Saturday, August 21, 2010

Top 100 YA Novels meme

As you know, Adele of the Persnickety Snark blog offered a Top 10 YA Novels Poll and has since counted down the Top 100 YA Novels from the poll results.

4 of the 10 titles I nominated made the top 100. Without further ado, here is the list. The ones I've read are in bold.

#100 The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley (1985)
#99 The Pigman by Paul Zindel (1969)
#98 Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (1987)
#97 Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver (2010)
#96 The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks (2009)
#95 Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols (2009)
#94 Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles (2008)
#93 Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher (2001)
#92 Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (1994)
#91 The Astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party (2006)

#90 Glass Houses by Rachel Caine (2006)
#89 A Ring of Endless Light by Madeleine L’Engle (1980)
#88 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (2003)
#87 An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (2006)
#86 The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi (1990)
#85 Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead (2008)
#84 Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder (2006)
#83 The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (2008)
#82 Jacob I Have Loved by Katherine Paterson (1980)
#81 The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan (2009)

#80 Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen (1998)
#79 Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1954)
#78 Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr (2006)
#77 Go Ask Alice by Anonymous (1971)
#76 The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares (2001)
#75 Feed by MT Anderson (2001)

#74 The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley (1983)
#73 Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley (1978)
#72 Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson (2009)
#71 The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner (2006)

#70 If I Stay by Gayle Forman (2009)
#69 Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison (1999)
#68 Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (2008)
#67 Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen (1999)
#66 City of Glass by Cassandra Clare (2009)
#65 How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff (2004)
#64 Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (1992)
#63 The Diary of a Young Girl (1947)
#62 Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block (1989)
#61 The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier (1974)

#60 Fire by Kristin Cashore (2009)
#59 Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (2006)
#58 Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (2007)
#57 Dreamland by Sarah Dessen (2000)
#56 Second Helpings by Megan McCafferty (2003)
#55 Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta (2003)
#54 Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick (2009)
#53 The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper (1973)
#52 Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (1986)
#51 Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (2000)


#50 The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot (2000)
#49 Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (1997)

#48 I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (1948)
#47 Forever by Judy Blume (1975)
#46 Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margie Stohl (2009) [My #7]
#45 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling (2003)
#44 Sabriel by Garth Nix (2003)
#43 Evernight by Claudia Gray (2008)
#42 The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman (2000)
#41 Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen (2008)

#40 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (2007)
#39 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (1943)
#38 Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (2009)
#37 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling (2000)
#36 Paper Towns by John Green (2008)
#35 The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (1978)
#34 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (1813)
#33 The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart (2008) [My #8]

#32 Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden (1995)
#31 A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray (2003)

#30 Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (2005)
#29 Harry and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling (2005)
#28 Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (1985)
#27 Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce (1983)
#26 The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien (1954)
#25 Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty (2001)
#24 Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (2007)
#23 Graceling by Kristin Cashore (2008)
#22 Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (2007)
#21 Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (2009)

#20 Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
#19 The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (1999)
#18 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling (1999)
#17 Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger (1951)
#16 On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta (2006)
#15 City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (2005)
#14 Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (1868)
#13 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling (2007)
#12 Just Listen by Sarah Dessen (2006)
#11 Looking for Alaska by John Green (2005)

#10 This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen (2002)
#9 Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (2005)
#8 The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (1967)
#7 The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (2006) [My #5]
#6 The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen (2004)
#5 Northern Lights [The Golden Compass] by Philip Pullman (1995)
#4 Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (1996) [My #1]
#3 To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1960)
#2 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling (1996)
#1 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (2008)

I've only read 35 out of 100 titles. I don't know about you, but I have some reading to do!

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