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.

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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race young adult challenging informative reflective fast-paced
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

Everything, Everything

Nicola Yoon

310 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional medium-paced
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

An Ember in the Ashes

An Ember in the Ashes #1

Sabaa Tahir

464 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

To All the Boys I've Loved Before

To All the Boys I've Loved Before #1

Jenny Han

355 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance young adult funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

The Crossover

The Crossover #1

Kwame Alexander

240 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction poetry sports young adult emotional hopeful fast-paced
Noggin by John Corey Whaley

Noggin

John Corey Whaley

340 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction contemporary science fiction young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Brown Girl Dreaming

Jacqueline Woodson

352 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir middle grade poetry race emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Simonverse #1

Becky Albertalli

303 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

March: Book One

March #1

John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

128 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel history memoir emotional informative inspiring fast-paced
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Jesse Andrews

295 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional funny medium-paced