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Sunday, August 28, 2011

100 most popular YA novels...how many have I read?

Rather Barefoot than Bookless, had this list and I decided to check out how many I've read.  If you want to do the same, copy the list and highlight those you've read then go to the linky on the post HERE that you can use to share your list with others. (Highlighted books are the ones I’ve read.)
  1. Alex Finn – Beastly
  2. Alice Sebold – The Lovely Bones
  3. Ally Carter – Callagher Girls (1, 2, 3, 4)
  4. Ally Condie - Matched
  5. Alyson Noel – The Immortals (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
  6. Anastasia Hopcus – Shadow Hills
  7. Angie Sage – Septimus Heap (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
  8. Ann Brashares – The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (1, 2, 3, 4)
  9. Anna Godbersen – Luxe (1, 2, 3, 4)
  10. Anthony Horowitz – Alex Rider (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
  11. Aprilynne Pike – Wings (1, 2, 3)
  12. Becca Fitzpatrick – Hush, Hush (1, 2)
  13. Brandon Mull – Fablehaven (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
  14. Brian Selznick – The Invention of Hugo Cabret
  15. Cassandra Clare – The Mortal Instruments (1, 2, 3, 4)
  16. Carrie Jones – Need (1, 2, 3)
  17. Carrie Ryan – The Forest of Hands and Teeth (1, 2, 3, 4)
  18. Christopher Paolini – Inheritance (1, 2, 3, 4)
  19. Cinda Williams Chima – The Heir Chronicles (1, 2, 3)
  20. Colleen Houck – Tigers Saga (1, 2)
  21. Cornelia Funke - Inheart (1, 2, 3)
  22. Ellen Hopkins – Impulse
  23. Eoin Colfer – Artemis Fowl (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
  24. Faraaz Kazi – Truly, Madly, Deeply
  25. Frank Beddor – The Looking Glass Wars (1, 2, 3)
  26. Gabrielle Zevin – Elsewhere
  27. Gail Carson Levine – Fairest
  28. Holly Black – Tithe (1, 2, 3)
  29. J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
  30. James Dashner – The Maze Runner (1, 2)
  31. James Patterson – Maximum Ride (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
  32. Jay Asher – Thirteen Reasons Why
  33. Jeanne DuPrau – Books of Ember (1, 2, 3, 4)
  34. Jeff Kinney – Diary of a Wimpy Kid (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
  35. John Boyne – The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
  36. John Green – An Abundance of Katherines
  37. John Green – Looking for Alaska
  38. John Green – Papper Towns
  39. Jonathan Stroud – Bartimaeus (1, 2, 3, 4)
  40. Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl – Caster Chronicles (1, 2)
  41. Kelley Armstrong – Darkest Powers (1, 2, 3)
  42. Kristin Cashore – The Seven Kingdoms (1, 2)
  43. Lauren Kate - Fallen (1, 2, 3)
  44. Lemony Snicket – Series of Unfortunate Events (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
  45. Libba Bray – Gemma Doyle (1, 2, 3)
  46. Lisa McMann – Dream Catcher (1, 2, 3)
  47. Louise Rennison – Confessions of Georgia Nicolson (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
  48. M.T. Anderson – Feed
  49. Maggie Stiefvater - The Wolves of Mercy Falls (1, 2, 3)
  50. Margaret Peterson Haddix – Shadow Children (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
  51. Maria V. Snyder – Study (1, 2, 3)
  52. Markus Zusak – The Book Thief
  53. Markus Zusak – I am the Messenger
  54. Mark Haddon – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
  55. Mary Ting – Crossroads
  56. Maureen Johnson – Little Blue Envelope (1, 2)
  57. Meg Cabot – All-American Girl (1, 2)
  58. Meg Cabot – The Mediator (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
  59. Meg Cabot – The Princess Diaries (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
  60. Meg Rosoff – How I live now
  61. Megan McCafferty – Jessica Darling (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
  62. Megan Whalen Turner – The Queen’s Thief (1, 2, 3, 4)
  63. Melina Marchetta – On the Jellicoe Road
  64. Melissa de la Cruz – Blue Bloods (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
  65. Melissa Marr – Wicked Lovely (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
  66. Michael Grant – Gone (1, 2, 3, 4)
  67. Nancy Farmer – The House of the Scorpion
  68. Neal Shusterman – Unwind
  69. Neil Gaiman – Coraline
  70. Neil Gaiman – Stardust
  71. Neil Gaiman – The Graveyard Book
  72. P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast – House of Night (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 )
  73. Philip Pullman – His Dark Materials (1, 2, 3)
  74. Rachel Caine – The Morganville Vampires (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
  75. Rachel Cohn & David Levithan – Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
  76. Richelle Mead – Vampire Academy (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
  77. Rick Riordan – Percy Jackson and the Olympians (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
  78. Rom LcO’Feer – Somewhere carnal over 40 winks
  79. S.L. Naeole – Grace (1, 2, 3, 4)
  80. Sabrina Bryan and Julia DeVillers – Princess of Gossip
  81. Sarah Dessen – Along for the Ride
  82. Sarah Dessen – Lock and Key
  83. Sarah Dessen – The Truth about Forever
  84. Sara Shepard – Pretty Little Liars (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
  85. Scott Westerfeld – Leviathan (1, 2)
  86. Scott Westerfeld – Uglies (1, 2, 3)
  87. Shannon Hale – Books of a Thousand Days
  88. Shannon Hale – Princess Academy
  89. Shannon Hale – The Books of Bayern (1, 2, 3, 4)
  90. Sherman Alexie & Ellen Forney – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
  91. Simone Elkeles – Perfect Chemistry (1, 2, 3)
  92. Stephanie Meyer – The Host
  93. Stephanie Meyer – Twilight Saga (1, 2, 3, 4)
  94. Sue Monk Kidd – The Secret Life of Bees
  95. Susan Beth Pfeffer – Last Survivors (1, 2, 3)
  96. Suzanne Collins - Hunger Games (1, 2, 3)
  97. Suzanne Collins – Underland Chronicles (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
  98. Terry Pratchett – Tiffany Aching (1, 2, 3, 4)
  99. Tonya Hurley – Ghost Girl (1, 2, 3)
  100. Wendelin Van Draanen – Flipped

