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63 Best Young Adult Books of All Time


Our goal: Find the best Young Adult books according to the internet (not just one random person's opinion).

    Here's what we did:
  1. Type "best young adult books" into our search engine and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly for you here! 😊
    (It was a lot of work. But hey! That's why we're here, right?)

(Updated 2024)

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Last Updated: Monday 1 Jan, 2024

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  1. 1
    To Kill a Mockingbird
  2. 2
    The Hate U Give
  3. 3
    The Book Thief

    The Book Thief

    Markus Zusak

  4. 4
    The Outsiders

    The Outsiders

    S. E. Hinton

  5. 5
    Speak

    Speak

    Laurie Halse Anderson

  6. 6
    Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
  7. MOST RECOMMENDED!
    7
    The Catcher in the Rye
  8. 8
    Little Women
  9. 9
    Lord of the Flies

    Lord of the Flies

    William Golding

  10. 10
    The Fault in Our Stars
  11. 11
    Six of Crows
  12. 12
    The Hunger Games
  13. 13
    The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  14. 14
    Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
  15. 16
    The Giver
  16. 17
    The Princess Bride

    The Princess Bride

    William Goldman

  17. 19
    The Sun Is Also a Star
  18. 20
    The Astonishing Color of After
  19. 21
    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
  20. 22
    The Hobbit
  21. 23
    The Wind in the Willows
  22. 24
    Wonder

    Wonder

    R. J. Palacio

  23. 25
    Anne Frank
  24. 26
    Holes

    Holes

    Louis Sachar

  25. 27
    A Wrinkle in Time

    A Wrinkle in Time

    Madeleine L'Engle

  26. 28
    Stargirl

    Stargirl

    Jerry Spinelli

  27. 29
    I'll Give You the Sun
  28. 30
    A Separate Peace

    A Separate Peace

    John Knowles

  29. 33
    One of Us Is Lying

    One of Us Is Lying

    Karen M. McManus

  30. 34
    Twilight

    Twilight

    Stephenie Meyer

  31. 35
    Hatchet

    Hatchet

    Gary Paulsen

  32. 36
    Looking for Alaska
  33. 37
    The Chronicles of Narnia
  34. 38
    All the Bright Places
  35. 39
    Five Feet Apart

    Five Feet Apart

    Rachael Lippincott

  36. 40
    Divergent
  37. 41
    Cinder
  38. 42
    Esperanza Rising

    Esperanza Rising

    Pam Muñoz Ryan

  39. 43
    The Call of the Wild
  40. 46
    Bridge to Terabithia

    Bridge to Terabithia

    Katherine Paterson

  41. 47
    Tuck Everlasting

    Tuck Everlasting

    Natalie Babbitt

  42. 48
    Long Way Down

    Long Way Down

    Jason Reynolds

  43. 50
    With the Fire on High

    With the Fire on High

    Elizabeth Acevedo

  44. 51
    The Witch of Blackbird Pond

    The Witch of Blackbird Pond

    Elizabeth George Speare

  45. 52
    Monster

    Monster

    Walter Dean Myers

  46. 53
    Every Day

    Every Day

    David Levithan

  47. 54
    Radio Silence

    Radio Silence

    Alice Oseman

  48. 55
    When You Reach Me

    When You Reach Me

    Rebecca Stead

  49. 56
    Little House on the Prairie

    Little House on the Prairie

    Laura Ingalls Wilder

  50. 57
    Anne of Green Gables

    Anne of Green Gables

    L. M. Montgomery

  51. 59
    Sadie

    Sadie

    A Novel

    Courtney Summers

  52. 60
    Autoboyography

    Autoboyography

    Christina Lauren

  53. 61
    The Princess Diaries

FAQ

  • How was this Young Adult books list created?

    We searched for 'best Young Adult books', found the top 5 articles, took every book mentioned in 2+ articles, and averaged their rankings.

  • How many Young Adult books are in this list?

    There are 63 books in this list.

  • Why did you create this Young Adult books list?

    We wanted to gather the most accurate list of Young Adult books on the internet.

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