Top 100 YA Books – How Many Have You Read?

YA Top 100 for 2010

Persnickety Snarks List of Top 100 YA Novels (2010): based on a reader poll conducted for five weeks between April and May 2010. Over 735 respondents shared their top ten YA books from all over the globe; 80% were female.

Ones I’ve read are in bold ones on my TBR pile are in italics.

1. The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins

2. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s (Sorceror’s) Stone – J.K. Rowling

3. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee

4. Speak – Laurie Halse Anderson

5. Northern Lights (The Golden Compass)- Philip Pullman

6. The Truth About Forever – Sarah Dessen

7. The Book Thief – Markus Zusak

8. The Outsiders – S.E. Hinton

9. Twilight – Stephenie Meyer

10. This Lullaby – Sarah Dessen

11. Looking for Alaska – John Green

12. Just Listen – Sarah Dessen

13. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling

14. Little Women – Louisa May Alcott

15. City of Bones – Cassandra Clare

16. On the (Jellicoe Road) – Melina Marchetta

17. The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger

18. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – J.K. Rowling

19. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

20. Along for the Ride – Sarah Dessen

21. Shiver – Maggie Stiefvater

22. Vampire Academy – Richelle Mead

23. Graceling – Kristin Cashore

24. Thirteen Reasons Why – Jay Asher

25. Sloppy Firsts – Megan McCafferty

26. The Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien

27. Alanna: The First Adventure – Tamora Pierce

28. Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card

29. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J.K. Rowling

30. Uglies – Scott Westerfeld

31. A Great and Terrible Beauty – Libba Bray

32. Tomorrow, When the War Began – John Marsden

33. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks – E. Lockhart

34. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen

35. The Westing Game – Ellen Raskin

36. Paper Towns – John Green

37. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – J.K. Rowling

38. Catching Fire – Suzanne Collins

39. A Tree Grows In Brooklyn – Betty Smith

40. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian – Sherman Alexie

41. Lock and Key – Sarah Dessen

42. The Amber Spyglass – Philip Pullman

43. Evernight – Claudia Gray

44. Sabriel – Garth Nix

45. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – J.K. Rowling

46. Beautiful Creatures – Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl

47. Forever – Judy Blume

48. I Capture the Castle – Dodie Smith

49. Ella Enchanted – Gail Carson Levine

50. The Princess Diaries – Meg Cabot

51. Stargirl – Jerry Spinelli

52. Howl’s Moving Castle – Diana Wynne Jones

53. The Dark is Rising – Susan Cooper

54. Hush, Hush – Becca Fitzpatrick

55. Saving Francesca – Melina Marchetta

56. Second Helpings – Megan McCafferty

57. Dreamland – Sarah Dessen

58. Eclipse – Stephenie Meyer

59. Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist – Rachel Cohn, David Levithan

60. Fire – Kristin Cashore

61. The Chocolate War – Robert Cormier

62. Weetzie Bat – Francesca Lia Block

63. The Diary of a Young Girl – Anne Frank

64. Looking for Alibrandi – Melina Marchetta

65. How I Live Now – Meg Rosoff

66. City of Glass – Cassandra Clare

67. Keeping the Moon – Sarah Dessen

68. Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer

69. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging – Louise Rennison

70. If I Stay – Gayle Forman

71. The King of Attolia – Megan Whalen Turner

72. Wintergirls – Laurie Halse Anderson

73. Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast – Robin McKinley

74. The Blue Sword – Robin McKinley

75. Feed – M.T. Anderson

76. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants – Ann Brashares

77. Go Ask Alice – Anonymous

78. Wicked Lovely – Melissa Marr

79. Lord of the Flies – William Golding

80. Someone Like You – Sarah Dessen

81. The Forest of Hands and Teeth – Carrie Ryan

82. Jacob Have I Loved – Katherine Paterson

83. The Knife of Never Letting Go – Patrick Ness

84. Poison Study – Maria V. Snyder

85. Shadow Kiss – Richelle Mead

86. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle – Avi

87. An Abundance of Katherines – John Green

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

89. A Ring of Endless Light – Madeleine L’Engle

90. Glass Houses – Rachel Caine

91. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party – M.T. Anderson

92. Walk Two Moons – Sharon Creech

93. Whale Talk – Chris Crutcher

94. Perfect Chemistry – Simone Elkeles

95. Going Too Far – Jennifer Echols

96. The Last Song – Nicholas Sparks

97. Before I Fall – Lauren Oliver

98. Hatchet – Gary Paulsen

99. The Pigman – Paul Zindel

100. The Hero and the Crown – Robin McKinley

I’d have done a lot better on this list if I read Sarah Dessen XD I think multiple entries by the same author should be disallowed….