I've read 44 out of 100.  How did you do? Notice that I am not very likely to read every book in a series.  I try to read a variety of materials and don't want to spend all my time reading books in a series.  The thing that worries me is that I am not even familiar at all with several of the books (series) listed here. I've highlighted these in aqua on the list..

I am not sure how the original list was compiled or who did it.  I wouldn't hold this list as the 'gospel truth' as far as it being the definitive top 100 books, but it is certainly representative of what is popular right now in the YA world. I should point out that there are some real heavy hitters in the YA world of authors that are missing from the list: Sharon Draper, Laurie Halse Anderson, Tamora Pierce, Nancy Werlin, Walter Dean Myers are five that come to mind without too much thinking. And some very popular books that aren't noted here, such as: Anna and the French Kiss, If I Stay, and The Sky is Everywhere that are obvious omissions. Proof, in my mind anyway, that this list wasn't scientifically compiled.

Anyway, have fun and let me know how you do.

Thanks Proud Book Nerd for pointing out this list to me.

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7 comments:

  1. UnknownAugust 28, 2011 at 11:53 PM

    wow you have read a lot of the books!

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  2. AnonymousAugust 29, 2011 at 4:54 AM

    Just counting the lines (and not the individual books), I've read 12. A few of those I don't think really fall under the YA category though - I know that The Secret Life of Bees, & The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time are shelved in the regular fiction section. Maybe they counted them as YA just because they have young main characters?

    How fun though! I love lists like this where I get to compare what I've read and what I haven't :-)

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  3. ham1299August 29, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    I am quite impressed! There were several on here that I didn't recognize, either. And I would agree, this isn't a definitive list. Probably what an individual named their top 100. Not sure about that, though.

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  4. Annette MillsAugust 29, 2011 at 11:47 AM

    I've heard of 19, 20, and 99 (the Tiger ones' are pretty new.) But the rest of your aqua ones, I haven't heard of either. I think there are some great ones on this list --- but some of them I'm kind of "meh" about. Still fun....

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  5. Helen's Book BlogAugust 29, 2011 at 7:41 PM

    Good list, but it seems heavy on the sic-fi/fantasy/supernatural

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  6. Rummanah AasiAugust 29, 2011 at 9:46 PM

    I've read about 80 of them. I've heard of all of them and have some on my tbr shelf. Most of these books are series and I wasn't sure to count each individual book or the series itself. I agree with Helen though, there's definitely not enough contemporary, realistic YA on here.

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  7. barmybexSeptember 3, 2011 at 11:16 AM

    Wow - you've done quite well with the list.

    There was some on the list i'd never heard of too. Don't know what they used to compile it.

    The Ghostgirl books are good- I saw them on the shelf at the library and thought they sounded funny but they aren't well known as far as I can tell. Worth a try if you can get hold of them though. :D

    Thanks for visiting my blog.

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