Yoon

344 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction romance young adult emotional lighthearted fast-paced
Scythe by Neal Shusterman

Scythe

Arc of a Scythe #1

Neal Shusterman

440 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Six of Crows

Six of Crows #1

Leigh Bardugo

465 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

More Happy Than Not

Adam Silvera

293 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance science fiction young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
March: Book Two by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

March: Book Two

March #2

John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

192 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel history memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced